title: Health concept and health promotion process among Korean migrant women.
abstract: My purpose in this study was to explore the concepts of health and the health promotion process among Korean women who migrated to North America for their children's education. Interviews and surveys were analyzed using a grounded theory analysis and descriptive statistics. Women in this study established their health concept and health promotion process in accordance to their socially constructed mother role. The women established unique meanings of health and developed an altruistic motivation to be healthy that allowed them to actively pursue health promotion despite their traditional care provider roles.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nursing Science, College of Health Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea. chiyoung@ewha.ac.kr
authors.forename: Chiyoung
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D002170:Canada; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D036301:Qualitative Research; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States