Exploring the health visiting service from the view of South Asian clients in England: a grounded theory study.

The fact that health inequalities disproportionately affect the minority ethnic population is not new and projections are that the minority ethnic population will continue to increase. The importance of early intervention and the key role that health visitors can play in attempting to reduce health inequalities is well documented as is the requirement for health providers to establish culturally sensitive services. To date, much of the research has focused on the perspectives of healthcare professionals caring for minority ethnic clients in hospital-based settings and little is known about the perspectives of minority ethnic clients regarding the health visiting service (HVS).

Administering questionnaires to older people: rigid adherence to protocol may deny and disacknowledge emotional expression.

This paper draws on data from a larger study conducted in care home facilities in: Seattle, USA; West Sussex and Surrey in the UK; and in the lower North Island in New Zealand. Two extracts from interactions between the researchers and an older person during the administration of The Philadelphia Geriatric Morale Scale in a care home facility in New Zealand were analysed following Houtkoop-Steenstra and using a Conversation Analysis (CA) approach. In the first extract the audio-recorded transcript was examined for events of institutional talk and rephrasing of questionnaire questions.

A new approach for teaching nursing ethics in Iran.

Ethics is a core concept in nursing practice. However, traditional approaches to teaching ethics are not sufficient and ethicists have to devise creative new approaches for the new generation of students.

Experiences in the UK National Health Service: the overseas nurses' workforce.

Background: This paper presents an analysis based on the recently recruited overseas nurses in the NHS in the United Kingdom [UK].

Objectives: The aims of the study were to determine how overseas nurses perceive equal opportunity as well as the opportunities for skill development and training to be in the National Health Service [NHS] in the UK.

Methods: A survey approach was adopted to investigate the aims of the study.

Engaging with a new reality: experiences of overseas minority ethnic nurses in the NHS.

Aim And Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore, describe and develop a greater understanding of the experiences of overseas black and minority ethnic nurses in the National Health Service (NHS) in the south of England.

Background: For the past five decades, the NHS has been recruiting overseas black and minority ethnic nurses from several former British colonies to alleviate the manpower shortages. More recently there has been a shortage of nurses in the labour force and as a result the NHS has once again recruited overseas nurses.

Migraine and chronic daily headache management: implications for primary care practitioners.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this paper is to outline the classifications of migraine and chronic daily headaches (i.e. headaches occurring at more than 15 days per month) and briefly describe their epidemiology and management.

Overseas nurses' experiences of equal opportunities in the NHS in England.

Purpose: To explore the experiences of overseas black and minority ethnic nurses in the National Health Service (NHS) in the south of England.

Methods: Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 12 overseas black and minority ethnic nurses. All interviews were taped, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis.

Nurses' experiences of caring for South Asian minority ethnic patients in a general hospital in England.

Healthcare provision for minority ethnic groups in the UK has generally revealed inequalities in access and differential service provision. British healthcare policy has started to address such issues. However, very few studies have specifically examined the experiences of nurses caring for minority ethnic patients.

The patients' perceptions of migraine and chronic daily headache: a qualitative study.

This study aimed to gain insight into the management of migraine and chronic daily headache (CDH) from the patients' perspective. This article outlines the patients' perceptions of migraine and chronic daily headache. Thirteen semi-structured interviews were carried out with patients suffering from IHS migraine.

Antenatal care in the European Union: a survey on guidelines in all 25 member states of the Community.

Objectives: A comprehensive review of the content of national guidelines on antenatal care for normal pregnancies in the member states of the European Union was required to find out whether a common minimum guideline would be of benefit to complement national public health policies, and what this guideline might contain.

Study Design: A structured questionnaire was sent to the Ministries of Health and the societies of obstetricians and midwives. Descriptive analyses identified which and how many member states recommend a test, to how many people this applied, and whether there was a correlation between the gross national product and the number of tests recommended.

Overseas black and minority ethnic nurses: a systematic review.

This paper is based on a study of overseas black and minority ethnic nurses in the NHS. Following a critical and analytical discussion of the principles of systematic reviewing, Obrey Alexis and Vasso Vydelingum describe the process of reviewing the literature and outlines the techniques of critically appraising all types of literature, including evidence that is opinion-based.

Patients' management of migraine and chronic daily headache: a study of the members of the Migraine Action Association (United Kingdom).

Background: Many strategies are available to treat and prevent migraine and chronic daily headache (CDH). Broadly these strategies can be divided into four groups, including (i) health care consultations, (ii) medication and alternative remedies, (iii) general (acute and prophylactic) strategies, and (iv) social support.

Objective: This study aimed to compare headache management between migraine (MO), migraine with aura (MA), and those with CDH over the last 12 months.

Migraine and chronic daily headache management: a qualitative study of patients' perceptions.

Aim: The aim of the study was to gain insight into the patients' perceptions of migraine and chronic daily headache (CDH) management.

Methods: Thirteen, semi-structured and individual interviews with seven migraine and five CDH patients were carried out and analysed in QSR NUD*IST5, using a grounded theory methodology.

Results: The participants described using five areas of management: 1) health care use; 2) medication use; 3) alternative therapies; 4) social support; and 5) lifestyle and self-help.