ArticleJournal of religion and health2021
The Role of Clerics in Confronting the COVID-19 Crisis in Iran.
Article in Journal of religion and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- Building Parental Trust in Childhood Vaccination: Lessons From Iran's COVID-19 Response.International journal of health policy and management · 2025Article
- Spiritual Needs of Iranian Patients with COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- The Scientist, the Therapist, and the Conspiracy Theorist: Three Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Within the Ultra-orthodox Jewish Revival Movement in Israel.Journal of religion and health · 2024Review
- Impact of COVID-19 on risks and deaths of non-communicable diseases in the Western Pacific region.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Review
- Spatiotemporal modeling of COVID-19 spread: unveiling socioeconomic disparities and patterns, across social classes in the urban population of Kermanshah, Iran.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Challenging experiences of the elderly with heart failure in the COVID-19 pandemic: a phenomenological study in Iran.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Caring in crisis: The experiences of local religious leaders meeting community food needs in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic.Wellbeing, space and society · 2023Article
- Analysis of ethical considerations of COVID‑19 vaccination: lessons for future.BMC medical ethics · 2023Article
- Religious coping, care burden and psychological distress among informal caregivers of COVID-19 patients: Results of a cross-sectional survey in Pakistan.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2023Article
- Investigation of the influencing factors with the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine booster dose among the general population of Ardabil, Iran: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Article
- Investigating the predictors of perceived social support to control COVID-19: A qualitative study.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Experience of chinese counter-marching nurses with COVID-19 patients' death in Wuhan: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- Vaccination Hesitancy Among Greek Orthodox Christians: Is There a Conflict Between Religion and Science?Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Indonesian Ulema Council Fatwa on Religious Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Investigation of Muslim Attitudes and Practices.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- The influence of home and environmental characteristics on 5-18 years old children's health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Iran.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Activities and challenges of volunteers in confrontation with COVID-19: A qualitative study in Iran.International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR · 2022Article
- Religion, Islam, and Compliance with COVID-19 Best Practices.Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward the COVID-19 infection among adults Iran: A cross-sectional study.Journal of public health research · 2022Article
- Explaining the challenges and adaptation strategies of nurses in caring for patients with COVID-19: a qualitative study in Iran.BMC nursing · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Clerics were an authoritative and prominent group in society during the spread of the COVID-19 in Iran. Some of them contributed to social welfare services to assist Iranians. However, others engaged in improper activities, such as calling the COVID-19 pandemic a hoax, standing against the quarantine rules, questioning the scientific methods of preventing COVID-19, and offering incorrect strategies that affected prevention and treatment. Yet, clerics are powerful social assets in Iranian society who have the status to help minimize the spread and effects of pandemics upon Iranian people. As a result, their assistance and influence must be used to combat the COVID-19 crisis. This paper argues that clerics in Iran should motivate people to uphold and obey health norms in four ways: (1) health promotion and encouragement, (2) material and instrumental support, (3) spiritual support, and (4) the mobilization of people to combat the disease. Conversely, it highlights the negative roles of clerics, such as (1) opposing social restrictions and opposing the closure of religious places, (2) countering the scientific-hygienic principles appropriate to COVID-19 prevention, and (3) opposing vaccination.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.