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Research evidence concerning the mental health of the Chinese population in Britain is much more limited than for other ethnic groups. The purpose of this paper is to get a better understanding of the mental health needs of Chinese children living in the North East of England and their parents’ experiences and knowledge about the mental health services.

The authors invited parents from two Chinese language schools to complete the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ) and a seven-question self-report questionnaire.

In total, 76 out of 158 questionnaires returned. The mean scores of SDQ were lower than those reported in China, Hong Kong and UK. Only 43 per cent of parents knew how to seek psychiatric help if they suspect their children have mental health problems. Also, almost one-third of the parents believed that language barrier would be an obstacle for them to seek help.

This is the first study in UK to look at the mental health of Chinese children and young people from their parents’ perspectives. This is also the first study in UK to compare their mental health wellbeing (via using SDQ) with their counterparts in other countries. This study has brought some clarity and new information to light about this ethnic minority group.

This paper is part of an extensive research conducted as part of a doctoral thesis. The purpose of this paper is to collect and present the comprehensive list of e-textbook characteristics acquired from research in the English as a foreign language (EFL) subject area in Croatian higher education and present a useful checklist in the form of a conceptual model for e-textbook creation.

Literature was reviewed with the aim of collecting published e-textbook characteristics which were then combined with the characteristics obtained from research data. The data were collected through four distinct online questionnaires on the Survey Monkey platform.

Teaching EFL requires the use of different materials, authentic and specifically published for this purpose. The research results are used to discuss the possibility of blending all materials into one electronically published unit by considering the proposed e-textbook characteristics. The presented conceptual model for e-textbook creation can be used as a foundation for e-textbook design and evaluation in all subject fields.

The paper presents a list of e-textbook characteristics as an extensive list which can be applied in e-textbook design and evaluation in any subject field.