Health Culture In Muslim World

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Health Culture In Muslim World
II. Health Protection

• Dr. Sherine Shawky

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Learning Objectives

• Identify Muslims approach to protect health

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Performance Objectives

• Fortify promotive actions
• Strengthen preventive measures
• Reinforce Supportive programs

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Health Protection?
How can we best protect health?
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Health Threats

• Harm
• Weakness

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Harm

• Any factor that exposes the individual to even
  the slightest evil is considered harm. Even a
  drop of any factor, that if taken in excess, may
  affect the brain should be avoided.

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Harm

• Behavior
• Nutrition
• Life style
• Socio-economic

• Sexual behavior
• Pathological
• Pollution
• Disasters

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Harm 1- Behavior

• Fear
• Hunger
• Miserly
• Squandering
• Conceit

• Flattery
• Scoff
• Jealousy
• Enviousness
• Anger

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Harm 1- Behavior (cont.)

• Hatred
• Insult
• Violence
• Sabotage

• Discrimination
• Lying
• Theft
• Murder

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Harm2- Nutrition

• Eating dead bodies, blood or pork meat
• Excessive eating
• Eating non-wholesome food
• Intake of uncovered or unclean food or water

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Harm3- Life Style

• Lack of hygiene
• Reversal of sleeping pattern
• Sedentary life
• Alcohol Consumption
• Intake of narcotic substances

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Harm4- Socio-economic

• Lack of knowledge
• Unemployment
• Gambling

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Harm5- Sexual behavior

• Adultery
• Heterosexual anal intercourse
• Heterosexual intercourse during menstruation
• Homosexuality

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Harm6- Pathological

• Genetic damage
• Pathogens

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Harm7- pollution

• Air
• Water
• Auditory

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Harm8- Disasters

• Lightening
• Storms
• Fire

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Thunder

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Weakness1- Physiological

• Pregnant woman
• Fetus
• Newborn
• Youngster
• Elderly

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Weakness2- Social

• Poor
• Orphan
• Traveler

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Weakness3- Pathological

• Sick
• Disabled

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Measures For Health Protection

• General
• Religious
• Individual
• Development
• Community

• Specific
• Promotion
• Prevention
• Support
• Environment

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General Measures 1- Religious

• Shahadah (Declaration of Faith)
• Salat (Prayer)
• Zakat (Alms giving)
• Saum Ramadan (Fasting)
• Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca)

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General Measures (cont.)2- Individual

• Proper behavior
• Observer eye
• Listening ear
• Feeling heart
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving

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General Measures (cont.)3- Development

• Continuous education
• Continuous research
• Continuous productivity

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General Measures (cont.)4- Community

• Peace
• Unity
• Integration
• Team work

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Specific Measures1- Health promotion

• Healthy behavior
• Healthy life style
• Healthy nutritional habits
• Drinking clean water
• General cleanliness and regular bathing

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Specific Measures (cont.)1- Health promotion
(cont.)

• Cleaning gums, brushing teeth and rinsing mouth
• Body strengthening through exercise
• Wearing clean protective clothes

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Specific Measures (cont.)1- Health promotion
(cont.)

• Marriage
• Having children
• Preservation of family life
• Acquiring comfortable clean house

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Specific Measures (cont.)1- Health promotion
(cont.)

• Taking rest
• Taking enough sleep at night
• Having entertainment

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Specific Measures (cont.)2- Health Prevention

• Avoiding all types of harm
• Avoiding exposure to diseases

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Specific Measures (cont.)3- Health Support

• Pre-marriage, antenatal, natal postnatal care
• Pre-marriage counseling
• Care for woman and fetus during pregnancy and
  labor

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Specific Measures (cont.)3- Health Support

• Care for newborns
• Breast feeding for two years
• Care for the youngsters
• Care for the poor

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Specific Measures (cont.)3- Health Support
(cont.)

• Care for the orphans
• Care for the travelers
• Treatment of the sick
• Rehabilitation of the disabled

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Specific Measures (cont.)4- Environment

• Avoiding environmental pollution
• Protection of all living and non-living creation
• Protection against disasters

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Conclusion

• Health is a complicated multi-factorial process
  with many intermingled determinants. The debate
  will never end and efforts will always continue
  as we only have very minute knowledge