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The Public Health Resource Unit, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, launched on the 22nd June 2007, an e-Directory, comprising of a report and a series of health directories for non-English language health resources. This research is an update to the 2004 report, “Search for Black and Ethnic Minority Health Information Resources”.

The scope of the worldwide search was to identify and report on the availability of a broad range of non-English language health resources. Fifteen languages were included in the search; Albanian, Arabic, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Kurdish (Kirmanji and Sorani), Lithuanian, Punjabi, Polish, Slovak, Somali, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu.

Seventeen health topics were included in the search; accident prevention, alcohol, cancer, child health, diabetes, drugs, heart disease, lifestyle, men’s health, mental health, nutrition, oral health, parenting, sexual health, smoking, stroke and women’s health. All the directories and the main report are free to view and download, and will be available at www.nhsggc.org.uk/phru following the official launch.

Further information and questions about this project should be directed to Donna Athanasopoulos, Library Services Manager, Public Education Resource Library, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Dalian House, 350 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G3 8YY.

Tel: 0141 201 4911 Fax: 0141 201 4936 Email: perl@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

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