The trends on research articles related to health promotion policy in South Korea

Lee, Ju Yul; Lee, Don Hyung; Lee, Su Jin; Cho, Insung; Kim, Su Young

doi:10.14367/kjhep.2021.38.4.53

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“…The literature indicated that the nationalities of this study’s participants varied, with Chinese (including Korean-Chinese) nationalities occurring the most. Similarly, a study on the health of foreign migrants [ 26 ] and foreign workers [ 27 ] found that most of the participants had Chinese (including Korean-Chinese) nationalities. Furthermore, since April 2021 [ 28 ], most foreign workers were of Chinese nationality (including Korean-Chinese).…”

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“…Longer periods of residence in Korea reflected higher QoL because increased migration periods were associated with decreased stress of acculturation due to overcoming language difficulties and acculturation. The acculturation stress was affected by the level of Korean language and the length of stay, which affects mental health and lowers QoL [ 26 , 27 ]. Thus, the longer the period of residence in Korea, the lower the acculturation stress, which is considered an influencing factor on the HRQoL.…”

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Health-related quality of life of migrant workers: a systematic literature review

2023

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Background Currently, the number of migrant workers residing in Korea is continuously increasing, which is exacerbating the workforce shortage in its society. Migrant workers experience health problems or stress due to rapid environmental changes, consequently impairing their quality of life (QoL). Accordingly, this literature review aimed to prepare basic data by identifying factors related to the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of migrant workers in Korea. Method In total, the literature search used seven databases to find all documents corresponding to related subject words until June 7, 2022, including PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, Regional Information Sharing Systems, Korean Medical database, Science ON, and DataBase Periodical Information Academic. Furthermore, this study used the Cochrane Library and Google Scholar to manually search, to include comprehensive literature. Moreover, both English and Korean were used to search for the main terms. Results In total, nine articles were selected. The World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version tool was used in six studies to measure HRQoL. Factors affecting the HRQoL of domestic migrant workers included general characteristics such as monthly income and residence period, physical and psychological health-related characteristics such as health promotion behaviour, medical service satisfaction, and depression, and social factors such as social support and cultural adaptation stress. Social support was an important variable affecting the QoL. Particularly, increased social support improved health-related QoL. In addition, higher medical service satisfaction and lower cultural adaptation stress increased HRQoL. Conclusions Social factors such as social support and cultural adaptation stress affect the HRQoL of migrant workers. Therefore, the social integration program should be expanded to ensure that migrant workers can adapt to the domestic culture at an early stage. In addition, people require active support to improve the QoL in Korea through activities such as self-help groups to help them cope with stressful situations and experience positive emotions. Moreover, it is necessary to provide information on domestic medical services as well as support for medical information for self-health management to improve the quality of medical services for migrant workers.

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Health-related quality of life of migrant workers: a systematic literature review

2023

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Health and medical experience of migrant workers: qualitative meta-synthesis

Cho,

Kang,

Park

2024

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Background Migrant workers in Korea are contributing to economic development by resolving labour shortages due to the increase in the ageing population, and they have become necessary and important in the Korean economy. However, long working hours, poor working conditions, and cultural differences can cause migrant workers to experience disadvantages in using health and medical services. Therefore, this study aimed to understand and analyse the health and medical service experience of migrant workers in Korea by reviewing previous studies in order to improve their health and access to medical services. Method The qualitative meta-synthesis method suggested by Thomas and Harden was used. The key question for searching the literature is ‘What is the status of the use of health and medical service by migrant workers in Korea and the attributes that affect them?' Five electronic databases (RISS, KCI, KISS, Science ON, and KMbase) were searched for Korean literature published in academic journals until 6 November 2022 using a combination of “migrant worker or foreign worker or foreign labourer or migrant” and “medical or health” in Korean. Results A total of nine studies out of 1,006 were included in the review after methodological quality assessment using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP). The results of studies were synthesised into three themes and ten sub-themes: ‘Personal factors’ of personal health beliefs and the financial burden of healthcare costs; ‘Cultural factors’ of cultural differences in the lifestyle, cultural differences in the healthcare environment, and traditional medicine in the country; and ‘Socio-institutional factors’ of poor and difficult working environment, insufficient information about medical institutions, policies with a lack of practical applicability, systems of healthcare institutions, and healthcare services usage. Conclusions This study identified the experiences of migrant workers in using health and medical care services. The results of this study can be used as a basis for improving the health of migrant workers and access to healthcare services. Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to improve the health management ability of migrant workers by developing a health management platform that can support Korean medical information and provide professional and accurate self-health management information.

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Research trends in Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion from 1984 to 2021

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Kim²,

Song³

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The trends on research articles related to health promotion policy in South Korea

Cited by 3 publications

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Health-related quality of life of migrant workers: a systematic literature review

Health-related quality of life of migrant workers: a systematic literature review

Health and medical experience of migrant workers: qualitative meta-synthesis

Research trends in Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion from 1984 to 2021

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