Research in Community and Public Health Nursing

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[English] Factors Influencing the Quality of Life among Vietnamese Garment Factory Workers: A Quantile Regression Analysis: Jihyon Pahn, Youngran Yang; Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2025;36(3):231-244. Published online September 30, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/rcphn.2025.01025

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The purpose of this study is to explore the factors influencing the quality of life (QoL) among Vietnamese garment factory workers.
Methods
A survey was conducted among 270 workers measuring sociodemographic, work -related, health-related variables, depression, job control, self-efficacy, and social support. Quantile regression analyses were employed to analyze the factors affecting QoL at different levels.
Results
The average QoL scores were 66.23 for men and 66.84 for women (range: 40–120). Higher education levels were associated with better QoL, whereas poor sleep quality had a negative impact across all quantiles. Working in specific departments such as quality control, ironing, and screen printing, and lower intake of fruits and vegetables were linked to reduced QoL in the 0.9 quantile. Depression significantly reduced QoL at the 0.25 and 0.9 quantiles, while job control showed a positive association with QoL at the lower quantiles. Self-efficacy was positively associated with QoL at the 0.1 and 0.75 quantiles, and social support had a consistent positive effect across all quantiles.
Conclusion
Improving sleep quality, enhancing self-efficacy, and strengthening social support may help improve the overall QoL of garment factory workers. In the higher QoL group, targeted attention and support for workers in departments such as quality control and ironing, and healthy diet may be necessary. This study highlights the importance of developing policies that reflect the diverse working conditions affecting QoL and provides foundational evidence to guide future research and workplace interventions.

[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] The Health Management Experience of Vietnamese Married Immigrant Women Living in the City: Ji Young Chun; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2021;32(4):506-517. Published online December 31, 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2021.32.4.506

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Purpose
The purpose of this study was to explore the health management experience of Vietnamese Married Immigrant Women living in the city.
Methods
The study participants were 11 Vietnamese immigrant women residing in the urban area who felt bad about their health. Data collection was conducted in depth through individual interviews, and the collected data were analyzed through Strauss & Corbin data analysis.
Results
The core category was “health is not a necessity but a choice in a strange land called Korea”. The contextual conditions were, “The hard thing-exposing “myself” to the world”, and “Hurts hidden, to be away from people’s eyes”. For the causal condition, the categories of “Unfamiliar life to live alone”, “Unfamiliar life different from expectation”, and “Symptoms of body suddenly suffering alone”, were derived. Through action-interaction, the immigrant women revealed that in their Korean social-structural context, they tended to follow “Health pushed away in turbulent life”. The intervening conditions were “a person who is able to help me”, “places that can give a helping hand nearby”, and “Vietnamese women’s grit”. A Vietnamese married immigrant woman had her own “Health in the chain with life”. As a result, they gained “Health, which is a top priority in life” or “Health oppressed by the weight of life”.
Conclusion
This study enhanced the understanding of the healthcare process of Vietnamese married immigrant women living in urban areas.

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Health and medical experience of migrant workers: qualitative meta-synthesis
Hyun-Jin Cho, Kyoungrim Kang, Kyo-Yeon Park
Archives of Public Health.2024;[Epub] CrossRef

[English] Mediating Effects of Acculturative Stress in the Relationship between Satisfaction with Life, Career Identity and Depression among Vietnamese Students: Eun Sook Bae, Hye Seung Kang, So Young Lee; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2020;31(1):76-85. Published online March 31, 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2020.31.1.76

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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effect of acculturative stress on the impact of satisfaction with life and career identity on depression among the Vietnamese students enrolled in a language course in Korea.
Methods
A questionnaire survey was conducted to get answers of 225 Vietnamese students enrolled in the language course in a college in Busan. Data were collected from November to December 2018. The Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficients and path analysis using SPSS/WIN 20.0 and Amos 18.0 program.
Results
Acculturative stress was affected by satisfaction with life (β=−.43, p<.001) and career identity (β=−.45, p<.001). Furthermore, depression was affected by acculturative stress (β=.49, p<.001) and career identity (β=−.25, p<.001), but depression was not affected by the satisfaction with life (β=−.15, p=.029). The mediating effect of acculturative stress between two exogenous variables(satisfaction with life and career identity) and depression was proved.
Conclusion
The result of this study suggests that it is necessary to develop an intervention program to reduce the acculturative stress and depression of Vietnamese students enrolled in the language course.

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The effect of major identity on depression among Chinese university students: A moderated mediation model
Hui Bai, Guangqiang Wang, Yangbang Hu
Acta Psychologica.2025; 255: 104985. CrossRef
Intercultural sensitivity as a mediator in the relationship between implicit intercultural identification and emotional disturbance—An exploratory study of international high school students
Jiayin He, Xiaoqi Song, Chanyu Wang, Ruibin Zhang
Frontiers in Psychiatry.2023;[Epub] CrossRef
Factors Affecting Health-Promoting Behaviors among Vietnamese Students in Korea
Tran Thi Quynh Anh, Minkyung Kang, Nahyun Kim
Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2021; 33(4): 349. CrossRef

[English] Life Stress and Coping Style for Stress of Vietnamese Married Immigrant Women: Chun Mi Kim, Hung Sa Lee; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2016;27(2):173-182. Published online June 30, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.2.173

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PURPOSE
This study was conducted to survey female Vietnamese marriage immigrants' life stress and to analyze factors influencing their life stress and coping strategies.
METHODS
As descriptive correlation research, this study conducted a survey with 182 conveniently sampled subjects. Data were collected in June, 2015, and analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression.
RESULTS
The subjects' life stress levels were above average, and significantly varied according to their health, and economic status. Stress coping strategies used by the subjects included assistance seeking, problem avoidance, wishful thinking, problem solving, and emotional alleviation in the order of frequency. As a result of the stepwise multiple regression, economic level, economic activity, and health status were found to be the most significant factors influencing the subjects' life stress, and these variables explained 45.1% of the variation in life stress.
CONCLUSION
Female marriage immigrants were experiencing above-average life stress, and they were coping with it mainly in terms of assistance seeking or problem avoidance. In order to mitigate their stress, therefore, it is necessary to provide extended employment opportunities and economic activities for them so that they can cultivate their abilities in health management.

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Low birth weight infants and parental nativity in Singapore: epidemiological paradox in Asia – a nationally representative population-based cohort study
Shuya Lu, Delicia Shu Qin Ooi, Navin Michael, Yung Seng Lee, Wei-Jun Jean Yeung
BMJ Public Health.2026; 4(1): e003456. CrossRef
A Scoping Review of the Health of East and Southeast Asian Female Marriage Migrants
Zhiyuan Yu, Barbara Bowers, Brenda S. A. Yeoh
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.2020; 22(1): 182. CrossRef

[English] Analyzing Factors Influencing the Quality of Life in Vietnamese Married Immigrant Women in Korea: Hung Sa Lee, Chun Mi Kim, Myung Sook Park; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2015;26(3):268-277. Published online September 30, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2015.26.3.268

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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to analyze factors influencing the quality of life in Vietnamese married immigrant women in Korea. The factors included socio-demographic characteristics, spouse's support, and social support of Vietnamese married immigrant women.
METHODS
A descriptive survey was conducted to collect data from 190 subjects during the period between May and June, 2015. The randomly sampled subjects answered a self-report questionnaire translated into Vietnamese. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 21.
RESULTS
The subjects' quality of life was found to be influenced by economic level, subjective perception of their own and spouse's health, Korean communication ability, spouse's support, and social support. The most influential factor for the quality of life was spouse's support, and next, subjective perception of their own health, Korean communication ability, and economic level in order of influence.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study suggest that social support programs should be customized to the subjects' characteristics in order for married immigrant women to adjust themselves to new Korean environments and to lead a high-qualitylife through the promotion of marital relationship, Korean communication ability, health status, and economic capability.

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Motherhood Ideology and Parenting Stress according to Parenting Behavior Patterns of Married Immigrant Women with Young Children
So-Hyun Moon, Miok Kim, Hyeun Na
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2019; 49(4): 449. CrossRef
The Relationship among Family Support, Self-efficacy, Health Literacy, Perceived Health Status and Health-promoting Behavior in Married Immigrant Women
Cho-hee Kang, Young Ran Han
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2016; 27(3): 202. CrossRef

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