What are the health inequalities associated with long term physical health conditions experienced by African and Caribbean people in Birmingham, Lewisham and the UK? What evidence-based approaches are effective at preventing and addressing these health inequalities?

Health Inequalities associated with Long Term Conditions experienced by African and Caribbean people living in Birmingham, Lewisham and the UK – a rapid systematic review

Research questions:

What are the health inequalities associated with long term physical health conditions experienced by African and Caribbean people in Birmingham, Lewisham and the UK? What evidence-based approaches are effective at preventing and addressing these health inequalities?

Search Strategy:

This review will be conducted and presented in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Statement (2020). Searches will be undertaken using Cochrane Library, EMBASE and MEDLINE, as well as relevant high quality grey literature. Recently published systematic reviews will be utilised in the first instance where available, and reference lists of included articles will be searched for further relevant data sources.