A Qualitative Analysis of Personal Health Care Challenges Experienced by Iranian Divorcees

Divorce, nowadays an increasingly more prevalent life event in Iran, can create poor general health among Iranian women, possibly due to bigger challenges for health-related behaviors. The aim was explore achieve behaviors as experienced by divorced women acting household-heads. An inductive exploratory design based on qualitative content analysis utilized. Twenty strategically selected household-heads Tehran were interviewed between September 2019 and January 2020. individual-centered social environmental-centered concerning their Lack of competence, lack personal control, emotional support described barriers. community-based support, financial labor market environmental A wide range individual, social, factors hindered engage Therefore, person-centered interventions are necessary alongside efforts develop appropriate policies amend protection laws increase the welfare