Resources
General resources
SOUTH ASIAN HEALTH issues - credible & reliable source
Active Travel with Sustrans
American Physicians of Indian Origin
British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO)
Counselling Directory- find your counsellor near your home
Epidemiology text
Electronic Quality Information for Patients in different languages (NHS- UK)
Health needs of Minority Ethnic Groups Document
Information in Languages other than English and for Ethnic Groups
National Electronic Library for Health (NELH)
South Asian Health Issues
South Asian Health Preventionists Association
South Asian Health Research Institute(SAHRI)
Race for Health
Religious Beliefs and Transplantation
Caring for Muslim Patients
Changing disease patterns in South Asians in the UK
CHIEF- Community Health Involvement & Empowerment Forum - community interest company
New ethnicity and health research strategy for Scotland- available here
NHS Choices - Your health, your choices
BMI - Body Mass Index
How to calculate your BMI
Asian obesity level "should be lower"
Cancer
Statistics
Cardiovascular
Blood Pressure Association
Bradford Birth Cohort
British Cardiac Society
British Heart Foundation
Cardiovascular Coalition
Education for Health
Stroke Association: Stroke in South Asian people
Stroke Association: preventing a stroke (South Asian language versions)Heartsmart
Khush Dil project
National Heart Forum
Review of CVD in Ethnic Minorities 2007
Social inequalities and cardiovascular disease in South Asians
Diabetes
BBC News on diabetes in South Asians
Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK Guide to Ramdan
Prevention of diabetes & obesity in South Asian
"Obesity targets could vary by ethnicity" - GP Newspaper
GlycosMedia - diabetes news service
Interpreting
Access to interpreting services in England: secondary analysis of national data
Information resource for ethnic minorities
Ramadan
Dietary Advice during Ramadan
Healthy Ramadan - fasting and your health, healthy Ramadan meal plan
How to manage Diabetes during Ramadan
Renal
Hepathitis C information for South Asian - DoH launched website
Atlas of Diseases of the Kidney
British Transplant Society
Kidney Alliance
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Kidney Research UK
The Renal Association
UK National Kidney Federation
Respiratory
Asthma information and advice from Asthma UK
"After your Asthma Attack" - leaflets for healthcare professionals in Bengali, Gujurati, Punjabi and Urdu
Mental Health
What is Autism and the ways you can help
The Centre for Applied Research and Evaluation International Foundation - International Mental Health Charity
FEAD - Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs
Neurology
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Nutrition
The Ismaili Nutrition Centre - guide to traditional foods of Central and South Asian, African, and Middle Eastern origin
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