Family planning program advisors should recognize that intervention programs for the promotion of consistent contraceptive behavior should focus on the sexual communication, perceived contraceptive control, and sexual autonomy.

Purpose:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the physical growth and developmental status of infants and children of married immigrant women. Methods: The participants were 92 infants and children aged from birth to 6 yr whose mothers were married immigrant women living in one rural area. Physical growth and developmental status were evaluated by using anthropometric assessment, and Korean Denver II developmental screening test. Results: Of the participants, 10.8% were below the 3rd percentile for weight, 13.0% for length, 5.4% for head circumference, and from 69.6% to 79.3% were distributed below the 50th percentile on growth charts. Further, 18.5% were classified as having questionable development. Factors related to low physical growth in infants and children were mother's weight and mother's level in Korean language classes. Conclusion: The physical growth and developmental status of children is vulnerable and serious. The study results suggest a need for regular growth and developmental evaluations. Political support is important for these mothers. In addition, there also is a need to develop early intervention strategies to promote growth and development of the infants and children of these married immigrant women.

De p a r t me n to fNu r s i n g ,Ha n n a m Un i v e r s i t y요 약 간호학전공 대학생들과 타전공 대학생들의 다문화에 대한 태도를 비교하고, 관련된 요인을 파악하고자 시도되었으며 서술적 비교연구로 설계되었다. 자료수집은 D 시의 3 개의 대학교에서 2 0 1 2 년 1 1 -1 2 월에 수집되었으며, 연구참여에 동의한 3 0 9 명의 간호대학생들과 1 9 5 명의 타전공 대학생들이 참여하였다. Mu n r o e 의 도구를 강혜정이 한국형으로 수정보완 한 Th e Ko r e a nv e r s i o nMu n r o eMu l t i c u l t u r a l At t i t u d eS c a l eQu e s t i o n n a i r e ( MAS QUE ) 가 사용되었다. 도구의 신뢰도는 . AbstractThe study was to investigate the multicultural attitude of nursing students and non-nursing major students.And it was explored influencing factors related with it. This study was used a descriptive comparative designed. Data were collected 3 universities in D city in from Nov. to Dec. in 2012. After receiving the agreement, 309 nursing students and 195 non-nursing major students were recruited. They were asked to fill in a self-reported questionnaire about multicultural attitude. The Korean version Munroe Multicultural Attitude Scale Questionnaire (MASQUE) was used. Cronbach's alpha were .85. Data were analyzed by SPSS 18.0. The mean score of multicultural attitude was 4.44 of 6 points(73%) in all participants. Nursing students' multicultural attitudes scores were equal to other college students'. The factors related to multicultural attitude were the experiences of having foreigner friends, going abroad, attending multicultural events, and contacting multicultural contents. The students who have cared foreign patients were not higher than others in nursing students group(t=.30, p=.76). For nursing students contacting foreigners in clinical practice, it doesn't make a differnce in multicultural attitude. The culturally empowering programs were needed for nursing students to improve multicultural attitudes.

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