Analyze the factors affecting on women s health development

The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors affecting women s wellbeing development in Iran by qualitative method and using grounded theory. The study population consisted of managers and experts in wellbeing, professors, experts and practitioners with a history of executive and research activity in the field of study. Using the snowball sampling method, ۱۶ individuals were selected for in-depth semi-structured interviews until theoretical saturation. In order to assess the validity of the qualitative research instrument, acceptability, portability, and verifiability were used and data were analyzed through three coding steps (open, axial and selective coding). The research findings showed that at the open coding step, among the ۲۳۱ primary codes extracted, after repeated comparisons, ۱۲۲ secondary codes with ۶۰۷ repeats were identified and categorized into main and sub-categories at the axial coding step: causal conditions (physical conditions, interpersonal conditions, structural conditions and social conditions); contextual conditions (infrastructure conditions, media conditions and development conditions); intervening conditions (sociological conditions, managerial conditions, facility conditions and legal conditions); strategies (socio-economic support, culture building, educational strategy and pattern making) and the consequences (infrastructure management, landscape management, cultural management and executive management). In the following theoretical theorems and the research pattern in the form of relationships between categories were selected in the coding step and six main theorems were formulated. Given the results and the need to expand women s health infrastructure, it is recommended that resources, space and equipment be allocated with planned programs and a specific budget to meet these needs and to develop women s health.