Shooshtari Shahin, Abedi M R, Bahrami M, Samouei Rahele
Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2018 Feb 9;7:31. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_72_17. eCollection 2018.
Mental health and empowerment are two of the women's essential needs. These two related concepts play an important role in women's lives. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate empowerment of women and its relation with mental health problem prevention during difficult situations.
This qualitative study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with 33 experts in the fields of psychology, social sciences, women studies, medicine and crisis management specialists using snowball sampling in cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, and Mashhad during the year 1395 (March 2016-March 2017). Samples were selected heterogeneously. The interview transcripts and codes were presented to the participants, and structural analysis was used for data evaluation.
The factors related to empowerment of women with consideration to their mental health were determined based on Longew theory and interviews and include: welfare (primary needs (biological and security) and developmental needs (social needs and dignity), access (facilities and values), knowledge (about inequalities and rights), participation (in politics, decision-making and society), and control (implementation and institutionalization of the above-mentioned needs).
The indicators determined in this study show that empowerment has an important role in determining women's real position in society. Since women make up half of the population and affect society as a whole, the advantages of empowerment of women will be felt in the entire society.
心理健康与赋权是女性的两项基本需求。这两个相关概念在女性生活中发挥着重要作用。因此，本研究旨在调查女性赋权及其在困难时期与预防心理健康问题的关系。
本定性研究于1395年（2016年3月至2017年3月）在德黑兰、伊斯法罕、大不里士和马什哈德等城市，通过对心理学、社会科学、妇女研究、医学领域的33名专家以及危机管理专家进行半结构式访谈，并采用滚雪球抽样法。样本选择具有异质性。访谈记录和编码呈现给参与者，并使用结构分析进行数据评估。
基于朗格理论和访谈确定了与女性赋权及其心理健康相关的因素，包括：福利（基本需求（生物和安全）和发展需求（社会需求和尊严））、获取（设施和价值观）、知识（关于不平等和权利）、参与（政治、决策和社会）以及控制（上述需求的实施和制度化）。
本研究确定的指标表明，赋权在确定女性在社会中的实际地位方面具有重要作用。由于女性占人口的一半并影响整个社会，女性赋权的优势将在整个社会中显现出来。
