The Muslim Gaze and the COVID-19 Syndemic

COVID-19 has replicated and intensified pre-existing health inequities by creating a vicious syndemic that brings together concurrent biological, psychosocial and structural epidemics with synergistic interactions that reinforce unequal outcomes. In the UK, the Muslim community has been disproportio...

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Published in:Religions (Basel, Switzerland ) Switzerland ), 2022-08, Vol.13 (9), p.780
Main Authors: Shahid, Hina Javaid, Dogra, Sufyan Abid
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Demographic aspects
Epidemics
Health aspects
Health care disparities
health inequalities
Islam
Islamophobia
Minority & ethnic groups
Mortality
Muslims
public health
Religious aspects
United Kingdom
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Summary:COVID-19 has replicated and intensified pre-existing health inequities by creating a vicious syndemic that brings together concurrent biological, psychosocial and structural epidemics with synergistic interactions that reinforce unequal outcomes. In the UK, the Muslim community has been disproportionately impacted by excess morbidity and mortality from COVID-19. This article uses a transdisplinary lens in the context of COVID-19 to analyse the role of Islamophobia as a fundamental driver of health inequities in Britain’s Muslim community. It highlights multilevel policy reforms and recommendations that centre community empowerment, social justice and cultural humility to close the gap and achieve justice and good health for all.
ISSN:2077-1444
2077-1444
DOI:10.3390/rel13090780