| Married Female Migrants' Experiences of Health Care Services |
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Koh, Chin-Kang;Koh, Sun-Kang; |
1College of Nursing, Seoul National University
2Department of Social Work, Sungshin Women's University |
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고진강, 고선강 |
1서울대학교 간호대학
2성신여자대학교 복지학과 |
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| Abstract |
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to describe married female migrants' experiences of health care services and to help nursing researchers, nursing educators, and clinical nurses understand married female migrants' experiences. Method: A conventional content analysis method was utilized. Individual in-depth interviews with 15 married female migrants were conducted. Subject recruitment was performed at a district in Seoul. Results: Ten categories were induced: language barrier, financial burden, insufficient time with a physician, complexity of utilization process, lack of support from peer group, health care providers' discrimination, anxiety regarding lack of information about children's health, health care providers' concerns and efforts to minimize the language barrier, family support, and advanced health care service environment. Conclusion: This study provides basic knowledge regarding married female migrants' experiences related to health care services. Future research should designate and utilize valid instruments to measure the positive and negative experiences and to explore strategies to strengthen the positive features while eliminating the negative ones. Finally, the Korean nursing education curriculum should include cultural competence and knowledge about an ethnic minority's right to health service utilization. |
| Key Words:
Marriage, Migrants, Minority health, Health services accessibility |
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