Colleagues,
it is exactly this kind of question, and others posed by this list recently 
on ethnic categories, that motivated me to write a 350 page book on 
ethnicity and health-see below signature.  Within this book there is a whole 
chapter on terminology and classifications with examples from many countries 
, and a whole chapter on inequalities, including the difference between 
equity and inequality, and direct and institutional racism.  There is even a 
whole chapter on policy and strategy.

100 copies of this book have been distributed to NHS and academic settings 
in Scotland, but I am afraid there is no such service for England or other 
countries.

 Ethnicity, Race And Health In Multicultural Societies
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198568179

To balance up the fact that this new book is not free, there are two links 
to free books relevant to our field.  As Mark Johnson has already pointed 
out, there is a 20% discount for members of this list.
Raj

R S Bhopal, Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health

Two free books on the Epidemic of Coronary Heart Disease in South Asians
http://www.sahf.org.uk/Book1-publication.html
http://www.sahf.org.uk/Full_text_version.pdf



New book: Ethnicity, Race And Health In Multicultural Societies
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198568179

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Corlett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 11:49 AM
Subject: tackling health inequality - promoting equality: what's the 
difference?


> Greetings
> Sorry for multiple postings but I am trying to put together some ideas
> in a short accessible/ practical briefing or Q&A on the differences and
> similarities between concepts and action around tackling health
> inequalities and promoting equality to help both policy and NHS people
> get their heads round the questions and wondered if people had thoughts.
>
>
> Essentially I come across some confusion amongst some of my public
> health (and other) colleagues in PCTs and in policy development, who as
> far as I can tell (but I am probably being a bit simplistic) tend to
> think that what they do to tackle health inequalities has the objective
> of achieving equality (or equity... another whole discussion point) and
> therefore they are unclear how promoting equality is diferent and what
> the various equality duties mean for them in addition to what they do
> already.
>
> I am sure one aspect is that it is unusual as far as I can see (apart
> from honourable exceptions such as James Nazroo and colleagues) for the
> influence of discrimination on health to be examined rigorously.  People
> do study barriers to accessing health services but do not seem as part
> of that to consider for instance cultural stereotyping by staff and
> things like lack of interpreting services are not seen as discriminatory
> let alone institutionally racist.  In fact I think probably what
> discrimination actually is may be difficult for (public health) people
> to pin down and I think some people in the NHS think that we are all so
> nice and we treat everyone equally (hah!) so what's it got to do with
> us?
>
> One example of the confusion (but this time seeing the agendas as
> entirely separate) in our PCT public health has been asked to lead on
> the development of an equity strategy and HR have got the lead for a
> single equality scheme but apparently little senior level discussion
> about possible synergy.
>
> I also actually do have in my sights policy development at a higher
> level (yes, Dept Health) and would like to answer questions such as
> "doesn't the Choosing Health white paper do that (promote equality)?"
> and "what does the equality agenda have to do with us (PH policy
> people)?"
>
> Sooo after this longwinded introduction does anyone understand what I
> am talking about and want to put their oar in/ direct me to useful work?
> Needless to say I will share what I come up with and ensure that the
> experience and knowledge of this e-group is reflected and acknowledged
> in what I produce and of course people will be able to use and adapt it
> for their own purposes.
>
> Thanks very much!
> Sarah
>
>
>
> Sarah Corlett
> Consultant in Public Health
> Lambeth Primary Care Trust
> 1 Lower Marsh
> London, SE1 7NT
> Tel: 020 7716 7097
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