Open AccessPatient Empowerment: Apni Jung (Our Fight) against Rheumatoid Arthritis for South Asian Population
Author(s) -
Ailsa Bosworth,
Shirish Dubey,
Ade Adebajo,
Arumugam Moorthy,
Shivam Arora,
Afshan Salim,
Joti Reehal,
Vibhu Paudyal,
Monica Gupta,
Kanta Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mediterranean journal of rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2529-198X
DOI - 10.31138/mjr.32.2.93
Subject(s) - ethnic group , empowerment , rheumatoid arthritis , medicine , covid-19 , population , patient empowerment , alternative medicine , family medicine , gerontology , political science , sociology , environmental health , pathology , anthropology , law , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Covid-19 has affected many populations in the UK, and ethnic minority communities in particular. People from ethnic minority communities living with long-term chronic diseases have shown to be less engaging with self-management and report having poor medication adherence. The main reason to this problem is the way information is delivered to non-English speaking patients. This editorial discusses an innovation to over this barriers in rheumatology practice.