Abstract
Today, the role of women in social activities in Iranian society is more important than ever. Despite the increasing presence of women in the social arena, their participation and attendance in sports activities are limited. The purpose of this study is to investigate the barriers affecting women's non-participation in sports activities in both urban and rural communities. The data of this study were collected using a questionnaire on barriers to women's participation in sports activities. Findings indicated that the two groups of urban and rural women reported similar priorities, with the highest priority being related to economic and personal barriers. The lowest priorities were related to family, cultural barriers. With extensive and targeted advertising, a variety of mass entertainment programs of sports activities can be assigned to the adult age categories. Such interventions will lead to better welfare and quality of life for women in urban and rural communities.
Highlights
Physical activity is one of the main areas of health and an important lever in providing a desirable lifestyle and better quality of life
Promoting health programs and a healthy living pattern requires the creation of facilities and removal of barriers to access to the place or places of physical activity to provide opportunities for people to participate in physical activity and people from inactivity and risk of various diseases
The results indicated that the priority of barriers to participation in women's physical activity in both urban and rural groups was economic barriers, personal, social, cultural and family
Summary
Physical activity is one of the main areas of health and an important lever in providing a desirable lifestyle and better quality of life. According to social psychologists and experts, a healthy society is based on healthy women and mothers are the main pillars of the family In order for all members of society to have a healthy body and not suffer from mobility, inactivity, and disability with age, it is necessary to have an effective and desirable physical fitness at the initial level in different stages of life Safari Shali [4]. This by far is due to the increasing prevalence of mental health issues/disorders in society, especially among women. It may be due to a greater sense of responsibility towards family members under high psychological stress and exposure to mental and physical
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