title: Social support, stress, and practice of prenatal care in married immigrant women in Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to identify the correlations among social support, stress, and practice of prenatal care and elucidate the predictors affecting the practice of prenatal care in married immigrant women in Korea.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study employed a descriptive correlational
  
  
  METHODS
  Social support and prenatal-care practice were positively correlated, and stress was negatively correlated with both prenatal-care practice and social support. The practice of prenatal care in married immigrant women was most influenced by social support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As such, there is a need for nursing intervention that fosters social support for pregnant immigrant women. Concerted efforts are also required to reduce their stressors. This study could form the basis for developing childbirth management programs for pregnant women who have immigrated to Korea in order to marry.
authors.affiliation: Gyeong-Sang Hospital, Chinju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yeon A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: So Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Eunjung
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ryu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000208:ethnology; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology*