The role of imams and mosques in health promotion in Western societies—a systematic review protocol

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• 作者：Yassar Mustafa ; Diya Baker ; Preeti Puligari ; Teresa Melody…
• 关键词：Health promotion ; Imam ; Mosque ; Muslim ; Narrative synthesis ; Religious leader ; Systematic review protocol ; Western societies
• 刊名：Systematic Reviews
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：6
• 期：1
• 全文大小：379KB
• 刊物主题：Medicine/Public Health, general; Biomedicine, general; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：2046-4053
• 卷排序：6

文摘

BackgroundMuslims comprise 4.8% of the national population in the UK and also form a significant proportion of its ethnic minority population, with trends set to continue for the foreseeable future. With ethnic minority health inequalities deepening further, there is an apparent lack of strategies to effectively tackle this growing problem. Imams, Muslim religious leaders, represent a hitherto under-investigated group who may have the capacity to facilitate positive health change within Muslim communities. The aim of this systematic review is to investigate the role of imams and mosques in health promotion in Muslim communities residing in Western societies.