Another possibility is
Alison Shaw (2000) 'Conflicting models of risk: clinical genetics and
British Pakistanis' in Pat Caplan (Ed) Risk Revisited
>>> Imtiaz Atif <[log in to unmask]> 04/03/08 11:08 AM >>>
This is a reference to a journal article by Bernadette Modell and Aamra
Darr on this issue:
http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v3/n3/abs/nrg754.html
Atif Imtiaz
Equality and diversity manager
Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust
-----Original Message-----
From: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lorraine
Culley
Sent: 03 April 2008 10:58
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: : Cousin Marriage - A Cause for Concern?, 29/05/08
One of the most interesting comments I have seen of this issue
is by Aamra Darr from Leeds Uni. - go to:
http://www.bionews.org.uk/commentary.lasso?storyid=2852
Lorraine Culley
Professor of Social Science and Health
Associate Director Mary Seacole Research Centre
Hawthorn Building
De Montfort University
Leicester LE1 9BH
Tel. 0116 257 7753
Fax: 0116 257 7778
Knowledgeshare Editor: Diversity in Health and Social Care
(Radcliffe)
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/faculties/hls/staff/ass/res_lculley.jsp
________________________________
From: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK on behalf
of Ingleby, J.D. (David)
Sent: Thu 03/04/2008 10:49
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: : Cousin Marriage - A Cause for Concern?, 29/05/08
See the work of Alan Bittles, e.g.
Consanguineous marriage and childhood health. Dev. Med. Child
Neurol.
45, 571-576. (2003)
More at
http://ccg.murdoch.edu.au/index.php/Professor_Alan_Bittles
Best wishes
David
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Van: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Nicky
Hudson
Verzonden: donderdag 3 april 2008 11:20
Aan: [log in to unmask]
Onderwerp: FW: : Cousin Marriage - A Cause for Concern?,
29/05/08
Hi All
See Lisa's request below - does anyone know of/have any
references to
cousin marriage?
Best wishes,
Nicky Hudson
Research Fellow
School of Applied Social Sciences
Room 0.15b Hawthorn Building
De Montfort University
Leicester
LE1 9BH
t:0116 207 8766
f:0116 257 7778
-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 April 2008 18:40
To: Nicky Hudson
Subject: : Cousin Marriage - A Cause for Concern?, 29/05/08
Could you possibly circulate links or articles about cousin
marriage? I
am in the U.S. and so am unable to attend this event, but it
interests
me.
Many thanks.
Lisa FOntes, Ph.D.
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:03:55 +0100
>From: Nicky Hudson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: FW: INVITATION: Cousin Marriage - A Cause for
Concern?,
29/05/08
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Apologies for cross-postings - but members might be
> interested in the event below.
>
> Nicky Hudson
>
> Research Fellow
>
> School of Applied Social Sciences
>
> Room 0.15b Hawthorn Building
>
> De Montfort University
>
> Leicester
>
> LE1 9BH
>
> t:0116 207 8766
>
> f:0116 257 7778
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Starr [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 01 April 2008 14:16
> To: Nicky Hudson
> Subject: INVITATION: Cousin Marriage - A Cause for
> Concern?, 29/05/08
>
>
>
> You are invited to attend the Progress Educational
> Trust event 'COUSIN MARRIAGE: A CAUSE FOR CONCERN?',
> taking place in East London on the evening of
> Thursday 29 May.
>
>
>
> This event is FREE to attend, but advance booking is
> required. Further details are included below. If you
> should like to attend, please RSVP to
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
>
> Sandy Starr
>
> Progress Educational Trust
>
> +44 (0)20 7278 7870
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> - COUSIN MARRIAGE: A CAUSE FOR CONCERN?
>
> A debate organised by the Progress Educational
> Trust
>
> Funded by the Wellcome Trust and supported by
> Clifford Chance
>
>
>
> 6.30pm-8pm, Thursday 29 May 2008
>
> Clifford Chance, 10 Upper Bank St, London E14 5JJ
>
>
>
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newprint.srf?x=537737&y=180051&z=1
>
>
>
> Over a billion people worldwide live in regions
> where 20-50% of marriages are consanguineous, and
> first-cousin unions are especially popular.
> Discussion of this phenomenon is confused by the
> fact that its causes are social and economic, while
> its outcomes tend to be measured in terms of child
> health. International variations in infant
> mortality, and varying genetic factors within given
> communities, make it difficult to attribute health
> problems to cousin marriages with any degree of
> accuracy. But this hasn't prevented government
> minister Phil Woolas from arguing that cousin
> marriages among immigrants are contributing to a
> surge of birth defects in the UK.
>
>
>
> Is cousin marriage a legitimate cause for
> concern? If not, then why does it attract so much
> attention? If so, then what should be done about it?
>
>
>
>
>
> Speakers include
>
>
>
> - PROFESSOR ALAN BITTLES
>
> Director of the Centre for Human Genetics at
> Edith Cowan University
>
>
>
> - DR AAMRA DARR
>
> Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for
> Community and Primary Care Research at the
> University of Bradford
>
>
>
> Followed by questions from the floor
>
>
>
>
>
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