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Section I: Background issues
Chapter 1. Migration, ethnicity, health and disease
Historical background and origins
Ethnic diversity and appropriate terminology
Chapter 2. The changing nature of populations: the British example
Geographical dispersal of Britain's black immigrants (Table 2.3)
Immigrants vs. ethnic minorities born in the UK
Chapter 3. General approaches to migrant studies: the relation between disease, social class and ethnic origin
Why study disease rates in migrants?
Influences on the disease rates of migrants
Age at migration and length of stay
Selection of migrants and the process of migration: the 'healthy migrant' effect
Social and cultural influences
Strategies to analyse genetic variation
Candidates for specific genetic mechanisms
Chapter 5. Molecular markers of ethnic groups
Blood group and protein variants
Highly polymorphic antigenic variants
Genetic disorders and molecular markers
Chapter 6. The health of migrants in England and Wales: causes of death
Mortality from 'all causes'
Specific diseases (Table 6.1)
Pattern of mortaility in different immigrant groups
Various studies of immigrants from a common country of origin
Chapter 7. Epidemiological and clinical comparison of cardiovascular disease in blacks and whites in the USA
Specific studies: cohort studies
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)
Serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK)
Chapter 8. Blood pressure in urban and rural East Africa: the Kenyan Luo Migrant Study
Identification of a suitable low-blood pressure population
The Luo population in Nairobi
Chapter 9. Sociology of race and health
Racial inequalities in the risk of becoming ill
Racial inequalities in social and material conditions
Racism as a source of stress
Becoming ill and seeking help: responses to illness
Undocumented or unmeasurable morbidity
'Learning' to be a patient
The NHS - meeting whose needs?
What constitutes racial discrimination?
Racial equality: an item for the mainstream agenda
Section IV: Specific medical aspects
Complications of pregnancy
Normal values and reference ranges
Cultural factors affecting outcome
Chapter 11. Viral infections of pregnancy and childhood
Differing susceptibility and vulnerability
Differing exposure and protection
Conclusions and practical issues
Chapter 12. Haematological and clinical aspects of sickle cell disease in Britain
Haematological features of SCD in Britain
Clinical features of SCD in Britain
Clinical features in schoolchildren (aged 5-16 years)
Comparison of clinical features of SCD in Brent and Jamaica
Chapter 13. Thalassaemia screening: ethics and practice
Community information - how to generate the request for testing?
Laboratory testing for thalassaemia carriers: screening for genetic counselling
Incidental screening for thalassaemia
Genetic risk of thalassaemia trait
Genetic counselling for the haemoglobinopathies
Screening British Pakistanis for thalassaemia traits
Chapter 14. Running a sickle cell centre: community counselling
Identification of counselling services required
Brent Sickle Cell Centre activities
Counselling patients with SCD
Chapter 15. Sickle cell screening and its value in Jamaica
Procedure of cord blood screening
Prevalence of genotypes in Jamaica
Chapter 16. Rheumatic disorders and systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Other collagen vascular disorders
Sickle cell arthropathies
Degenerative joint disease
Chapter 17. Cancer in migrant populations: a study in Singapore
Evidence from the USA and other countries
Migrant studies in Singapore
Ethnic group variation in Singapore
Singapore Chinese and other Chinese migrants
Singapore Indians and other Indian populations
Relative risks, comparing locally born Singaporeans with respective foreign-born migrants
Implications of cancer trends
Chapter 18. Human retroviruses: human T-cell leukaemia lymphoma virus (HTLV-I) and disease
HTLV-I and its transmission
Chapter 19. HTLV-I-associated lymphomas/leukaemias:the Jamaican experience
Prevalence of NHL and CLL in Jamaica
HTLV-I, NHL and ATLL in Jamaica
Chapter 20. Tropical myeloneuropathies. The Jamaican experience
Diagnostic criteria and patients studied
Oligoclonal bands - isoelectric focusing
HTLV-I and tropical spastic papaparesis in Britain
Chapter 21. Psychiatric practice and ethnic minorities
Physical illness, social conditions and psychological status
Child development and adolescent adjustment
A study of child-care decision making
Behaviour disturbance in adolescents and adults
Limitations of epidemiology: race and mental illness
Chapter 22. Ethnic factors in psychoses
Part A. A picture from Birmingham, UK
Part B. A perspective from Nottingham, UK Glynn Harrison
Part C. Psychiatric hospital admissions in North London Gyles R. Glover
Age/sex patterns - a cohort effect
How reliable are the data?
Sarcoidosis in North American and West Indian black populations
Sarcoidos in North American and West Indian black populetions
Possible genetic associations
Chapter 25. Nutritional patterns and deficiencies
Methods of assessing incidence or prevalence
Vitamin B12 and folate deficiency
Chapter 26. Features of Gujarati, Punjabi and Muslim diets in the UK
Chapter 27. Diets and food habits in the Indian subcontinent
Chapter 28. Nutrition of Asian children: fetus and newborn
Food customs of pregnant mothers
Chapter 29. Nutrition of Asian children: infants and toddlers
Patterns of infant feeding
Introduction to solids (Table 29.2)
Specific nutritional problems
Chapter 30. Food type preferences and trends among Afro-Caribbeans in Britain
Present dietary practices of Afro-Caribbeans in the UK
Social and economic factors influencing food choice
Religious factors influencing food choice
Traditional beliefs about diet and health
Chapter 31. Cardiovascular disease in black and Indian origin populations outside the USA
Background to vascular mortality: ethnic contrasts in Britain
Part A. Ischaemic heart disease in people of Indian subcontinent origin
Risk factors similar or lower than in whites
Northwick Park Study in England
Role of insulin and C-peptide
Part B. Continuing rarity of ischaemic heart disease in Afro-Caribbeans in the West Indies and the UK, and in West Africa
Evidence from West Africa
Part C. An outline of cerebrovascular and renal disease J. K. Cruickshank
Part D. The natural history of blood pressure in black populations in the West Indies, West Africa and the UK:a comparison with the USA J. K. Cruickshank
The St James' Cardiovascular Survey
The Northwick Park Heart Study (NPHS)
The Birmingham Factory Study
Prognosis of blood pressure in blacks compared with whites
Low renin status and poor response of blacks to several antihypertensive drugs
Present comparative evidence on racial differences in the incidence of sarcoidosis
Chapter 32. Ethnicity, lipoproteins and haemostatic factors
Relation of factor VII clotting activity to plasma lipoproteins and dietary fat
Ethnicity, lipopreteins and haemostatic factors
Chapter 33. Diabetes: contrasts between peoples of black (West African), Indian and white European origin
The Indian subcontinent and its migrants elsewhere
Indian subcontinent and its migrants
Future management and prevention
Chapter 34. Management of hypertension in the Caribbean: the Jamaican perspective
Aetiological considerations
Blood pressure levels and patient risks
Treatment of hypertension
Public health considerations in management
Chapter 35. Diabetes mellitus and its management in the Caribbean
Section I: Background issues
Chapter 2. The changing nature of populations: the British example
Chapter 3. General approaches to migrant studies: the relation between disease, social class and ethnic origin
Chapter 5. Molecular markers of ethnic groups
Chapter 7. Epidemiological and clinical comparison of cardiovascular disease in blacks and whites in the USA
Chapter 8. Blood pressure in urban and rural East Africa: the Kenyan Luo Migrant Study
Section IV: Specific medical aspects
Chapter 11. Viral infections of pregnancy and childhood
Chapter 12. Haematological and clinical aspects of sickle cell disease in Britain
Chapter 13. Thalassaemia screening: ethics and practice
Chapter 14. Running a sickle cell centre: community counselling
Chapter 15. Sickle cell screening and its value in Jamaica
Chapter 16. Rheumatic disorders and systemic lupus erythematosus
Chapter 17. Cancer in migrant populations: a study in Singapore
Chapter 18. Human retroviruses: human T-cell leukaemia lymphoma virus (HTLV-I) and disease
Chapter 19. HTLV-I-associated lymphomas/leukaemias:the Jamaican experience
Chapter 20. Tropical myeloneuropathies. The Jamaican experience
Chapter 21. Psychiatric practice and ethnic minorities
Chapter 22. Ethnic factors in psychoses
Chapter 25. Nutritional patterns and deficiencies
Chapter 26. Features of Gujarati, Punjabi and Muslim diets in the UK
Chapter 27. Diets and food habits in the Indian subcontinent
Chapter 28. Nutrition of Asian children: fetus and newborn
Chapter 29. Nutrition of Asian children: infants and toddlers
Chapter 30. Food type preferences and trends among Afro-Caribbeans in Britain
Chapter 31. Cardiovascular disease in black and Indian origin populations outside the USA
Chapter 32. Ethnicity, lipoproteins and haemostatic factors
Chapter 33. Diabetes: contrasts between peoples of black (West African), Indian and white European origin
Chapter 34. Management of hypertension in the Caribbean: the Jamaican perspective
Chapter 35. Diabetes mellitus and its management in the Caribbean
Ethnic Factors in Health and Disease
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