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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"South Asians"”.
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South Asians in Boston
… that attracted extremely skilled immigrants. South Asians, especially the Asian Indians constitute an integral part of this immigrant population that gravitated to this region not because of famines or wars, but the transformation in Massachusetts' economy. Their numbers grew rapidly through …
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Lifestyle self-management experiences of South Asians post myocardial infarction
… disease is the biggest killer in this country. South Asians carry the burden of increased incidence and prevalence and have poorer outcomes after a MI than the general UK population. Reviews have shown lifestyle modification including physical activity, healthy diet and smoking cessation, alters …
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Understanding Diversity in Cultural Identify in South Asians: Implications for Clinical Practice
This study explored the personal experiences of three generations of Pakistani Americans with an aim to understand the contributing factors to their cultural identity and meaning of their experiences. The ecological counseling approach (Conyne & Cook, 2004) was the theoretical framework that guided …
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Examining the culture of British South Asians and its impact on sports participation
This research looks at the culture of British South Asians and its impact on sports participation, utilising a multiple method approach that combines both semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. This study aims to understand the unique cultural factors that influence sports engagement among …
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Just Like Everyone Else? Locating South Asians in 21st Century American Popular Media
<p>In the 21st century, representations of South Asians in American popular media have grown exponentially. This is a particularly interesting phenomenon when considering the status that South Asians occupy in the American racial hierarchy. In <italic>Just Like Everyone Else? Locating South Asians …
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Aggravating Factors, Migraine Severity, and Healthcare Access among UK South Asians: A Systematic Review
… million people affected in the UK. Despite this, South Asians, comprising over 9% of the UK population, remain underrepresented in migraine research. Cultural stigma, language barriers, limited health literacy, and structural inequalities in healthcare access contribute to disparities in diagnosis …
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An exploration of factors affecting the use of community pharmacy services by South Asians in Leicester
… adherence. The perceptions of members of the South Asian population, general practitioners, and community pharmacists about how these factors are viewed in relation to community pharmacy services were explored in this study. It was conducted in Leicester City, which has a South Asian minority …
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Barriers to Access Palliative Care for Ethnic Minorities, Particularly South Asians in the UK: A Systematic review
Background: SA constitutes the single largest ethnic minority in the UK; however, access to personal computer (PC) services remains a matter of concern. Thus, this dissertation seeks to identify the barriers to accessing palliative care in ethnic minorities, focusing on SA in the UK. Methods: A …
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Atrial Fibrillation In Middle-Eastern Arabs And South Asians: Studies From A 20-Year National Registry In Qatar
… available on, namely: Middle Eastern Arabs and South Asians. My original contribution to knowledge includes identification of different aspects of AF in the targeted ethnic groups (Middle Eastern Arabs and South Asians), including: aetiologies; secular trends; cardiovascular risk factors; …
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Multidimensional Acculturation Among South Asians: Factor Structure of the Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA) and Relationship to Eating and Body-Image Disturbance
… 276 male and female undergraduate students of South Asian background using confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis (Study 1). Results indicated that four factors (mainstream traditions acculturation; mainstream social affiliation acculturation; heritage traditions acculturation; heritage …
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The Migration of South Asians from India to Guyana: The Journey, Struggles in a New Land, Reasons for Changes Over Time and Their Cultivation of a New Culture.
<p>Indians from different regions of India arrived in Guyana through indentureship in 1838. They were under a five-year contract and had to work on the sugar plantations for the duration of their indentureship. While they tried to persist their Indian culture, assimilation in their new environments …
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Advancing the Implementation of CLAS Standards to Support Health of South Asian Americans
… 34 million by 2050. A subset of Asian Americans, South Asians, face tremendous cultural, socioeconomic, linguistic, and structural obstacles to achieving good health. In 2018, the Office of Minority Health established the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards (CLAS) …
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Understanding of Coronary Heart Disease in South Asian Migrant Men in the UK
… of coronary heart disease among the South Asian Migrant men in the UK. The objectives of this study are: • To explore migrant South Asian men’s understanding of the risks involved with coronary heart disease in the UK • To relate their understanding in the context of current health …
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A qualitative exploration into how UK Pakistani male immigrants deal with personal problems and stresses in everyday life
There is considerable research to suggest that South Asians residing in the United Kingdom have comparatively low rates of mental health service utilization. Whilst several possible explanations have been offered by researchers, including lack of available information, language barriers, and …
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Dietary assessment, ultra-processed food consumption, and adiposity in four countries of South Asia
… from non-Western countries such as those in South Asia, where the burden of NCDs like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease is disproportionately high. This lack of evidence on the health correlates of UPF consumption in South Asia stems partly from the paucity of detailed food …
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Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Product Use Among South Asian Americans and Health: The Role of Gender and Acculturation
Background: The use of tobacco products among South Asians is relatively high. Moreover, there is a high prevalence of oral smokeless tobacco products (SLT), particularly products containing Dypsis Lutescens plant, a central nervous system stimulant designated as a carcinogen. The use of SLT …
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‘A Class Apart’?: South Asian Immigrants and the White Working Class Left, Yorkshire 1960-1981
During the 1960s many thousands of South Asian immigrants arrived in the United Kingdom. At first they were, by and large, economic migrants looking to fill British labour shortages and send remittances back home. Through the 1960s and into the 1970s, however, the arrival of wives and dependents, …
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A Comparative Study on the Integration of Culturally Diverse Zimbabwean and Somali Communities in Leicester.
… The significant influx of African Caribbeans and South Asians in the second half of the 20th century catapulted political and policy debates in the city on how best to formulate integration policies which will manage the co-existence of an increasingly multi-ethnic society. By the turn of the 21st …
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Cancer incidence by Ethnic Group in England, 2001-2007
… the six non-White ethnic groups (and combined ‘South Asian’ and ‘Black’ groups) to Whites and to each other. Results There were significant differences in the incidence of nearly all cancers between the ethnic groups. In general, incidence was lower in non-White ethnic groups, but there was …
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