Social Factors Affecting Women's Health with an Emphasis on

Women constitute half the population and their health is infrastructure of families' and communities' health. Their problems will be effective on physical and mental health of family, community and even future generations. Women's health includes physical, mental, social, cultural, emotional and spiritual welfare and is influenced by physiological, social, economic and political factors. One of the most important social factors affecting women's health is social support. This article is intended to examine social factors affecting women's health with an emphasis on social support.
Materials and Methods: This research is an applied review which is extensive and has a micro level of range and also is Cross-sectional study. Research method is field method and survey technique is used and a tool for data collection is questionnaire. Statistical Society in this study is all women above 18 years in Kermanshah city that 345 of them were studied by using multi-stage sampling as the sample.
The findings suggest that there is a significant relationship between social support and women health. Also among other social variables such as education, parent education, employment status, economic class and religion, there is a significant relationship with women's health.
Key words: Women's Health, Social Factors, Social Protection.