The NIHR CRN East Midlands and the Centre are working together on a project to understand more about attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccine research amongst people from ethnic minority and vulnerable communities. Initial work has included a series of focus groups and interviews to understand more about the potential barriers to participation in vaccine research. A summary Read More
ITV’s ‘Dark Destroyer’ quizzer backs prostate cancer campaign
Professional quizzer, Shaun ‘The Dark Destroyer’ Wallace has shared his experience of being checked for prostate cancer in support of an East Midlands campaign to encourage more black men to get checked for the preventable disease. The barrister and Master Mind champion, known best for his role as Chaser on ITV’s The Chase Read More
YouTube video promotes prostate cancer message
Leicester health campaigns have released a hard-hitting YouTube video about prostate cancer in a bid to get more men to check themselves for the “silent killer”. It is part of the #PlayDominoTalkProstate campaign by the Centre, which is based in the city, in conjunction the University of Leicester’s Health Matters project. One in four black Read More
Opportunity to join NIHR research advisory committee
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds high quality research that is focused on the needs of patients and the public. We aim to ensure that the knowledge, experiences and interests of patients, service users, carers and the public inform and contribute to their work. The NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) Read More
Recommendations to protect BAME people from disproportionate coronavirus threat
New recommendations to protect BAME communities from the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 have been issued to help “close the gap” in health inequality. Culturally-tailored public health messaging, bespoke test, trace and isolate strategies and priority testing for BAME workers are some of the immediate measures which should be put in place to protect the lives Read More
Obese BME people at ‘higher-risk’ of contracting COVID-19
Obese people among black and minority ethnic communities (BME) are at around two times higher the risk of contracting COVID-19 than white Europeans, a study conducted by a team of Leicester researchers has found. Previous research has shown that ethnicity can alter the association between the body mass index (BMI) and cardiometabolic health so the Read More