Scottish Health and Ethnicity Research Strategy Steering Group
The Scottish Health and Ethnicity Research Strategy Steering (SHERSS) group is a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency group with members drawn from the Scottish Government, the NHS, academia and relevant third sector organisations. It was set up in 2010 as recommended by the Health in our Multi-ethnic Scotland - Future Research Priorities 2009 report, with the aim of helping to implement the priorities and recommendations of the report. Its wider purpose is to encourage and promote high quality research that will help to improve the health and well-being of all ethnic groups living in Scotland.
Aims
- To assist in implementing the priorities and recommendations of “Health in our Multi-ethnic Scotland - Future Research Priorities”. The group will also address the interface with closely related issues arising from religion and migration in Scotland.
- To keep under review and revise where appropriate the above priorities and recommendations in the light of changing circumstances and experience.
- To report annually to the Scottish Government on progress against these priorities and recommendations and on other strategic issues relevant to research on ethnicity and health in Scotland.
- To provide a strategic focus for researchers working in this field in Scotland.
- To maintain and promote awareness of current research and research-related issues relevant to health and ethnicity through the annual report and by other means.
Find out more about the group
Download the SHERSS group's first annual report (December 2011)
View minutes of the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Research Strategy Steering group
Download a summary of recent and current research about health and ethnicity in Scotland.
Find details of the SHERSS group's members.
Reviewed 5 October 2011