Safety and minority ethnic communities A preliminary study on the home safety information needs of the Asian, Chinese and Vietnamese communities living in the UK in the 1990s.

Abstract

This article is about the safety information needs of the Asian, Chinese and Vietnamese communities living in the UK. The author describes the process by which the report Safety and minority ethnic communities was researched and written and details the recommendations arising from that research.

The report itself covered a two-year research project conducted between 1990 and 1992. The work was funded by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Health and carried out by the author.

Keywords:

• communication
• minority communities
• safety
• information needs