Health Beliefs and Folk Models of Diabetes in British Bangladeshis: A Qualitative Study

This selection compares a group of recent British Bangladeshi immigrants to a sample of Londoners to show that the explanatory models the immigrants express in relation to diabetes may be used productively in health promotion (see also selection 32). Among the British Bangladeshis in the study, there is a mixing of old and new ideas and similarities as well as differences with mainstream British health beliefs.