Table 4.

Main categories, generic categories, and sub-categories extracted from the content-driven analysis of the interviews.

Main categories	Generic categories	Subcategories
Enhancing the community health nursing	Creating a transparent framework for community health nursing practice	Explaining the position of community health nurse
		Community health nursing service areas
		Job descriptions for community health nurses in comprehensive health centers
	Enhancing community health nursing education and training for practice in the primary health care system and community settings	Reforming the undergraduate education system
		Reforming the community health nursing post-graduate program
		Flaws in the educational system input
	Seeking support	The necessity of establishing a communication channel with the public
		The necessity of receiving support from nursing policymakers
	strengthening the cooperation and engagement among key stakeholders of the primary health care system	The Key stakeholders' role
		The necessity of interdisciplinary cooperation in education
	Changing the policies and structure of health system	The barriers against the provision of community health nursing at the level of Health and Treatment Deputy
		The barriers against the provision of community health nursing at the level of Education Deputy
		The barriers against the provision of community health nursing at the community level
		The necessity of effective performance of community health nursing policymakers
		The necessity of strengthening community health nursing institution
	Focusing on health system deficiencies	Ignored services of the health system
		Deficiencies in the network system's functioning
		Deficiencies in the healthcare team's performance