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KMID : 1003020190200020079
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Qualitative Research
2019 Volume.20 No. 2 p.79 ~ p.89
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Pregnancy of Married Immigrant Women in Korea: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis
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Kim Ju-Young
Min Hye-Young
Yang Min-Ji
Kim Bu-Youn
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was aimed to understand common meaningful pregnancy experiences of married immigrant women in Korea through qualitative meta-synthesis.
Methods: Qualitative meta-synthesis was performed using the method suggested by Noblit and Hare. Findings of 14 qualitative studies were synthesized to describe 120 married immigrant women's experiences of pregnancy.
Results: The married immigrant women's most common experience during pregnancy was “being born again”. Four concepts related to the women’s adaptation emerged: (1) fear related to unplanned pregnancy, (2) conflict arising from a prenatal culture different from that in the mother country, (3) poor prenatal care in unfamiliar health care systems, and (4) reborn as a real Korean.
Conclusion: The results of this study illustrate the need for Korean cultural adaptation to precede pregnancy experiences for married immigrant women and suggest a culture adaptation program to include pregnancy health care education.
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KEYWORD
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Pregnancy, Immigrants, Meta-synthesis, Qualitative research
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