Determining dimensions of iranians' individual social health: a qualitative approach.
Social health is important to be assessed as a dimension of health. The aim of study was to determine domains and sub-domains of individual social health of Iranians.This study was carried out with a qualitative approach, using thematic content analysis. Twenty five experts participated in interview...
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author | K Abachizadeh S Omidnia N Memaryan Aa Nasehi M Rasouli B Tayefi A Nikfarjam |
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description | Social health is important to be assessed as a dimension of health. The aim of study was to determine domains and sub-domains of individual social health of Iranians.This study was carried out with a qualitative approach, using thematic content analysis. Twenty five experts participated in interviews, using individual semi-structured interviews between November 2010 and June 2011.This data supported with strong search.Two main areas extracted from these interviews including social support and social function. The social support domain contained seventeen sub-areas, including social support at the time of disease; disability; daily life issues, etc. And the social function as second domain contained twelve sub-areas, including: financial aids to others; emotionally aids to others; participating in social groups, etc.We developed a conceptual framework for social health in the individual level in Iranian population. It makes preparations for providing a valid and reliable measurement scale for social health in next studies and evidence-based policy-making. |
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spelling | doaj.art-bed1a4a5673844798f5177832abb76a82022-12-21T23:17:43ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932013-01-0142Supple 1Determining dimensions of iranians' individual social health: a qualitative approach.K Abachizadeh0S Omidnia1N Memaryan2Aa Nasehi3M Rasouli4B Tayefi5A Nikfarjam6Dept. of Public Health and Social Medicine, Medical School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Social health is important to be assessed as a dimension of health. The aim of study was to determine domains and sub-domains of individual social health of Iranians.This study was carried out with a qualitative approach, using thematic content analysis. Twenty five experts participated in interviews, using individual semi-structured interviews between November 2010 and June 2011.This data supported with strong search.Two main areas extracted from these interviews including social support and social function. The social support domain contained seventeen sub-areas, including social support at the time of disease; disability; daily life issues, etc. And the social function as second domain contained twelve sub-areas, including: financial aids to others; emotionally aids to others; participating in social groups, etc.We developed a conceptual framework for social health in the individual level in Iranian population. It makes preparations for providing a valid and reliable measurement scale for social health in next studies and evidence-based policy-making.https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/4688DimensionsIindividualIranQualitativeSocial health |
spellingShingle | K Abachizadeh S Omidnia N Memaryan Aa Nasehi M Rasouli B Tayefi A Nikfarjam Determining dimensions of iranians' individual social health: a qualitative approach. Iranian Journal of Public Health Dimensions Iindividual Iran Qualitative Social health |
title | Determining dimensions of iranians' individual social health: a qualitative approach. |
title_full | Determining dimensions of iranians' individual social health: a qualitative approach. |
title_fullStr | Determining dimensions of iranians' individual social health: a qualitative approach. |
title_full_unstemmed | Determining dimensions of iranians' individual social health: a qualitative approach. |
title_short | Determining dimensions of iranians' individual social health: a qualitative approach. |
title_sort | determining dimensions of iranians individual social health a qualitative approach |
topic | Dimensions Iindividual Iran Qualitative Social health |
url | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/4688 |
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