Resources

General resources

SOUTH ASIAN HEALTH issues - credible & reliable source

Active Travel with Sustrans
American Physicians of Indian Origin
Apna Health - Healthy Living for South Asian
British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO)
Counselling Directory- find your counsellor near your home
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 Equality Foundation: Better Health
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
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)   
Men's Health Forum

BMI - Body Mass Index

How to calculate your BMI
Asian obesity level "should be lower"   
Childhood obesity thresholds and ethnicity

Cancer

National Cancer Action Team

Cardiovascular

Diet

10 tips for healthier eating: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/SouthAsianhealth/Pages/10healthyeatingtips.aspx

Smoking

QUITLINE http://www.quit.org.uk/your-services

High blood pressure

A guide to controlling blood pressure in South Asian people

www.bpassoc.org.uk/HealthProfessionals/Resources/main.../SouthAsian.pdf

Cholesterol

Cholesterol is the biggest risk factor for heart disease and also increases your risk of stroke and circulatory disease. Here is some information on it:

http://www.heartuk.org.uk/index.php?/healthy_living/cholesterol_made_simple

Overweight

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/SouthAsianhealth/Pages/Waistmatters.aspx

Physical activity

How to get fit http://www.pamf.org/southasian/healthy/fitness.html

South Asian children 'less active' than peers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15546463

South Asians, physical exercise and heart disease – article in Heart medical journal http://heart.bmj.com/content/97/8/607

Diabetes

Information on diabetes http://www.diabetes.co.uk/south-asian

Diabetes UK and South Asian Health Foundation recommendations on diabetes research priorities for British South Asians (Jun 2009) http://www.diabetes.org.uk/upload/Reports/South_Asian_report.pdf

Mental Health

Information on dementia in Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil and Gujarati:

http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=1004

Stress

Stress is a strong risk factor for heart disease

Here is some information: http://www.pamf.org/southasian/support/handouts/stress_depression.pdf

Salt

Too much salt causes high blood pressure and then strokes and heart attacks. Here is some advice for people of South Asian descent: http://www.actiononsalt.org.uk/salthealth/ethnic/southasian/index.html

Research

Bradford Birth Cohort