RT Article
T1 The Role of the Qur’an and Sunnah in Oral Health
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 55
IS 6
SP 1954
OP 1967
A1 Owens, Janine
A2 Sami, Wesam
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1566809916
AB The aim of this study was to explore the ways in which the main texts in Islam, Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh), contribute to understandings of oral health. The AHadith provide guidance for oral health-related behaviour but were written at a time when their symbolic meanings were perhaps vastly different to those of today. In gaining more insight into the ways Islamic HRB shape oral health-related practices and outcomes, if at all, we may be better placed to develop a more culturally sensitive and diverse dental public health and oral health promotion which takes into account religious dimensions, mediating factors, HRB and salutogenic mechanisms.
K1 Islam
K1 Religiosity
K1 Health Promotion
K1 Oral health
K1 Qur’an
K1 Sunnah
DO 10.1007/s10943-015-0095-5