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Primary care and haemoglobin disorders: A study of families and professionals
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2000)In the UK, around 600 people are affected by thalassaemia major and 6-10 000 by sickle-cell disorders. These haemoglobin disorders are recessively inherited and have greater prevalence in certain ethnic groups. This paper ... -
Family care-giving and chronic illness: how parents cope with a child with a sickle cell disorder or thalassaemia.
(Wiley Online Library, 2000-01)There has been increasing interest in the way parents cope with childhood chronic illness and a shift away from merely describing the ‘burdens’ of care. An emphasis on coping by introducing ideas such as co-ordinated, ... -
Introduction [to edited volume 'Ethnicity, disability, and chronic illness']
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Medical Autonomy and the UK State 1975 to 2025
(Sociology, 2000-02)Medical autonomy in the United Kingdom has declined over the last twenty-five years, whether considered at the micro level (such as control over treatment and work patterns), the meso level (in terms of corporatist relations ... -
Pumping iron: compliance with chelation therapy among young people who have thalassaemia major
(Wiley Online Library, 2000-07)Compliance with medical regimens is not simply a technical or practical task but part of the everyday experience of living with a chronic illness. Any discussion of compliance must, therefore, begin from the individual’s ... -
Supporting Asian Deaf Young People and their Families: The role of professionals and services
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2001)This paper discusses how Asian deaf young people and their families engage with welfare provision. Our findings, based on group and individual interviews with young deaf people and individual interviews with their parents, ... -
Planning of a community-based approach to injury control and safety promotion in a rural community
(Wiley Online Library, 2001)This paper describes the planning of a community-based approach to injury control and safety pro- motion, the Kolan Injury Prevention Program. The process involved the establishment of a local steering committee, 11 months ... -
Development of guidelines to facilitate improved support of South Asian carers by primary health care teams
(BMJ Quality & Safety, 2001-04-09)Background—Evidence based guidelines are regarded as an appropriate basis for providing effective health care, but few guidelines incorporate the views of users such as carers. Aim—To develop guidelines to assist primary ... -
Living a ‘normal’ life: young people coping with thalassaemia major or sickle cell disorder
(Elsevier, 2001-09)This qualitative paper explores the strategies and resources young people use to cope with sickle cell disorder or thalassaemia major, two haemoglobin disorders with serious implications for health and survival. By focusing ... -
Being deaf and being other things: young Asian people negotiating identities
(Elsevier, 2002)This paper explores how Asian deaf young people negotiate identity claims against the backdrop of deaf politics, ethnicity, religion, gender and age. The paper is based on a qualitative study of Asian (mainly Pakistani ... -
Citizens' participation in primary healthcare planning: Innovative citizenship practice in empirical perspective
(Taylor & francis online, 2002)The British National Health Service has been the focus of sustained political rhetoric in favour of greater public and patient involvement in decision making. The creation of Primary Care Groups--organizations based on ... -
Supporting South Asian carers and those they care for: the role of the primary health care team
(Royal College of General Practitioners, 2002)Demographic and socioeconomic changes have increased policy interest in informal carers. However, despite the multicultural nature of British society, most research in this field has been in majority communities. AIM: ... -
South Asian disabled young people and their families
(policy press, 2002-07)This report is about the views of South Asian young people with impairments. We wanted to find out how everyday lives were reflected in policy and practice. Little is known about young people from minority ethnic ... -
Being deaf and being other things: young Asian people negotiating identities
(Elsavier, 2002-11)This paper explores how Asian deaf young people negotiate identity claims against the backdrop of deaf politics, ethnicity, religion, gender and age. The paper is based on a qualitative study of Asian (mainly Pakistani ... -
Ethnicity, health and health services utilization in a British study
(Taylor & Francis online, 2003)Despite the exponential growth in the number of studies addressing ethnicity and health, there is considerable debate about definitions of ethnicity, the appropriate use of ethnicity in health research and whether research ... -
Perceptions of credentialling for health promotion practitioners in Australia
(CSIRO, 2003): To investigate the self-reported attitudes of health promotion practitioners towards the concept of credentialling of health promotion practitioners in Australia and the requirements perceived to be important if ... -
Do they look after their own? Informal support for South Asian carers
(Blackwell Science Ltd, 2004-08)Policy on care in the community was founded on the premise that the care of frail elderly people with disabilities would be a joint responsibility for health and social care professionals, and family carers, supported by ... -
Handicapping Conditions among Children Under Six Years in Family Medicine Centers in Alexandria. Part II: Assessment of Resources
(NotionWave Inc., 2005-07)Handicap means the disadvantage or restriction of activity caused by disability. It is the practical consequence of disability and impairment. It is estimated that 5% of the world’s children population suffer from severe ... -
The war on obesity: a social determinant of health
(CSIRO, 2006)The weight-centred health paradigm is an important contributor to the broader cultural paradigm in which corpulence is eschewed in favour of leanness. The desirability to reduce body fat or weight or to prevent gaining ...