... with professionals working closely with the group. Irish Travellers Alcohol use Alcohol misuse Health behaviours Cultural assimilation Social groups Personal health Alcoholism Ethnic groups United Kingdom Findings from a number of studies have confirmed that Travellers and Gypsies are among...

... walking. I used to feel weight on this arm and pain here. I never thought that I had a heart problem. When my husband suffered a heart attack I never thought that I could suffer the same (Farida). Health Gender Inequalities Women Ethnicity United Kingdom Ethnic minorities Personal health...

... Ethnicity Information systems Data recording Data analysis Health inequalities Ethnic groups Personal health Scotland The routine collection of ethnicity information in the National Health Service (NHS) is desirable to allow monitoring and guide action to reduce health inequalities...

... in this important area. Nasreen Ali can be contacted at: nasreen.ali@beds.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Consanguinity Cousin marriage Culture Health Healthcare services Personal health United Kingdom Ethnic minorities Medical conditions High rates of infant mortality...

... Intersectionality Asian Americans Disabilities Discrimination Mental health Physical health Personal health Ethnic minorities Recent estimates indicate that over 40 million people in the USA have some type of disability (US Census Bureau, 2006), and approximately one million of people living...

... accessibility Visible minority immigrant women Immigrants Women Personal health Canada Racial, religious, ethnic and/or linguistic minorities experience disparities in healthcare accessibility due to systemic incapacities in addressing cultural differences and communication difficulties (Galabuzi...

... interactions BME groups Personal health Ethnic groups Mental health services Racism is manifest in various forms but can be grouped mainly as interpersonal racism (between individuals) and systemic or institutional racism (the cumulative effect of less tangible but pernicious actions and decisions...

... research among other ethnic groups and races here in the UK and across the globe. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Fear Denial Shame Culture West African Cancer National cultures Ghana Nigeria Immigrants Personal health Cancer is commonly used as a metaphor for something...

... Health services Europe Australia Ethnic minorities Personal health In a wide ranging theoretically oriented study examining social welfare provision, Cemlyn and Briskman (2002) compared Aboriginal and English Gypsy populations, suggesting their existing social work services had created...