[ qualitative study on social predisposing factors of adolescents' health]

ABSTRACT

Society is the living context of adolescents' health and includes social constitutions. Adolescents as an important social group experience many disturbances because of the characteristics of current society and special features of adolescence. The life style and habits of adolescence sometime lasts until death; so the resulted problems would affect all the life. A qualitative content analysis has been used. Open semi structured Interviews were conducted until data saturation These three categories have been emerged the semiology of an unhealthy society, adolescents' expectations from the society, social health prerequisites. Both the adolescents and their health are affected by the essential role of social predisposing factors. To develop the social aspect of adolescents' health is necessary. The social aspect of health which is related to the family, employment, welfare and communications could be useful in a healthy foundation of the future. Understanding adolescents' perspectives is not only important but is useful for maintaining a healthy society. Therefore, families, teachers, health workers and policy makers should develop prevention and intervention programs based on adolescence developmental processes especially tending to social factors