Ethnic minorities: key references and evidence

References

Christie, B. Scotland introduces record of ethnicity on death certificates BMJ, 2012;344:e475

Bhopal R, Bansal N, Fischbacher CM, Brown H, Capewell S, on behalf of the Scottish Health and Ethnic Linkage Study. Ethnic variations in the incidence of heart failure: Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study (SHELS), Heart, (2012a) 98:468-473.

Bhopal, R.S. The quest for culturally sensitive health-care systems in Scotland: insights for a multi-ethnic Europe J Public Health(2012b) 34 (1): 5-11.

Bhopal RS, Bansal N, Fischbacher CM, Brown H, Capewell S. Ethnic variations in the incidence and mortality of stroke in the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study of 4.65 million people. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, published online before print, 20 September 2011a, doi 10.1177/174182671142321

Bhopal RS, Bansal N, Fischbacher C, Brown H, Capewell S. Ethnic variations in chest pain and angina in men and women: Scottish Ethnicity and Health Linkage Study of 4.65 million people. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology October 5, 2011b (Published online before print) 

Bhopal R, Fischbacher C, Povey C, Chalmers J, Mueller G, Steiner M, et al. Cohort profile: Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study of 4.65 million people exploring ethnic variations in disease inScotland. Int J Epidemiol 2011c; 40 (5):1168-1175

Lorant V, Bhopal R. Comparing policies to tackle ethnic inequalities in health: Belgium 1 Scotland 4.Eur J Public Health 2010 May 16;ckq061.

Bhala N, Fischbacher C, Bhopal R. Mortality for Alcohol-related Harm by Country of Birth in Scotland, 2000-2004: Potential Lessons for Prevention. Alcohol and Alcoholism 2010; 45, 6:552–556.

Fischbacher CM, Steiner M, Bhopal R, Chalmers J, Jamieson J, Knowles D, Povey C. Variations in all cause and cardiovascular mortality by country of birth in Scotland, 1997-2003. Scottish Medical Journal 2007;52(4):5-10 (and corrigendum published in SMJ 2008;53(2):66. The full text of these articles is available under the "past issues" heading on the website of the Scottish Medical Journal.

Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Povey C, Steiner M, Chalmers J,Mueller G, Jamieson J, Knowles D. Record linked retrospective cohort study of 4.6 million people exploring ethnic variations in disease: myocardial infarction in South Asians. BMC Public Health 2007;7:142

Baradaran H, Jamieson J, Gardee R, Knill-Jones RP. Scottish survey of diabetes services for minority ethnic groups. BMC Health Services Research 2006;6:130

Bhopal R, Fischbacher C, Steiner M, Chalmers J, Povey C, Jamieson J, Knowles D. Ethnicity and health in Scotland: can we fill the information gap?(468Kb). Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, 2005.

Fitzpatrick J, Jacobson B, Aspinall P. Indications of public health in the English regions, 4: Ethnicity and health(3.8Mb). London: Association of Public Health Observatories, 2005.

Bhopal R. Glossary of terms relating to ethnicity and race: for reflection and debate. J Epidemiol Community Health 2004;58:441-445

Gill PS, Kai J, Bhopal RS, Wild SH. Health care needs assessment: black and minority ethnic groups (book chapter, in press). Oxford, Radcliffe Medical Press.

Netto G, Arshad R, de Lima P, Diniz FA, MacEwen M, Patel V, Syed R. Audit of research on minority ethnic issues in Scotland from a race perspective. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2001.

Office of the Chief Statistician. Analysis of ethnicity in the 2001 Census: summary report. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2004.

Office of the Chief Statistician. Analysis of religion in the 2001 Census: summary report. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2005.

Effectiveness evidence

ScotPHO's purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic. These links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative.

NHS Health Scotland: Scottish Briefings on NICE public health guidance - Index page

NHS Evidence: Public health evidence - Home page

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination - Home page

Cochrane Reviews - Topic index page

EPPI-Centre: Evidence library - Home page

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance - Topic index page

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - Home page