Kim Young Hee
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, University of Dongguk, Korea.
Korean J Women Health Nurs. 2011 Dec;17(5):491-498. doi: 10.4069/kjwhn.2011.17.5.491.
Recently as couples have only one or two children, they concern about their children's optimal health. Furthermore, as the basic principles of Korean traditional prenatal education (Taegyo) are supported by scientific evidence, and as increasing numbers of pregnant women are recognizing Taegyo refresh, the practice of Taegyo is growing. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with the practice of Taegyo among pregnant Korean women.
This was a cross-sectional, survey study of 228 pregnant women recruited at a health center in South Korea using a convenience sampling method. The instruments included the perception of Taegyo scale, the spouse's support scale, the self-confidence for infant care scale, and the practice of Taegyo scale. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analyses.
The results of the stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that the following factors accounted for 26.5% of the variance in the practice of Taegyo: the perception of Taegyo, family income.
Consequently, this result showed that the pregnant women were influenced by family income, spouses' support as requisite factors, and also they developed the level of self-confidence for infant care and the perception of Taegyo as self-care agency for the practice of Taegyo. The present study findings will add to the accumulated knowledge of health care professionals about the cultural factors involved in the practice of Taegyo and the traditional cultural beliefs and culture-specific health promoting behaviors of ethnic minority pregnant women to provide culturally competent care for them.
近年来，由于夫妻大多只生育一两个孩子，他们十分关注孩子的最佳健康状况。此外，随着韩国传统胎教（泰吉奥）的基本原则得到科学证据的支持，以及越来越多的孕妇认识到泰吉奥的益处，胎教的实践正在增加。本研究的目的是确定韩国孕妇中与胎教实践相关的因素。
这是一项横断面调查研究，采用便利抽样方法，对在韩国一家健康中心招募的228名孕妇进行了调查。所使用的工具包括胎教认知量表、配偶支持量表、婴儿护理自信心量表和胎教实践量表。数据采用描述性统计和多元回归分析进行分析。
逐步多元回归分析结果表明，以下因素占胎教实践差异的26.5%：胎教认知、家庭收入。
因此，这一结果表明，孕妇受到家庭收入、配偶支持等必要因素的影响，同时她们也培养了婴儿护理的自信心水平以及将胎教认知作为胎教自我护理方式的意识。本研究结果将为医护人员积累关于胎教实践中涉及的文化因素以及少数民族孕妇的传统文化信仰和特定文化的健康促进行为的知识，以便为她们提供具有文化胜任力的护理。
