Project Overview
We are starting an exciting longitudinal project aimed at understanding the healthcare needs of Muslim patients with regard to hospital accommodations with the hopes of affecting change to hospital policies nationwide.
This IRB-approved study will be surveying Muslim patients across the country and surveys will be distributed in 4 phases. During the first phase of survey distribution, regional survey distribution teams will identify health clinics that cater to large Muslim patient populations. In the second phase, regional survey distribution teams will identify and engage with mosques in their region. The third phase will aim to identify and survey Muslims at large national conferences/gatherings, such as those held by ICNA-MAS and ISNA. The fourth and final phase will encompass distributing the survey via Islam & Medicine social media accounts, Muslim national organization listservs, community WhatsApp groups.
Through these four phases, we hope to gain a robust database to determine ways in which the Healthcare system is failing to serve Muslim patients across the country. This data will then be used to inform hospitals and medical policymakers regarding means by which Muslim patient care can be improved and made more equitable.
Project Significance
If you are interested in volunteering to help with this study and be on a survey distribution team, please reach out to your Regional Project Manager. Contacts for regional project managers can be found here.
Our study is founded upon community participation and you can help by participating in the study! If you are Muslim and at least 18 years old, you can take part in the study and fill out the survey by clicking here or scanning the adjacent QR code!
Results
If you are interested in volunteering to help with this study and be on a survey distribution team, please reach out to your Regional Project Manager. Contacts for regional project managers can be found here.
- Our study is founded upon community participation and you can help
- by participating in the study! If you are Muslim and at least 18 years old,
- you can take part in the study and fill out the survey by clicking here or scanning the adjacent QR code!
The Study
If you are interested in volunteering to help with this study and be on a survey distribution team, please reach out to your Regional Project Manager. Contacts for regional project managers can be found here.
- Our study is founded upon community participation and you can help
- by participating in the study! If you are Muslim and at least 18 years old,
- you can take part in the study and fill out the survey by clicking here or scanning the adjacent QR code!
Meet The Team
Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSc
Chairperson and Director of Initiative on Islam and Medicine
Fatema Mirza, MBA, MPA, PMP
Co-Founder, Worry Free Community
Mohamed Hamouda, MD
Program Coordinator
Sohad Murrar, PhD
Research Scientist
Munzareen I. Padela, MD, MA, FAAP
Project Consultant
Sondos Al Sad
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Ohio State University
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