• 대한간호학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.617-629
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify and explain the essences and structures of maternal conflicts in Vietnamese married immigrant women in Korea. Methods: A phenomenological methodology was used for the study. Eleven Vietnamese married immigrant women participated in the study. Verbatim transcripts were analyzed using Colaizzi's method. Results: Four categories, 10 clusters and 26 themes emerged from the data for the experience in maternal conflicts of Vietnamese married immigrant women. The four categories were 'An unprepared young motherhood in another culture', 'Feeling left out of the mother's place along the bands of Nap tai tradition', 'My image is like not-being able to stand alone/be independent' and 'Finding hope in motherhood despite of conflicts and stigmas'. Conclusion: Vietnamese married immigrant women experienced not only the negative aspects but also sublimation of maternal conflicts. Based on the results, health professionals need to develop effective nursing interventions toward a positive maternal identity and approach with interculturalism for the Vietnamese married immigrant women in Korea.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.383-392
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between marital satisfaction and the quality of life for women and men who live in a rural area in Korea through an international marriage. Methods: A descriptive correlational research design was used. Ninety-one women and 56 men were surveyed from May 1st., 2007 to April 6th., 2008. Data were analyzed by t-test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and Fisher's exact test. Two types of questionnaires were used: Marital satisfaction scale (MSS) and WHO quality of life-brief (WHOQOL-BREF). Result: There is a gap between men's age and women's in the average of their marriage ; 37 vs 24. In addition, men's marital satisfaction was much higher than women's (t =2.16, p=.032) and quality of life was also higher than women's (t=-0.85, p=.005). According to this survey, therefore, it has been shown that there is a positive correlation between marital satisfaction and the quality of life (r =.435, p<.001). Conclusion: In order to improve the quality of life, marital satisfaction should be promoted by practical family nursing programs and it is necessary for the internationally married women to be continuously provided with language education and cultural awareness.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.85-101
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• 2009

The Multi-cultural Family Support Center provides various educational programs and services for multi-cultural families. However, there are controversies regarding integration and assimilation, ethnic identity and ethnocentrism, and state-sponsored multi-culturalism. From the home economist's perspective, it was necessary to explore the direction of integration of family life culture in the multi-cultural society. This study concluded that there is a necessity to accept foreign culture and create a new culture while still maintaining their and our own cultural identity respectively. For this purpose, integration and assimilation must progress side by side to maintain the cultural identity and stability of multi-cultural families. But, women migrants are to adapt in their everyday life, they need to attend a Korean-language course and take part in a traditional Korean culture program such as having an assimilational characteristics. Also for the happiness of multi-cultural families ultimately not for the confronted problems, it requires sometimes education of changing migrants' own traditional customs and life culture partly. In this sense, educational and cultural programs held by Multi-Cultural Family Support Center are meaningful and their importance in adapting into everyday life must be recognised by all of us.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.397-406
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• 2023

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine factors associated with non-vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among the Venezuelan immigrant population residing in Peru. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using data obtained from the Second Survey of the Venezuelan Population Residing in Peru in 2022. The dependent variable was vaccination status against COVID-19. The independent variables included socio-demographic, economic, and migratory characteristics of the included population. Crude and adjusted generalized linear Poisson-family models were used to calculate prevalence ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: A total of 7739 Venezuelan migrants aged 18 years or older were included. The proportion of non-vaccination against COVID-19 was 5.7%. Regarding associated factors, unemployment (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR], 1.31; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.65) was linked to an increased likelihood of not being vaccinated against COVID-19. In contrast, women (aPR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.61 to 0.95), possessing a migration permit (aPR, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.31 to 0.54), and having health insurance (aPR, 0.47; 95% CI, 0.27 to 0.81) were associated with a decreased likelihood of being unvaccinated. Conclusions: The primary governmental and non-governmental institutions responsible for supporting and protecting the Venezuelan migrant and refugee population should improve vaccination access by issuing migration permits and providing health insurance.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.375-388
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• 2022

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing depression among married Vietnamese immigrant women living in Korea. Methods: This study was a retrospective review of the dataset from the Korean 2018 National Multicultural Family Survey. The data were analyzed using the Rao-Scott x² test and multiple logistic regression using complex samples analysis. Results: The proportion of married Vietnamese immigrant women subjects in Korea who experienced depression was 27.7%. The factors affecting depression were age, length of stay in Korea, living area, economic status, difficulties in using medical care, difficulties faced during their stay in Korea and Korean language skills relationship with spouse and parents-in-law marital conflicts, cultural differences, their experience of social discrimination, life satisfaction, and meeting with friends from their homeland. Conclusion: The findings in this study indicate that the prevention of depression in married immigrant women in Korea could be aided by acculturation programs that deal with the relationships with their spouses and social supports.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2018

This paper measures and maps multi-dimensional residential segregation of immigrants in Seoul metropolitan area at city/county/district level as well as town level, thereby adding to our understanding of the urban structure and its spatial distribution impacted by immigration. The perspective offered here focuses on the segregation spurred by transnational migrants and their urban settlement. By drawing population data for 79 city/county/district administrative units from the Korea Immigration Service, residential segregation of immigrants in Seoul metropolitan area is measured based on Massey & Denton's four segregation indices: evenness, exposure, concentration and clustering. The empirical findings suggest that Seoul metropolitan area is highly segregated and the areas showing hyper-segregation appear in Seoul city and Gyeonggi province. As immigrants are foreseen to continue to increase in the future, this research contributes both empirically and theoretically to preliminary research on spatial segregation of immigrants by showing how ethnic places are segregated spatially through ethnic networks that support the geographic concentration of minority groups.

• 아시아여성연구
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.75-110
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• 2014

이 연구의 목적은 결혼이주여성들의 새로운 직업인 통번역사의 창출 배경과 노동 경험을 분석하여, 통번역사 노동이 가진 에스닉 노동의 성격을 밝히는 것이다. 연구의 주요 결과인 통번역사의 에스닉화된 노동의 성격은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 결혼이주여성 통번역사의 창출 배경은 차별배제적 성별화된 한국 이주정책의 특성에서 찾을 수 있다. 외국인 노동자들에게는 정주가 부인되고 취업이 제한되는 반면, 결혼이주여성은 한국 가족에의 편입을 전제로 한 포섭과 지원의 대상이기 때문에 통번역사로 고용될 수 있는 것이다. 둘째, 통번역사라는 직업은 이주노동시장에서 비교적 좋은 일자리로 인식되지만, 실제 노동조건은 한국 노동시장 내에서 저임금과 불안정 고용을 특징으로 하는 에스닉 층화구조의 하층에 위치하고 있다. 셋째, 결혼이주여성 통번역사들은 이주노동자와 결혼이민자들에게 자신의 이주 경험과 언어 자원을 서비스로 제공하는 중립적 통역자이기도 하지만, 실제 노동과정에서 선주민의 차별과 불신을 경험하면서 그들의 대변인으로서의 역할과 자신 또한 이주여성이라는 정체성 사이에서 갈등을 겪는다. 결론에서는 직업으로서의 결혼이주여성 통번역사의 지속 가능성을 결혼이주여성의 임파워먼트와 노동시장 전망에 대한 쟁점을 중심으로 논의한다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.183-193
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• 2011

Objectives: A rapid increase in the population of migrant workers in Korea has brought new challenges regarding the possible effects of acculturation on health. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of acculturation- and work-related psychosocial factors on work-related musculoskeletal disorders among migrant female workers living in Korea. Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was used. A translated, structured questionnaire was administrated to 156 southeastern Asian female full-time workers living in Korea. Results: About 35% of the participants experienced some type(s) of work-related musculoskeletal disorder(s), which were more prevalent in Vietnamese women than in Thai and Filipino women. Women who preferred to maintain their own heritage and to reject the host country heritage were at risk for work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Conclusion: Acculturation strategy and nationality were found to be significant factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Health professionals need to accommodate acculturation contexts into risk assessment and intervention development for work-related musculoskeletal disorders separately for different nationalities.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2016

현재 정보소외계층 대상으로서 다문화가정에 대한 정의는 2012년 정부가 다문화가정에 대한 정보격차조사를 시작했던 당시의 기준을 그대로 사용하고 있다. 본 연구의 목표는 정보소외계층으로서 다문화가정에 대해 검토하고 재 정의 하고자 하는 것이다. 본 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 현재는 결혼이주민 중 정보소외대상으로 정보격차조사 대상을 결혼이주여성에 한정하고 있으나, 향후 결혼 혹은 이주노동자 등의 신분으로 결혼이주남성 역시 증가할 것으로 예상되며, 실제 증가하고 있는 추세에 있다. 다문화사회를 대비한다는 측면에서 볼 때 정보소외대상에 결혼이주남성까지 포함해야 한다. 둘째, 현재 다문화가정에서 정보소외대상으로서 다루어지고 있는 대상은 결혼이주여성에 한정하고 있으나, 결혼이주를 통해 형성된 가정의 아동 역시 정보격차문제를 겪고 있다. 다문화가정 아동의 정보격차가 문제시되는 것은 이러한 정보격차가 교육격차나 향후 경제격차로까지 연계될 가능성이 높기 때문이다. 따라서 향후 정부의 정보격차지수 및 실태조사의 대상범위에 다문화가정의 아동을 포함시켜야 한다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.472-485
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• 2014

본 연구는 스스로를 단일 민족 국가라고 여기는 한국 사회가 민족적 우월성이라는 이데올로기와 인종적으로 계층화된 질서를 재확인 하는 도구로서의 미디어 담론을 어떻게 생산하는가에 초점을 두고 있다. 전세계적 공공 미디어 모델과 마찬가지로, 한국의 공영 방송은 계층, 나이, 인종, 성별, 이데올로기의 구분없이 공공의 경험과 의견들을 불편부당하게 재현해야 하는 의무가 있다. 이러한 책무에도 불구하고 한국의 대표적 공영방송 KBS는 한국 사회 내의 다양한 문화적 집단들을 공정하게 재현해 내는 데 어려움을 겪고 있다. 이러한 관점에서 본 연구는 한국 공영방송에서 재현되는 이주민들에 대한 뉴스 제작 과정에서 1차적 게이트키퍼로서의 취재기자들을 인터뷰함으로써 이주민들과 다문화에 대한 그들의 인식과 평가를 분석하였다. 그 결과 KBS의 일선 취재기자들은 다문화와 이주민에 대한 정형화된 스테레오타입을 가지고 있었고, 이주민들과 관련된 기사를 생산함에 있어서 KBS 내부의 취재 관행에 크게 의존하고 있음을 알 수 있었다.