Other health concerns
Key messages for primary care practitioners
- Most migrants are young and healthy.
- Migrants may, like the indigenous UK population, have a range of health needs determined by factors such as their age, gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic circumstances.
- Some ethnic groups are at higher risk of chronic disease such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
- Some migrants may be at increased risk of infectious diseases; their country of origin is one determinant of this risk. See country information for infectious disease risks.
- Remember that for some migrants there may also be a range of specific non-infectious health issues which can include:
Patient information (English only)
Patient information (English and other languages)
Please see the Spirituality, religion and health beliefs page for religion specific health resources.
Patient information (English only)
Preventing kidney disease in African, Caribbean and Asian communities [external link] - King's College Hospital and Department of Health leaflet
Patient information (English and other languages)
Living with diabetes: your future and well being [external link] - (Department of Health information leaflet) Available in English, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu
Diabetes UK [external link] - diabetes information available in English, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Serbian, Somali, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Welsh
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy information booklets [external link] in Punjabi, Chinese (simplified and traditional) and Urdu available from The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Bowel cancer screening: the facts [external link] - (NHS information leaflet) Available in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Kurdish, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Ukranian and Vietnamese
Bowel cancer screening - the colonoscopy investigation [external link] - (Department of Health information leaflet) Available in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Ukranian, Urdu and Vietnamese
Mouth cancer leaflets (Cancer Research UK) in English, Urdu and Bengali [external links]
Carbon monoxide: are you at risk? [external link] - (Department of Health information leaflet) Available in English, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Czech, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu
Get well soon without antibiotics [external link] - (Department of Health information leaflet) Available in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), Hindi, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi, Slovak, and Somali
Stroke patient information leaflets [external link] in a range of languages available from The Stroke Association
Chinese National Healthy Living Centre [external link] - patient information on a range of topics as well as services such as counselling
English antenatal and newborn screening programmes [external link] - in a range of languages available from the UK National Screening Committee
Other useful resources
Macmillan Cancer Support Line [external link] has an interpretation service available in over 200 languages
BME Cancer Voice: cancer does not discriminate [external link] is a campaign run by the National Cancer Action Team
WHO data on chronic diseases and risk factors [external link]
British Nutrition Foundation [external link] for information on vitamins and minerals and their roles
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