Paul Bywaters, Zoebia Ali, Qulsom Fazil, Louise Wallace et al.
It has sometimes been assumed that religiously based explanations for and attitudes to having a disabled child have led to the low uptake of health and social services by ethnic minority families in the UK. A series of semi-structured interviews were held between 1999 and 2001 with 19 Pakistani and ...
Qulsom Fazil, Paul Bywaters, Zoebia Ali, Louise Wallace et al.
This paper discusses a qualitative and quantitative study of the circumstances of 20 Pakistani and Bangladeshi families with one or more severely disabled children living in Birmingham, England. Parents and other adult carers were interviewed using a combination of structured questionnaires and a se...
Qulsom Fazil, Louise Wallace, Gurnam Singh, Zoebia Ali et al.
The concepts of empowerment and advocacy, and how they impinge on power relationships for service providers working with black and Asian communities, are explored through the findings of a 20-month project carried out between 2000 and 2001 with 19 Pakistani and Bangladeshi families who have children...
Qulsom Fazil, Navneet Aujla, Catherine Hale, Professor Joe Kai
This study aimed to explore the health care experiences of members of minority ethnic groups regarding the patients with cancer. A grounded theory approach and semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 50 respondents who represented the largest minority ethnic groups in a...
Jonathan Rix
Contents 1 Introduction Another place John Parry, Jonty Rix, Rajni Kumrai and Chris Walsh Part 1: More than one way 2 Reciprocal working by education, health and social services: lessons for a less-travelled road Roy McConkey 3 Child and parent relationships with teachers in schools responsible for ...
Qulsom Fazil, Paul Bywaters, Zoebia Ali, Louise Wallace
Families with disabled children in the UK experience many interlocking facets of disadvantage and discrimination (Ahmad 2000a). This has contributed to the development of the concept that it is the family as a whole that is disabled by the unjust society in which it fi nds itself. Parents and siblin...