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Health Information in Languages other than English
This page contains links to online sources of health information in languages other than English.
It was correct at the time of publication, but is not exhaustive as new health information is being produced continually. You are advised to ensure that you have the most current information before giving it to your patients/the public If you require help in locating information, please contact the library and we will be happy to assist you.
Topics:
Antibiotics
- Antibiotics
This leaflet 'Get well soon without antibiotics' explains the need to get the right treatment for common illnesses such as colds and coughs without encouraging antibiotic resistance. The information is in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Slovak, Somali and Urdu. - top
Appointments
- Appointments
'Questions to ask: getting the most out of your appointment' is a leaflet (previously named 'Power questions') that has been developed by the Department of Health and is available in a number of languages. - top
Asthma
- Asthma UK
Asthma UK has produced translated FAQs about asthma to help health professionals who are working with people whose first language is not English. These questions have been designed with the healthcare professional in mind and are in English followed by the community language. - to
Babies
- Breast feeding, bottle feeding, weaning and sharing a bed with your baby
The Baby Friendly initiative (Unicef) has produced leaflets and posters covering breast feeding, bottle feeding, sharing a bed with your baby, sterilizing feeding equipment and weaning. The information is in English, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Lithuanian, Mirpuri, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Roumanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Welsh
Bowel Cancer Screening
- Bowel cancer screening - the facts
This leaflet aims to give information about bowel cancer, and the benefits and risks of bowel cancer screening. It aims to help in the making of an informed choice about taking part in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. The information is in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujurati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Ukranian and Vietnamese. - top
Breast screening
- Breast screening - the facts
This leaflet is designed to ensure that women are told what screening can and cannot achieve. It includes an explanation about false positive and false negative results. The information is in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Italian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Ukraine, Urdu and Vietnamese. - Be breast aware
This leaflet encourages women to become more aware of their bodies generally and to get to know their own breasts. This is an important issue for all women in their mid-twenties and onwards, as learning how their breasts look and feel at different times will help women know what is normal for them and to recognise any irregular changes. The information is in English, large print, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Ukranian, Urdu and Vietnamese - top
Cervical Screening
- Cervical screening - the facts
This leaflet is designed to ensure that women are told what screening can and cannot achieve. It includes an explanation about false positive and false negative results. The information is in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Italian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Ukraine, Urdu and Vietnamese. - top
Choose and Book
- An introduction to Choose and Book for patients
This leaflet is available in Arabic, Albanian, Bengali, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Kurdish, Polish, Punjabi, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish,Tamil, Turkish, Urdu and large print.
Diabetes
- Diabetes UK
This section of Diabetes UK's website has been structured for people with diabetes whose first language is not English. The information is in English, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, and Welsh. - top
Drugs
- Drugs
These leaflets are part of the FRANK campaign, and cover: getting help, drugs and the law, amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and crack, ecstasy, heroin, solvents, and tranquillizers. The information is in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Farsi, Gujarati, Kurdish, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish and Urdu. - Drugs and Alcohol
Sheffield Drugs and Alcohol Action Team have produced leaflets covering blood borne viruses, residential rehabilitation, psychosocial intervention and prescribing. The information is in English, Arabic, Farsi, French, Kurdish, Polish, Portuguese, Somali and Urdu. - top
Emergency Mulitlingual phrasebook
- Emergency multilingual phrasebook
This covers over 60 of the most common medical questions and terms to help first contact staff communicate with patients who do not speak English, helping them make an initial assessment while an interpreter is contacted. It is available in many languages - please see the website for further details. - top
Epilepsy
- Epilepsy information
Booklets and leaflets produced by Epilepsy Action, available in French, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Somali, Kurdish and Hindi. - top
Health Translations Directory
- Health Translations Directory
This website contains multilingual health resources. Searching can be by categories (A-Z), by language (A-Z) or both. Links to the English language version are also available. Please note that this is an Australian site, so please check that treatments and medication are compliant with UK NHS practice before providing information to clients. - top
Healthy Eating
- Five a Day
The 5 A DAY programme aims to increase everybody's awareness of the health benefits of eating more fruit and vegetables and provide a clear message about what counts towards 5 A DAY, as well as easy-to-understand portion sizes. Scroll down to almost the end of the page to view information in community languages. - top
Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C
The 'Hepatitis C - your questions answered' leaflet contains advice and prevention information to the public on Hepatitis C. The information is available in English, Arabic, Bengali, French, Gujarati, Portuguese, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu. - top
Immunisation
- Immunisation
Provides information in other languages on the following vaccines and immunisations in the UK:- A guide to immunisation for babies up to 13 months of age (English, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Czech, Farsi, French, Greek, Guajarati, Italian, Kurdish, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese)
- A guide to vaccinations for 3-5 year olds (English and Polish)
- BCG and your baby (English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Estonian, Guajarati, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu)
- Flu leaflets (English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu)
- Flu posters (English, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi and Punjabi and Urdu)
- HPV (English, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Czech, Farsi, French, Greek, Guajarati, Italian, Kurdish, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese)
- MMR (English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Guajarati, Italian, Kurdish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish and Urdu)
- Tuberculosis (English, Albanian, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Guajarati, Italian, Kurdish, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese)
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Introduction to the NHS
- Introduction to the National Health Service
This fact sheet has been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. It covers issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services. It is available in many languages - please see the website for further details. - top
Memory loss
- Worried about your memory?
The Alzheimer's Society has produced this booklet which is designed to help people understand more about memory loss and to enable them to seek advice if they are worried about their own or someone else's memory and, if necessary, get treatment and support. It is available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi, Somali, Tamil, Urdu and Welsh.
MIND
- MIND for better mental health
MIND have translated some of their information booklets into a range of community languages. The languages and booklets have been chosen according to resources available - please see the website for further details. - top
Multikulti
- Multikulti
The multikulti website aims to deliver culturally appropriate and accurately translated information in a number of areas including health. The information is in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, Farsi, French Gujarati, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu and covers; aspergers syndrome, autism, depression, health costs, HIV and AIDS, mental health, NHS services, postnatal depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia sexually transmitted infections, spinal cord injuries. - top
Multi-language appointment card
- Multi-language appointment card
This site enables you to type in the details of an appointment in English and the site will translate the appointment into a different language. Many languages are available - please see the website for further details. - top
NHS Business Services Authority
- NHS Business Services Authority
The NHS Business Services Authority has produced the leaflet 'Help with Health Costs' in a number of languages. This guide explains the help available with charges for prescriptions, dental treatment, sight tests, glasses or contact lenses, wigs and fabric supports and travel to receive NHS treatment. - top
NHS Direct Online
- NHS Direct Online
This is the official website for the NHS 24-hour telephone help line, NHS Direct. It includes information about health problems, how to keep healthy and advice on when to call for further help. Many languages are available - please see the website for further details.
Patient choice
- Choose and Book
This leaflet is an introduction to Choose and Book for patients. Choose and Book is a national electronic referral service which gives patients a choice of place, date and time for their first outpatient appointment in a hospital or clinic. The information is in English, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi, Somali, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese
- Choosing your hospital
These booklets give details on where you can go for local treatment and where to find information about the local hospital choices. The information is in English, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, French, Gujarati, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish and Urdu
Sexual Health
- Sexual Health
This factsheet gives answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about sexual health, including where to go for help and advice. The information is in English, Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, French, Korean, Kurdish (Sorani), Pushto, Somali, Tamil, Tigrignia, Urdu. - top
Smoking
- NHS Go Smokefree website
The NHS go smokefree website includes some of their leaflet titles in other languages.
- Stop smoking start living: Make the break. Live life without smoking
This is a step by step guide on how to give up smoking.
- Deciding to give up tobacco use
This leaflet helps to explain some of the health benefits of going smokefree. - top
Sounds Healthy
- Sounds Healthy
Provides information in a written and audio format in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Cantonese), English, Gujarati, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu. Information is available on the following subjects: alcohol, blood pressure, cervical screening, depression and low mood (a self-help guide), diabetes, getting active, healthy eating, smoking, stress, stress and anxiety (a self-help guide), and TB. - top
Stroke
- Preventing a stroke
The Stroke Association's leaflet 'Preventing a stroke' is available in: Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
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Summary Care Records
- Summary Care Records
Summary Care Records will provide healthcare staff with faster access to their patients' key health information. This patient leaflet is in Arabic, Czech, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Mandarin, Nepalese, Polish, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, large print and easy read format.
Swine flu
- Important information about Swine Flu
Provides information in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu. It is also available in large print, easy read version, British Sign Language and in audio format. - top
Warm Front
- Warm Front - leaflet and application form
Warm Front is a government-funded scheme which provides grants to make homes warmer, healthier and more energy-efficient. The information is in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujurati, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu. - top
Weight (children)
- Weight (children)
The Department of Health has produced a booklet for parents: 'Why your child's weight matters' in several languages. The booklet includes information on the National Child Measurement Programme, why maintaining a healthy weight is important, and the steps that parents can take to help their family develop a healthy lifestyle. - top
If you have any further questions or require assistance in locating leaflets and posters, please contact the library.
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