J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2015 Sep;26(3):190-198. 10.12799/jkachn.2015.26.3.190.

A Study on the Health Risk Behaviors of Adolescents from Multicultural Families according to the Parents' Migration Background

• Yu JO
• Kim MS

• KMID: 2173816
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2015.26.3.190

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aimed to compare health risk behaviors among adolescents according to whether or not the parents were born in South Korea.
METHODS
From the database of the ninth Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBS), the researchers classify adolescents into four groups: those whose parents were both native Korean, those whose mother only was a native Korean, those whose father only was a native Korean, and those whose parents were both foreign-born. Data were analyzed using chi2-test and multiple logistic regression with the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program.
RESULTS
The adolescents with a foreign-born mother were less likely to smoke and drink alcohol than those with native Korean parents, but for other health risk behaviors the two groups were similar to each other. The adolescents with a foreign-born father were at a greater risk of drug use, intercourse, depression and violence at school than those with native Korean parents. The adolescents whose parents were born abroad were at a greater risk of smoking, drug use, intercourse, depression, suicidal ideation and violence at school than those with native Korean parents.
CONCLUSION
Health promotion approaches differentiated by the type of multi-cultural family are needed in order to improve multi-cultural adolescents' health.

Keyword

Health behavior; Adolescent; Immigrants; Cultural diversity

MeSH Terms

Adolescent*
Cultural Diversity
Depression
Emigrants and Immigrants
Fathers
Health Behavior
Health Promotion
Humans
Korea
Logistic Models
Mothers
Parents
Risk-Taking*
Smoke
Smoking
Suicidal Ideation
Violence
Smoke

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