Lee Myoung Ho, Rokni Ladan, Lee Eunyoung, Lee Sangduk
Research Institute for Indramang, Indramang Community, JeonBuk, South Korea.
Asia Contents Institute, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea.
Iran J Public Health. 2024 Jun;53(6):1352-1360.
The research was designed to investigate the perceptions and attitudes of immigrants towards extra medical support programs that Immigrant Support Centers (ISC) offer. We aimed to find how they evaluate such medical support in terms of helpfulness for social integration in the host country.
The study was performed in South Korea during May-June 2023. A questionnaire was prepared in six languages, with 132 participants. The survey categorized the respondents into three groups, group (A) that received only medical support, group (B) that received only cultural support, and group (C) that received both. The statistical program SPSS windows 22.0 was used for the analysis, and finding the most effective way of medical and cultural support programs was verified through inter-group analysis.
The analysis of the results shows that the immigrants find the biggest hardship in the new country when a health problem occurs. The most significant barriers were language differences and cultural differences. The immigrants' participation in the extra medical support programs can address those barriers. However, time, age, and length of stay were significant factors, and most of the participants found the extra cultural support more effective at the earlier stage of their stay in Korea.
The study suggests that it is important to provide both medical and cultural support in the early stage of the immigrants staying in another country. Indeed, this might be a way to use medical support to induce them to further adaptation. Besides, providing culturally oriented medical support is likely to foster social integration through medical support.
本研究旨在调查移民对移民支持中心（ISC）提供的额外医疗支持项目的看法和态度。我们旨在了解他们如何根据对融入东道国社会的帮助程度来评估这种医疗支持。
该研究于2023年5月至6月在韩国进行。准备了一份六种语言的问卷，共有132名参与者。调查将受访者分为三组，A组仅接受医疗支持，B组仅接受文化支持，C组同时接受两者。使用统计软件SPSS windows 22.0进行分析，并通过组间分析验证医疗和文化支持项目的最有效方式。
结果分析表明，移民在新国家遇到健康问题时面临最大困难。最显著的障碍是语言差异和文化差异。移民参与额外的医疗支持项目可以解决这些障碍。然而，时间、年龄和停留时间是重要因素，大多数参与者发现在他们在韩国停留的早期阶段，额外的文化支持更有效。
该研究表明，在移民在另一个国家停留的早期阶段提供医疗和文化支持很重要。事实上，这可能是一种利用医疗支持促使他们进一步适应的方式。此外，提供以文化为导向的医疗支持可能会通过医疗支持促进社会融合。
