Social capital, participation and the perpetuation of health inequalities: Obstacles to African-Caribbean participation in 'partnerships' to improve mental health

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-335

  Campbell, Catherine ^a   Cornish, Flora ^b   McLean, Carl ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African Caribbean; Health Inequalities; Mental Health; Participation; Partnerships; Social Capital

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; RACE; STAKEHOLDER;

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPRIVED COMMUNITY; DISEMPOWERMENT; DISILLUSIONMENT; DISTRUST; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICIPATION; PARTNERSHIP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL RESOURCE; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7544232757     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355785042000302799     Document Type: Review

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