• Javad Yoosefi Lebni, Jaffar Abbas, Farhad Khorami, Bahar Khosravi, Amir Jalali, and Arash Ziapour.
• Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran.
• Front Psychiatry. 2020 Jan 1; 11: 778.

ObjectivesWomen confront many problems after self-immolation, so the purpose of this study was to explore the challenges facing women survivors of self-immolation in the Kurdish Regions of Iran.MethodThis study used a qualitative approach and conventional content analysis. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 19 Kurdish women who attempted self-immolation in Iran. They were sampled through purposeful sampling and snowball sampling. The Lincoln and Guba criteria were used to strengthen the research.ResultsThe results of data analysis were categorized into five main categories: 1-psychological problems, 2-lack of social and legal supportive structures, 3-incomplete treatment, 4-poor self-care, and 5-social problems. These categories consist of 19 subcategories.ConclusionHaving been rescued from self-immolation, the women confront many challenges returning to normal life. Reducing these women's problems and paving the way for their return to life requires multi-dimensional and community-based interventions. Therefore, all social organizations and institutes can cooperate and each of them paves part of the way.Copyright © 2020 Yoosefi Lebni, Abbas, Khorami, Khosravi, Jalali and Ziapour.

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