International Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability

International Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability

Investigating the impact of effective social factors on the social health of Tabriz citizens

Document Type : Case Study

Authors
1 Department of Sociology, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Social Sciences, Tehran Center branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Social health, defined as a form of mental, individual, and social well-being, leads to citizens having high motivation and enthusiasm when it becomes a reality in society. Ultimately, this results in a healthy and vibrant community. The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of social factors affecting the social health of Tabriz citizens. Based on this, the impact of five social variables: social support, social trust, religiosity, social and economic base and the participation in social networks on social health was investigated. Also, determining the relationship of nine contextual variables with social health was another goal of this research. This paper utilizes Kinzer’s theories and employs a survey-based research method, using questionnaires to collect data. The sample size was 400 people, and a combination of stratified and cluster sampling methods was used. The results indicate that the average social health of citizens in Tabriz is slightly higher than the national average. Among the variables, social trust, religiosity, and social support significantly impact citizens’ social health. Only two variables, economic and social status, and participation in social networks, did not have a significant relationship with citizens’ social health. Evaluating the effects of direct and indirect influences, social trust, education, religiosity, and age respectively have the most significant impact on the social health of Tabriz citizens.
Keywords

  • Abdulhatbar, H.; Kaldi, A.; Mohagheghi, S. H.; Forozan, A. and Salehi, M. (2007) "Students' Social Health Survey", Social Welfare Quarterly, No. 30 and 31
  • Arun, Ö., & Holdsworth  ,J.K .(2020) . Integrated social and health care services among societies in transition: Insights from Turkey. Journal of Aging Studies, 53:100850.
  • Babapour Khairuddin, J.; Tousi, F. and Hekmati, I. (2008) "Evaluation of the determining role in the social health of Tabriz University students", Psychology Quarterly of Tabriz University, 4th year, number 16.
  • Chalabi, Masoud. (2004). Sociology of order: description and theoretical analysis of social order. Tehran: Ney Publishing.
  • Coen, B., (2018) Basics of Sociology, Gholam Abbas Tosali and Reza Fazel, Tehran, Samit, 2014, 16th edition, 240-260.
  • Einipour, J., Habibzadeh, A., & Ebrahimi Q., (2019). The model of the influence of social-environmental factors on the life-long learning-motivation cycle of police students. Educational Psychology Quarterly, 17(61), 7-27. doi: 10.22054/jep.2021.54693.3114
  • Fathi, Mansour; Ajam Nejad, Reza and Khakarangin, Maryam (2011). (Factors related to the social health of teachers in Maragheh city), Social Welfare Quarterly, No. 47.
  • Hamblion .E.L.;  Burkitt .A.; Lalor . M.K .; Anderson. L.F. ; Thomas. H.L ; Abubakar . I.; Morton . S . ; Maguire . H. & Anderson . S.R.( 2019).  Public health outcome of Tuberculosis Cluster Investigations, England 2010–2013. Journal of Infection , 78 : 269–274.
  • Hayeri, H.; Oliyaei Manesh, A. and Nejat, S. (2015). Factors affecting the social health of employees working in the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education, Iran Health Education and Health Promotion, 3rd period, winter.
  • Hazarjaribi, J. and Mehri, A. (2017), "Analysis of the relationship between social capital and psychological and social health", Social Sciences Quarterly, No. 29.
  • Helpman . L. ; Pond . G .R . ; Elit .L . ; Anderson . L. R . & Seow. H. (2020 ). Endometrial cancer presentation is associated with social determinants  of health in a public healthcare system: A population-based cohort study. Gynecologic Oncology, YGYNO-977923.
  • Keyes Corey L & Shapiro Adam D. (2004) Social Well-Being in the United States: A Descriptive Epidemiology. In Brim, Orville Gilbert; Ryff, Carol D.; and Kessler, Ronald C. (Eds) How
  • Keyes Corey L. M. (2006) Mental health in adolescence: Is America's youth flourishing? American journal of orthopsychiatry, vol. 76, n3, pp. 395-402
  • Klein- Sosa, J., & Renk, K. (2016). Social acceptance as a moderator in the relationship between socioeconomic status and the psychological adjustment of ethnically diverse early adolescents«. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 25 (2), 130-152.
  • Mousavi, M. T.; Shiani, M.; Fatemi Nia, S. and Omid Nia, S. (2014). Conceptual development of social capital with social health approach. Social Welfare Scientific Research Quarterly, No. 57, 109-148.
  • Nikourz, T. (2018) (Investigating the relationship between social capital and social health of students of Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Master's thesis in Sociology, Shahid Bahonar University.
  • Purdy, M. and D. Bands (2001). The Sociology and Politics of Health, London: Routledge Robeyns The world health reports.
  • Ramaswamy, A. (2020)  . Unpacking the Urban Infrastructure Nexus with Environment, Health, Livability, Well-Being, and Equity . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.02.003.
  • Rezaei, O. (2013). Investigating the social health of the citizens of Mashhad and the factors affecting it, master's thesis, Allameh University
  • Sen, A. (2002). Development as freedom, translated by Vahid Mahmoudi, Tehran University Press.
  • Sharbatian, M. H. and Tawafi, P. (2015) "Sociological analysis of subjective assessment of social health indicators by young people (case study: youth of Qain city, South Khorasan, Sociology of Youth Studies, 6th term, summer 2015.
  • Shokri, Sh, & Rostami ,R .(2021) . Investigating and analyzing the components of urban vitality in sustainable residential spaces in order to achieve happiness and social welfare of citizens (Case study: Residential neighborhoods in Babolsar city), Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability (JUMES).
  • Xue X, Reed W.R., Menclova A. (2020) Social capital and health: A meta-analysis. Journal of Health Economics. 2020;72:102317.
Volume 5, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
Autumn 2024
Pages 144-158

  • Receive Date 28 July 2024
  • Revise Date 28 September 2024
  • Accept Date 29 October 2024