Dharmi Kapadia
Biographic Data
| ID | 230493 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dharmi Kapadia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dharmi |
| FAMILY NAME | Kapadia |
| SIGNATURE | KAPADIA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4007-1981 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Racism, mortification and carcerality: Three concepts needed to understand the experiences of racially minoritised people diagnosed with severe mental illness
This paper argues to understand racially minoritised people's experiences of mental illness and mental healthcare, we must expand the focus from inpatient stays to understanding a series of interactions with state institutions. We extend Goffman's concept of mortification beyond the inpatient unit to demonstrate how carceral practices are routinely used by state institutions, contributing to the worsening of racially minoritised people's mental h…
Methodological assumptions and limitations of life expectancy estimates for minoritised ethnic groups in the UK: Implications for validity, practice, and policy
Experimental life expectancy estimates calculated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the period 2011 to 2014 show significantly longer life expectancy for minoritised ethnic groups in England and Wales when compared with the white majority. These findings are in contrast to a large body of evidence of poorer health outcomes among certain minoritised ethnic groups (predominately Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean, Gypsy/Traveller and Pakist…
Beyond Ownership: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Pet–Owner Bond, Self-Harm, and Suicide Risk in UK Young People
This study investigated whether pet ownership and the quality or structure of pet relationships were associated with self-harm and suicide risk among young people aged 16–24 years with lived experience of self-harm. In a cross-sectional online survey (n = 169), participants reported on pet ownership, strength of the pet–owner bond, and structural characteristics of ownership (number and diversity of pets). Standardized measures assessed anxiety, …
Ethnic inequalities in adolescent mental wellbeing: An interaction analysis of social identity markers, risk and protective factors
Minoritised ethnic young people show better mental wellbeing than White British peers. • Discrimination and bullying harm wellbeing more for certain ethnicities. • Own-ethnic density and parent support are more protective for some ethnic groups. • Traditional gender gap and effects of peer support are uniform across ethnicities
Mapping support systems: A cross-sectional examination of personal support networks, perceived support, mental health outcomes, and help-seeking behaviours among UK undergraduate students
Perceived availability of support, rather than structural characteristics of support networks, was the primary factor linked to improved mental health and help-seeking preferences. Strengthening students' perceived support may be critical for promoting resilience and encouraging appropriate help-seeking behaviour
Associations Between Experiences of Racial Discrimination Across the Life Course and Mental Health: Exploring Direct and Indirect Pathways
We aim to explore the association between racial discrimination across the life course on common mental disorders (CMD) during the COVID-19 pandemic, testing direct and indirect pathways. Cross-sectional data were obtained from the Evidence for Equality National Survey (Feb-Nov 2021, N = 8897 ethnic minority people aged 18-60). The survey measured experiences of racial discrimination across multiple domains and time periods. Path analyses were us…
Marginalisation and distrust in the context of the Covid-19 vaccination programme: Experiences of communities in a northern UK city region
Histories of structural inequalities experienced by minoritised groups invoked feelings of suspicion and scepticism at the motivations of the agencies behind the vaccination rollout. This highlights the need for a contextualised analysis of attitudes to vaccines, considering pre-existing inequalities, which may be especially relevant for conceptualising public responses to the vaccination programme. Finally, our study shows the important ways in …
The persistence and pervasiveness of racial discrimination in Great Britain: Capturing Experienced Racial Discrimination Over Time and Life Domains
Racism has been long-established to be associated with social, economic, and health inequalities for minoritised ethnic groups, but existent evidence likely under-estimates the extent and persistence of experienced racial discrimination due to limitations in the measurement of timing and domains of life where racial discrimination occurs. We analysed data captured by a novel retrospective measure of life course experiences of racial discriminatio…
Racism and Ethnic Inequality in a Time of Crisis: Findings from the Evidence for Equality National Survey
Ethnic inequalities in health in later life, 1993–2017: The persistence of health disadvantage over more than two decades
Ethnic inequalities in health and wellbeing across the early and mid-lifecourse have been well-documented in the United Kingdom. What is less known is the prevalence and persistence of ethnic inequalities in health in later life. There is a large empirical gap focusing on older ethnic minority people in ethnicity and ageing research. In this paper, we take a novel approach to address data limitations by harmonising six nationally representative s…
Pathways to ethnic inequalities in Covid-19 health outcomes in the United Kingdom: A systematic map
Stigma, Mental Illness & Ethnicity: Time to Centre Racism and Structural Stigma
This article critically reviews previous research in the field of stigma, mental illness and 'race' and ethnicity, and argues for a shift of focus from individual and community blame, as inferred by mental illness stigma, to a more comprehensive view of how stigma operates against a backdrop of structural and institutional racism. Ethnic minority people have poorer mental health outcomes compared with White majority populations. Dominant narrativ…
Racism as the fundamental cause of ethnic inequities in Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy: A theoretical framework and empirical exploration using the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Ethnic inequities in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy have been reported in the United Kingdom (UK), and elsewhere. Explanations have mainly focused on differences in the level of concern about side effects, and in lack of trust in the development and efficacy of vaccines. Here we propose that racism is the fundamental cause of ethnic inequities in vaccine hesitancy. We introduce a theoretical framework detailing the mechanisms by which racism at the s…
The enduring effects of racism on health: Understanding direct and indirect effects over time
Experiences of racism and racial discrimination are associated with poorer mental and physical health outcomes for people from minoritised ethnic groups. One mechanism by which racism leads to poor health is through reduced socio-economic resources, but the evidence documenting the direct and indirect effects of racism on health via socio-economic inequality over time is under-developed. The central aims of this paper are to better understand how…
The practice of participatory action research: Complicity, power and prestige in dialogue with the 'racialised mad
Mental health service users in the UK have become increasingly involved in research over the last 2 decades partly as a consequence of research governance. Ethnic minority service users, however, point to power imbalances stemming from marginalisation and discrimination creating barriers to knowledge co-production (Kalathil, J. (2013). Hard to reach? Racialised groups and mental health service user involvement.). Heavily influenced by Freire's li…
Black Lives Matter: Extended Special Section
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How is the benefit of mixed social networks altered by neighbourhood deprivation for ethnic groups
This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council grant number ES/K002198/1: Understanding changes in ethnic relations: the dynamics of ethnicity, identity and inequality in the UK
Pakistani women's use of mental health services and the role of social networks: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative research
Ethnic differences in women’s use of mental health services: Do social networks play a role? Findings from a national survey
The differential treatment of women from Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic groups in primary care settings could be a possible reason for the observed differences in mental health service use
Stigma, Mental Illness & Ethnicity: Time to Centre Racism and Structural Stigma
This article critically reviews previous research in the field of stigma, mental illness and 'race' and ethnicity, and argues for a shift of focus from individual and community blame, as inferred by mental illness stigma, to a more comprehensive view of how stigma operates against a backdrop of structural and institutional racism. Ethnic minority people have poorer mental health outcomes compared with White majority populations. Dominant narrativ…
The practice of participatory action research: Complicity, power and prestige in dialogue with the 'racialised mad
Mental health service users in the UK have become increasingly involved in research over the last 2 decades partly as a consequence of research governance. Ethnic minority service users, however, point to power imbalances stemming from marginalisation and discrimination creating barriers to knowledge co-production (Kalathil, J. (2013). Hard to reach? Racialised groups and mental health service user involvement.). Heavily influenced by Freire's li…
How is the benefit of mixed social networks altered by neighbourhood deprivation for ethnic groups
This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council grant number ES/K002198/1: Understanding changes in ethnic relations: the dynamics of ethnicity, identity and inequality in the UK
Ethnic inequalities in health in later life, 1993–2017: The persistence of health disadvantage over more than two decades
Ethnic inequalities in health and wellbeing across the early and mid-lifecourse have been well-documented in the United Kingdom. What is less known is the prevalence and persistence of ethnic inequalities in health in later life. There is a large empirical gap focusing on older ethnic minority people in ethnicity and ageing research. In this paper, we take a novel approach to address data limitations by harmonising six nationally representative s…
The persistence and pervasiveness of racial discrimination in Great Britain: Capturing Experienced Racial Discrimination Over Time and Life Domains
Racism has been long-established to be associated with social, economic, and health inequalities for minoritised ethnic groups, but existent evidence likely under-estimates the extent and persistence of experienced racial discrimination due to limitations in the measurement of timing and domains of life where racial discrimination occurs. We analysed data captured by a novel retrospective measure of life course experiences of racial discriminatio…
Pathways to ethnic inequalities in Covid-19 health outcomes in the United Kingdom: A systematic map
Ethnic differences in women’s use of mental health services: Do social networks play a role? Findings from a national survey
The differential treatment of women from Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic groups in primary care settings could be a possible reason for the observed differences in mental health service use
Ethnic differences in women’s use of mental health services: Do social networks play a role? Findings from a national survey
The differential treatment of women from Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic groups in primary care settings could be a possible reason for the observed differences in mental health service use
Pakistani women's use of mental health services and the role of social networks: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative research
How is the benefit of mixed social networks altered by neighbourhood deprivation for ethnic groups
This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council grant number ES/K002198/1: Understanding changes in ethnic relations: the dynamics of ethnicity, identity and inequality in the UK
Black Lives Matter: Extended Special Section
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
Racism as the fundamental cause of ethnic inequities in Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy: A theoretical framework and empirical exploration using the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Ethnic inequities in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy have been reported in the United Kingdom (UK), and elsewhere. Explanations have mainly focused on differences in the level of concern about side effects, and in lack of trust in the development and efficacy of vaccines. Here we propose that racism is the fundamental cause of ethnic inequities in vaccine hesitancy. We introduce a theoretical framework detailing the mechanisms by which racism at the s…
The enduring effects of racism on health: Understanding direct and indirect effects over time
Experiences of racism and racial discrimination are associated with poorer mental and physical health outcomes for people from minoritised ethnic groups. One mechanism by which racism leads to poor health is through reduced socio-economic resources, but the evidence documenting the direct and indirect effects of racism on health via socio-economic inequality over time is under-developed. The central aims of this paper are to better understand how…
The practice of participatory action research: Complicity, power and prestige in dialogue with the 'racialised mad
Mental health service users in the UK have become increasingly involved in research over the last 2 decades partly as a consequence of research governance. Ethnic minority service users, however, point to power imbalances stemming from marginalisation and discrimination creating barriers to knowledge co-production (Kalathil, J. (2013). Hard to reach? Racialised groups and mental health service user involvement.). Heavily influenced by Freire's li…
Racism and Ethnic Inequality in a Time of Crisis: Findings from the Evidence for Equality National Survey
Ethnic inequalities in health in later life, 1993–2017: The persistence of health disadvantage over more than two decades
Ethnic inequalities in health and wellbeing across the early and mid-lifecourse have been well-documented in the United Kingdom. What is less known is the prevalence and persistence of ethnic inequalities in health in later life. There is a large empirical gap focusing on older ethnic minority people in ethnicity and ageing research. In this paper, we take a novel approach to address data limitations by harmonising six nationally representative s…
Pathways to ethnic inequalities in Covid-19 health outcomes in the United Kingdom: A systematic map
Stigma, Mental Illness & Ethnicity: Time to Centre Racism and Structural Stigma
This article critically reviews previous research in the field of stigma, mental illness and 'race' and ethnicity, and argues for a shift of focus from individual and community blame, as inferred by mental illness stigma, to a more comprehensive view of how stigma operates against a backdrop of structural and institutional racism. Ethnic minority people have poorer mental health outcomes compared with White majority populations. Dominant narrativ…
Marginalisation and distrust in the context of the Covid-19 vaccination programme: Experiences of communities in a northern UK city region
Histories of structural inequalities experienced by minoritised groups invoked feelings of suspicion and scepticism at the motivations of the agencies behind the vaccination rollout. This highlights the need for a contextualised analysis of attitudes to vaccines, considering pre-existing inequalities, which may be especially relevant for conceptualising public responses to the vaccination programme. Finally, our study shows the important ways in …
The persistence and pervasiveness of racial discrimination in Great Britain: Capturing Experienced Racial Discrimination Over Time and Life Domains
Racism has been long-established to be associated with social, economic, and health inequalities for minoritised ethnic groups, but existent evidence likely under-estimates the extent and persistence of experienced racial discrimination due to limitations in the measurement of timing and domains of life where racial discrimination occurs. We analysed data captured by a novel retrospective measure of life course experiences of racial discriminatio…
Ethnic inequalities in adolescent mental wellbeing: An interaction analysis of social identity markers, risk and protective factors
Minoritised ethnic young people show better mental wellbeing than White British peers. • Discrimination and bullying harm wellbeing more for certain ethnicities. • Own-ethnic density and parent support are more protective for some ethnic groups. • Traditional gender gap and effects of peer support are uniform across ethnicities
Mapping support systems: A cross-sectional examination of personal support networks, perceived support, mental health outcomes, and help-seeking behaviours among UK undergraduate students
Perceived availability of support, rather than structural characteristics of support networks, was the primary factor linked to improved mental health and help-seeking preferences. Strengthening students' perceived support may be critical for promoting resilience and encouraging appropriate help-seeking behaviour
Associations Between Experiences of Racial Discrimination Across the Life Course and Mental Health: Exploring Direct and Indirect Pathways
We aim to explore the association between racial discrimination across the life course on common mental disorders (CMD) during the COVID-19 pandemic, testing direct and indirect pathways. Cross-sectional data were obtained from the Evidence for Equality National Survey (Feb-Nov 2021, N = 8897 ethnic minority people aged 18-60). The survey measured experiences of racial discrimination across multiple domains and time periods. Path analyses were us…
Racism, mortification and carcerality: Three concepts needed to understand the experiences of racially minoritised people diagnosed with severe mental illness
This paper argues to understand racially minoritised people's experiences of mental illness and mental healthcare, we must expand the focus from inpatient stays to understanding a series of interactions with state institutions. We extend Goffman's concept of mortification beyond the inpatient unit to demonstrate how carceral practices are routinely used by state institutions, contributing to the worsening of racially minoritised people's mental h…
Methodological assumptions and limitations of life expectancy estimates for minoritised ethnic groups in the UK: Implications for validity, practice, and policy
Experimental life expectancy estimates calculated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the period 2011 to 2014 show significantly longer life expectancy for minoritised ethnic groups in England and Wales when compared with the white majority. These findings are in contrast to a large body of evidence of poorer health outcomes among certain minoritised ethnic groups (predominately Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean, Gypsy/Traveller and Pakist…
Beyond Ownership: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Pet–Owner Bond, Self-Harm, and Suicide Risk in UK Young People
This study investigated whether pet ownership and the quality or structure of pet relationships were associated with self-harm and suicide risk among young people aged 16–24 years with lived experience of self-harm. In a cross-sectional online survey (n = 169), participants reported on pet ownership, strength of the pet–owner bond, and structural characteristics of ownership (number and diversity of pets). Standardized measures assessed anxiety, …
Sociology (13 works) · Ethnic group (12 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Racism (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Inequality (6 works)