University of Edinburgh Ethnic Minority Groups

Organisation:  The University of Edinburgh 
Lead / Main contact:  Professor Raj Bhopal 
Duration:  1 Year (Sept 2003-Aug 2004)
Target Group:  Minority Ethnic Communities

Project Profile: 
This project aimed to research and develop a cross-culturally valid method for measuring prevalence of smoking and related behaviours in Punjabi, Urdu, Sylheti and Cantonese speaking populations.

As a result of the research conducted, questionnaires in four different languages were developed with cross-cultural face and content validity for future use in multi ethnic surveys, to enable the collection of high quality data on the use of tobacco and related substances.

The Executive Summary, Final Report and Recommendations of this project are available upon request via enquiries@ashscotland.org.uk.