• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.451-459
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• 2016

본 연구는 방문 자녀생활서비스를 이용하는 유아 및 초등학생 자녀를 양육하고 있는 결혼이주여성을 대상으로 그들의 자녀양육 경험과 정신건강 간의 관계를 살펴보는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 2015년 6월 1일부터 7월 28일까지 전국 다문화가족지원센터에서 제공하는 방문 자녀생활서비스를 이용하고 있는 결혼이주여성 471명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 결혼이주여성의 정신건강은 자아존중감과 우울을 통해 살펴보았으며, 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 결혼이주여성의 자아존중감은 부모역할 인식과 양육스트레스, 결혼만족도, 사회적 지지와 관계가 있었으며, 우울은 결혼이주여성의 한국어 능력, 월평균 가구소득, 자녀양육 변인인 부모역할 인식, 양육스트레스, 자녀발달에 대한 지식, 가족 및 사회 관련 변인인 결혼만족도와 사회적 지지와 관련 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과 결혼이주여성의 정신건강은 자녀양육과 밀접한 관련이 있으므로 결혼이주여성의 자녀양육에 따른 부담감 감소 및 부모역할 효능감을 향상시키기 위한 부모교육 서비스가 결혼이주여성의 정신건강에 도움이 될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.219-239
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• 2011

본 연구에서 다문화 가정에 있어서 남편의 성역할 고정관념, 다문화 감수성, 그리고 아내문화수용이 결혼이주여성의 문화적응과 결혼 및 삶의 만족에 대해 미치는 영향을 검토하고자 하였다. 본 연구의 대상은 대구경북지역의 다문화가정의 부부 100쌍이었으며 남편 평균 연령은 41.6세, 아내 평균 연령은 29.6세이었다. 결혼이주여성의 국적은 주로 베트남과 중국이었다. 주요 결과를 보면, 첫째, 남편의 성역할 고정관념, 다문화 감수성, 아내문화수용의 세 변인은 아내의 문화적응의 네 하위 요인(통합, 동화, 분리, 주변화) 중 주변화에 대해서만 유의하게 설명하였다. 둘째, 남편의 이들 세 변인 중 아내문화수용만 아내의 결혼만족과 삶의 만족을 각각 유의하게 설명하였다. 셋째, 아내 문화적응의 네 하위유형 중 주변화는 아내의 결혼 및 삶의 만족을 유의하게 설명하였고, 통합은 삶의 만족만 유의하게 설명하였다. 남편의 성역할고정관념은 아내문화수용 및 다문화감수성과 부적 상관을 보였다. 아내의 문화적응 중 동화는 통합과 약한 정적 상관, 주변화와는 중간정도의 부적 상관을 보였다. 본 연구의 의의는 결혼이주여성의 결혼 만족 및 삶의 만족은 남편의 이문화 이해를 비롯한 남편관련 변인에 의한 문화적응의 영향을 받는다는 것을 밝힘으로써 개인의 문제가 아닌 다문화적 관점에서 접근해야 할 문제임을 인식시켜주었다는 점이다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2014

Purpose: This study was done to explore and understand acculturation focusing on reproductive health of immigrant women. Methods: For the research sixteen immigrant women were selected by snowball sampling. Qualitative data were accumulated by in-depth interviews and private document collection. Raw data was analyzed following Mandelbaum's conceptual framework. Results: The dimensions of immigrant women consisted of existence: emerging from the new environment in which it was hard to communicate and to get acquainted with others, reproduction: in the absence of learning and experience, reproductive health crisis, parenting: unmanageable burden. Turnings of life involved 'Inconvenience in one's eyes, vent for conflict and tension: pregnancy', 'strange medical care: accoucheur, rapid medical service', 'pain of morning sickness: poor maternal nutrition', 'manifestation of protective instinct for life'. In adaptations, content was as follows. 1) Standing alone as a Korean housewife, 2) Becoming aware of Korean maternal instinct: thirst for education supporting, 3) Rediscovery of family: growing maternal sense of existence. Conclusion: The results of this study show the acculturation process and the meaning of events related to reproductive health in current lives and can contribute to an integrated understanding of married immigrant women in Korean culture.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.323-332
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• 2008

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify health promotion behavior and contraception in married immigrant women. Method: Seventy-three immigrant women who were married with Korean men were recruited in October 2008. Data was collected by using questionnaires through a personal interview. The collected data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, t-test, and ANOVA. Result: The lowest scoring part among health promotion behaviors was exercise. Stress management, eating habits and personal relationships followed. Health promotion behaviors were influenced by the age at marriage, frequency of going out, and health education experiences. Only 35.6% of subjects used contraception. The popular contraceptive methods were IUD, condom, and coitus interruptus. Most subjects got information about contraception from family and friends. 18.1% of subjects had no source of information. The women's education level had a significant influence on their contraceptive knowledge. Conclusion: Programs for exercise and contraception are needed to improve health promotion behaviors in married immigrant women. Nurses are an important part in health promotion. The role of nurses must be expanded in all communities through various intervention programs.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.164-174
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• 2010

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the physical growth and developmental status of infants and children of married immigrant women. Methods: The participants were 92 infants and children aged from birth to 6 yr whose mothers were married immigrant women living in one rural area. Physical growth and developmental status were evaluated by using anthropometric assessment, and Korean Denver II developmental screening test. Results: Of the participants, 10.8% were below the 3rd percentile for weight, 13.0% for length, 5.4% for head circumference, and from 69.6% to 79.3% were distributed below the 50th percentile on growth charts. Further, 18.5% were classified as having questionable development. Factors related to low physical growth in infants and children were mother's weight and mother's level in Korean language classes. Conclusion: The physical growth and developmental status of children is vulnerable and serious. The study results suggest a need for regular growth and developmental evaluations. Political support is important for these mothers. In addition, there also is a need to develop early intervention strategies to promote growth and development of the infants and children of these married immigrant women.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.545-551
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• 2015

This study was carried out in order to investigate Korean food acculturation by married immigrant women and how it affects their children's eating habits. Using an in-depth interview method, 26 domestically residing married immigrant Chinese, Vietnamese, and Indonesian women in Korea were surveyed to investigate adaption to Korean food at the time of their immigration, their current dietary life, their preferred Korean food, major factors in managing their children's eating habits, etc. The results reveal that depending on the married immigrant women's country of birth, which plays an important role in a family's dietary life and health, acculturation phenomena occurred in which the specific eating habits of each country were grafted into Korean food. Furthermore, due to their school-age children's display of acceptance of both their homeland's and Korea's food culture, we believe that this can become a pivot point for non-governmental diplomacy where Korean food can be understood along with the mothers' countries.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.197-212
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• 2016

Objectives : This study develops a salutogenic program and examines its effects on the sense of coherence, acculturative stress, and quality of life of married immigrant women. Methods : The salutogenic program was developed based on Antonovsky's Salutogenic Model, and the study design was a nonequivalent control group pre-post test design. The participants were married immigrant Chinese (n=30) and Vietnamese (n=31) women, who were assigned to either an experimental group (n=29) or a control group (n=32). The data were analyzed using the ${\chi}^2$-test, t-test, Fisher's exact test, and repeated measures ANOVA, and the IBM SPSS for Windows (version 20.0) program was used to perform the analysis. Results : Compared to the control group, the sense of coherence (F=52.05, p <.001) and quality of life (F=6.95, p=.002) were significantly improved in the experimental group, and the acculturative stress (F=24.64, p<.001) in this group significantly decreased after implementing salutogenic program. Conclusions : These findings indicate that a salutogenic program is an effective intervention for married immigrant women. The study suggests that such programs can be applied to married immigrant women at public health or multicultural family support centers to improve their sense of coherence and quality of life.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.17-31
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• 2015

Objectives: This paper aims to identify the health related behaviors patterns and its associated factors among marriage immigrant women in Korea, and discusses their application to health promotion strategies. Methods: The study participants were 7,591 immigrant wives in Gyeonggi province who participated in health examinations conducted by the Korea Association of Health Promotion in 2011-2013. The participants completed self-administered questionnaires on sociodemographics, psychological characteristics, health status and health care factors, and health related behaviors. Results: A 3-latent-class model of health behaviors was identified related to 'lack of physical activity', 'abnormal diet', and 'not experienced medical check-up': 'high risk class', 'middle risk class', and 'low risk class'. Most of the participants belong to 'middle risk class'. Country of origin, age, length of stay, number of children, work status, health insurance status, and unmet health care needs were associated with problematic health behaviors in middle risk health behavior class. Conclusions: Health promotion and intervention programs for marriage immigrant women and their family members need to consider the health behavior patterns of physical inactivity, abnormal diet and no medical check-up and develop multiple behavior intervention with pre-existing program modification.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.224-238
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to identify factors associated with the self-rated health of married immigrant women in South Korea. Methods: Data, collected in August 2018, were derived from the 2018 National Multicultural Family Survey. Study subjects were 9,230 married immigrant women. Data were analyzed using logistic regression. Results: Of the study subjects, 23.2% rated their health as poor. Results showed that individual factors (age, ethnic affiliation, duration in South Korea, and depressive symptoms); social and community networks (relationship with spouse, parenting efficacy, Korean proficiency, perceived discrimination, social support, and social activities); and living and working conditions (life satisfaction and unmet heath needs) were associated with health. Married immigrant women in their 50s or older, living in Korea for more than 15 years, experiencing depressive symptoms, low life satisfaction, and having unmet health needs were especially at high risk of poor health. Conclusion: More detailed health policy that considers age, length of stay, and country of origin. To prevent the rapidly deteriorating health of married immigrant women after middle age, mental health support should be given priority, and systematic improvement is needed to increase accessibility healthcare services.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.75-89
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• 2010

The purpose of the study is to integrate multi-cultural families with special needs and situations into family living and Korean social groups. Nowadays there has been an increase in the number of international marriages. According to these changes, there are a variety of social problems such as cultural conflicts, domestic violence, difficulty in communication, and bad relationships between family members because of misunderstandings. These social problems can be alleviated by a family integration education program for multi-cultural families. This program was developed in order to help immigrant women in their initial settlement and to provide them with information on mutual culture of family living. The contents of the program consist of how to live a harmonious, understanding and hopeful family life. The method of evaluation is to survey the immigrant women's self esteem and conduct an interview. The results of the evaluation are to promote a positive relationship between family members. Also the family agreed to promote favorable sentiments toward each other. The program also had meaningful consequences for the improvement of the immigrants' realistic expectation of marriage and conflict resolution skills. I am hopeful that more elaborate programs for multi-cultural families will be developed in order to maximize the effect with appropriate education and support systems.