Search Terms and Databases

Search strategy and terms

1 ethnic minorit*

2 (BME or black ethnic minorit* or black minorit* ethnic*)

3 asylum seeker*

4 (migrant* or immigrant*)

5 mixed race*

6 cultur*

7 (multicultural or multi-cultural)

8 (cross-cultural or crosscultural)

9 (trans-cultural or transcultural)

10 (multi-rac* or multirac*)

11 (multiethnic or multi-ethnic)

12 refugee*

13 (multi-lingu* or multilingu*)

14 (ethno-cultur* or ethnocultur*)

15 (socio-cultural or sociocultural)

16 (divers* or diverse population* or cultural diversity)

17 (south asian* or bangladeshi* or pakistani* or indian* or sri lankan*)

18 (asian* or east asian* or chinese or taiwanese or vietnamese or korean* or japanese)

19 (afro-caribbean* or african-caribbean* or caribbean or african* or black* or afro*)

20 (islam* or hindu* or Sikh* or buddhis* or muslim* or moslem* or christian* or catholic* or jew*)

21 exp Ethnic Groups/ or ethnic group*

22 ((ethnic or linguistic) adj diversity)

23 (transient adj (group* or population*))

24 acculturation

25 (faith* or belief* or religion*)

26 or/1–25

27 (health promotion or health promotion intervention* or promot* health)

28 ((intervention* adj5 health) or (health adj5 intervention*) or interven*)

29 Health education.mp. or exp Health Education/

30 prevention

31 public health.mp. or exp Public Health/

32 community intervention*

33 ((community-level or community level) adj5 intervention*)

34 (health* adj (behaviour or behavior))

35 27 or 33 or 32 or 28 or 30 or 31 or 29 or 34

36 ((physical adj5 activit*) or exercise*)

37 ((weight adj5 (management or control)) or weight)

38 (diet* or diet* modification or diet* change* or nutrition* or food*)

39 (smoking or smoking cessation or stop smoking or smoking reduction)

40 exp Life Style/

41 lifestyle*

42 (fruit* or vegetable*)

43 (activit* or inactivit*)

44 (food habit* or healthy eat*)

45 exp Obesity/

46 (obes* or overweight)

47 or/36–46

48 (adapt* or modif* or sensitiv* or target* or chang* or alter*)

49 35 and 26 and 47

50 limit 49 to (humans)

51 50 and 48

Databases: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, BIOSIS; Campbell Collaboration; Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, published in The Cochrane Library; EMBASE; ISI Web of Science; LILACS; MEDLINE; PsychINFO; and the NHS Evidence Specialist Collection for Ethnicity and Health.