Recognition of effective Factors on Social Health in Iran (Systematic Review of Persian Research from 2019 to 2024)

Mahdiye Barkhordari  Firouzabadi; Sanaz Rahravi  Poodeh; Seyedeh Marzieh  Tabaeian; Seyed Alireza  Afshani

doi:10.18502/mshsj.v9i3.17297

Mahdiye Barkhordari Firouzabadi Ph.D. student of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Sanaz Rahravi Poodeh Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Seyedeh Marzieh Tabaeian Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Seyed Alireza Afshani Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/mshsj.v9i3.17297

Keywords: Health, Social health, Iran, Persian researches, systematic review

Abstract

Background: Social health along with physical and mental health is one of the pillars of society's health. The issue of social health and its influential factors is one of the topics of attention among Iranian researchers in the last two decades. The aim of this research is to identify factors affecting social health in studies conducted in Iran. Current research can help researchers of different sciences, find research gaps, and discover new research fields in this subject.

Methods: The present study is a systematic review and all Persian articles related to the subject, during the period 2019 to 2024, with a systematic search among the available reliable databases, including Google Scholar, University Jihad Scientific Database (SID), Comprehensive portal of the humanities, Noor Specialized Magazines Database (Normagz), and Country Magazines Database (Magiran) using the keywords “Health” and “Social health” were retrieved. From 798 articles found, finally 71 articles were selected as the final researches related to the subject using Prisma checklist in terms of quality and according to the input criteria.

Results: Based on the results of this research, the influential factors on social health can be classified into 8 main groups including individual, occupational, economic, cultural, environmental, physical-psychological, social and religious-political factors. Among the main factors, the most number of studies were related to the social factors and among the sub-factors, respectively, social support, social trust, social security and religiosity have had the most positive impact on social health.

Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that among the various scientific fields, the majority of researches were conducted by researchers in the fields of sociology and social sciences, and among the factors affecting social health, the least number of studies were related to the environmental factors. Therefore, it is suggested that the researchers of fields that have contributed less to the promotion of this aspect of health in scientific sources take an effective step in this field of study, and in practical field, policy makers and social health researchers put this program at the top of their activities, and in planning system, education and policy of the country, special attention should be paid to this issue.