British muslims, ethnicity and health inequalities

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I: Contemporary Issues and Debates -- British Muslims, ethnicity and health inequalities: contemporary issues and debates -- COVID-19, health inequalities and the lived experience of British Muslims -- Gendered health inequalities and British Muslim women: an intersectional approach and analysis -- Relevance of research methodologies used in health psychology for British Muslims: an epistemological critique on the colonisation of knowledge production --
PART II: Clinical Care -- Genetic health in British Muslim Populations: analysis of consanguinity, interventions and sociocultural contexts -- Caring for Muslim patients and families at the end of life: empirical research analysing the perspectives of service users and providers -- Dementia amongst Muslim communities in the UK -- Domestic violence and abuse: impact on health of British Muslim women and factors affecting access to health -- Medical encounters between overseas-trained South Asian doctors and marginalised patients in the UK – a reciprocal doctor–patient relationship? --
PART III: Therapeutic interventions -- Islamophobia makes us sick: the health costs of Islamophobia in the UK -- ‘Well done for coming because your kind don’t normally come to things like this’ – identity struggles for second- and third-generation British Muslims and engagement with health information: a reflective perspective -- Addressing mental health through Islamic counselling: a faith-based therapeutic intervention -- The mental health of Muslims in a northern city such as Bradford -- The cultural adaptation of acceptance and commitment therapy for pain management services –
PART IV: British Muslims promoting health -- Where’s the daddy? The Muslim father’s role in raising his children – a critical social policy perspective -- Health promotion through mosques and Muslim health professionals: a case study of the British Islamic medical association’s lifesavers -- British Muslims, community engagement and partnership for health promotion: case studies from Bradford -- The way forward to reduce health inequalities among British Muslims.

This landmark volume presents the lived experience of British Muslims in regards to health inequalities, access to health services and involvement in health promotion initiatives. Exploring religion, ethnicity, racism, social class and deprivation, the book examines how British Muslims interact with the UK healthcare system and the subsequent marginalisation in accessing benefits from those systems. Authors expose the unequal distribution of health benefits among British Muslims and explore how this has come to the fore during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using reflexive, interpretive, critical and evidence-based data-driven scenarios from across the UK; this book identifies loopholes in the healthcare system affecting high-risk groups. In doing so, it analyses why and how British Muslims live with the worst health outcomes when compared with all deprived social groups and ethnicities in the country.