Health is a spiritual thing: Perspectives of health care professionals and female Somali and Bangladeshi women on the health impacts of fasting during Ramadan

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-56

  Pathy, Rubini ^a   Mills, Kelsey E ^b   Gazeley, Sharon ^c   Ridgley, Andrea ^d   Kiran, Tara ^c,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Regent Park Community Health Centre   (Canada)

^d GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

culture; fasting; general practice; primary care; qualitative research; Ramadan

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION; ETHNICITY; FASTING; HEALTH IMPACT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOMALIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FASTING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOMALIA; SPIRITUALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; CANADA; ETHIOPIA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SOMALI; TORONTO;

EID: 79951565579     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2010.523780     Document Type: Article

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