The Korean Journal of Health Service Management (보건의료산업학회지)

Korea Society of Health Service Management (보건의료산업학회)
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Correlates of Prenatal Care Service Use and Service Need Among Married Immigrant Women in Korea

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  • Na, Hyeon (MoKpo Miz-I Hospital) ;
  • Jeon, Gyeong-Suk (Department of Nursing Science and Research Institute of Women, The Mokpo National University)
  • 나현 (목포미즈아이병원) ;
  • 전경숙 (목포대학교 간호학과 및 여성연구소)
  • Received : 2017.08.30
  • Accepted : 2017.11.27
  • Published : 2017.12.30
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Abstract

Objectives : To examine the factors associated with the use of the prenatal care services provided by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family by married migrant women in Korea. Methods : We employed data from the 2015 Nationwide Multiculturale Family Survey. We selected 19- to 39-year-old married immigrant women with children aged 5 years or less for the study (N=1,579). We included four predisposing factors, six enabling factors, and two need factors based on the Andersen's Health-care Utilization Model. Results : Only one third of married immigrant women(31.6%) used prenatal care service and 45.9% of them reported prenatal care service needs. Area of residence, country of birth, and Korean language proficiency were significantly associated with prenatal care service use. Further, age, country of birth, length of time in Korea, household income, and discrimination experience were significantly associated. Conclusions : Findings suggest the need to develop strategies to improve accessibility to prenatal care service use especially for married immigrant women from developing countries, low-income families, having poor Korean language proficiency or having discrimination experience.

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