New bilingual asthma information available from Asthma UK
Asthma UK has developed two bilingual booklets to help South Asian people who have received emergency care for an asthma attack.
‘After your Asthma Attack' and ‘After your Child's Asthma Attack', previously only available in English, are now available in Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi and Urdu.
The booklets include a section - to be filled in by the healthcare professional with the patient or carer - on what medicines should be taken in the first few days following an attack, and how to keep asthma under control following an attack.
They also feature a tear-off bilingual Asthma Attack Card for patients to keep with them, to ensure that they and others know what to do in an asthma attack. One in six people who have received emergency care because of an asthma attack need emergency treatment again within two weeks (British Guideline on the management of Asthma, 2004).
Research carried out by Asthma UK has shown that compared to the white population, South Asians are three times more likely to have an emergency hospital admission for their asthma.
‘After your Asthma Attack' and ‘After your Child's Asthma Attack' were developed in response to feedback from healthcare professionals and produced in consultation with South Asian people with asthma.
How to order
If you are a healthcare professional and would like to order these resources, please contact the Supporter and Information team on 08456 03 81 43 or email
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