The Muslim Community
Community Insights
Understanding Birmingham's health landscape
Birmingham, like many cities in the UK, has deep health equalities when comparing different areas of the city. The difference in life expectancy across city wards can be more than 8 years.
How Unity Health can help
This section highlights health inequalities affecting the city’s Muslim community and outlines ways Unity Health can support addressing them. Many other communities face similar issues, and tailored approaches may be needed. For information about other groups, see the Deep Engagement Partner programme at Birmingham City Council.
For further information on other communities visit
The Deep Engagement Partner programme | Birmingham City Council
Health Inequalities in Muslim Communities: Evidence & Holistic Solutions — Public Health Summary
The Public Health Department report summarises key health issues in the Muslim community: heart disease, diabetes, mental health, and addiction. Read the full report for details.
Please click here to read the report.
You can also listen to a podcast covering the same data.
Click here to listen.
Feedback From Muslim Community Focus Groups
This section highlights health inequalities affecting the city’s Muslim community and outlines ways Unity Health can support addressing them. Many other communities face similar issues, and tailored approaches may be needed. For information about other groups, see the Deep Engagement Partner programme at Birmingham City Council.
Mental Health click here
Women’s Health issues click here
Young People – challenges and opportunities click here
Islamic Teachings and Community Health click here
Further Focus Groups are planned in 2026 to explore how some of the recommendations arising from these Focus Groups can be implemented.
Community
Health Champion
Become a health champion!Many common chronic diseases can be delayed or in some cases even reversed by making the healthy lifestyle changes recommended in Lifestyle Medicine research & embodied in Prophetic wisdom. If you would like to be trained as a Community Health Champion to take this message to your community please get in touch.
Health Professionals
Healing often has a physical, emotional and spiritual dimension. Doctors in times gone by would treat the whole person as they recognised each being is created and has a soul.
Today modern medicine has made amazing advances but at the same time we see alarming increase in lifestyle related illness affecting our mental and physical health. This has given rise to evidence-based Lifestyle Medicine and Health Coaching to help people find a more natural, holistic and healthier way of life.
Many doctors feel frustrated by the lack of time they have to treat patients and because many patients with serious health concerns do not heed the lifestyle advice they are given. The health education and health coaching resources within this website also incorporate Prophetic wisdom with Lifestyle Medicine advice to increase patient motivation to follow important healthy lifestyle advice.
Cultural Awareness Training
If you are a health professional who cares for many patients from the Muslim community and feel you would benefit from additional cultural awareness training about their specific needs, please get in touch.