Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

Identifying the Causes and Contexts of Social Harms Related to the Health of Marginalized Teenagers in Karaj City

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Zohreh Mahmoodi 1
Tahereh Solimannejad 2
Mohamad Solimannejad 3
Sara Esmaelzadeh Saeie 4
Mohsen Niazi 5
1 Associate Professor,Social Determinants of Health Reserch Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
2 Expert of Research Centers of Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
3 PhD in Sociology, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran
4 Associate Professor of Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
5 Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Migration from rural areas and smaller cities to bigger cities has caused the disorderly and unbridled growth of urbanization, which is the consequence of this situation of the challenge of marginalization. This issue causes the emergence of many problems and social problems for the health of teenagers. This study was conducted with the aim of identifying the causes, contexts and consequences of marginalization on the health of adolescents in the marginal areas of Karaj city.
Methods: This research was carried out in a qualitative and grounded theory method in the marginal areas of Karaj city. The research community consists of 18 people who are well-informed in the field of social harm and health. Sampling was purposeful and with maximum variety based on semi-structured interview format, data analysis and output was done through MAXQDA 20 software.
Results: The categories of “economic poverty”, “abandonment of children” and “family disorder” as causal conditions, the categories of “low accountability of institutions” and “cultural heterogeneity” as background conditions, “severe population displacement” and “being influenced by the peer group” were determined as intervention conditions. Supporting the marginalized by professional voluntary groups, creating financial funds to provide the minimum living standards of the marginalized families and providing job opportunities for the  marginalized were identified as the strategies of this research. Teenagers have  faced consequences such as “depression”, “disease spread”, “despair”, “social resilience”, “spread of corruption and prostitution”, “harm to the new generation” and “low level of neighborhood health”. The central category of the research is called “marginalization as double deprivation”.
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate the frequency of social harms in marginalized areas and the teenagers of these areas are facing many problems in the psychological, social, health and health fields. Therefore, planning to solve problems and empower marginalized teenagers to reduce social damage and improve their health is an important necessity.
 
Keywords
Spiritual Health
Patience
Cognitive Flexibility
Wisdom
Students
Dorsti ea. Vulnerability around cities  Social Sciences (Azad Shushtar University). 2006;2(1): 57-84.
2. Yadav K, Agarwal M, Shukla M, Singh JV, Singh VK. Unmet need for family planning services among young married women (15–24 years) living in urban slums of India. BMC women’s health. 2020;20:1-17.
3. Hossein Oghli J.  Investigating informal settlements in the metropolitan area of Tehran (case example: Hessar Amir and Shaharek El-Ghebanal),
. doctoral thesis, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran. 2007.
4. Jamshidiha GaA, Musa.  Social relations and its effects on the return of Afghan immigrants. Social Sciences Journal. 2004;11(4):68-43.
5. Moradi Y.  Examining the problems and harms of marginalization from the point of view of heads of households living in the marginal areas of Ilam city. Payam Noor University, Sanandaj. 2023( Master’s thesis).
6. Zandkarimi G KL, Heshmati-Molaee N. Nonviolence Communication to Reduce Stress, Anxiety and Depression in Young Iranian Women: A Randomized Experiment. Child Adolesc Soc Work J. 2019;36(5):455-49.
7. Zakikhani MS. Consequences of Unbalanced Development: A Case Study of Marginalization in the Fourth Line of Karaj City Hesar. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 2013;9(25):36-7.
8. M. RRHMnJG. Sociological study of marginalization and its effect on mental health Marginalists (Case study of Arzanan and Dark) Zeinabieh, Isfahan  Social Science Quarterly. 2011;5(4):83-106.
9. Mohammady Y, Rahimian, M., Movahed Mohammadi, H., & Tarfi, A. An-Investigation of the Problems of Suburban Settlement in Kohdasht City of Lorestan. Researches of Human Geography. 2008;4(86):98-85.
10. Sepideh P. an inside view of the phenomenon of marginalization, a case study: Islamabad, Karaj,. social welfare. 2002;6:198-61.
11. Ivsins A, & Yake, K. Looking beyond harm: meaning and purpose of substance use in the lives of marginalized people who use drugs. . Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 2020;27(1):36-27.
12. Horyniak D, Higgs, P., Cogger, S., Dietze, P., Bofu, T., & Seid, G. Experiences of and attitudes toward injecting drug use among marginalized African migrant and refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia. . Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse. 2014;13(4):429-05.
13. Eldering LK, J. E. Marginalization of Immigrant Youth and Risk Factor in Their Everyday Lives: The European Experience. Journal of Child  and Youth Car Forum. 2007;27(3):169-53.
14. Thompson Sea. The Social and Cultural Context of the Mental Health of Filipinas in Queensland”,Australian and New ZELAND. Journal of Psychology. 2002;36(5 ):687-1.
15. Lincoln YS GE. Naturalistic inquiry: . sage. 1985.
16. Strauss AaC, Juliet. The principles of qualitative research method: basic theory, procedures and methods. Research Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies. 2011.
17. Ljunge M. Social Capital and the Family: Evidence That Strong Family Ties Cultivate Civic Virtues. Economica. 2015;82(325):136-03.
18. Sampson RJ. Great American city: Chicago and the enduring neighborhood effect. . University of Chicago Press 2012.