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Study on Development of a Nutrition Education Program Model for Foreign Worker Patients  

Kwon, Jong-Sook (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Shingu University)
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The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition / v.23, no.4, 2010 , pp. 649-658 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was performed to develop a nutrition education program model for foreign worker patients. Questionnaire and interview were carried out for collecting quantitative and qualitative information from subjects, respectively. All subjects were foreign worker patients who could speak Korean, composed of 75 Chinese, 4 Mongolians and 1 American, aged from 22 to 73 years old. Among the subjects, 36 subjects had gastrointestinal disease(GD), 16 had coronary heart disease(CHD), 6 had diabetes, 6 had liver disease(LD) and the others had various different diseases. List of recommended and restricted foods for foreign workers to prevent GD and CHD were obtained from interviews with the subjects. A nutrition education program model for foreign worker patients having GD and CHD were developed, and small group education method was recommended. The contents of the program include cause and common symptom and basic nutrition care for the patients, choice of foods and cooking methods, behavioral modification, importance of medication and list of foods recommended and restricted for the patients.
Keywords
qualitative study; foreign worker patients; nutrition education program; gastrointestinal disease; coronary heart disease;
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