Open AccessKorean Immigrant Women'sTaekyoPractices in the United States as a Traditional Prenatal Self-care
Author(s) -
Kyoung-Eun Lee
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
korean journal of women health nursing/yeoseong geon'gang ganho hag'hoeji/yeoseong geon-gang ganho hakoeji
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2093-7695
pISSN - 1225-9543
DOI - 10.4069/kjwhn.2015.21.3.241
Subject(s) - immigration , ethnography , exploratory research , context (archaeology) , qualitative research , sociocultural evolution , gender studies , prenatal care , psychology , medicine , nursing , sociology , political science , social science , population , anthropology , geography , environmental health , archaeology , law
The purpose of this study was to explore preserved belief system supporting Korean immigrant women's Taekyo practices and influencing factors while they observe the tradition within US sociocultural context.