Children's Health Based on the Teachings of Islam - Islam And Health Journal

Children are among the vulnerable groups in community health programs, and the infant mortality index is considered one of the most important socioeconomic indicators of communities. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate children's health based on the recommendations and teachings of Islam.

In this review study, a comprehensive review of Persian and English articles was performed using international databases such as Web of Science, Science Direct, PubMed, and Google Scholar. Moreover, English keywords such as Islamic Health, Women, Neonatal, Breastfeeding, and Child Health were searched individually and in combination as well as the Persian equivalents of the keywords were searched in Persian databases including SID, Irandoc, and Magiran. Inclusion criteria included review, clinical, experimental, cohort, and cross-sectional studies, as well as hypotheses generated in the area of children's health from the perspective of Islam, and exclusion criteria were repetition and lack of appropriateness of the text of the articles with the corresponding title.

From an Islamic perspective, concern for children's health is even related to the period before marriage and birth. Avoiding risky behaviors before marriage to form a healthy embryo, recommendations on healthy pregnancy and nutrition of the mother and its effects on the child, breastfeeding for two years, spacing between births, religious education of children, and observance of the rights and protection of children in the school of the Islamic religion, all this is effective in preserving the health of children, and today, many of these cases are listed in the guidelines of UNICEF and the World Health Organization.

The recommendations of the Islamic religion in the field of maintaining the health of children are very comprehensive and can be considered as a prerequisite for clinical trials, and if approved, they can be used to maintain children's health.