Determining Dimensions of Iranians’ Individual Social Health: A Qualitative Approach

Background: social health is important to be assessed as a dimension of health. the aim of study was to determine domains and sub-domains of individual social health of iranians.methods: this study was carried out with a qualitative approach, using thematic content analysis. twenty five experts participated in interviews, using individual semi-structured interviews between november 2010 and june 2011.this data supported with strong search.results: two main areas extracted from these interviews including social support and social function. the social support domain contained seventeen sub-areas, including social support at the time of disease; disability; daily life issues, etc. and the social function as second domain contained twelve sub-areas, including: financial aids to others; emotionally aids to others; participating in social groups, etc.conclusion: we developed a conceptual framework for social health in the individual level in iranian population. it makes preparations for providing a valid and reliable measurement scale for social health in next studies and evidencebased policy-making.