ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2018
Acceptability of Friday Sermons as a Modality for Health Promotion and Education.
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- Health and Social Care Outcomes in the Community: Review of Religious Considerations in Interventions with Muslim-Minorities in Australia, Canada, UK, and the USA.Journal of religion and health · 2024Review
- Exploring the Contextual Factors of Religious Leader Participation in Health Communication: Evidence from a Qualitative Study in Sierra Leone.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Exploring the obesity concerns of British Pakistani women living in deprived inner-city areas: A qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
- Sermons to Address Obesity in Partnership With African American and Latino Churches.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2021Article
- Changing Mammography-Related Beliefs Among American Muslim Women: Findings from a Religiously-Tailored Mosque-Based Intervention.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2019Article
- A scoping review and systematic mapping of health promotion interventions associated with obesity in Islamic religious settings in the UK.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Article
- Reducing Muslim Mammography Disparities: Outcomes From a Religiously Tailored Mosque-Based Intervention.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2018Article
- Physical Activity Programming Advertised on Websites of U.S. Islamic Centers: A Content Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Our objective was to assess the acceptability and feasibility of using sermons for health promotion in American Muslim mosque communities by deploying a tailored sermon in two mosque communities. With input from a community advisory board and resident imams, sermons communicated four health-related themes: (i) good health is a grant from Allah, (ii) one's body is trust and must be cared for, (iii) trusting in God's plan does not preclude taking actions to care for oneself, and (iv) community members are caretakers of one another. Self-administered, post-sermon questionnaires asked attendees about the acceptability of the sermon and the sermon-giver, and to identify survey themes. Data analyses involved descriptive statistics and regression modeling to assess variance in acceptability across race/ethnicity and gender. Of the 235 respondents, the majority found the sermon content acceptable and desired to hear health-based sermons more often (72 and 67% respectively). There were no significant differences in acceptability of sermon or sermon-giver by gender or race/ethnicity. Our study demonstrates that theologically-framed health messaging is acceptable within sermons in American Muslim mosque communities. This study underscores the potential utility of mosque sermons for health education programs and for health behavior interventions in American mosques.
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