Vietnamese Immigrant Women's Experience of Maternity after Childbirth

Kwon, Young Eun; Park, Jung Suk

doi:2018.24.4.355

Korean J Women Health Nurs > Volume 24(4); 2018 > Article

Original Article

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2018;24(4):355-366.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2018.24.4.355 Published online December 20, 2018.

Vietnamese Immigrant Women's Experience of Maternity after Childbirth

Young Eun Kwon, Jung Suk Park

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Pohang University, Pohang, Korea.
²Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Kosin University, Busan, Korea. cooler1978@kosin.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
To understand the meaning and essence of Vietnamese migrant women's maternal experience after childbirth.
METHODS
A phenomenological methodology was used for this study. Study participants were six Vietnamese marriage migrant women who had experience of childbirth in Korea. Data collection period was from February 1 through November 4, 2016. Data were collected through in-depth interview and analyzed with the Giorgi method.
RESULTS
As a result of study, six main meanings and 12 themes were produced. The six main meanings produced in this study were ‘childbirth realized in the double difficulty’, ‘concerned health between the ở cữ and the sanhujori’, ‘tired body with hard parenting’, ‘crowding regret for international marriage after childbirth’, ‘Grateful partner becoming the prop’, and ‘Growing maternal instinct by moving the mind and body in a foreign country’.
CONCLUSION
Consideration for postnatal care is necessary from Vietnamese marriage migrant women's viewpoint. Systematic education programs that can improve nursing capability of medical personnel for multicultured clinical practice with development of a postnatal care program suited to multiculture are also necessary.

Key Words: Emigrants and immigrants; Postnatal care; Qualitative research