title: Explaining nutritional habits and behaviors of low socioeconomic status women in Sanandaj: a qualitative content analysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Health and behavior are closely related subjects because disease is typically rooted in individuals' unhealthy behaviors and habits. This study aims to identify women's nutritional habits and behaviors in order to design interventions to promote nutritional literacy.
  
  
  METHODS
  This qualitative research is part of a mixed method (quantitative-qualitative) study, conducted based on content analysis. Data were collected using semistructured interviews, group discussions, and in-depth interviews with married women, aged 18-50 years, who were referred to four health care centers in Sanandaj in 2013-2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nutritional habits and behaviors of participants were classified into two categories: representation of nutritional behavior based on consumption pattern and representation of nutritional behavior based on consumption method. For the former, eight consumption pattern subcategories were formed: meat, dairy, fast food, local foods, fruits and vegetables, soft drinks, and oils. The latter (representation of nutritional behavior based on consumption method), included two subcategories: consumption method in line with health and consumption method inconsistent with health.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results of this qualitative study provide a solid foundation for development and designing interventions to nutritional literacy promotion based on needs. The designed intervention to healthy nutritional behavior should be based on empowering women and providing facilitator factors of a healthy diet. While designing this study, with a holistic perspective, individual and social aspects of a healthy diet should be taken into account.
authors.affiliation: Ph.D. Candidate of Health Education & Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Nasrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abdi
authors.affiliation: Ph.D. of Health Promotion, Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Roya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Fereshteh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zamani-Alavijeh
authors.affiliation: Ph.D. of Health Promotion, Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Hossein
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Taghdisi
authors.affiliation: Ph.D. of Health Education, Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Davoud
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shojaeezadeh
keywords: nutritional behavior; nutritional habits; qualitative study