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!
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>Best wishes, Elizabeth
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>From: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK
>[[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Albert Persaud
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>Sent: 29 January 2014 19:03
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Accessing difficult to reach communities
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>There is no such people or groups of people as "difficult to reach
>communities"
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>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.
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>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.
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>methodology and support may be good but message wrong.
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>Albert.Persaud
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>On 29 January 2014 13:14, Sarah Fry
><[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>Dear Colleague,
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>I am doing a PhD at Cardiff University about perceptions of prostate
>cancer risk in African and Caribbean men in South Wales.
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>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.
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>This seems to be working well. Does anyone have any experience of
>recruiting to a study using similar strategies and has it worked?
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>Thank you for your help.
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>Sarah
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>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
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>Telephone: 02920 917727<tel:02920%20917727>
>http://phdays.cf.ac.uk/
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