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Ethnic minority elders
— are they neglected in published geriatric psychiatry literature? | | Author(s) | Ajit Shah, Prosper Doe, Ksenia Deverill |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 20, no 5, October 2008 |
| Pages | pp 1041-1045 |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Mental disorder ; Psychiatric treatment ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The population size of older people from ethnic minority groups in many developing countries is rapidly increasing. A study examining the proportion of research publications pertaining to ethnic minority elders was undertaken in two leading geriatric psychiatry journals, International Psychogeriatrics and International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Overall, only 7.6% of the publications examined ethnic minority elders; only 5.1% of publications included ethnic minority elder groups; and only 2.5% of publications included ethnic minority elder groups in their overall sample. Findings from studies, such as epidemiological studies of risk factors for mental disorders in old age and randomised controlled studies of treatment interventions, which exclude ethnic minority elders, cannot be assumed to apply to these groups. Researchers, research institutions, funding organisations and policy-makers should acknowledge the rising numbers of ethnic minority elders and recognise the importance of using ethnic minority-specific research data in the planning of culturally sensitive services and mental health promotion programmes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081127207 A |
| Classmark | TK: E: LP: 64A |
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