Information Sources

Information Sources

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List Of Web-links Used In The MELTING project

Faculty students

Cultural Diversity

	Department of Health website Data about ethnic groups is gathered for the purpose of needs identification and assessment in health and social care. This website is a useful educational resource concerning its use within the National Health Service is contained within the Department of Health website
	www.cre.gov.uk Commission for race equality
	www.homeoffice.gov.uk Home Office website - a useful source of information about race relations and human rights acts.
	www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/hors220.pdf Religious Discrimination in England and Wales. Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (get from www.adobe.com)
	www.openup.co.uk Open University Press
	www.doh.gov.uk/race_equality
	www.doh.gov.uk/nhsequality.htm Equality framework for the NHS
	www.blink.org.uk Black Information Network. Includes Stephen Lawrence Inquiry information.
	www.doh.gov.uk/london/home.htm A site for refugee and asylum seekers health needs in the UK.
	www.doh.gov.uk/asylumseekers/resourcepack.htm A Resource Pack about Caring for Dispersed Asylum Seekers. June 2003

Models Of Transcultural Care

	www.mdx.ac.uk/www/rctsh/homepage.htm
	www.healthsci.clayton.edu/eichelberger/nursing.htm

Essential Aspects of Care

	www.madaboutblackhair.com
	www.blackhealthnetwork.com
	www.blackwomenshealth.com
	emedicine.com/derm/topic205.htp
	www.doh.gov.uk/nhscomplaints/ Handling Complaints: Monitoring NHS complaints procedures. England, Financial Year 1998-1999.
	www.doh.gov.uk/essenceofcare The Essence of Care. Patient-focused benchmarking for health care practitioners.
	www.eastman.ucl.ac.uk Transcultural Oral Health
	www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/hors220.pdf Religious Discrimination in England and Wales. Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (get from www.adobe.com)
	www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/ world_religions/index.shtml BBC World service website guide to religions of the world.

Lifespan Approach & Scenarios

	www.mariestopes.org.uk
	www.bpas.org British Pregnancy Advisory Service
	www.bild.org.uk British Institute of Learning Disabilities
	www.patient.org.uk/selfhelp/disability.htm List of UK patient support groups.
	www.erg.ion.ucl.ac.uk Epilepsy Research Group, University College London.
	www.rnib.org.uk Royal National Institute for the Blind
	www.disability.gov.uk Run by the Disability Unit, in the Governments Department for Work and Pensions
	www.rnld.co.uk Online resource of links to Learning Difficulty sites. Aimed at student nurses studying RN/DipHE Learning Disability Branch.
	www.hsrc.org.uk
	www.disability-council.gov.uk
	www.mencap.org
	www.bbc.co.uk/asianlife/

About the MELTING Project

	www.doh.gov.uk/nhsequality/nhsequalitiesframework.htm The Vital Connection: An Equalities Framework for the NHS.
	www.nmc-uk.org Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Other Useful Sites

www.londonhealth.co.uk/
campaignandsupportgroupsethnicminorities.asp
A health and ethnic minorities support and campaigns group directory.

www.kingsfund.org.uk/
An independent health care charity. Their main focus is working to improve the health of Londoners.

www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/MINORITY-ETHNIC-HEALTH.html This site hosts a free email subscription group for those interested in the health of minority ethnic communities in Britain

www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au
Multi-lingual health information.