title: African-American Muslim women and health care.
abstract: Muslims constitute a growing proportion of the African-American population. This paper explores the health practices, health behaviors, and code of ethics as informed by the Islamic religion within the context of African-American Muslim women's lives. An overview of the history of Islam in the world, and in the U.S., the main Islamic tenets, and the socio-cultural context of African-American Muslim women provides the broad framework for this paper. This information will be helpful in meeting the health needs of African-American Islamic women, within an outreach/community health promotion setting, within a clinical/hospital setting, or within a home care setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska, Omaha 68182-0291, USA. srajaram@mail.unomaha.edu
authors.forename: Shireen S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rajaram
authors.forename: Anahita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rashidi
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003469:Culture; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States; D014932:Women's Health Services