david
may be it is time to talk about a 'journal about the privileged' or
journal of over-privileged?
why focus on the 'victims' and leave out the victimisers?
best wishes
sushrut
At 31/1/14, Ingleby, J.D. wrote:
>When I first heard about that journal (and the association that runs
>it), it struck me that "the underserved" is right on the ball as a
>definition of the groups we should be concerned with. The only
>problem is that the term sounds so prim and Victorian - and is so
>easily confused with "undeserving"!
>
>Our question should always be: "Are you being served?" Are services
>less adequate for you than they are for other people? If so, why,
>and what can be done about it?
>
>To define our target group as "the underserved" also has the
>advantage that it doesn't problematise any particular group (such as
>"ethnic minorities" or "migrants") in advance. It allows us (if we
>want) to consider the entire range of inequities in healthcare -
>whether these are related to ethnicity, migrant status, income,
>education, gender, religion, language or whatever. It also doesn't
>attempt to diagnose in advance the reasons why the person is poorly served.
>
>But who will come up with a better-sounding synonym? Shall we have a
>competition?
>
>David
>
>________________________________________
>Van: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK
>[[log in to unmask]] namens Sushrut Jadhav
>[[log in to unmask]]
>Verzonden: vrijdag 31 januari 2014 10:33
>Aan: [log in to unmask]
>Onderwerp: Re: Accessing difficult to reach communities
>
>there is even a journal still running by that name..just thought i
>should share this with the group
>https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_health_care_for_the_poor_and_underserved/
>
>sushrut
>
>
>At 30/1/14, Elizabeth Anionwu wrote:
> >Great discussion on the term 'hard to reach' - one which I have
> >never liked. On a lighter note, I do remember on my trips to the
> >USA in the 1980s seeing the term 'underserved' and initially
> >thinking it was 'undeserved'. Ooops!
> >
> >Best wishes, Elizabeth
> >
> >
> >
> >________________________________________
> >From: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK
> >[[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Albert Persaud
> >[[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: 29 January 2014 19:03
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Accessing difficult to reach communities
> >
> >There is no such people or groups of people as "difficult to reach
> >communities"
> >
> >
> >at best it characterise people as being -"difficult" "they look
> >after their own" ( there is no problem here) and at worst
> >"demonised" and add to the current political and some media fodder
> >of immigration, UKIP, BNP, etc.
> >
> >
> >This type of thinking was prevalent in the 70s, 80s, and 90s -then
> >phased out with various policy changes. - sad to see it returned,
> >particularly with reference to people from the Caribbean.
> >
> >methodology and support may be good but message wrong.
> >
> >Albert.Persaud
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On 29 January 2014 13:14, Sarah Fry
> ><[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> >Dear Colleague,
> >
> >I am doing a PhD at Cardiff University about perceptions of prostate
> >cancer risk in African and Caribbean men in South Wales.
> >
> >I plan to interview men from the African and Caribbean community in
> >Cardiff. I have started to make contact with the community by
> >volunteering for local events and spending time in community
> >centres. I am hoping this means I will not be a strange face when
> >the time comes to recruiting to my study. I am also meeting with
> >third sector organisations to make key contacts.
> >
> >This seems to be working well. Does anyone have any experience of
> >recruiting to a study using similar strategies and has it worked?
> >
> >Thank you for your help.
> >
> >Sarah
> >
> >
> >Sarah Fry
> >PhD Researcher / Oncology Research Nurse
> >School of Health Care Sciences
> >College of Biomedical and Life Sciences
> >Cardiff University
> >7th Floor, EastGate House
> >35-43 Newport Road
> >Cardiff
> >CF24 0AB
> >
> >Telephone: 02920 917727<tel:02920%20917727>
> >http://phdays.cf.ac.uk/
> >
> >
> >
> >
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