Health Promotion: An Islamic Perspective

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Health Promotion An Islamic Perspective

• By
• Aisha Omar Maulana, MPH.

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Learning Objectives

• The intended student will be able to.
• Explain the link between religion and health.
• Describe various Islamic concepts that have a
  bearing on health.
• Identify possible ways of putting Islamic
  concepts into practice for health promotion
  interventions.

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Religion and Health 1. (The Salutogenic Effect)
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Religion and Health - 2

• Sense of coherence

• The sense of coherence is a global orientation
  that expresses the extent to which one has a
  pervasive, enduring though dynamic feeling of
  confidence that (1) the stimuli deriving from
  ones internal and external environments in the
  course of living are structured, predictable, and
  explicable (2) the resources are available to
  one to meet the demands posed by these stimuli
  And (3) these demands are challenges, worthy of
  investment and engagement (Antonovsky, 1987).

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Religion and Health - 3
Quran Ahadith
Five Pillars of Islam
Islamic Jurisprudence
Elements of Faith
Salutogenic Mechanism
Predisposing Enabling factors
Sense of coherence
Behavior
Figure 1 Pathways of Islamic Health Theory
Healthy Lifestyle
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Islamic Concepts Bearing on Health-1

• Islamic health theory

• The five pillars of Islam
• Elements of Imaan-faith
• Islamic jurisprudence

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Islamic Concepts Bearing on Health-1.2

• The five pillars of Islam

• Bearing witness to the existence of one god and
  the prophet hood of Muhammad (PBUH).
• Praying five times a day.
• Giving alms to the poor.
• Fasting during the month of Ramadan.
• Performing a pilgrimage to Mecca for those who
  are able.

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Islamic Concepts Bearing on Health-1. 2. 1
The 1st Concept The five pillars.

• 1.Bearing witness to the existence of one god and
  the prophet hood of Muhammad (PBUH).

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Islamic Concepts Bearing on Health-1. 2. 2
The 1st Concept The five pillars.

• 2.Praying five times a day.

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Islamic Concepts Bearing on Health-1. 2. 3
The 1st Concept The five pillars.

• 3.Giving alms to the poor.

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Islamic Concepts Bearing on Health-1. 2. 4
The 1st Concept The five pillars.

• 4.Fasting during the month of Ramadan.

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Islamic Concepts Bearing on Health-1. 2. 5
The 1st Concept The five pillars.

• 5.Performing a pilgrimage to Mecca for those who
  are able.

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Islamic Concepts Bearing on Health-1. 3

• The 2nd concept.

Elements of Imaan- Faith.
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Islamic Concepts Bearing on Health-1. 4

• The 3rd concept.

The Islamic Jurisprudence.
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Islamic Concepts Bearing on Health-1. 4 . 1

• The 3rd concept the Islamic jurisprudence.

Table 2 Showing the various classifications of
the Islamic law
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Islamic Concepts Bearing on Health-1. 4 . 2

• The 3rd concept the Islamic jurisprudence.

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Putting Islamic Concepts Into Practice for Health
Promotion 1
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Putting Islamic Concepts Into Practice for Health
Promotion 2

• Precede-proceed model.
• Intervention mapping.
• A five-stage model.

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Putting Islamic Concepts Into Practice for Health
Promotion 2.1
The PRECEDE-PROCEED Model by Green Kreuter,
1999 Visit the website below for a figure of
this model.
http//oc.nci.nih.gov/services/Theory_at_glance/PP
_Part_3_cont.htmlanchor248267
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Putting Islamic Concepts Into Practice for Health
Promotion 2.2

• Intervention mapping.

STEP 1 Proximal program objective matrices STEP
2 Theory based methods and practical
strategies STEP 3 Program plan STEP 4
Adoption and implementation plan STEP 5
Evaluation plan
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Putting Islamic Concepts Into Practice for Health
Promotion 2.3

• A five-stage model (Bracht et al. 1999)

1. Community analysis
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION STAGES
5. Dissemination - reassessment
2. Design - initiation
4. Maintenance - consolidation
3. Implementation
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Putting Islamic Concepts Into Practice for Health
Promotion 3.1
An illustration using the five-stage model
(Bracht et al. 1999)

• 1. Community analysis.

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Putting Islamic Concepts Into Practice for Health
Promotion 3.2
An illustration using the five-stage model
(Bracht et al. 1999)

• 2. Design - initiation.

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Putting Islamic Concepts Into Practice for Health
Promotion 3.3
An illustration using the five-stage model
(Bracht et al. 1999)

• 3. Implementation.

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Putting Islamic Concepts Into Practice for Health
Promotion 3.4
An illustration using the five-stage model
(Bracht et al. 1999)

• 4. Maintenance - consolidation.

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Putting Islamic Concepts Into Practice for Health
Promotion 3.5
An illustration using the five-stage model
(Bracht et al. 1999)

• 5. Dissemination - reassessment.