ABSTRACT
The health of women, as half of the world's population and the foundation of families and societies, has played a significant role in securing and stabilizing of the health of fami- lies and societies. The increasing rate of divorce in Iran caused us to perform this study aimed to explore the challenges of divorced women. This was a qualitative study which was carried out through in-depth semi- structured interviews with 12 divorced women whose divorce decree was issued in the Family Court of Shahrood, Iran, at least one year ago. Participants were selected purposefully and the data was analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The results of the study revealed the 4 following themes of health meaning from divorced women's experiences, causes of divorce, divorced women's problems, and divorced women's expec- tations from the society and authorities. Adverse consequences of divorce on women's health including physical, mental and venereal diseases, and other serious social problems should be considered as the main and most important priority of the country by the authorities. Paying attention to the major and underlying grounds of divorce, also the most important problems of youth of the country, including addiction, superficiality, negligence of basic criteria in marriage, and infidelity, can be helpful in solving the problem of divorce
ABSTRACT
The importance of neonatal jaundice is not only for its social, economic, and psychological complications resulted from hospitalization of neonates in the hospital, but also for the permanent neurological handicaps and its consequent high morbidity. Since Iranian mothers have no, in spite of the importance of matter, appropriate approach in coping with their newborn jaundice, this study aimed to explore mother's experiences of neonatal jaundice.This qualitative study was carried out through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 14 mothers whose infants were hospitalized in one of the hospitals affiliated to Shahrood University of Medical Sciences with a diagnosis of neonatal jaundice. The participants were selected purposefully and the data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.Two main themes and several subthemes emerged from the data. The main themes were as follows: mothers' experiences of jaundice crises and its management, and mothers' present experiences after crisis of jaundice. First theme arranged into four subthemes and second theme was grouped into three subthemes.Mothers' and grandmothers' cultural and dietary beliefs have an important impact on mothers' health-seeking behavior. Educational programs about neonatal jaundice and its management through prenatal care consulting and mass media is recommended as an important priority for health system of country