Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care: Volume 2 Issue 3

Editorial Mental health care in a recession

David Sallah

Cultural competence in public health: the role of peer‐professional partnerships

Teresa D'Elia, Margaret Black, Barbara Carpio, John Dwyer

This commentary outlines the role and benefits of peer‐professional partnerships in developing and providing culturally competent health promotion services. There is evidence that…

Breast cancer screening and treatment in England: the impact of ethnicity and age on access, experiences and outcomes

Chih Sin, Ayesha Janjua, Annie Hedges, Chloe Cook, Joanna Sloman

The National Health Service Breast Screening Programme set up 20 years ago in the UK has to evolve continuously to meet changing needs as a result of fundamental transformations…

A model for prison change: combating discrimination

Paul Illingworth

Discrimination takes the form of continuing segregation and exclusion in society. Prison staffs are actively encouraged to be anti‐discriminatory. Offenders are one group…

Xenophobia in general psychiatry journals

Arghya Sarkhel, Linda Butterworth, Sabu Varughese, Harish Rao, Jason Luty

To establish the how far the leading psychiatric journals from the USA and UK show any favouritism to researchers from the journals' host countries. Retrospective review of…

Sir William Beveridge Foundation: fighting the five giants worldwide

Helen Findlay

The Sir William Beveridge Foundation is a young, UK based, international charitable organisation that was formed in 2006 and has its main office in London. Its main aims are to…

Long‐term ill‐health, poverty and ethnicity

Kaveri Harriss, Sarah Salway