Health Status in Rural Iran during Qajar and Pahlavi Era
Tārīkh-i pizishkī i.e., Medical History,
Vol. 9 No. 31 (1396),
25 September 2018
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Page 23-39
https://doi.org/10.22037/mhj.v9i31.21005
Abstract
Background and Aim: Hygiene is one of the most important issues in new social history. The level of health influenced by subjects like food, clothing and housing and per capita income and in other side, affects standards of living. So, realizing the health condition of a society, led us to understand standard of living.
Materials and Methods: This article focuses on rural people as a major part of society until 1970, which had the main role in national production. I will go to investigate that what was the health situation of rural society in Qajar and Pahlavi Iran, and which factors had effected this condition?
Findings: written and oral sources and field research-show that rural society wasn't in an acceptable situation (at least in compare with today's criteria), a reality that can approve by high birth rate and mortality, especially among children.
Conclusion: The social system, village structure, poverty, ignorance and superstition were most effective factors that influenced the hygiene. By the time, the extension of modern medical science, especially after the spread of diseases such as cholera, led the state to develop healthcare during the last century. This article will help to progress rural studies in Iran.
Please cite this article as: Rafei M, Yazdani S, Afrakhteh H. Health Status in Rural Iran during Qajar and Pahlavi Era. Med Hist J 2017; 9(31): 23-39.
- Health, Disease, Treatment, Rural Society, Standards of Living
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