Health disparities between Muslim and non-Muslim countries

Health disparities between Muslim and non-Muslim countries.

We examined differences in health indicators and associated factors across countries according to the proportion of the population who are Muslim. Of 190 UN countries, 48 were classified as Muslim-majority countries (MMC) and 142 as non-MMC. Data on 41 potential determinants of health were obtained from 10 different data sources, and 4 primary outcome measures (male and female life expectancy, ...

American Muslim Health Disparities: The State of the Medline Literature

Background: While religious beliefs and values influence health behaviors, conventional health disparities research rarely examines health outcomes by religious affiliation particularly within multi-ethnic minority communities. Methods: Using a systematic strategy we searched the Medline literature to identify empiric studies that report on health disparities between American Muslims and nonMus...

Living Islam in Non-Muslim Spaces

Health Beliefs of Muslim Women and Implications for Health Care Providers: Exploratory Study on the Health Beliefs of Muslim Women

Market Forces and News Media in Muslim Countries

A growing body of evidence highlights the media’s impact on public policies relevant to economic development. Governments are more likely to channel resources to those who have access to information through the press (Besley and Burgess 2002; Stromberg 2004). U.S. aid in response to natural disasters overseas is strongly in‡uenced by press coverage of disasters in the U.S. (Stromberg and Eisens...