title: Factors influencing women's willingness to volunteer in the healthcare system: evidence from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
abstract: This case-control study evaluated the factors influencing volunteering in the Islamic Republic of Iran's Women's Health Volunteer (WHV) programme, which is implemented in 150 centres in Khorasan-e-Razavi Province. We recruited 145 cases (volunteers) and 146 controls (non-volunteers) from the centres. Data were collected by questionnaire. Sociodemographic variables included were: length of residence in neighbourhood, number of siblings, husband's age and education and job, family size, quality of life, self-rated health status, neighbourhood intimacy, child under 2 years, house ownership, wealth index. Social network variables included were: ego network size, type of acquaintance, intimacy with others, relationship communication, relationship duration, emotional support, advisory support, monetary support, physical support, time support. There were significant associations (P<0.05) between women's propensity to volunteer and family size, presence of a child under 2 years in the family, neighbourhood intimacy, social network composition, and emotional and advisory support.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Social Development and Health Promotion Research Centre, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Khorasan Razavi, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nedjat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Majdzadeh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahimi Foroushani
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hoseini
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Malekafzali
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007492:Iran; D011788:Quality of Life; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014838:Volunteers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*