Raising awareness of health and social care careers amongst ethnic minority young people and their advisors using an action research approach

Robinson, L; Burns, B; Chesney, M; Jones, J

Abstract

This project aimed to investigate the reasons why applications to Health and Social Care (H&SC) programmes from Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) groups is low, and to attempt to address the problem, working with three colleges/schools. Qualitative (focus group n=7, reflective reports n=3) and quantitative (questionnaires n=239) data collection methods were employed. Triangulation of descriptive data showed lack of awareness of the H&SC professions by students and careers advisors. Careers advisors’ perception of barriers for these groups entering H&SC professions related to socio-cultural issues which were not borne out by the data collected from the BME communities.

Citation

Robinson, L., Burns, B., Chesney, M., & Jones, J. (2006, January). Raising awareness of health and social care careers amongst ethnic minority young people and their advisors using an action research approach. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment (ECE 2006), University of Salford, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: Education in a Changing Environment (ECE 2006)
• Conference Location: University of Salford, UK
• Start Date: Jan 12, 2006
• End Date: Jan 13, 2006
• Deposit Date: Dec 12, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 12, 2008
• Publisher URL: http://www.ece.salford.ac.uk/proceedings/2006
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Published by the University of Salford ISBN: 1905732074; Event Type : Conference