BE SURE
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Building an understanding of Ethnic minority people’s Service Use Relating to Emergency care for injuries
IRAS ID
305391
Contact name
Ashrafunnesa Khanom
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Swansea University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
7201, Research Registry
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 4 months, 29 days
Research summary
Background: Injuries are a major public health problem which can lead to disability or death. In the United Kingdom (UK) six million Emergency Department (ED) visits a year are the result of accidental injuries. However, we know little about the incidence, management and outcomes related to injuries among people from ethnic minority groups in the UK. Studies from several countries have indicated that people from ethnic minority groups have poor experience of accessing care and poor satisfaction with care compared to their White counterparts. Poor experiences have been attributed to communication, cultural barriers feeling excluded from vital decisions related to their care and perceived limited choice of care provision.
Study aim: To investigate disparities in how ethnic minorities present to emergency ambulance services and ED with injuries, the care they receive and what happens to them, compared to the White British population, to inform policy to address differences in care, morbidity and mortality.
Study setting: Four ambulance services (England (3), Scotland (1)) with one receiving hospital ED in each service.
Methods: In this mixed method study we will carry out a scoping review of literature and describe what is already known about ethnic minority populations’ use of emergency health services for injury, the care they receive, and health outcomes. We will use retrospective routine linked data to compare outcomes between minority ethnic and White British people and undertake a survey to capture knowledge, beliefs and experiences when they contact emergency services for injuries. Finally, we will carry out qualitative interviews and focus groups with people and care providers to capture experience and delivery of care.
Outputs: Our research will support ambulance service and EDs to improve care and outcomes for ethnic minority people who experience injuries and inform injury surveillance resources where they exist, to include ethnicity dimension in their reporting of injury.
REC name
Wales REC 7
REC reference
22/WA/0080
Date of REC Opinion
5 Apr 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion