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Culture, migration, Brexit, and COVID-19: managing the mental health of patients from Central and Eastern Europe

Poppleton, Aaron, Saunders, Caroline, Chew-Graham, Carolyn A, Kingstone, Tom, Chudyk, Adrian, Dikomitis, Lisa (2022) Culture, migration, Brexit, and COVID-19: managing the mental health of patients from Central and Eastern Europe. British Journal of General Practice, 72 (720). pp. 308-309. ISSN 0960-1643. (doi:10.3399/bjgp22X719801) (KAR id:95801)

Abstract

The incidence of common mental health conditions and wellbeing concerns increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.1 A shift to remote access and consulting within general practice has led to fears that quality of care has decreased for many groups, particularly for migrant communities.2 Numbering over 2 million, people from Central and Eastern Europe (including Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and other countries) constitute one of the largest foreign-born communities across the UK.3 Despite this, their health needs receive relatively little attention from the media or policymakers.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.3399/bjgp22X719801
Additional information: For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.
Uncontrolled keywords: Europe, European Union, COVID-19 - epidemiology, United Kingdom - epidemiology, Europe, Eastern, Humans, Mental Health
Subjects: R Medicine
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Kent and Medway Medical School
Funders: Wellcome Trust (https://ror.org/029chgv08)
SWORD Depositor: JISC Publications Router
Depositing User: JISC Publications Router
Date Deposited: 22 Nov 2022 14:50 UTC
Last Modified: 28 Feb 2024 10:22 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/95801 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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