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Ethnic minorities: key references and evidence

References

Allik M, Brown D, Dundas R, Leyland AH. Differences in ill health and in socioeconomic inequalities in health by ethnic groups: a cross-sectional study using 2011 Scottish census. Ethn Health. 2022 Jan;27(1):190-208. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2019.1643009. Epub 2019 Jul 17. PMID: 31313591; PMCID: PMC7614248

Bansal, N., Bhopal, R. S., Steiner, M. F. C., & Brewster, D. H. 2012, "Major ethnic group differences in breast cancer screening uptake in Scotland are not extinguished by adjustment for indices of geographical residence, area deprivation, long-term illness and education", Br J Cancer, vol. 106, no. 8, pp. 1361-1366.

Bansal, N., Bhopal, R., Netto, G., Lyons, D., Steiner, M. F. C., & Sashidharan, S. P. 2013, "Disparate patterns of hospitalisation reflect unmet needs and persistent ethnic inequalities in mental health care: the Scottish health and ethnicity linkage study", pp. 1-23.

Bansal, N., Fischbacher, C. M., Bhopal, R. S., Brown, H., Steiner, M. F., Capewell, S., & on behalf of the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study 2013, "Myocardial infarction incidence and survival by ethnic group: Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage retrospective cohort study", BMJ Open, vol. 3, no. 9.

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

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.

Bhopal RS, Gruer L, Cezard G, Douglas A, Steiner MFC, Millard A, Buchanan D, Katikireddi SV, Sheikh A. Mortality, ethnicity, and country of birth on a national scale, 2001-2013: A retrospective cohort (Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study). PLoS Med. 2018 Mar 1;15(3):e1002515. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002515. PMID: 29494587; PMCID: PMC5832197.

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

Douglas A, Bhopal R, Bhopal R, Forbes JF, Gill JMR, McKnight J, et al. Design and baseline characteristics of the PODOSA (Prevention of Diabetes & Obesity in South Asians) trial: a cluster, randomised lifestyle intervention in Indian and Pakistani adults with impaired glycaemia at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. BMJ Open 2013.

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

Gruer, L. Cézard, G. Clark, E. Douglas, A. Steiner, M. Millard, A. Buchanan, D. Katikireddi, S.V. Sheikh, A. and Bhopal, R. Life expectancy of different ethnic groups using death records linked to population census data for 4.62 million people in Scotland. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, July 2016

Hunter J. Which ethnic groups have the poorest health?  An analysis of health inequality and ethnicity in Scotland. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government; 2015. 

Knox S, Bhopal R, Buchanan D, Thomson CS, Millard A, Fraser A, Gruer L. Research Report: Using routinely collected data to compare hospital admission rates by ethnic group in Scotland (2016). Edinburgh: ScotPHO, 2016.

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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

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

Cochrane Library: Browse by topic

EPPI-Centre: Evidence library

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Evidence services: Evidence search

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance: Find guidance

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

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