Korean J Women Health Nurs.  2017 Mar;23(1):1-10. 10.4069/kjwhn.2017.23.1.1.

Effects of Birth Control Empowerment Program for Married Immigrant Vietnamese Women in South Korea

• Kim J
• Kim NC

• KMID: 2449860
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2017.23.1.1

Abstract

PURPOSE
Aims of the researchers were to develop an birth control empowerment program (BCEP) designed to help married immigrant women in Korea to plan their pregnancies.
METHODS
This study was as a randomized controlled trial to verify the effects of the BCEP. The BCEP was developed based on Falk-Rafael (2001)'s Empowerment caring model. The program was offered once a week, for 90 minutes per session, for a total of 10 weeks. The BCEP incorporated group instruction, group discussion, and counseling. The eligible participants were randomly assigned to either experimental group (n=23) or control group (n=23).
RESULTS
Participants in the intervention group had significantly better outcomes in contraceptive knowledge (p<.001), contraceptive self-efficacy (p=.014), perceived contraceptive control (p<.001), sex-related spousal communication (p<.001), and sexual autonomy (p=.009).
CONCLUSION
The BCEP was effective intervention method, which can promote family planning practices among married immigrant women.

Keyword

Contraception; Women; Immigrants

MeSH Terms

Asian Continental Ancestry Group*
Contraception*
Counseling
Emigrants and Immigrants*
Family Planning Services
Female
Humans
Korea*
Methods
Parturition*
Power (Psychology)*
Pregnancy

Figure

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  Figure 1. The flow diagram of the study sample.

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  Figure 2. Theoretical framework of this study based on the empowerment caring model.

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