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Factors Affecting Health Status and Health Behaviors of Immigrant Women in Urban and Rural Areas

도시와 농촌의 다문화가정 이주여성의 건강실태 및 건강행위에 영향을 미치는 요인

  • Lim, Jae-Ran (Department of Nursing, Daejeon Health Science College) ;
  • Jung, Mi Sook (College of Nursing, Chungnam National University)
  • 임재란 (대전보건대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 정미숙 (충남대학교 간호대학)
  • Received : 2014.02.26
  • Accepted : 2014.04.10
  • Published : 2014.04.30
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Abstract

This study aimed to compare smoking, drinking, dietary management, personal hygiene, and oral care between immigrant women in urban and rural areas and to determine predictors of the overall health behaviors. With the standardized questionnaire used for community health survey data collection was performed in 128 immigrant women from November 2011 to October 2012. Rural women performed significantly higher numbers of health behaviors than urban women and residential district, education, employment status, and perceived difficulties related to cultural adaptation significantly predicted health behaviors in immigrant women. Immigrant women in urban areas may be highly vulnerable in maintaining health behaviors compared with rural women and cultural barriers may hinder positive health behavior maintenance. Therefore, careful considerations at individual, community, and environmental levels are needed when assessing immigrant women's health behaviors and designing culturally relevant interventions to improve health status.

본 연구의 목적은 도시와 농촌지역 거주 이주여성의 흡연, 음주, 영양 관리, 개인위생, 구강 건강을 비교하고 건강행위 예측 요인을 파악하는 것이다. 지역사회조사연구에 사용된 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 이주여성 128명에게 2011년 11월부터 2012년 10월까지 자료를 수집하였다. 농촌거주 여성이 도시거주 여성보다 더 많은 건강행위를 수행하였고 거주지역, 교육기간, 직업, 문화 적응 관련 지각된 어려움이 이주여성의 건강행위를 유의하게 예측하였다. 도시 이주여성이 농촌 이주여성보다 건강행위 유지에 취약하며, 문화적 장애요인도 건강행위 유지를 어렵게 할 수 있다. 그러므로 이주여성의 건강행위를 사정하고 문화적으로 적절한 건강증진 프로그램을 계획할 때 개인, 지역사회, 환경적 수준에서의 충분한 고려가 요구된다.

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