Studying the factors affecting the biological attitude in order to improve the health of the society using structural equations model

Subject Areas : Social issues of Iran

sara firuzian ¹ , alireza esmaeili ² , Rahmatollah Amirahmadi ³ , mohammadreza naeimi ⁴

1 - Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
2 - Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
3 - Azad Shahr Islamic Azad University
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Golestan, Iran

Received: 2022-12-11 Accepted : 2023-05-12 Published : 2022-11-22

Keywords: environment, social health, Zahedan City, Biological attitude,

Abstract :

Undoubtedly, the physical, mental and social health of people in the society is very important and it is one of the most important issues in today's world, and ensuring the health of the society is one of the basic issues of every country that should be considered from the three dimensions of physical, mental and social. The purpose of the current research was to study the factors affecting the biological attitude in order to improve the health of the society using the structural equation model. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the quantitative method of the structural equation model was used. The statistical population of the present study includes the citizens of Zahedan city in Sistan and Baluchistan province. In the present study, the size of the statistical population using Cochran's formula was 384 people. In order to measure the research variables, a researcher-made questionnaire and a simple sampling method were used. Confirmatory factor analysis and PLS software have been used to ensure the validity of the measurement tools. The research findings indicate that the items related to the research variables have acceptable factor loadings. All these factor loadings are significant at the alpha level of P<0.01. The findings have shown that educational policy structures in the field of environment, environmental drivers and incentives, optimal use of natural resources, allocation of financial resources, biological responsibility, promotion of social awareness, use of green technologies,