Rezakhani Moghaddam Hamed, Allahverdipour Hamid, Matlabi Hossein
a Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences , Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran.
b The Research Center for Psychiatric and Behavioral Sciences , Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran.
Soc Work Public Health. 2018;33(4):237-249. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2018.1454870. Epub 2018 Mar 30.
Along with health development in general terms, women's involvement in health programs can be effective in raising their self-confidence and their health promotion. This study was carried out to unveil the barriers to and challenges of the health volunteers and to present the solutions to its promotion using active women participants' experiences and the authorities of the program. The study was carried out using qualitative method along with content analysis in city of Tabriz East-Azerbaijan province, Iran. Data collection was conducted utilizing semistructured individual interviews and focus group discussions with the participation of 29 health volunteers and responsible authorities. The participants were selected using purposive sampling with maximum variation. Data analysis implemented conventional content analysis using MAXODA. Barriers to and challenges of health volunteers were generally categorized into four main themes including volunteers and trainers' inadequate capabilities, inadequate acceptance of the volunteers, restrictive social norms, and organizational problems. It seems that interaction among health system, people, and health volunteers should be improved. Holding training programs about the activities of health volunteers at the society level leads into the better utilization of society sources in health programs.
随着整体健康状况的发展，女性参与健康项目有助于提升她们的自信心和健康促进意识。本研究旨在揭示健康志愿者面临的障碍和挑战，并利用活跃女性参与者的经验以及项目主管部门的意见，提出促进健康志愿者发展的解决方案。该研究采用定性研究方法，并结合内容分析法，在伊朗东阿塞拜疆省大不里士市开展。通过与29名健康志愿者和相关主管部门进行半结构化个人访谈和焦点小组讨论来收集数据。采用最大差异目的抽样法选取参与者。使用MAXODA软件进行常规内容分析来实施数据分析。健康志愿者面临的障碍和挑战总体上可分为四个主要主题，包括志愿者和培训人员能力不足、对志愿者的接纳不足、社会规范的限制以及组织问题。似乎卫生系统、民众和健康志愿者之间的互动有待改善。在社会层面举办有关健康志愿者活动的培训项目，有助于更好地利用社会资源开展健康项目。
