“I Am a Muslim and My Dad is an Alcoholic—What Should I Do?” Internet-Based Advice for Muslims About Alcohol

Michalak, Laurence; Trocki, Karen F.; Katz, Kimberly

doi:10.1080/15564900902771325

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“…But Muslim religiosity may also account as a causal factor of less smoking through a psychological pattern of health promoting lifestyle which Islamic teaching is embedded in. One of the arguments of Islamic prohibitions of alcohol consumption are with reference to its negative effects on health ( Michalak et al, 2009 ). Both pathways comply with the biopsychosocial model.…”

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Muslim religiosity and health outcomes: A cross-sectional study among muslims in Norway

Ishaq

Østby

Johannessen

2021

SSM - Population Health

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The aim of this study is to address the association between Muslim religiosity and health outcomes, and investigate if religious Muslims are more likely to be of disadvantage of health than non-religious Muslims. A cross-sectional study-design is used with a representative sample of Muslims in Norway including 2661 respondents in age 16 years–74 years from the “The Survey On Living Conditions Among Persons With An Immigrant Background 2016”, conducted by Statistics Norway. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate the relationship between Muslim religiosity and health outcomes. The health outcomes in focus are self-reported health, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, neck and back illnesses, mental health problems, sleeping disorders, consumption of alcohol, and smoking. Association between Muslim religiosity and positive health outcomes were found. Smoking and alcohol consumption were negatively associated with Muslim religiosity. The findings suggest no evidence that religious Muslims are more likely than non-religious Muslims to be of disadvantage of health, and the study do not support the premise that Islam as a barrier to health. In addition, our findings suggest that Muslim religiosity might serve as a resource either predicting better health outcomes or that Muslim religiosity may be a factor that exists if good health is evident. As our findings cannot define any cause-effect relation between Muslim religiosity and health outcomes, given the cross-sectional design of the study, we emphasize the need of further research that investigates how Muslim religiosity is associated to health.

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Muslim religiosity and health outcomes: A cross-sectional study among muslims in Norway

Ishaq

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Johannessen

2021

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“…The finding that AUD was more prevalent among the Christians is in support of previous studies in Nigeria [ 26 , 28 ]. This may be adduced to the general condemnation of alcohol consumption in Islam [ 29 ]. The association of ethnicity with AUD as reported in the current study in which the Yoruba ethnic groups, compared with other ethnic groups were less likely to have AUD was also noted in a previous study among the military population [ 30 ].…”

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Alcohol use disorders in multidrug resistant tuberculosis MDR-TB patients and their non-tuberculosis family contacts in Nigeria

Lasebikan¹,

Ige²

2020

Pan Afr Med J

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Introduction the main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated factors of alcohol use disorder (AUD) in patients with Multi-Drug Treatment-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) compared with their non-tuberculosis control, and its association with disease pattern and associated medical comorbidities. Methods MDR-TB patients (128) and their respective caregivers were interviewed in a treatment unit in Nigeria. Diagnosis of AUD was made using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorder, information was obtained on the severity of the TB and associated health problems. Results prevalence of AUD was (21.9%) and was significantly higher among cases than in controls (2.3%), p = 0.006. Severe TB, OR = 3.33 (1.56-6.83), hematological diseases, OR = 2.34 (1.06-4.33) and HIV/AIDS, OR = 3.01 (1.67-7.01) were the strongest predictors of AUD at 95% CI. Conclusion: AUD was highly prevalent in MDR-TB and was associated with certain medical comorbidities and increased severity of the illness.

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“…Another mechanism is that those who develop harmful drinking patterns are selected out among those regular religious participants through the negative reinforcement of at risk drinking behavior [ 36 ]. Several studies have shown religious affiliation is strongly associated with alcohol consumption in several African states [ 13 , 18 ], and further longitudinal investigations are required to elucidate causal pathways. South African low-risk drinking men had the highest frequency of regularly engaging in activities with friends, and this is similar to results among older adults in the US showing social participation is associated with more alcohol consumption, and indicating drinking is undertaken for social reasons [ 37 , 38 ].…”

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“…Other health behaviors, such as smoking, and socio-cultural factors, such as marital status and ethnicity, have been found to be associated with risky drinking behaviors among older adults in South Africa, with considerable differences between the sexes [ 17 ]. Religious affiliation is a strong predictor of drinking behavior in South Africa among both genders, where studies consistently observe that Christians imbibe and Muslims abstain [ 13 , 18 ].…”

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Quality of life and social engagement of alcohol abstainers and users among older adults in South Africa

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BackgroundThe literature from developed countries suggests a relationship between alcohol use and quality of life and social engagement, where harmful drinkers have lower quality of life and less social engagement. Despite the high rates of harmful alcohol use in South Africa, little is known about the association between drinking pattern and quality of life and social engagement in this context. We aimed to determine if quality of life and social engagement varied across different drinking patterns among older South African adults, contributed to drinking pattern when controlling for socio-demographic factors, and varied differentially between genders.MethodsThis is a secondary analysis of data from the Survey on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE). Alcohol use was measured as self-reports of use over the previous seven days, and we constructed gender-specific alcohol variables. The WHO Quality of Life-scale was used to measure quality of life, and social engagement was measured by frequency of participation in social activities. We used ANOVA to observe differences in quality of life and social engagement scores across drinking patterns, and regression models were used to identify factors independently associated with drinking pattern.ResultsThere were 2572 (84.4%) lifetime abstainers, and 475 (15.6%) persons who had a drink in the last 7 days. In bivariate analysis, quality of life was lowest among at risk drinking men compared to abstainers (OR = 0.21, p = 0.02), although this association was not significant in adjusted analysis. Social engagement did not vary statistically significantly across the drinking patterns in the total sample or within gender.ConclusionsQuality of life and social engagement were not independently associated with drinking pattern among older adults in South Africa in this sample. In order to better understand their alcohol use, further exploratory research is warranted to identify other potentially relevant subjective factors of alcohol use among older adults in South Africa.

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“I Am a Muslim and My Dad is an Alcoholic—What Should I Do?” Internet-Based Advice for Muslims About Alcohol

Cited by 12 publications

References 3 publications

Muslim religiosity and health outcomes: A cross-sectional study among muslims in Norway

Muslim religiosity and health outcomes: A cross-sectional study among muslims in Norway

Alcohol use disorders in multidrug resistant tuberculosis MDR-TB patients and their non-tuberculosis family contacts in Nigeria

Quality of life and social engagement of alcohol abstainers and users among older adults in South Africa

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