台灣東南亞籍女性配偶的健康概念、自覺健康狀態及健康促進生活型態之研究

Study of the Health Concepts, Perceived Health Status and Health Promoting Life Style of the Southeast Asian Women in Taiwan

江馥名(Fu-Ming Chiang) ； 梁蕙芳(Hwey-Fang Liang) ； 邱慧洳(Hui-Ju Chiu) ； 鄭夙芬(Su-Fen Cheng) ； 黃美華(Mei-Hua Huang)

《長庚護理》 21卷1期 (2010/03) Pp. 12-24

https://doi.org/10.6386/CGN.201003_21(1).0002

摘要

Due to the increasing number of foreign spouses, health care for this specific population has become a significant issue in Taiwan. Currently, researches on the foreign spouses here are mostly focused on fundamental reading and writing abilities, prenatal education, and parenting. Studies on health promoting lifestyles and concepts are limited. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the correlations among demographic, health concepts, perceived health status, and health-promoting lifestyles, and also identify the predicting factors of health-promoting lifestyle among the Southeast Asian female foreign spouses in Taiwan. The study used a cross-sectional descriptive correlation design with the convenient sampling method. One hundred and ninety five Southeast Asian female foreign spouses who were taking Chinese literacy courses in six elementary schools funded by the Kaohsiung County government were invited to participate in this study. The factors which affected the health promoting lifestyles of the foreign spouses were nationality, educational background from their original countries, and period of time receiving education in Taiwan, economic status, and self-job status. Health promoting lifestyles and health conceptions; health promoting lifestyles and perceived health status; are positively correlated. About 33.4% of the variation of health promoting lifestyles could be explained by health concepts, perceived health status, educational background from their original countries. Overall, the results of this study could support Pender's health promotion model. It also could be applied as an important reference for the government officials and nursing practice to promote foreign spouses' health in Taiwan.

關鍵字

外籍配偶 ； 健康概念 ； 自覺健康狀態 ； 健康促進生活型態

並列摘要

Due to the increasing number of foreign spouses, health care for this specific population has become a significant issue in Taiwan. Currently, researches on the foreign spouses here are mostly focused on fundamental reading and writing abilities, prenatal education, and parenting. Studies on health promoting lifestyles and concepts are limited. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the correlations among demographic, health concepts, perceived health status, and health-promoting lifestyles, and also identify the predicting factors of health-promoting lifestyle among the Southeast Asian female foreign spouses in Taiwan. The study used a cross-sectional descriptive correlation design with the convenient sampling method. One hundred and ninety five Southeast Asian female foreign spouses who were taking Chinese literacy courses in six elementary schools funded by the Kaohsiung County government were invited to participate in this study. The factors which affected the health promoting lifestyles of the foreign spouses were nationality, educational background from their original countries, and period of time receiving education in Taiwan, economic status, and self-job status. Health promoting lifestyles and health conceptions; health promoting lifestyles and perceived health status; are positively correlated. About 33.4% of the variation of health promoting lifestyles could be explained by health concepts, perceived health status, educational background from their original countries. Overall, the results of this study could support Pender's health promotion model. It also could be applied as an important reference for the government officials and nursing practice to promote foreign spouses' health in Taiwan.

並列關鍵字

foreign spouses ； health conception ； perceived health status ； health-promoting lifestyles