Pharmacy project aims to reduce cancer risk
A project in Glasgow that aims to reduce cancer risk through the provision of information about healthy living has been expanded.
Actively Preventing
Cancer has been developed by NHS Greater Glasgow
with input from the school of pharmacy at Strathclyde University for
residents of the Gorbals and Govanhill districts of Glasgow. Supported
by a £125,000 lottery grant, the computerised touch screen system
was initially launched at a branch of Moss Pharmacy in January. It has
now been expanded and includes Urdu text and audio translations.
Speaking at the REACH Community Health Project in Govanhill last week
Scott Bryson, pharmaceutical adviser to Glasgow NHS Board, said the key
to the success of the programme was the promotion of an efficient partnership
between the NHS and local communities. It was imperative to ensure that
the message was tailored to the needs of groups such as black and other
ethnic communities and the young who might not be accessible through
a conventional approach.
NHS Greater Glasgow’s public health pharmacist and project manager,
Liz Grant, said: “We hope to encourage people to make the healthy
choices they need to make to lower the risk of contracting cancer in
later life.” |
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