bilingual linkworker should be employed to develop and support local networks and to
deliver health education and health promotion programmes. These programmes must
take into account the nature and lifestyles of the local population and reach those who
are most disadvantaged.
Department of Health policy and guidance:
Guidance on Developing Local Communication Support Services and Strategies,
Department of Health Equality and Human Rights Group, 20 April 2004
• The feasibility of expanding the geographical and functional remit of the Chinese Cultural
Centre in Telford should be investigated. Funding, organisational capacity and demand
for services would be key questions.
The Centre could assume a direct role in promoting better health by becoming a focal
point for delivery of health information, providing
iii) a Chinese-language health resource library
iv) health talks delivered in Chinese
Links with other Chinese organisations, e.g. Chinese National Healthy Living Centre
should be built so that good practice in developing and supporting community health
initiatives can be shared.
• Cultural awareness training is particularly important for providers of secondary care. As
the population ages, this will become important for long term and palliative care.
However, this study has also highlighted the importance of awareness of ethnic
differences in risk factors, genetic susceptibility and epidemiology. Ethnic and cultural
awareness should be promoted among primary care providers.
• Cultural awareness in mental health care is also essential. Culturally- and linguisticallyappropriate
services should be made available. These services can be delivered by
outside organisations but promotion and referral systems need to be established so that
they can be accessed.
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• Given the high proportion of Chinese students in Colleges, cultural awareness needs to
be promoted among College authorities so that guidelines and policies can be put in
place to accommodate culturally different health needs and behaviours.
Students should also be made aware of the availability of and have access to
interpreters should they require them.
• Ethnic monitoring must be introduced across the board so that equity of service provision
in relation to needs and population dynamics is ensured.
Department of Health policy and guidance:
A Practical Guide to Ethnic Monitoring in the NHS and Social Care, DH; Health and
Social Care Information Centre; NHS Employers, 29 July 2005
8. References
1. London Chinese Community Network, The Changing Chinese Community in London:
Meeting the Challenges in Service Provision in 2010. November 2005 www.chinesenetwork.
net
2. The Sunday Times, Quiet rise of the British Dragon, January 22 2006
3. Sushel Ohri, Review of Race Infrastructure in Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire: Building
Capacity to Make a Difference. (A report commissioned by Shropshire County Council and
Borough of Telford & Wrekin) October 2004
4. Li P-L, Logan S, The Mental Health Needs of Chinese People in England: A Report of a
National Survey. Chinese National Healthy Living Centre June 1999
5. Prior L, Chun PL, Huat SB, Beliefs and accounts of illness. Views from two Cantonesespeaking
communities in England. Sociol Health Illness 2000; 22:815-839
6. Department of Health, Health Survey for Engl
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