Abstract
Introduction: Health care systems in rural areas face numerous challenges in meeting the community's needs. However, adequate attention has not been paid to this problem. The aim of
this study was to describe the social determinants of the health care process in the rural society of Iran.
Method: This was a qualitative study, in which the content analysis method was used. 21 rural
health care providers were selected according to purposive sampling. The data were collected via semi-structured individual interviews and a small focus group discussion. The data were then analyzed by using qualitative content analysis based on methods described by Granheme and Landman.
Results: Data analysis eventually led to formation of one category entitled social determinants of caring process in rural society. These social determinants of caring process include subcategories such as economic situation, cultural variety, literacy level, value priorities and beliefs of people, governmental policies, quality of interactions and confidentiality, quality of accessibility, and native health workers.
Conclusion: Social determinants of the caring process in rural society usually affect health care use by people. Therefore, attention to these social determinants of health care process is very important in designing of new promotional models of the health care process
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