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- Title
Comparison of Needs for Pregnancy and Postpartum Adaptation of Chinese Immigrant Women and Vietnamese Immigrant Women in South Korea.
- Authors
Geum Hee Jeong; Kyung Won Kim; Sunghee Baik
- Abstract
Purpose: To identify needs for pregnancy and postpartum adaptation of Chinese immigrant women and Vietnamese immigrant women in South Korea. Methods: A descriptive research design was employed. Data were collected from 244 Chinese immigrant women and Vietnamese immigrant women from 3 provinces, 20 health care centers, and multi-cultural family support centers. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test and ANOVA. Results: An average score for needs perceived by Chinese immigrant women was significantly higher than that perceived by Vietnamese immigrant women. There were significantly differences in physical and emotional adaptation after childbirth, nutrition during pregnancy, cross cultural understanding and personal respect, and adaptation daily activity during pregnancy between the 2 groups. The highest score of needs in Chinese immigrant women was for nutrition during pregnancy and that in Vietnamese immigrant women was for baby rearing and family support. Conclusion: Based on needs of pregnancy and postpartum adaption, nursing intervention program in consideration of cultural characteristics of Chinese immigrant women and Vietnam immigrant women need to be developed for their pregnancy and postpartum health care.
- Subjects
CHINA; VIETNAM; SOUTH Korea; ADAPTABILITY (Personality); ANALYSIS of variance; PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants; RESEARCH methodology; NEEDS assessment; NUTRITIONAL requirements; PREGNANT women; PUERPERIUM; T-test (Statistics); DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
1225-9543
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4069/kjwhn.2019.25.1.19