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A survey on recycling pattern of families according to Islamic culture
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Zahra Aghalari   , Aram Tirgar * |
| Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Center. Babol University of Medical Sciences. Babol. Iran , aramtirgar@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: (9807 Views) |
Introduction: A country's success regarding a new economic policy entitled “ resistive economics” needs recognition of some Islamic concepts and lifestyle such as savings, frugality and recycling. Obviously, the family plays a critical role in such a healty lifestyle. With regard to the importance of recycling household waste and its compliance with issues like economic policy and Islamic teachings
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 330 family of a small city in Mazandaran province during 2013. The samples were collected from 33 regions using cluster sampling method. The data were collected by means of tailor-made data collection sheet and analyzed using descriptive statistical indexes and Chi- square test. p<0.05 was considered as significant.
Findings: Our findings showed that 66 samples were familiar with the instances of resistive economy, but around 40% of them have not recycled their household waste.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that a considerable portion of the families are not able to generalize Islamic lifestyle to some hygienic and economic issues such as recycling |
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| Keywords: Islamic culture, resistive economics, Islamic concepts, recycling, household waste. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2015/05/25 | Accepted: 2015/06/23 | Published: 2015/06/23
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