The level of people's interest in participating voluntarily in some different activities of the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran

INTRODUCTION: There should be a strategic policymaking and organizing in order to use of voluntary services. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to volunteers' interests regarding to their pivot role. This paper aims to study Iranian peoples' interests in various voluntary activities of Red Crescent Society. METHODS: The present study was done in some big cities as Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad, and Tabriz in ۲۰۰۶. Base on municipality division, the questionnaires were distributed randomly using of cluster sampling. FINDINGS: Over ۲۲/۹۱% of responders were highly satisfied with participating in training courses; ۱۹/۱۱% in rescue and relief operation teams; ۴۴/۹۱% in health fields; ۲۶/۸۸% in friendship and peace fostering; ۳۴/۶۲% in environmental plans; ۲۹/۸۶% in sympathy programs and also ۱۶% in informing public. CONCLUSION: This study showed that participation in health activities and informing public had the highest and lowest levels respectively in five big cities. People were interested highly in the environmental plans but they were not interested in operation teams' participation.

Keywords:

public interest , voluntary activities , Red Crescent Society , میزان علاقه مندی , فعالیت های داوطلبانه , جمعیت هلال احمر