Ahmad W I, Kernohan E E, Baker M R
Community Med. 1989 Feb;11(1):49-56. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a042446.
About 2.5 per cent of United Kingdom residents are of Asian (or Indian subcontinent) origin though the term 'Asian' hides their internal diversities of languages, religions and national origins. The research on the health of these populations is heavily concentrated in areas of rickets and osteomalacia, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, and mental health, and is mainly dependent on analysis of routinely available morbidity and mortality data. Little has been published on the use of primary care services, racism in health service delivery, quality of care and doctor-patient communication. Also, few of the studies have attempted to interpret their findings against the disadvantaged background of Asian communities. It is implied that differences in health status are due to linguistic and cultural factors alone. The research literature on the health of Asian populations is critically reviewed.
约2.5%的英国居民来自亚洲（或印度次大陆），尽管“亚洲人”这个词掩盖了他们在语言、宗教和原籍国方面的内部差异。对这些人群健康状况的研究主要集中在佝偻病和骨软化症、结核病、母婴健康以及心理健康领域，并且主要依赖于对常规可得的发病率和死亡率数据的分析。关于初级保健服务的使用、医疗服务提供中的种族主义、护理质量以及医患沟通方面的文献发表较少。此外，很少有研究试图在亚洲社区处于不利地位的背景下解读其研究结果。这意味着健康状况的差异仅仅归因于语言和文化因素。本文对有关亚洲人群健康的研究文献进行了批判性综述。
