{"id":1482,"date":"2002-06-10T01:05:45","date_gmt":"2002-06-10T06:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2002-06-10T01:05:45","modified_gmt":"2002-06-10T06:05:45","slug":"new_health_centers_are_models_for_muslim_women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/06\/new_health_centers_are_models_for_muslim_women\/","title":{"rendered":": New Health Centers are Models for Muslim Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>The many cultural differences between the Muslim world and the west has highlighted a special understanding of the needs of Muslim women in the United States, many of whom are recent immigrants. One such <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov%2Fmedlineplus%2Fnews%2Ffullstory_7877.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">clinic<\/a> in Michigan prides itself on attending to the religious and linguistic needs of Muslim women in particular and is one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ummaclinic.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">many Muslim run clinics<\/a> that have been set up in poor and underserved urban areas around the country. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesscommunity.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ACCESS Community Health Center<\/a> in Michigan, for example, provides a female staff that bypasses the often patriarchal approach to health care that is often practiced in Muslim countries. Some of the special needs include such issues as family involvement. \u201cSometimes if someone is having major surgery, there may be 30 members of the family in the hospital,\u201d says one health provider. Another issue involves consent, a mostly cultural requirement that husbands be consulted prior to medical treatment of their wives. \u201cThe wife might not be aware of all the risks and benefits of a procedure before consenting,\u201d says Dr. Maya Hammoud, director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.med.umich.edu%2Fobgyn%2Fmideastclinic.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Middle Eastern Women\u2019s Health Program<\/a> in Michigan, contrasting the American culture\u2019s view of individual responsibility regarding personal health care. Other clinics in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu%2Fcu%2Fmsa%2Fclinic\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">New York<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/cim.ucdavis.edu%2Fclinics%2FShifa\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">California<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muslimsupport.org%2Findex.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">and Boston<\/a> have been started under the jurisdiction of national organizations <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naama.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">based on ethnicity<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imana.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">religion<\/a> that supplement existing facilities.<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Zahed Amanullah is associate editor of altmuslim.com.\u00a0 He is based in London, England.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cultural and religious needs of Muslim women in the United States has led to a flourishing of health clinics that cater to their circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":531,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>: New Health Centers are Models for Muslim Women<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The cultural and religious needs of Muslim women in the United States has led to a flourishing of health clinics that cater to their circumstances.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/06\/new_health_centers_are_models_for_muslim_women\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\": New Health Centers are Models for Muslim Women\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The cultural and religious needs of Muslim women in the United States has led to a flourishing of health clinics that cater to their circumstances.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/06\/new_health_centers_are_models_for_muslim_women\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"altmuslim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2002-06-10T06:05:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"zahedamanullah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"zahedamanullah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/06\/new_health_centers_are_models_for_muslim_women\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/06\/new_health_centers_are_models_for_muslim_women\/\",\"name\":\": New Health Centers are Models for Muslim Women\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2002-06-10T06:05:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2002-06-10T06:05:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#\/schema\/person\/871b6e097b0060bce500f444bd5940ba\"},\"description\":\"The cultural and religious needs of Muslim women in the United States has led to a flourishing of health clinics that cater to their circumstances.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/06\/new_health_centers_are_models_for_muslim_women\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/06\/new_health_centers_are_models_for_muslim_women\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/06\/new_health_centers_are_models_for_muslim_women\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\": New Health Centers are Models for Muslim Women\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\",\"name\":\"altmuslim\",\"description\":\"Global perspectives on Muslim life, politics &amp; 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