An Analysis of Articles for International Marriage Immigrant Women Related to Health

Abstract

= Abstract =Objectives: This study was for analyzing the research about international marriage immigrant women and a trial to find the right direction for future research. Results: Most of them were master's thesis(71.7%) and journals(21.7%) and doctoral dissertation(6.7%) have been published mostly after thesis. Among 83.3% for quantitative research, descriptive(33.3%) and descriptive correlation(41.7%) methods were the most used and there were some qualitative researches(16.7%).The most frequently used data gathering method was questionnaire(81.7%) and the next was interview(16.7%). The major rates of the author were 61.7% for social welfare and 2.1% for nursing. The investigated variables in social health domain were adaptation(28.3%), and communication(1.7%). In psychological health domain, marriage satisfaction(16.7%), life satisfaction(11.7%), and depression(10.0%) were most researched. Utilization of medical center(5.0%) and health promotion behavior(1.7%) were investigated in physical health domain. Conclusions:Above this, most articles were researched about the adaptation of international marriage immigrant women. But the life in foreign countries can cause physical and psychosocial unhealthy conditions, so many-sided health related researches are supposed to be conducted for adaptation and prevention health problems of international marriage immigrant women.

Discrimination and the healthy immigrant effect: A focus on marriage migrant women in Korea

“…To the best of the author’s knowledge, these questions have not been examined for marriage migrant women in Korea. While there had been many studies about marriage migrants, most such studies have focused on the acculturation process, satisfaction with and problems in their relationships, or life satisfaction; a few studies have investigated depression among marriage migrant women (Ahn et al., 2010). This study on marriage migrant women’s health status may thus provide important insights into the relationship between acculturation and health that will enable researchers, practitioners and policy-makers to better understand the challenges they face and to develop necessary interventions and systems to improve the health status of these women and Korean society more broadly.…”

Factors Related to Positive Changes in Perceived Health Status of Married Han Chinese and Korean-Chinese Women After Immigration to Korea

“…In Korea, health-related studies on married immigrant women have increased since 2007. 11 These studies have examined married immigrant women's health behaviors 12 and prevalence of obesity by nationality, 13 the association between health behaviors and quality of life, 14 factors related to perceived health status, 15 and the relationship between migration processes and perceived health status. 16 However, none of these studies has investigated factors related to changes in perceived health status of married immigrant women.…”

Intervention for Married Immigrant Women in Korea: A Systematic Review

“…Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, 2019; Seo & Park, 2013 (Kim & Noh, 2018;Lee & Jeon, 2013). 그리고 배우자, 시부모 등 가족 구성원과의 갈등, 자녀 양육의 부담 등 여러 가지 어려움에 노출된다 Lee, 2013 (Butcher et al, 2018;Lee et al, 2016;Moorhead et al, 2018) (Yoo et al, 2002 (Ahn & Kim, 2016;Ahn et al, 2010;Ahn et al, 2018;Kim et al, 2013…”