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 an exhaustive list. Click on the
links below or scroll down the page to find
what you need.
Please help us keep this online service up to date by
reporting any problems with links or passing on details of new
online resources
to Paula Murphy:
Email: paula.murphy@liverpoolpct.nhs.uk or telephone
0151 707 1555, Ext 136
Antibiotics
Get
well soon without antibiotics
Languages available: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Portuguese,
Punjabi, Slovak, Somali and Urdu
Asthma
Asthma UK
Asthma UK has produced translated Frequently Asked Questions about asthma to
help professionals who are working with people whose first language is not English.
Bowel
Cancer Screening
Bowel
Cancer Screening – The Facts
Languages available: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati,
Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese and
Ukraninan
Breast
Screening
Breastcreening – The
Facts
Languages available: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati,
Hindi, Kurdish, Italian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Ukraine, Urdu
and Vietnamese.
Be
Breast Aware
Languages available: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek Gujarati,
Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Ukranian,
Urdu and Vietnamese
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Cervical
Screening
Cervical
Screening – The Facts
Lanauges available: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Greek,
Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Italian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Ukraine,
Urdu and Vietnamese.
Cervical
Screening – The Colposcopy Examination
Available in: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi, and Urdu
Cervical
Screening – What your abnormal results mean
Available in: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi, and Urdu
Contraception
A guide to contraception
Booklet produced by Liverpool Health Promotion Service. To order please ring:
0151 707 1555 ext 136 or 100 or you can download from the links below.
Languages available: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Polish, Portuguese,
Somali
Diabetes
Diabetes UK
Factsheets in Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Somali, Urdu on a number
of issues relating to Diabetes and its management.
Diabetes
Discovered
Liverpool Health Promotion has produced translated versions of its’ Diabetes
Discovered campaign. To order please ring:
0151 707 1555 ext 136 or 100
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Punjabi, Somali
and Urdu.
Drugs
Drugscope
Offer a range of leaflets in Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Kurdish, Chinese
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Emergency
Multilingual Phrasebook
Emergency Multilingual Phrasebook
Covers over 60 of the most common medical questions and terms to help first contact
staff communicate with patients who do not speak English.
Food
and Nutrition
Five a Day
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish,
Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu
Foods
Standards Agency
The Foods Standards Agency produce some of their healthy eating leaflets, including ‘Eatwell:
8 tips for making healthier choice’, available in Bengali, Chinese, Greek,
Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu
Eating
for Health
Produced by NHS Scotland and available in: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati,
Punjabi, Urdu
Heart
Health
Heart Health
Liverpool Health Promotion has produced translated versions of its ‘Heart
Health’ Campaign which covers alcohol, healthy eating, exercise, stress,
blood pressure and smoking. To order please ring:
0151 707 1555 ext 136 or 100
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Punjabi
and Somali.
Hepatitis
C
Hepatitis
C – Your questions answered
Available in Arabic, Bengali, French, Gujarati, Portuguese, Punjabi, Turkish
and Urdu
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Immunisation
Immunisation NHS
The NHS Immunisation Website offers a number of titles:
• Immunisation
Schedule
Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Czech, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati,
Italian, Kurdish, Nepalese, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi,
Spanish, Somali, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu
• Guide
to Immunisations for babies up to 13 months of age
Slovakian, Greek, Polish, Somali, Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati,
Portuguese, Tamil, Cantonese, Italian, Punjabi, Nepalese, Turkish,
Czech, Kurdish, Urdu, Farsi, Pashto, Spanish, Vietnamese, French
• Your
guide to having the HPV vaccination
Vietnamese, Bengali, Arabic, Czech, Farsi, French, Gujarati,
Italian, Kurdish, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tamil,
Turkish
• Measles – Don’t
let you child catch it
Arabic, Vietnamese, Urdu, Tamil, Somali, Portuguese, Polish, Pashto,
Italian, Gujarati, Greek, Farsi, Czech, Bengali, Spanish, Vietnamese, French
• Your
guide to having the HPV vaccination
Vietnamese, Bengali, Arabic, Czech, Farsi, French, Gujarati,
Italian, Kurdish, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tamil,
Turkish
• BCG
and Your Baby
Portuguese, Urdu, Chinese, Turkish, Lithuanian, Bengali, Pujabi,
Latvian, Arabic
• MMR
Urdu, Turkish, Punjabi, Portuguese, Polish, Gujarati, Chinese,
Bengali
• Flu
Turkish, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Portuguese, Polish, Slovak,
Spanish
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to grid
Introduction
to the National Health Service
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. Available
in many languages - please see the website for further details.
Keep
Warm, Keep Well
Keep Warm, Keep Well: A guide for families
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu
Keep
Warm, Keep Well: A guide for people with disabilties and long-term
health conditions
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu
Keep
Warm, Keep Well: A guide for people over 60
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu
Men's
Health
Bobs Bits
Liverpool Health Promotion offer translated versions of their Bobs Bits men’s
health campaign which covers: Smoking, Testicular Cancer, Mental Health, Alcohol,
Obesity, Heart Health and Prostate Cancer. To order please ring:
0151 707 1555 ext 136 or 100
Available in: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Punjabi, Somali, Urdu.
Meningitis
Meningitis Trust
The Meningitis Trust produce a number of titles in Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese,
Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Turkish and Urdu
Mental
Health
Mind for better mental health
MIND offers a range of its information booklets in alternative languages. See
link webpage for full details of languages and topics.
Alzheimer’s
Society
Provides a range of factsheets covering Alzheimer’s Disease.
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Polish,
Punjabi, Somali and Urdu
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Provides a range of factsheets covering many mental health issues.
Languages available: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Hindi,
Gujarati, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish and Urdu.
You're
Unique
Liverpool Health Promotion has translated information from its’ ‘You’re
Unique’ Mental Health campaign which looks at a number of mental health
issues. To order please ring:
0151 707 1555 ext 136 or 100
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu.
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Multi-lingual
Appointment Card
Communicate
Health
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.
Older
People
Taking positive steps to avoid trips and falls
NHS Scotland publication available in: Arabic, Bengali, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi,
and Urdu
Keep
Warm, Keep Well: A guide for people over 60
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu
If
you knew about flu, you’d get the jab
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Portuguese,
Punjabi, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, and Urdu
Patient
Choice
Choose and Book
This leaflet is an introduction to Choose and Book for patients. Available in
English, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, French, Greek,
Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi, Somali, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese
Pregnancy
and Parenting
Baby Friendly (Unicef)
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, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian,
Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Welsh
Breastfeeding,
getting off to a good start
Leaflet available in Arabic, Chinese and Polish
Foods
Standards Agency
Foods Standards Agency produce a number of leaflets regarding nutrition covering
pre-conception, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and feeding toddlers/growing children.
Languages available: Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish
and Urdu
Fun
first foods: an easy guide to introducing solid foods
Produced by NHS Scotland and available in Chinese, French, Russian, Polish, Turkish,
Urdu, and Bengali
Antenatal and newborn screening programme
This website provides translated information covering the Antenatal
and Newborn Screening Programme. In particular: blood spot, Down’s
syndrome, fetal anomally, hearing, infectious diseases and sickle
cell. Available in 18 languages – see website for further
details.
Reduce the
Risk to Cot Death: An Easy Guide
Produced by the Scottish Cot Death Trust, this leaflet is available
in Arabic, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu
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Sexual
Health
Beasties
Liverpool Health Promotion offers translated versions of it’s Beasties
Sexually Transmitted Infections campaign. To order please ring:
0151 707 1555 ext 136 or 100
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese,
Hindi, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu.
Sex
Sense
Liverpool Health Promotion offers translated versions of its’ Sex Sense’ Campaign
which provides information on HIV/AIDS. To order please ring:
0151 707 1555 ext 136 or 100
Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese,
Hindi, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu.
Refugee
Council
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.
Smoking
Stop
Smoking, Start Living
The main guide 'Stop Smoking, Start Living' is available in 24 languages. The
leaflet aimed at the South Asian community 'Deciding to give up tobacco use' is
also available in 5 languages.
Stroke
Preventing a Stroke
Available in: Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu
Swine
Flu
Important information about Swine Flu
Available in: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi, Somali & Urdu
Women's
Health
Stay in Bloom
Liverpool Health Promotion’s ‘Stay in Bloom’ offers translated
versions of its titles on cervical screening, breast awareness and menopause.
Languages available: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Punjabi, Somali, and Urdu.
