Overview

This landmark volume presents the lived experience of British Muslims in regards to health inequalities, access to health services and involvement in health promotion initiatives. Exploring religion, ethnicity, racism, social class and deprivation, the book examines how British Muslims interact with the UK healthcare system and the subsequent marginalisation in accessing benefits from those systems. Authors expose the unequal distribution of health benefits among British Muslims and explore how this has come to the fore during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using reflexive, interpretive, critical and evidence-based data-driven scenarios from across the UK; this book identifies loopholes in the healthcare system affecting high-risk groups. In doing so, it analyses why and how British Muslims live with the worst health outcomes when compared with all deprived social groups and ethnicities in the country.

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Author:   Sufyan Dogra (Senior Research Fellow, Bradford Institute for Health Research)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:  

9781399502665

ISBN 10:   1399502662
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   15 August 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Professor Aziz Sheikh OBE Part I: Contemporary Issues and Debates 1.British Muslims, Ethnicity and Health Inequalities: Contemporary Issues and Debates Sufyan Abid Dogra 2. COVID-19, Health Inequalities and the Lived Experience of British Muslims Sufyan Abid Dogra, Hina J. Shahid, Salman Waqar, Daniel Bingham, Aamnah Rahman, Stephen Abdullah Maynard, Shadim Hussain and Alison Scott-Baumann 3. Gendered Health Inequalities and British Muslim Women: An Intersectional Approach and Analysis Hina J. Shahid, Asma Khan, Jennifer Hall, Melanie Haith-Cooper, Anya Ahmed and Sufyan Abid Dogra 4. Relevance of Research Methodologies Used in Health Psychology for British Muslims: An Epistemological Critique on the Colonisation of Knowledge Production Aaliyah Shaikh Part II: Clinical Care 5. Genetic Health in British Muslim Populations: Analysis of Consanguinity, Interventions and Sociocultural Contexts Aysha Divan, Ghazala Mir, Mehrunisha Suleman, Arzoo Ahmed and Ataf Sabir 6. Caring for Muslim Patients and Families at the End of Life: Empirical Research Analysing the Perspectives of Service Users and Providers Mehrunisha Suleman 7. Dementia amongst Muslim Communities in the UKMohammed Akhlak Rauf 8. Domestic Violence and Abuse: Impact on Health of British Muslim Women and Factors Affecting Access to HealthParveen Ali and Zlakha Ahmed 9. Medical Encounters between Overseas-trained South Asian Doctors and Marginalised Patients in the UK – a Reciprocal Doctor–Patient Relationship? Yasmin Ghazala Farooq Part III: Therapeutic Interventions 10. Islamophobia Makes Us Sick: The Health Costs of Islamophobia in the UK Hina J. Shahid 11. ‘Well Done for Coming because Your Kind Don’t Normally Come to Things Like this’ – Identity Struggles for Second- and Third-Generation British Muslims and Engagement with Health Information: A Reflective PerspectiveRukhsana Rashid 12. Addressing Mental Health Through Islamic Counselling: A Faith-based Therapeutic Intervention Stephen Abdullah Maynard 13. The Mental Health of Muslims in a Northern City such as Bradford Aamnah Rahman 14. The Cultural Adaptation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Pain Management Services Razia Bhatti-Ali and Mohammad Shoiab Part IV: British Muslims Promoting Health 15. Where’s the Daddy? The Muslim Father’s Role in Raising His Children – a Critical Social Policy Perspective Shahid Islam 16. Health Promotion Through Mosques and Muslim Health Professionals: A Case Study of the British Islamic Medical Association’s Lifesavers Salman Waqar and Aqib Khan 17. British Muslims, Community Engagement and Partnership for Health Promotion: Case Studies from Bradford Sufyan Abid Dogra and Ishtiaq Ahmed 18. The Way Forward to Reduce Health Inequalities among British Muslims Sufyan Abid Dogra Index

Reviews

A comprehensive compendium that provides a unique and timely insight into the intersection of ethnicity, culture and racism. Anyone who is serious about addressing the deeply ingrained causes of health inequalities should read this book. --Professor John Wright, Director, Bradford Institute for Health Research

A comprehensive compendium that provides a unique and timely insight into the intersection of ethnicity, culture and racism. Anyone who is serious about addressing the deeply ingrained causes of health inequalities should read this book. -- Professor John Wright, Director, Bradford Institute for Health Research

Author Information

Dr Sufyan Abid Dogra does the anthropology of modern Britain and works as a Principal Research Fellow at Bradford Institute for Health Research. He explores ways to encourage healthy dietary habits and enhance physical activity among children and young people from ethnic/religious minorities in the UK. He conducted a pioneering research on how mosques/madrassas can be used for health promotion in the UK. His interests are connecting the dots between art, culture, ethnicity, religion, health, and diversity to coproduce research with young people to influence public policy. He views art, culture, poetry, spirituality and music as sites of creating synergies for active civic life, better mental health and happiness of young people living with inequalities in Britain.

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