Multicultural Family Support Center Research Articles

Multicultural Family Support Centers’ Educational Condition from Cultural Diversity Perspective

Multicultural Family Support Centers’ Educational Condition from Cultural Diversity Perspective

Dietary behaviors of female marriage immigrants residing in Gwangju, Korea

Purpose: This cross-sectional study aimed to document the dietary behaviors, dietary changes, and health status of female marriage immigrants residing in Gwangju, Korea. Methods: The survey included 92 female immigrants attending Korean language class at a multi-cultural family support center. General characteristics, health status, anthropometric data, dietary behaviors, and dietary changes were collected. Results: Mean age of subjects was 31.3 years, and home countries of subjects were Vietnam (50.0%), China (26.0%), Philippines (12.0%), and others (12.0%). Frequently reported chronic diseases were digestive diseases (13.2%), anemia (12.1%), and neuropsychiatry disorder (8.9%). Seventeen percent of the subjects was obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/㎡). Dietary score by Mini Dietary Assessment was 3.45 out of 5 points. Dietary scores for dairy foods, meat/fish/egg/bean intake, meal regularity, and food variety were low, and those for fried foods and high fat meat intake were also low. Thirty-three percent of subjects answered that they have changed their diet and increased their consumption of fruits and vegetables after immigration. Length of residence in Korea was positively associated with BMI and waist circumference. Length of residence tends to be positively associated with dietary changes and obesity as well as inversely associated with disease prevalence. Conclusion: The study shows that length of residence is inversely related to disease prevalence. However, this association is thought to be due to the relatively short period of residence in Korea and thus the transitional phase to adapting to dietary practices. As the length of residence increases, disease patterns related to obesity are subject to change. Healthy dietary behaviors and adaptation to dietary practices in Korea in female marriage immigrants will not only benefit individuals but also their families and social structure. Therefore, varied, long-term, and target-specific studies on female marriage immigrants are highly needed.

The Factors that Affects the Experience of Depressive symptom in Children in Multi-cultural Families Using QUEST Algorithm

The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors that affects the experience of depressive symptom in children in multi-cultural families. Data source of this study were from the 2012 National Survey of Multicultural Families. Subjects were 19,431 persons aged 19~24 years. A prediction model was developed by the use of a QUEST algorithm. Dependent variable was defined as experience of depressive symptom. Explanatory variables were included as sex, final education, residing place, speaking level in Korean, listening level in Korean, reading level in Korean, writing level in Korean, experience of having used Multicultural Family Support Center, experience of Korean language education, experience in consultation on education and career path, experience in adaptation education to Korean society, experience in social discrimination, and economic activities. In the QUEST algorithm analysis, xperience in adaptation education Received (September 01, 2015), Review Result(September 17, 2015) Accepted(September 30, 2015), Published(December 31, 2015) 506-706 Dept. Speech Language Pathology & Audiology, Nambu University, Chumdan 23, Gwansangu, Gwangju, Korea email: byeon@nambu.ac.kr (Corresponding Author) 506-706 Dept. Physical Therapy, Nambu University, Chumdan 23, Gwansangu, Gwangju, Korea email: geriatricpt1@naver.com The Factors that Affects the Experience of Depressive symptom in Children in Multi-cultural Families Using QUEST Algorithm Copyright c 2015 HSST 68 to Korean society, experience of Korean language education, experience of having used Multicultural Family Support Center, and sex, experience in consultation on education and career path were significantly associated with experience of discrimination in children in multi-cultural families. Based on this result, systematic programs are required for prevention of depression in multi-cultural youth.

Leadership Educational Program Development and Implementation for Multicultural Family Support Center and Healthy Family Support Center Employees

This study verifies the effectiveness of developing and implementing a leadership educational program specifically customized to improve of leadership competencies among members of multicultural family support centers and healthy family support centers. This program refers to Triangle Leadership that consists of three categories: finding individual strengths and self-esteem to enhance self-leadership, constructing a vision and roadmap to develop transformational leadership, and stress and teamwork management for competent servant leadership. In order to improve its completeness, focus group interview was adopted for 10 employees in the center and supervised by two professionals. The program was also conducted twice for 142 members of multicultural family support centers and healthy family support centers across the Korea. The result of implementation (with regard to the satisfaction level for the contents of the program) showed that both first and second rounds had improvement in all three categories compared to what was expected before taking the education program. The level of satisfaction for instructor and program operation was more enhanced (as well for the second time) compared to the first round. The evidence of program effectiveness indicates that there is a high anticipation for another approach that suits for the circumstances and requirement of centers and facilitator training. Keywords: leadership educational program, multicultural family support center, healthy family support center

Development and Evaluation of an Educational Program to Prevent Cervical Cancer among Vietnamese Married Immigrant Women

Background/Objectives: This study was to develop and evaluate a cervical cancer prevention program for Vietnamese married immigrant women who show the high incidence of cervical cancer. In this regard, this study presents the grounds for the cervical cancer prevention program to be spread and adopted widely to promote Vietnamese married immigrant women’s reproductive health.Method/Statistical Analysis: Program was developed by the ADDIE model. The developed program was applied to Vietnamese immigrant women. Study design is random control group pre-test, post-test design. The effects of the program were assessed by health belief of Pap testing, knowledge of cervical cancer, and intention of preventive behavior. In the experimental group, four 120-minutes sessions of cervical cancer prevention education program intervention were provided once a week.Findings: The results indicate that the educational program to prevent cervical cancer helps Vietnamese married immigrant women to lower the perceived barriers in cervical cancer prevention, to enhance the awareness about cervical cancer, and to raise the intention for cervical cancer prevention behavior, which proves the prevention program is very effective and useful.Improvements/Applications: We expect that the devised program in this study be widely used in multi-cultural family support center to promote Vietnamese married immigrant women’s reproductive health and quality of life.

A Study on the Experience of Case Manager in Multi-Cultural Family Support Centers

A Study on the Experience of Case Manager in Multi-Cultural Family Support Centers

결혼이민자 취업을 위한 다문화가족지원센터의 역할

결혼이민자 취업을 위한 다문화가족지원센터의 역할

A Study on Job Satisfaction and Relevant Variables in Employees of Multi-Cultural Family Support Center: Focused Home-Visiting Educator

This study examined job satisfaction and relevant variables for multi-cultural family home-visiting educators. The selected study subjects were 192 home-visiting educators who work at Multi-Cultural Family Support Centers in the Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, and Chungcheongnam-do areas. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS ver. 18.0. The main results were as follows. First, the job satisfaction level in multi-cultural family visiting educators stood at 3.29 points, subjects’ age, averagely monthly income, marital status, and activity career were shown to influence generally upon job satisfaction, self-efficacy, job stress, and cultural competency. Job satisfaction was high in groups with: a high age, small career, low averagely monthly income, and married. Second, self-efficacy and job stress were big in the job satisfaction of multi-cultural family visiting educators. The same outcome as the existing prior research was indicated. Cultural competency was not significant. Third, an examination of relative influence upon job satisfaction in home visiting educators indicated that the explanation power was 29.0%. Significant influential variables included academic background, marital status, self-regulation, and role ambiguity. Self-regulation was greater for those with lower academic backgrounds and unmarried. Job satisfaction was higher in the lower role ambiguity. Thus, the same outcome as the existing prior research was indicated. Cultural competency wasn’t indicated to be significant. This has significance in having shown characteristics of job satisfaction in multi-cultural family visiting educators.

Determination Factors of Multicultural Family Support Center Using Radial Basis Function Neural Network

The purpose of present study was to analyze the determination factors that affects the Multicultural Family Support Center in Korea. Data were from the A Study on the National Survey of Multicultural Families 2012. Subjects were 281,606 persons (56,273 male; 225,333 female) over the age of 19 in South Korea. A prediction model was developed by the use of a Radial Basis Function Neural Network Algorithm. In the Prediction model, age, residence, national origin, relationship with spouse parent satisfaction, marital satisfaction relationship between brothers and sisters, nationality status, occupation were significantly associated with experience of Multicultural Family Support Center in South Korea. Received (March 06, 2015), Review Request(March 09, 2015), Review Result(March 27, 2015) Accepted(April 17, 2015), Published(June 30, 2015) 506-706 Dept. Speech Language Pathology & Audiology, Nambu University, Chumdan 23, Gwansangu, Gwangju, Korea email: byeon@nambu.ac.kr (Corresponding Author) 506-706 Dept. Physical Therapy, Nambu University, Chumdan 23, Gwansangu, Gwangju, Korea email: geriatricpt1@naver.com Determination Factors of Multicultural Family Support Center Using Radial Basis Function Neural Network Copyright c 2015 HSST 110

Parenting Efficacy and Health-promoting Behaviors for Children of Mothers from Native and Multicultural Families in Korea

The aim of this study was to examine the levels of parenting efficacy and health-promoting behaviors for children of mothers, and to explore the relationships between parenting efficacy and the behaviors of mothers from native and multicultural families in South Korea. Data was collected by a self-report questionnaire completed by 258 mothers who had 6-month to 36-month-old children attending kindergartens or multicultural family support centers located in Seoul and in Gyeounggi Province, South Korea. No significant difference in parenting efficacy was found, depending on the maternal country of origin. However, Chinese mothers performed health-promoting behaviors more frequently for their children than Korean and Vietnamese mothers did (F=6.87, p<.001). The significant positive correlations between parenting efficacy and maternal health-promoting behaviors for children were found, regardless of maternal country of origin (r=.57, p<.001 for Korean, r=.42, p<.001 for Chinese, and r=.40, p<.001 for Vietnamese mothers). Since maternal health-promoting behaviors were different depending on the native country of the mothers, maternal country of origin should be considered in designing programs for improving maternal health-promoting behaviors for their children. In addition, increasing the level of parenting efficacy can be an effective way for improvement of maternal health-promoting behaviors.

Nutritional Knowledge and Dietary Behaviors and Intakes of Vietnamese Marriage Immigrant Women According to Receiving of Nutritional Education

This study was to investigate nutritional knowledge and dietary behaviors and intakes of Vietnamese marriage immigrant women according to receiving of nutritional education. A total of 233 Vietnamese marriage immigrants were recruited from public health centers, and multicultural family support centers in Seoul Metropolitan areas, and the Seoul Immigration Office. The methods included anthropometric measurements and face‐to‐face interview by a structured questionnaire. The mean weight and BMI of those who had experienced nutritional education were higher than those without such experience. With regard to dietary management, those with nutritional education showed a more balanced diet and higher total scores on the Mini Dietary Assessment compared to those without nutritional education (p&lt;0.001). For nutritional knowledge, subjects with nutritional education showed higher scores on questions about function of cereals (p=0.010) and meat and fish (p=0.010), as well as a higher overall score (p=0.004) than those without. With regard to food intake, there were significant differences in nutritional intakes of iron (p=0.009), sodium (p=0.008), vitamin A (p=0.029), vitamin B2 (p=0.047), vitamin C (p=0.012), and cholesterol (p=0.037). The subjects having experience with nutritional education had more balanced dietary habits, and nutritional knowledge, and greater food and nutrient intake compared to the subjects without such experience. Systematic and continuous nutritional education should be provided to establish a healthy diet for marriage immigrant women and her multicultural family members. This study was supported by the grant from National Research Foundation of Korea (2011‐0014986)

여성결혼이민자 대상 한국어 교육의 현황 및 발전 방향 - 다문화가정지원센터에서의 한국어 교재와 쓰기 교육을 중심으로 -

여성결혼이민자 대상 한국어 교육의 현황 및 발전 방향 - 다문화가정지원센터에서의 한국어 교재와 쓰기 교육을 중심으로 -

The Factors that Affects the Experience of Discrimination in Children in Multi-cultural Families Using QUEST Algorithm: Focusing on Korean language Education

The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors that affects the experience of discrimination in children in multi-cultural families. Data were from the A Study on the National Survey of Multicultural Families 2012. Subjects were 19,431 persons aged 19~24 years. A prediction model was developed by the use of a QUEST(Quick, Unbiased, Efficient, Statistical Tree) algorithm of data-mining approach. In the QUEST algorithm analysis, experience of Korea adaptive learning, experience of Korean language education, experience of using for Multicultural Family Support Center, gender, experience of career counseling were significantly associated with experience of discrimination in children in multi-cultural families.

Factors Associated with Cognition and Utilization of Multicultural Family Support Centers among Foreign Spouses of Multicultural Families

Factors Associated with Cognition and Utilization of Multicultural Family Support Centers among Foreign Spouses of Multicultural Families

Creating a Family-Friendly Community Support Center for Local Community: Focus on the Healthy Family · Multicultural Family Support Center in Seoul &amp; Incheon

Family instability has a negative effect on not only an individual household but also the society. The government continues to operate family support centers as a countermeasure to family instability issues. A healthy and multicultural family support center is considered an effective support system that extends from a family unit to the local community. In this study, the satisfaction and demand levels of each center, located in Seoul and Incheon, were examined with respect to items such as operation contents, physical space, and organizational structure. The results showed that various efforts for creating a family-friendly community were implemented in healthy family support centers and multicultural family support centers. It was found that the center organizers and operators focused more on software and programs than on the physical environment. There was mostly a shortage of physical and environmental space. This space shortage limited the planned and ongoing activities in terms of the residents’ self-directed participation and space formation for a family-friendly educational culture. Therefore, it was necessary to set up the space-related criteria for each center in order to solve this environmental issue. We identified the baseline data of the criteria for a center’s physical and spatial design and size. In particular, it was suggested that a more strategic physical and spatial design is needed to achieve an integral and effective operation for the connection of the family with the local society.

다문화가족지원센터 종사자의 다문화수용성이 다문화태도에 미치는 영향

이 연구에서는 다문화가족지원센터 종사자들의 다문화의 수용성의 인식수준에 대한 분석과 다문화 태도와의 관계에 대한 분석을 이 연구의 목적으로 하였다. 연구목적을 위하여, 다문화가족지원센터 종사자들의 사회통계학적 특성에 따른 다문화 수용성과 다문화 태도의 차이가 어떠한지를 분석한 결과 변수들 간의 차이가 나타났다. 그리고 다문화가족지원센터 종사자들의 다문화 수용성의 다문화관계 형성능력, 다문화적 인식, 다문화적 공감의 요인들이 다문화 태도의 개방성과 수용성, 그리고 융통성에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과, 변수들 간에 유의한 관계가 나타났다. 이를 통하여 다문화가족지원센터 종사자들의 다문화 태도의 수준을 제고시킬 수 있는 정책적 대안을 제시하였다는데 연구의 의의가 있는 것이다. This study aimed to analyze a relationship between a cognitive level of multicultural acceptability and multicultural attitude of Multicultural Family Support Center workers. As a result of the research with regard to this study purpose, there was a difference between variables after analyzing whether it is different between multicultural acceptability depending on social statistics characteristic of Multicultural Family Support Center workers, and multicultural attitude. In addition, it was shown that there was a significant relationship between variables in the result of analyzing the effect of Multicultural Family Support Center workers' multicultural perception, ability to form multicultural relationship, and factors of multicultural sympathy on openness, receptiveness, and flexibility of multicultural attitude. From the result, this research has significance that it suggests a politic alternative to improve the level of multicultural attitude of Multicultural Family Support Center workers.

한국, 중국, 일본 며느리의 한국에서의 부양 경험

본 연구는 시부모를 동거부양하고 있거나 그러한 경험이 있으며 혼인연령이 5년 이상 된 한국의 기혼여성, 결혼이주 중국여성, 결혼이주 일본여성을 대상으로 하여 한국에서의 시부모부양경험을 파악하는데 연구의 목적이 있다. 부양경험을 잘 표현할 수 있는 대상자를 포함하기 위해 의도적 표집을 사용하였다. 결혼이주 중국여성과 일본여성의 경우, 다문화가족지원센터에 등록된 결혼이주여성 중 비교적 한국어 의사소통이 원활하고, 혼인연령이 5년 이상 되었으며, 시부모와 부양경험이 있는 여성을 국가별로 5명 이상씩 추천받았고, 한국 기혼여성의 경우 주변의 추천을 받았다. 연구 예비 참여자에게 전화로 연구취지를 설명하고 연구 동의를 구하였으며, 연구 참여에 동의한 대상자에게 서면으로 동의서를 받고 심층면담을 진행하였다. 심층면접 내용의 분석을 위해서는 Colaizzi의 현상학적 연구 방법을 선택하였다. 연구결과 본질주제는 '효 문화의 전통성에 대한 긍정적 인식', '주변의 도움과 격려', '고단한 시집살이', '적응하기 어려운 한국의 가족문화', '남성 중심적인 불합리한 가부장적 문화'였다. The purpose of this study was to examine experiences of caring parents-in-law in Korea among daughters-in-law who are currently caring their parents-in-law while living with them, or have experienced such care-giving, and who have been married for at least 5 years. Daughters-in-law this study deals with are from three countries: Korean women, Chinese and Japanese women who immigrated to Korea by getting married with Korean husbands. To find out those women who can express their experiences clearly, this study used an intentional sampling method where this study asked the Multicultural Family Support Center to recommend five Chinese and five Japanese housewives who matched the following qualifications: those who have experiences of caring their parents-in-law at home, who have lived in Korea for at least five years, and who had no difficulty in expressing their opinions in Korean language. Korean married women were recommended by the neighbors. This study conducted in-depth interviews to those 15 housewives from Korea, china, and Japan. Before doing the interview, this study gave explanation of the contents and aims of this study to those interview participants over phone, and got the written consent from each of the women. To analyze the interview data, Colaizzi's phenomenological method was used. The emergent themes identified in the findings were as follows: 'positive perception of traditional nature of filial duty', 'help and encouragement by those who are nearby', 'exhausting marriage life', 'Korean family culture that is hard to adapt to', and 'unreasonable male-focused patriarchal culture.'

Effects of a Psychological Adaptation Improvement Program for International Marriage Migrant Women in South Korea

summary Purpose: This study was conducted to develop and evaluate the Psychological Adaptation Improvement Program (PAIP) for international marriage migrant women in South Korea. Methods: A total of 43 international marriage migrant women who were enrolled in six rural multicultural family support centers in South Korea were included in this study. They were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n ¼ 21) or to the control group (n ¼ 22). The intervention group received 10 sessions of PAIP, 1 or 2 sessions per week for 8 weeks. The dependent variables were selfesteem, depression and social problem solving ability. The data were analyzed by Fisher's exact test, t test, and repeated measures analysis of variance using SAS program. Results: PAIP was effective in increasing self-esteem and reducing depression, and partially showed significant positive effects on participants’ social problem solving ability, suggesting increased levels of positive problem orientation and decreased avoidance style in the social problem solving ability subscales. Conclusion: PAIP might be used as an effective intervention to improve psychological adaptation among international marriage migrant women in the rural community of South Korea.

여성결혼이민자의 네트워크가 다문화시민권리에 미치는 영향: 광주·전남지역을 중심으로

The objectives of this study are that marriage immigrant women do not receive discrimination and not excluded from enjoyment in any sense and rights as multicultural citizen. In addition, this study analyzes the factors of the multicultural citizenship and network of marriage immigrant women that affects on the relation to multicultural citizenship. Thus, marriage immigrant women have left their home country for social and economic reasons to find new settlements while their family members live in their country and they live as citizen in a multicultural society through their ethnic cultural identity. The role of their ethnic and cultural identity is also examined in this study. This study was to determine the network and multicultural citizenship of marriage immigrant women and their relationship based on the multicultural citizenship of Kymlicka's viewpoint of ‘liberal multiculturalism.’ In order to achieve the research objectives, marriage immigrant women's network and multicultural citizenship theories and previous studies was reviewed. A number of personal and institutions were conducted for survey to acquire data at Multicultural Family Support Center in the Gwangju metropolitan city and Jeollanam-do province from September 19, 2012 to November 28, 2012. Available samples of 268 were investigated affect on relationship. Research results are as follows. Analysis the affect on the relationship of the marriage immigrant women's networks and the multicultural citizenship shows that the marriage process, home country, current residence of marriage immigrant women also affects multicultural citizenship and social network and the national cultural network significantly. However, marriage immigrant women's age, education, marital age, marital education, duration of marriage, family networks do not affect the multicultural citizenship. The results of this study indicate that the network of marriage immigrant women have positive influence on multicultural citizenship and need a suggestion to establish practical strategies for enabling the network of marriage immigrant women.

다문화가족 재혼남성의 결혼생활 적응에 대한 경험적 연구: 대처행동을 중심으로

The purpose of this study was to investigate the coping behaviors of remarried Korean husbands in multicultural families. For the purpose of this study, 6 Korean men who had remarried immigrant women from foreign countries(China, The Philippines, Vietnam, Uzbekistan) were interviewed and the data collected was analyzed by means of qualitative method. The results showed that the coping behaviors of remarried Korean husbands were categorized as follows: Firstly, in problem-focused coping Korean husbands adjusted to marital life through childbirth, cultural learning and teaching, financial responsibility, the sharing of housework and a couple-centered life, supporting the wife in her education and work and making an effort to look younger. Secondly, emotion-focused coping included having religious beliefs and a sense of marital responsibility, having empathy and having trust in the wife. Thirdly, in meaningfocused coping there were a positive view of remarriage and a favorable perception of the wife's nationality and remarriage had a meaning of embracing family-centered life. Finally, for social coping, Korean husbands accessed services in multicultural family support center and received support from self-help groups, and sought advices from reliable marriage agencies. These coping behaviors by remarried Korean husbands could contribute to the development of stable and strong remarried multicultural families.