Internet Resources - Chapter 9
The Race Equality Foundation produces excellent booklets on minority ethnic health.
www.library.nhs.uk/ethnicity
Formerly one of the NHS Specialist Libraries for health this website
provides electronic evidence relating to health care for minority ethnic
groups in Britain
Race for Health Programme is a Department of Health funded programme that provides a current awareness service on ethnicity and health in order to improve the health of people from minority ethnic backgrounds.
For people new to the UK:
- Health for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Portal (HARP)
- Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
- Refugee Council
The National Black and Minority Ethnic Mental Health Network is a member of the mental health alliance
www.healthtalkonline.org is a health resource for patients and their families, and for health professionals that uses video of patients’ experience to tell others about a disease. One page is on people from minority ethnic communities who care for someone in the family with mental health problems, and includes interviews in languages other than English as well as links to other resources.
Although most health problems are found in all ethnic groups certain diseases and conditions are found more commonly in people of specific ethnicity. Websites for some of these which include information for patients/families and health professionals are:
