Sociological Study of the Factors Affecting the Participation of Donors in Charitable Medical Centers

Subject Areas : ‌Family

hamidreza eshraghi ¹ , Rahmatollah Amir Ahmadi ² , mohammadreza naeimi ³

1 - PhD Student in Sociology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Golestan, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Golestan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Golestan, Iran

Received: 2020-05-11 Accepted : 2020-10-04 Published : 2020-08-22

Keywords: sociological factors, Participation, Donors, Charity Medical Center, Iranian Health System,

Abstract :

The system and social life in human society depend on the cooperation and participation of its members, and in this regard, the health system also needs to use the potential of the people in the form of the participation of health donors. In this applied and qualitative research, with the aim of studying the sociological factors affecting the participation of donors in charitable medical centers, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 15 donors. In the coding process and after converting the audio files of the interviews to text files, semantic units are identified and the initial codes are assigned to them and then manually analyzed using Maxqda software using content analysis method. The research findings, while identifying 296 semantic units, 27 sub-themes and 3 main themes, confirm that dimensions of social capital have been motivating, facilitating and encouraging donors to participate in charitable activities. Among the members of the charity social network, advertising and information, the existence of the tradition of charity in the family and friends of the benefactors, social, emotional, information and instrumental support that facilitate the participation of benefactors and also to enter the charity in places where It was needed, it encouraged.