Hi all,

I must say that was not my experience although there were some reservations, when I researched 'Mental Health Needs of Asian Women in the Borough of Greenwich' even back  in 1988. I found that once the aims of the research were clearly explained, most people were very forthcoming, having been assured of confidentiality and my own professional and personal boundaries.

Also, as a direct result of my recommendations,I acquired funding from the local council to set up an Asian Counselling service within Greenwich Mind, the sponsors of the research, as well as an Interpreting service, which are still running, you may be pleased to know.

Best wishes,
Ramesh Talwar (Mrs.)




On 27/03/07, M A Lais <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 

The Community leaders might be able to recruit only from their close family members, but may not be able to from the wider community because of the danger of breaching the confidentiality of health information!!. Many of the potential research participants might not like to disclose their health issues which could be a threat in many ways for them and their families!!

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From: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jane Fountain


Sent: 26 March 2007 12:57
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Subject: Re: Recruiting ethnic minorities through community leaders

 

At the Centre for Ethnicity and Health (CEH), University of Central Lancashire, we have developed a Community Engagement Model of which one element is that members of a community are not just used to recruit other members to a study, but are trained and supported to conduct the research themselves.  Black and minority ethnic communities are often called 'hidden' or 'hard to reach'.  A basis of the CEH approach is that it is not the communities themselves that are hidden or hard-to-reach, but that those who usually conduct research have little success in accessing them and/or obtaining the desired information.  Why should people act as gatekeepers for a usually white researcher  from a university or other research institution who 'parachutes' into the community raising expectation that there will be some change, then disappears to produce a report and academic papers with no long-term impact??? 

 

 

Professor Jane Fountain

Centre for Ethnicity and Health

University of Central Lancashire

Preston PR1 2HE

UK

01772 892 780

-----Original Message-----
From: Laila Halani [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 23 March 2007 10:36
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Subject: Recruiting ethnic minorities through community leaders

We are interested in interviewing South Asian community leaders/volunteers/workers who have supported researchers in recruiting ethnic minorities for health research.  Has anyone in the group adopted this model to recruit ethnic minorities? If so, can they suggest the names of candidates who might be willing to be interviewed for our project which is looking at strategies to improve recruitment of ethnic minorities in health research (the names can be sent to me separately instead of the whole group).

 

Thanks and regards

 

Laila

 

Dr. Laila Halani

Research Fellow

Division of Community Health Sciences: G.P. Section

University of Edinburgh

20 West Richmond Street

Edinburgh EH8 9DX

 

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Ramesh