Health believes in Germany:
- Everyone must be insured
- For treatment of disease they prefer plant based medicines
- OTC medicines for cold and flu will be available in malls like
Walmart and Walgreens
- German people are very much concerned about sanitizing
- Footwear should be removed in front of door to avoid carrying
microbes inside
- They have a weather temperature health connection believes like
sitting on cold and not wearing long winter coat leads to kidney
damage
- The commonly prescribed treatment for chronic illness is resort
therapy, so they can have fresh air
Health belief in Saudi Arabia:
- They believe health is a state of physical, psychological,
spiritual and social wellbeing and considered as a greatest
blessing from god
- They believe illness, suffering and dying is a test from the
god and trials by which ones sins are removed
- For Arab people spiritual needs are important over physical
needs
- Medicines which contains pork gelatin and alcohol based
medicines are forbidden, but can be used in life threatening
conditions
- Arab women allow only women doctor or nurse to touch or
see
- They will go mostly for folk treatments like olive, senna,
pomegranate, fennel, dates, honey to correct their illness
- They prefer traditional remedies like cupping for various
illness
- They believe circumcision for the male child is mandatory