Married Immigrant Women's Utilization of Health Care and Needs of Health Services

Chunmi Kim; Myung Sook Park; Eun Man Kim

doi:10.12799/jkachn.2011.22.3.333

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Married Immigrant Women's Utilization of Health Care and Needs of Health Services: Chunmi Kim, Myung Sook Park, Eun Man Kim; Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2014;22(3):333-341.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2011.22.3.333
Published online: April 4, 2014

¹Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Sunmoon University, Korea.

²Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Sunmoon University, Korea.

• Received: July 15, 2011 • Revised: September 19, 2011 • Accepted: September 20, 2011

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Abstract

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to analyze married immigrant women's utilization of health care and their demand for public health care services.
Methods
This study was conducted through descriptive survey with 102 married immigrant women in 2 cities, and survey was done from November, 2010 to May, 2011.
Results
The results were as follows. Of respondents, 70% were using medical services in Korea and only 38.2% of them were satisfied with services. Major difficulties in using health care services were 'access problem' (35.7%), 'communication problem' (27.7%), and 'medical cost' (19.8%). The respondents' main sources of health information were family (56%), health care center (15%). The types of health information and education demanded by respondents were children's health care (22.1%), pregnancy and delivery (21.1%), and common disease care (20.0%). The most wanted services from public health care institutions were vaccination (24.5%), health promotion (21.5%), and leisure activity programs (20.6%). There was a statistically significant difference in period of immigration and public health care demands.
Conclusion
For married female immigrants, it is recommended to provide tailored public health care services such as outreach service and visiting nursing care service, and to set up different language signs for common disease patients.
Key Words: Immigrant; Health services needs

Table 1

General Characteristics of Subjects

^†Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, Cambodia.

Table 2

Experience of Health Care Services

^†Cases with duplicated responses were included.

Table 3

Needs for Health Information and Public Health Service

Table 4

Inconvenient Factor of Health Care Utilization and Related Factors of Subjects

CP=communication problem; TCU=too complicated to use.

Table 5

Needs for Public Health Service and Related Factors of Subjects

HP=health promotion; PHC=primary health care; LA=leisure activity; MHC=mental health counselling.

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