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김경숙 ( Kim Kyung-Sook ) - 남서울대학교 간호학과
김민경 ( Kim Min-Kyeong ) - 남서울대학교 아동복지학과
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was done to explore and understand acculturation focusing on reproductive health of immigrant women.
Methods: For the research sixteen immigrant women were selected by snowball sampling. Qualitative data were accumulated by in-depth interviewsand private document collection. Raw data was analyzed following Mandelbaum’s conceptual framework.
Results: The dimensionsof immigrant women consisted of existence: emerging from the new environment in which it was hard to communicate and to getacquainted with others, reproduction: in the absence of learning and experience, reproductive health crisis, parenting: unmanageableburden. Turnings of life involved ‘Inconvenience in one’s eyes, vent for conflict and tension: pregnancy’, ‘strange medical care: accoucheur,rapid medical service’, ‘pain of morning sickness: poor maternal nutrition’, ‘manifestation of protective instinct for life’. In adaptations,content was as follows. 1) Standing alone as a Korean housewife, 2) Becoming aware of Korean maternal instinct: thirst for educationsupporting, 3) Rediscovery of family: growing maternal sense of existence.
Conclusion: The results of this study show the acculturationprocess and the meaning of events related to reproductive health in current lives and can contribute to an integrated understanding ofmarried immigrant women in Korean culture.
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KeyWords
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이주여성, 생식건강, 질적 연구, 동화과정
Migrants women, Reproductive health, Qualitative research, Acculturation
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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