KMID : 0806120100400050695
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´ëÇÑ°£È£ÇÐȸÁö 2010 Volume.40 No. 5 p.695 ~ p.704
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A Predictive Model on Health Promotion Behavior in Women who Immigrate for Marriage
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Jeong Nam-Ok
Lee Myung-Ha
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Abstract
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Purpose:This study was done to develop a model which explains factors influencing health promotion behavior in women who immigrate to Korea for marriage, and to verify the appropriateness of the model.
Methods: The participants were 300 women who immigrate to Korea for marriage and settled in located in Jeonbuk Province, Korea. The data were collected with self-report questionnaires from October 10, 2007 through November 10, 2007. A total of 271 data sets were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 12.0 and Amos 7.0 version.
Results: Immigrant women¡¯s social support, self-efficacy, perceived health status, acculturation, and perceived barrier had an impact on their health promotion behavior. Social support was the most influential factor. All of these variables together explained 49% of the variance in health promotion behavior in immigrant women married to Korean men.
Conclusion: In order to increase the health promotion behavior in immigrant women, intervention strategies to increase social support and self-efficacy for immigrant women should be developed.
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KEYWORD
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Immigrants, Women, Health promotion
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