 | Abstract |
The main objectives of the MEHO cardiovascular and diabetes sub-programme (work package 6) are:
- To identify and describe available routine data on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in ethnic minority groups in Europe.
- To re-analyse existing data with the aim of comparing cardiovascular and diabetes indicators in ethnic minorities to that in indigenous populations with and between European countries.
- To contribute to the larger MEHO project through the identification and analysis of existing data on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in ethnic minorities.
- To improve public health through linking data to policy.
 | List of partners involved |
University of Edinburgh Medical School
Professor Raj Bhopal
Professor of Public Health
Division of Community Health Sciences - Public Health Sciences Section
Teviot Place, EH8 9AG - Edinburgh, Scotland
Phone: +(0131) 650 3216 39-06-83060431
Fax: +44 39-06-83060463
E-mail address: Raj.Bhopal@ed.ac.uk
Dr Snorri Bjorn Rafnsson
Research Fellow
Division of Community Health Sciences - Public Health Sciences Section
Teviot Place, EH8 9AG - Edinburgh, Scotland
Phone: +44 (0131) 650 6964
E-mail address: S.B.Rafnsson@ed.ac.uk
 | Deliverables |
The main deliverables of the cardiovascular and diabetes sub-programme are:
- A network of public health professionals/researchers interested in CVD and diabetes in ethnic minority groups in Europe.
- An inventory of available routine European ethnic group-related cardiovascular and diabetes data.
- A coherent and comparable analysis in a report format.
- Input into public health plans and policy.
- A forward plan for the second phase of the project, including the improvement of available European routine data and their use in research and public health.
 | Scientific output |