title: Korean American mother and daughter communication on women's health topics.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore communication patterns about health behaviors and lifestyles between Korean mothers and daughters living in the United States. Demographic and general health information was also collected. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine Korean mother and daughter dyads. Korean mothers talked with their daughters about healthy diets and exercise but relied on daughters' schools to provide much of their daughters'health education information related to growth and developmental changes and women's health issues such as screening and HIV prevention practice. Intervention models to enhance mother/daughter health communication and to improve mothers' self care need to be investigated.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, College of Health and Human Sciences, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 3995, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3995, USA. wansoop@gsu.edu
authors.forename: Wansoo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Cecelia Gatson
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Grindel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000208:ethnology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D008019:Life Style / Q000208:ethnology; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000208:ethnology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*