European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

EXPLANATION OF VALUE OF THE FAMILY FROM THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN PERSPECTIVES AMONG WOMEN IN SISTAN AND BALUCHESTAN PROVINCE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Nasrin Rezaee*, Alireza Salar, Fereshteh Ghaljaei, Naimeh Seyedfatemi, Neda Rezaei

ABSTRACT

Background: Family is an institution build up upon tradition, belief and morality and its value load position is a moral beliefs. Women as the pillar of the family play an integral role in transmission of the beliefs to the family and then the community. Moral beliefs talks of what is right and wrong, therefore, from the women perspective, the value load position of family should be identified. The aim of this study was to explain the value loaded position of the family from the perspective of middle-aged women. Material and Methods: This is a qualitative study and the method of content analysis was carried out. In this study 20 middle-aged women were recruited; by purposive sampling and semi-structured interviews, face to face interviews were conducted. Accordingly, after data collection, all the records were written down reviewed, and then categories were extracted. First, the semantic similarities were revised and the sub-category were identified and then in final review the related sub-category were placed under the respective categories. Finding: Categories which were extracted from women's perceptions were respect to family and her sacred duty in the home. The category, respect to family includes not being indifferent toward the family, prioritize family members over herself and self-neglect. The category of sacred duty of women in the family includes the sub-category of the position of women in the family. Conclusion: From the perspective of middle-aged women, the family occupies very special position which affected various aspects of their personal, family and social life. In this study, it was indicated that family has value-loaded position in which woman had a value-loaded place as well, thus, it should be attempted to preserve its cultural values. Preserving these conditions will be rendered the motto "a healthy world, healthy woman".

Keywords: Family value, middle-aged women, qualitative study.