Health and Fertility among Iranians and Afghani Refugees in Iran

这个试点项目将允许一位年轻学者就伊朗的阿富汗难民如何获得当地医疗服务这一主题进行初步研究。需要解决的问题是，更保守的伊斯兰教分支的追随者如何与基于更自由的伊斯兰哲学的社会服务互动。该项目的具体重点将是计划生育，作为健康促进和教育一揽子计划的一部分。该项目将在伊朗伊斯法罕市和周边农村进行，包括农村/城市和阿富汗/伊朗的比较。通过参与者观察、半结构化访谈和从临床档案中收集人口统计数据，研究人员将评估伊斯兰哲学在实践中处理基本文化差异的能力。这项工作将有助于增进对伊斯兰教作为一种宗教和文化价值体系的理解，并将增进我们对来自更传统文化的难民如何在更具创新性的环境中适应新的环境、机会和限制的理解。一位在伊朗的西方学者的这项研究的更广泛的影响是非常重要的，在一直处于敌对关系的社会之间进行人类接触，并促进我们对世界这一地区社会生活的理解。

ToberThis pilot project will allow a young scholar to do preliminary research on the topic of how Afghani refugees in Iran access local health care services. The problem to be addressed is how adherents to a more conservative branch of Islam interact with social services predicated on a more liberal Islamic philosophy. The specific focus of the project will be family planning as part of a package of health promotion and education. The project will be carried out in the city of Isfahan, Iran and in the surrounding countryside, including rural/urban and Afghani/Iranian comparisons. Using participant observation, semi-structured interviews and collecting demographic data from clinic files, the researcher will assess the capability of Islamic philosophy in practice to deal with fundamental cultural differences. The work will contribute to an increased understanding of Islam as a religion and a cultural value system, and will advance our understanding of how refugees in general, from more traditional cultures, adapt to novel settings, opportunities and constraints in more innovative settings. The broader impacts of this research by a Western scholar in Iran are very significant, in making human contacts between societies that have been in an adversarial relationship, and in advancing our understanding of social life in this part of the world.