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

Kim, Jihyun; Kim, Nam Cho

doi:2017.23.1.1

Korean J Women Health Nurs > Volume 23(1); 2017 > Article

Randomized Controlled Trial

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2017;23(1):1-10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2017.23.1.1 Published online March 27, 2017.

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

Jihyun Kim, Nam Cho Kim

¹Department of Nursing, Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea.
²College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. jheyeline@hanmail.net

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.

Key Words: Contraception; Women; Immigrants