“One Big Family”: Pastoral Care and Treatment Seeking in an Egyptian Coptic Church in England

Little is known about Coptic migrants’ chronic disease health beliefs and treatment-seeking behaviours. Interviews to explore these issues and their relationship with church membership were conducted with 15 Coptic migrants in Southern England. Obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) were most freq...

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Main Author: Shenouda, John E. A. (Author)
Contributors: Cooper, Maxwell J. F. (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2017]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 1450-1459
Further subjects:B Obesity
B Healthcare access
B Migrants
B Candidacy
B Coptic
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Summary:Little is known about Coptic migrants’ chronic disease health beliefs and treatment-seeking behaviours. Interviews to explore these issues and their relationship with church membership were conducted with 15 Coptic migrants in Southern England. Obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) were most frequently identified as health risks for Coptic migrants. CVD was ascribed to stress and considered amenable to spiritual healing. Lay referral to medical practitioners who were church members was common but may devalue perceptions of family medicine. The Coptic Church functions as a community that addresses members’ wider vulnerability. Central to this is the “parish nurse” role of the priest.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-017-0381-5