... black and minority ethnic backgrounds. This article discusses policy and legislative encouragements to think about equality of access and diversity issues in mental health services and wider mental health promotion activities. It analyses recent research and policy documents in the context...

... is on the practicalities of setting up and carrying out the research, though implications for the process of policy‐making are also briefly highlighted. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Older women Ethnicity Participation Discussion groups Life stories Policy‐making Working with older women in research: Some...

..., the significance of ethnicity is less often emphasised. Based on preliminary analyses from research with older women from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, this article focuses on what they identify as important in terms of living their later years. The article emphasises migration and cultural differences...