Lee Kyoung Eun
Division of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
Korean J Women Health Nurs. 2015 Sep;21(3):241-251. doi: 10.4069/kjwhn.2015.21.3.241. Epub 2015 Sep 25.
The purpose of this study was to explore preserved belief system supporting Korean immigrant women's Taekyo practices and influencing factors while they observe the tradition within US sociocultural context.
Leininger's exploratory focused ethnographic approach was used. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with purposive sample of sixteen Korean immigrant women who gave birth in the US within last 6 months. Researcher's observation and reflective field notes were also integrated into the interview data. Leininger and McFarland's four phases of ethnographic analysis guided data analysis process.
The perceived belief system supporting Taekyo practices included Taekyo as an enculturated Korean tradition, connecting parents with fetus, and positive impacts on fetal development. And Korean immigrant women's Taekyo practices were influenced by resources of information, woman's orientation toward Taekyo, pressure from local Korean community, and child order.
The findings from this research would serve as an important knowledge base to expand US health care providers' understanding of Korean traditional Taekyo practices observed by Korean immigrant women's as important prenatal self-care practices. The findings could also aid in providing more patient-centered and culturally-tailored prenatal care plan to Korean immigrant by including Korean traditional belief system supporting Taekyo practices.
本研究旨在探讨在美国社会文化背景下，支持韩国移民女性进行胎교习俗的留存信仰体系及其影响因素，她们在美国践行这一传统。
采用莱宁格的探索性聚焦人种学方法。对过去6个月内在美国分娩的16名韩国移民女性的目的样本进行了半结构化深度访谈。研究者的观察和反思性实地笔记也被纳入访谈数据。莱宁格和麦克法兰的人种学分析的四个阶段指导了数据分析过程。
支持胎교习俗的感知信仰体系包括胎교是一种融入文化的韩国传统、将父母与胎儿联系起来以及对胎儿发育有积极影响。韩国移民女性的胎교习俗受到信息资源、女性对胎교的态度、当地韩国社区的压力以及孩子出生顺序的影响。
本研究结果将作为一个重要的知识库，以扩大美国医疗保健提供者对韩国移民女性视为重要产前自我保健习俗的韩国传统胎교习俗的理解。这些发现还可以通过纳入支持胎교习俗的韩国传统信仰体系，帮助为韩国移民提供更以患者为中心和文化上量身定制的产前护理计划。
