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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/ > > > > >-- >Scanned by iCritical.