en Community Health Community Health Original Research Original Research <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp; Background: </strong>Males&rsquo; health plays a basic role in the community&#39;s health, especially in family&rsquo;s health. Health is a multifaceted issue that affects people in all aspects. Health is also one of the 4 metaparadigm concepts in nursing. This study was conducted to explore males&rsquo; perspectives on health.<br> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; Methods: </strong>In this qualitative study conducted based on a grounded theory approach, 22 males were selected through a purposive sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and continued until data saturation. Data analysis was done using Strauss and Corbin&#39;s three-stage coding process.<br> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; Results:</strong> Based on the perspectives of the participants, 8 categories emerged, which are as follow: psychological health; physical health; family health; spiritual health; welfare and social health; health and relationships; sexual health; and occupational-economic health. Psychological health was emerged as the core variable.<br> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; Conclusion:</strong> As a multifaceted phenomenon, health is an individual&rsquo;s general condition in all these aspects, particularly psychological aspect. Males&rsquo; health should be taken into account for the role they play in managing the family. Males as the family heads require evidence-based decision making and planning.<br> &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</p> <p></p> Health, Male, Family, Qualitative Research, Grounded Theory 230 235 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1499-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Soroor Parvizy s_parvizy@tums.ac.ir 200319475328460033916 200319475328460033916 No Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran Univer-sity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Hamid Peyrovi h-peyrovi@tums.ac.ir 200319475328460033917 200319475328460033917 No Nursing Care Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Hosein Rostami hoseinrostami88@yahoo.com 200319475328460033918 200319475328460033918 No Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ت Marjan Delkhosh marjan_delkhosh62@yahoo.com 200319475328460033919 200319475328460033919 Yes School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.