Migration, ethnicity, race, and health in multicultural societies / Raj S. Bhopal, CBE, DSc (Honorary), MD, MBChB, BSc (Hons), MPH, FFPH, FRCP(E), Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health, University of Edinburgh and Honorary Consultant in Public Health, NHS Lothian.
By: Bhopal, Raj S [author.].
Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2014Edition: Second edition.Description: viii, 373 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199667864 (pbk).Uniform titles: Ethnicity, race, and health in multicultural societies Subject(s): Minorities -- Health and hygiene | Minorities -- Medical careGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 362.1089| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RA563.M56 B56 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000004686 |
First published: Ethnicity, race and health in multicultural societies, 2007.
ntroduction: the concepts of ethnicity and race in health and their implications in the context of international migration -- Terminology and classifications for migrant, ethnic, and racial groups: the centrality of census and population registers -- Challenges of collecting and interpreting data using the concepts of migration, ethnicity, and race -- Historical development of health and health-care services for migrant, racial, and ethnic minorities -- Assessing the health and health-care needs of migrant, racial, and ethnic minorities using quantitative and qualitative data -- Inequalities, inequities, and disparities in health and health care by migration status, race, and ethnicity -- Principles for setting priorities for the health and health care of migrants and racial and ethnic minorities -- Policy and strategy to improve health and health care for migrants and minority racial and ethnic groups -- Research on and with minority migrant, racial, and ethnic groups: Past, present, and future -- Theoretical, ethical, and future-oriented perspectives on health, migration status, race, and ethnicity -- Appendix: Terminology, categories, and censuses in Canada, Brazil, India, Australia, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, and Singapore.