Syed Ahsanuddin Ahmed, Motunrayo Ajisola, Kehkashan Azeem, Pauline Bakibinga et al.
INTRODUCTION: With COVID-19, there is urgency for policymakers to understand and respond to the health needs of slum communities. Lockdowns for pandemic control have health, social and economic consequences. We consider access to healthcare before and during COVID-19 with those working and living in...
Paramjit Gill, Aparna Shankar, Terry Quirke, Nick Freemantle
Overcoming language barriers to health care is a global challenge. There is great linguistic diversity in the major cities in the UK with more than 300 languages, excluding dialects, spoken by children in London alone. However, there is dearth of data on the number of non-English speakers for planni...
P Brindle, Margaret May, Paramjit Gill, Francesco P. Cappuccio et al.
OBJECTIVE: To recalibrate an existing Framingham risk score to produce a web-based tool for estimating the 10-year risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in seven British black and minority ethnic groups. DESIGN: Risk prediction models were recalibrated against survey ...
Paramjit Gill, Gillian Plumridge, Kamlesh Khunti, S Greenfield
BACKGROUND: Minority ethnic groups are often excluded from research, and the reasons for this are complex. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore why minority ethnic groups do not participate in research, and how their participation can be increased. METHODS: Ninety-one interviews were undertaken wi...
Philip Bennett, Stanley Silverman, Paramjit Gill, Gregory Y.H. Lip
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is an important healthcare problem and is an indicator of widespread atherosclerosis in other vascular territories, such as the cerebral and coronary circulations. PAD is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Most population-based studies investigati...
Godwin Yeboah, João Porto de Albuquerque, Rafael Troilo, Grant Tregonning et al.
This paper examines OpenStreetMap data quality at different stages of a participatory mapping process in seven slums in Africa and Asia. Data were drawn from an OpenStreetMap-based participatory mapping process developed as part of a research project focusing on understanding inequalities in healthc...
Rachna Begh, Paul Aveyard, Penney Upton, Raj Bhopal et al.
BACKGROUND: Smoking prevalence is high among Pakistani and Bangladeshi men in the UK, but there are few tailored smoking cessation programmes for Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities. The aim of this study was to pilot a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of Pakistani a...
Ryan Rego, Sam Watson, Mohammad Atique Ul Alam, Syed Asif Abdullah et al.
BACKGROUND: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) systems aim to reduce the spread of enteric pathogens, particularly amongst children under five years old. The most common primary outcome of WASH trials is carer-reported diarrhoea. We evaluate different diarrhoea survey instruments as proxy markers...
Philip Bennett, Paramjit Gill, Stanley Silverman, Andrew D. Blann et al.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the mean and maximum common carotid intima-media thickness (CCIMT) in Blacks (Black Caribbean and Black African) and South Asians (People originating from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) in a population survey and make associations with established cardiovascular risk factors a...
Paramjit Gill, Russell Davis, Michael Davies, Nick Freemantle et al.
BACKGROUND: Heart failure is an important cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Studies to date have not established the prevalence heart failure amongst the minority ethnic community in the UK. T'he aim of the E-ECHOES (Ethnic--Echocardiographic Heart of England Screening Study)is to est...
Improving Health in Slums Collaborative, Pauline Bakibinga, Caroline Kabaria, Ziraba Kasiira et al.
BACKGROUND: Slums or informal settlements characterize most large cities in LMIC. Previous evidence suggests pharmacies may be the most frequently used source of primary care in LMICs but that pharmacy services are of variable quality. However, evidence on pharmacy use and availability is very limit...
Miranda Pallan, Tania Griffin, Kiya Hurley, Emma Lancashire et al.
BACKGROUND: Excess weight in children is a continuing health issue. Community-based children's weight management programmes have had some effect in promoting weight loss. Families from minority ethnic communities are less likely to complete these programmes but, to date, no programmes have been cult...
Miranda Pallan, Kiya Hurley, Tania Griffin, Emma Lancashire et al.
Community-based programmes for children with excess weight are widely available, but few have been developed to meet the needs of culturally diverse populations. We adapted an existing children’s weight management programme, focusing on Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities. We report the evaluation...
Philip Bennett, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Stanley Silverman, Andrew D. Blann et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether differences exist in prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) between South Asians (people originating from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) and Blacks (Black Caribbean and Black African), the two largest minority ethnic groups in the UK. To determine if associa...
Rachna Begh, Paul Aveyard, Penney Upton, Raj Bhopal et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite having high smoking rates, there have been few tailored cessation programmes for male Bangladeshi and Pakistani smokers in the UK. We report on a qualitative evaluation of a community-based, outreach worker delivered, intervention that aimed to increase uptake of NHS smoking cess...