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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2012.13.8.3500

The Comparative analysis of health behaviors, health Status, and health care utilization by the homeland of the internationally married women immigrants living in Chungbuk  

Jeon, Mi-Yang (Department of Nursing, Gangdong University)
Kim, Hyun-Sook (Department of Social Welfare, Korea National University of Transportation)
Kim, Hee-Ja (Department of Nursing, Korea National University of Transportation)
Lee, Hyo-Jeong (Department of Physical Therapy, Korea National University of Transportation)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.13, no.8, 2012 , pp. 3500-3512 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to conduct a comparative analysis of health behaviors, health status, and health care utilization by the homeland of the internationally married women immigrants living in Korea. The subjects of this study were 171 married women immigrants who are registered at 7 multicultural centers in Chungbuk province. The study was conducted from September 2010 to November 2010 by surveying them with structured questionnaires translated in 7 different languages. In health behaviors the results indicated that there were statistically significant differences in high intensity exercise, walking, weight control, and the number of times having breakfast per week depending on the subject's homeland. In health status, there were statistically significant differences in low back pain incidence and obesity rate by the subject's homeland. In health care utilization, the subjects revealed statistically significant differences in utilizing health screening, in selecting primary medical institutes, and in the reasons for avoiding medical institutes depending on the subject's homeland. Health promotion policies that take the results of this research into account would provide suitable health care services for internationally married migrant women.
Keywords
Married immigrant women; Health behavior; Health status; Health care utilization;
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