The National Social Economy survey (SUSENAS) in 2004 shows that there are increased risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke among Indonesian people. The survey indicates that unhealthy life style is also increasing in Indonesia, which includes smoking habit, lack of physical activities, unbalanced diet, obesity, low fiber diet/less fruit and vegetables in diet, high calorie and salty...

BACKGROUND The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh accounted for 50% diphtheria and 3% tetanus cases reported globally during 2005. During 2003-2006, there was a rising trend of diphtheria in Hyderabad, the state capital, whereas there was no major change in trend of tetanus cases. We estimated coverage of diphtheria and tetanus vaccine among children aged <or= 6 years and immunity against these dis...

The present study aims to reconstruct stature among male and female Shia Muslims of Delhi using lower limb dimensions. To this aim the stature, femur length, tibial length, fibular length, foot length and foot breadth were recorded on each subject using the standard measurement techniques recommended by Martin and Saller 1 The data is composed of 1011 Shia Muslims (503 males and 508 females) wi...

divine religions have a significant impact on formation of social norms and strengthening of social capital through the promotion of the moral virtues. the purpose of this study is to demonstrate the impact of doctrines, rituals and ethical teachings of islam on muslims’ social capital in the 40 countries using the generalized trust index and the ordinary least squares method. research findings...

There is a trend of recruiting faith leaders at mosques to overcome religious barriers to organ donation, and to increase donor registration among Muslims. Commentators have suggested that Muslims are not given enough information about organ donation in religious sermons or lectures delivered at mosques. Corrective actions have been recommended, such as funding campaigns to promote organ donati...

BACKGROUND 1 in 4 people experience mental health problems at some point during their lives and Muslims are no exception. Exacerbating the morbidity and mortality associated with mental health problems in Muslims is Islamophobia. Stigma and shame are major barriers to accessing and using mental health services and many Muslims with mental health problems do not receive the treatment they need. ...