, 박휴경2
, 이소정3
, 차은석4
, HyuKyoung Park2
, Sojung Lee3
, EunSeok Cha4
1충남대학교 간호대학 박사수료생
2충남대학교 간호과학연구소 박사후과정 연구원
3한국성서대학교 간호학과 조교수
4충남대학교 간호대학 교수
1Doctoral candidate, College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Deajeon, Korea
2Postdoctoral Researcher, Recearch Institute of Nursing Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
3Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Korean Bible University, Seoul, Korea
4Professor, College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Deajeon, Korea
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Conflict of interest
The authors declared no conflict of interest.
Funding
This study was supported by Chungnam National University Research Fund in 2024 and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF2023R1A2C2004541, PI: Cha, ES).
Authors’ contributions
Hyesun Jang contributed to conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, and writing-original draft, review&editing. HyuKyoung Park contributed to conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, and writing-original draft, review&editing. Sojung Lee contributed to conceptualization, and writing-review&editing. EunSeok Cha contributed to conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, funding acquisition, project administration, writing-original draft, review&editing and supervision.
Data availability
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank the Healthy Family Support Center in Daejeon for assisting with participant recruitment and providing a venue for the lectures. We also gratefully acknowledge Dr. Jeon’s contributions to the planning and implementation of the preliminary study on a community-based antenatal program for immigrant women.
| Participant | Age | Country of origin | Religion | Education completed | Residing year in Korea | Number of children | Perceived financial condition | Education experience† in Korea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 44 | Thailand | Buddhism | Master program | 12 | 3 | Moderate | O |
| B | 42 | Vietnam | Other | College | 13 | 3 | Moderate | O |
| C | 41 | Uzbekistan | Muslim | High school | 13 | 1 | Moderate | O |
| D | 24 | Vietnam | Catholic | High school | 3 | 1 | Moderate | X |
| E | 34 | Mongolia | Other | Master program | 10 | 2 | Affluent | O |
| F | 34 | Vietnam | Other | Elementary school | 4 | 2 | Moderate | X |
| Participant | Age | Country of origin | Religion | Education completed | Residing year in Korea | Number of children | Perceived financial condition | Education experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 44 | Thailand | Buddhism | Master program | 12 | 3 | Moderate | O |
| B | 42 | Vietnam | Other | College | 13 | 3 | Moderate | O |
| C | 41 | Uzbekistan | Muslim | High school | 13 | 1 | Moderate | O |
| D | 24 | Vietnam | Catholic | High school | 3 | 1 | Moderate | X |
| E | 34 | Mongolia | Other | Master program | 10 | 2 | Affluent | O |
| F | 34 | Vietnam | Other | Elementary school | 4 | 2 | Moderate | X |
| Question No. | Mother study | Current study |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Tell me about how you knew the program and what motivated you to participate in it. | |
| Q2 | To what extent do you think the program would be helpful in promoting self-care activities among multicultural women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period? | |
| (Probe): "Which aspects of the program do you find helpful or unhelpful, and why?" | ||
| Q3 | With regard to the educational content, delivery mode, and teaching methods, what aspects could be improved in future implementations? | |
| Q4 | If the research team plans to implement a comprehensive antenatal program in a community in the future, what aspects should be taken into consideration or improved? | |
| (Probe) Are there any contents that should be revised—added, deleted, or modified—to further improve the program | ||
| Q5 | If the research team develops a new health promotion program in the future, what kind of program do you think would be appropriate for multicultural women and their families, and why? |
Moms Coach Program: From 2020 to 2022, with the support of the Korea Community Chest of Korea, the C City Family Center trained immigrant women as peer mentors to identify high-risk multicultural pregnant women and developed a crisis response program to support them.