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<Articles><Article><Journal><PublisherName></PublisherName><JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research</JournalTitle><Issn>1735-9066</Issn><Volume>12</Volume><Issue>2</Issue><PubDate PubStatus="epublish"><Year>2008</Year><Month>04</Month><Day>29</Day></PubDate></Journal><title locale="en_US">Social health Needs in High School Female Students: Phenomenological Study</title><FirstPage>16</FirstPage><LastPage>16</LastPage><AuthorList><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">MSc, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">MSc, Department of Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan</affiliation></Author></AuthorList><History><PubDate PubStatus="received"><Year>2010</Year><Month>11</Month><Day>13</Day></PubDate></History><abstract locale="en_US">BACKGROUND: In countries like Iran in that most of the population consists of young people, designing and implementing&#13;
comprehensive health programs targeted at young people must become a priority in national programs. More than&#13;
half of high school students in Isfahan are female. Because of their more vulnerability, and their role in health of future&#13;
generations, it is essential for health community to be aware of what they are experiencing about their health needs, and&#13;
based on this awareness, designing and implementing accurate programs should be done in order to improve their&#13;
health. This study was carried out with the aim to describe experienced health needs of female high school students.&#13;
METHODS: A phenomenological qualitative approach was used with participants chosen amongst the female high school&#13;
students from five districts of Ministry of Education – in Isfahan. Purposeful sampling was adopted in the study and&#13;
sample size was composed of a total of 15 participants selected and went until data saturation. Deep interviews were&#13;
used through Straubert method.&#13;
RESULTS: From the findings of the interviews, 77 codes expressing participants' experiences were emerged. At the end&#13;
these codes were categorized in 3 themes. As 1) school and school performance 2) social security 3) interactions with&#13;
opposite sex.&#13;
CONCLUSIONS: Social interactions are crucial during adolescence and have great impact on students' health. In fact,&#13;
female adolescents express and define their health according to their interactions and communications with the environment.&#13;
KEY WORDS: Social Health, adolescents, social interactions</abstract><web_url>http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/view/16</web_url><pdf_url>http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/download/16/16</pdf_url></Article></Articles>

