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1. Women's work and its impact on their mental and physical health : a quantitative study of mothers in Tehran

Author

Ahmad-Nia, Shirin

Subjects
301, HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Abstract

Aims. Research on women's health and the effects of multiple roles is associated with women's increased labour force participation in the post war period in the West. Competing theoretical approaches view women's work out of home either negatively or positively. Developing countries such as Iran, on their way towards industrialisation, are subject to socioeconomic changes similar to those in the West. This thesis investigates the extent to which the recently accelerated trend towards women's labour force participation in Iran affects women's health, either positively or negatively, and explores the relevance of Western theoretical approaches in a different cultural context. It is the first known study of its kind in Iran. Method. A primary survey was conducted of a representative sample of working and nonworking mothers in Tehran in 1998 (N=1065, 710 working mothers, with a response rate of 84.5% and 355 non-working mothers with a response rate of 88.1 %). Three main explanatory factors were examined (socio-demographic, work and work-related, and social-life context variables) alongside a range of mental and physical health outcome variables. Results. Unlike in the West, where women's paid work is generally associated with better health, statistically significant differences between working and non-working women were not found in Tehran. It is argued that this is a result of the counter-balance of the positive and negative factors associated with paid work, such as increased stress on the one hand and self esteem on the other. Iranian society's particular socio-cultural climate has contributed to this finding, with its dominant sex-role ideology; the priority and extra weight placed on women's traditional roles as wives and mothers, and the remarkably influential impact of husbands' attitudes on women's health. Among working women, however, significant improvements in health were related to certain factors: better psycho-social and physical conditions in paid work; higher occupational class; higher self-esteem; working outside the home, rather than doing paid work in the home; approval of paid work by husbands; and lower levels of role conflict.

Published
2000

3. Women's work and health in Iran: a comparison of working and non-working mothers

Author

Ahmad-Nia, Shirin

Subjects
Working mothers -- Health aspects, Mothers -- Health aspects, Social networks -- Influence, Health, Social sciences
Abstract

This paper analyses research on the impact of work on mothers' health in Tehran (Iran) within a role analytic framework. A survey was conducted of a representative sample of working and non-working mothers in Tehran in 1998 (N = 1065, 710 working mothers, and 355 non-working mothers). Three main explanatory factors were examined (socio-demographic, work and work-related, and social-life context variables) alongside a range of mental and physical health outcome variables. Unlike in the West, where women's paid work is generally associated with better health, statistically significant differences between working and non-working women were not found in Tehran. It is argued that this is a result of the counter-balance of the positive and negative factors associated with paid work, such as increased stress on one hand and self-esteem on the other. Iranian society's particular socio-cultural climate has contributed to this finding, with its dominant gender-role ideology; the priority and extra weight placed on women's traditional roles as wives and mothers, and the remarkably influential impact of husbands' attitudes on women's health. Keywords: Iran; Women's health; Work; Roles

Published
2002

5. Vital Horoscope: Longitudinal Data Collection in the Iranian Primary Health Care System.

Author

Mehryar, Amir H., Naghavi, Mohsen, Ahmad-Nia, Shirin, and Kazemipour, Shahia

Subjects
PRIMARY health care, MEDICAL care, RURAL development, LONGITUDINAL method, SOCIAL sciences
Abstract

Since its establishment in 1985, the Primary Health Care Network of (the Islamic Republic of) Iran has provided a unique opportunity for annual longitudinal data collection on the total population of a large number of rural communities. The village-based rural health workers who run the system are given necessary training to collect a variety of data on the population of the main and satellite villages served by them. The main instrument of data management used is a sheet of paper 50 × 70cm with concentrically coloured circles at the centre; it is known as the "vital horoscope". In addition to graphically representing monthly events, the vital horoscope includes seven tables summarizing the results of the annual census, detailed information about live births, neonatal, infant, child and maternal mortality, under-five mortality by cause of death, and family planning. This article presents the main findings of an analysis of vital horoscopes covering 16,000 rural health houses representing all provinces of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the period 1993-2003. The data indicate impressive changes in the age structure, fertility rates and various health indicators of villagers covered by the primary health-care system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008

6. Women's work and its impact on their mental and physical health : a quantitative study of mothers in Tehran

Author

Ahmad-Nia, Shirin

Subjects
HQ
Abstract

Aims. Research on women's health and the effects of multiple roles is associated with women's increased labour force participation in the post war period in the West. Competing theoretical approaches view women's work out of home either negatively or positively. Developing countries such as Iran, on their way towards industrialisation, are subject to socioeconomic changes similar to those in the West. This thesis investigates the extent to which the recently accelerated trend towards women's labour force participation in Iran affects women's health, either positively or negatively, and explores the relevance of Western theoretical approaches in a different cultural context. It is the first known study of its kind in Iran.\ud \ud Method. A primary survey was conducted of a representative sample of working and nonworking mothers in Tehran in 1998 (N=1065, 710 working mothers, with a response rate of 84.5% and 355 non-working mothers with a response rate of 88.1 %). Three main explanatory factors were examined (socio-demographic, work and work-related, and social-life context variables) alongside a range of mental and physical health outcome variables.\ud \ud Results. Unlike in the West, where women's paid work is generally associated with better health, statistically significant differences between working and non-working women were not found in Tehran. It is argued that this is a result of the counter-balance of the positive and negative factors associated with paid work, such as increased stress on the one hand and self esteem on the other. Iranian society's particular socio-cultural climate has contributed to this finding, with its dominant sex-role ideology; the priority and extra weight placed on women's traditional roles as wives and mothers, and the remarkably influential impact of husbands' attitudes on women's health. Among working women, however, significant improvements in health were related to certain factors: better psycho-social and physical conditions in paid work; higher occupational class; higher self-esteem; working outside the home, rather than doing paid work in the home; approval of paid work by husbands; and lower levels of role conflict.

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