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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.9.5683

Study of the health promotion behaviors of immigrant women by marriage and the relationship between their Korean language ability and health status  

Lee, Kyoung-Soon (Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University)
Jeon, Mi-Yang (Department of Nursing.Institute of Health Science, GyeongSang National University)
Kang, Mal-Soon (Department of Nursing, Jinju Health College)
Chae, Kyung-Suk (Department of Nursing, Shinsung University)
Hwang, Jung-Hee (Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University)
Yoo, Mi-Young (Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University)
Jeong, Hyeon-Cheol (Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.9, 2014 , pp. 5683-5692 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the correlation among the Korean language ability, health promotion behaviors and health status of immigrant women by marriage. Data on the subjects of 148 immigrant women were collected from September to December, 2013. Constructed self-administered questionnaires were used to gather information on the general characteristics of the immigrant women, their Korean language ability, health promotion behaviors and emotional health status. The health examination results of the subjects were used for information on their health status. There were significant differences in the Korean language reading ability, drinking habits, total cholesterol and body mass index between the diseased group and the intact group. An analysis of the relationship between the Korean language ability and health conditions revealed a significant positive correlation between the total cholesterol and neutral fat, but negative correlations between the density of hemoglobin and the total cholesterol, the neutral fat and body mass index. There was a significant negative correlation between the Korean language ability and the level of stress. Based on these results, a program was suggested and developed to decrease the rate of drinking, cholesterol and body mass index of immigrant women and to promote their ability to understand health information and express their diseases properly in the Korean language.
Keywords
Health conditions; Health promotion behaviors; Korean language ability; Migrated women;
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