Research in Community and Public Health Nursing

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[English] A Phenomenological Study on Vietnamese Immigrant Mothers Married to Koreans’ Parenting Experience in Preventing Infant Accidents and Injuries: Mi-Seon Kim, Mi Hye Kim, Sunhwa Park; Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2025;36(1):99-111. Published online March 31, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/rcphn.2024.00829

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This study aims to analyze the essence of infant parenting experiences of Vietnamese immigrant mothers married to Koreans’.
Methods
The study participants are mothers who came to Korea from Vietnam as marriage immigrants, and have an experience of parenting infants in less than one year or are currently parenting infants. Data collection was carried out by interviews, and Colaizzi’s phenomenological method was used for analysis.
Results
Total 17 meaning units, 8 themes and 3 theme clusters were identified. The three theme clusters are as follows: 1) A strange land, journey to ‘mother’, 2) A moment of carelessness, an unexpected accident, 3) The first step to safe parenting.
Conclusion
Vietnamese immigrant mothers have experienced of a sudden transition to motherhood in Korea, and have raised their infants in a bicultural environment. While raising their infants, they have encountered unexpected accidents due to differences in parenting culture and lifestyle. Nevertheless, Vietnamese immigrant mothers have made efforts to care for their infants safely and have shared parenting responsibility with their husbands. They also recognized the need for infant safety education based on community support. Therefore, in the future, infant safety education programs that consider cultural differences will be necessary.

[English] Development and Evaluation of the Parenting Support Group Program for Mothers with Infants: Sun Hwa Park, Kyung Ja June; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2021;32(1):40-50. Published online March 31, 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2021.32.1.40

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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes in parenting competency, parenting environment, and parenting stress by developing and applying parenting support group program based on the social support intervention model for mothers with infants.
Methods
In this experimental study, mothers with infants of 8~12 weeks old were recruited. 23 mothers were selected for analysis (11 in the experimental group and 12 in the control group). The parenting support group program was provided to the experimental group for seven sessions with 120 minutes per session.
Results
The experimental group showed that the parenting competency and parenting environment were significantly increased and the parenting stress was significantly decreased immediately after intervention. In the case of parenting environment, it was found to have a lasting effect until the point of further investigation.
Conclusion
The results indicate that the program as a social support intervention strategy for mothers rearing up infants is effective intervention in a universal context in the community.

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Infant Home Safety Programs for Parents to Prevent Injuries: A Systematic Review
Mi Hye Kim, Mi-Seon Kim, SunHwa Park
Home Health Care Management & Practice.2025; 37(4): 265. CrossRef
A Phenomenological Study on Vietnamese Immigrant Mothers Married to Koreans’ Parenting Experience in Preventing Infant Accidents and Injuries
Mi-Seon Kim, Mi Hye Kim, Sunhwa Park
Research in Community and Public Health Nursing.2025; 36: 99. CrossRef
Developing interventions in favor of infant safety among immigrant mothers in South Korea: A brief report
Mi Hye Kim, Mi-Seon Kim, Jin Lee, So Hee Lee, SunHwa Park
Journal of Public Health Research.2025;[Epub] CrossRef
Maternal Satisfaction With Universal Postnatal Nurse Home Visiting Services and Its Covariates: A Cross-Sectional Survey of 22,040 Mothers With Young Children in Seoul, Korea
Young-Ho Khang, Yu-Mi Kim, Ji Yun Lee, Kyung Ja June, Sung-Hyun Cho, Hong-Jun Cho
Journal of Korean Medical Science.2025;[Epub] CrossRef
Motherhood as Experienced by Women in a Prenatal and Early-Childhood Home Visitation Program, and Associated Factors
Ji Yun Lee, Young-Ho Khang, Yu-Mi Kim, Kyung Ja June, Sung-Hyun Cho, Hong-Jun Cho
Journal of The Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health.2024; 28(1): 22. CrossRef
The Impact of Mothers’ Smartphone Use, eHealth Literacy, Maternal Role Performance Confidence, and Online Social Support on Health Promotion Behavior for Infants and Toddlers
Se-Young JUNG, So Yeon PARK
Korean Journal of Health Promotion.2024; 24(3): 134. CrossRef
The Caregiver-Child Relationship Checkup Program for Infants 4–12 Months of Age: Application for Family Centers
Woochul Park, Hyeseong Kang
Human Ecology Research.2024; 62(4): 711. CrossRef
An analysis of the very high level of maternal distress experienced by South Korean women with young children
Ji Yun Lee, Sae Eun Park, Yu-Mi Kim, Hong-Jun Cho, Young-Ho Khang, Dylan A. Mordaunt
PLOS ONE.2022; 17(9): e0274016. CrossRef

[English] Effects of a Group-based Parenting Support Program for Infant and Toddler Parents: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials: Sun Hwa Park, Seong Hi Park, Kyung Ja June; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2019;30(3):377-389. Published online September 30, 2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2019.30.3.377

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PURPOSE
Group-based interventions help the members of the parent group work together to share their parenting stress, provide opportunities for them to support each other emotionally and informatively, and allow them to achieve what they want to accomplish. The purpose of this study is to investigate and synthesize the outcome of a parenting support program for infant and toddler parents.
METHODS
Published randomized control trials were identified through Ovid-Medline, Embase and CINAHL DB. Eligible studies include articles published between 2008 and 2018 in English in the randomized controlled trial design in which parenting support programs were implemented for infant and toddler parents group.
RESULTS
A total of 11 studies was selected for this review. These programs reported large level of effect size for parenting, and middle level effect size for parent's psycho-social outcomes and child development. There were many programs conducted for parents with infants between 13 and 24 months, and the frequency of programs provided for 2 hours a week was high with 9 to 12 sessions. Most programs were facilitated by trained professionals including nurses and social workers except two programs led by lay persons.
CONCLUSION
This review demonstrates that group-based parenting support programs have positive effects on parenting, parent's psychosocial health and infant development. To disseminate the effective group-based parenting support programs, further research is needed to confirm the long term effect and develop nurse's role as a group facilitator.

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In-Hye Song, Kyung-Ah Kang
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[English] Association between Maternal Feeding Practices and Excessive Weight Gain in Infants: Jin Suk Ra; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2019;30(1):90-98. Published online March 31, 2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2019.30.1.90

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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study is to identify the association between maternal feeding practices and excessive weight gain in infants.
METHODS
This study adopted a cross-sectional design and included 240 pairs of mothers and their infants (129 boys and 111 girls) in public healthcare centers in the Daejeon area in South Korea. Via multivariate analyses, the association between maternal feeding practices and excessive weight gain in infants was identified.
RESULTS
Among 240 infants in this study, 39 (16.3%) infants gained excessive weight during 12 months after birth. Using multivariate logistic regression with adjustment for covariates, more than 7 months of exclusive breastfeeding was associated with a reduced likelihood of excessive weight gain in infants during the 12 months after birth (adjusted odds ratio: 0.39, 95% confidence interval: 0.02~0.81, p=.029).
CONCLUSION
Based on these results, nurses in communities and clinics should educate mothers on the importance of longer durations of exclusive breast feeding and develop strategies for encouraging such behavior. Furthermore, support for exclusive breast feeding should be provided in various settings.

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Anthropometric Kit Development for Stunted Early Detection among Children Under-two Years Old: Providing a Portable Body Length Measurer
Maria Wigati, Aphrodite N. Nurlita, I Made A. Gunawan, Narendra Y. Hendarta, Mubasysyir Hasanbasri, Siti Helmyati
Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences.2022; 10(E): 852. CrossRef

[English] Comparative Study on Health Promoting Behavior in Working and Non-working Mothers with Infants and Toddlers: Hee Chong Baek; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2014;25(4):282-290. Published online December 31, 2014; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2014.25.4.282

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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to compare health promoting behavior between working and non-working mothers with infants and toddlers, and to investigate factors affecting the mothers'health promoting behavior.
METHODS
This descriptive study was conducted through conveniently sampled 403 women who visited the child health clinics at two public health centers. The questionnaire included the Health Promoting Life Style Profile (HPLP) and a visual analogue scale for subjective health status. ANCOVA, one-way ANOVA, correlation analysis, and stepwise multiple regression were conducted using SPSS ver. 21.
RESULTS
Working mothers' average HPLP score (2.30+/-0.37) was higher than non-working mother's (2.15+/-0.37). The score of the physical activity subscale was lowest among the subscales and there was a difference between the two groups. Subjective mental health status was the only predictor of working mothers'health promoting behavior, and it explained 23.2% of variance in health promoting behavior. Subjective mental health status, education, and age were the predictors of non-working mothers' health promoting behavior and they explained 27.2% of variance in health promoting behavior.
CONCLUSION
According to the findings, both working and non-working mothers' health promoting behaviors were low. To promote mothers' health, it is necessary to develop diverse community health promotion programs to support mothers.

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