Effects of an educational program on knowledge and efficacy of Self-Care during pregnancy among marriage immigrant women in South Korea Jeon Misoon* Professor, Dept. of Nursing, Baekseok University, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea *Corresponding Author: Misoon Jeon Professor, Dept. of Nursing, Baekseok University, Korea Email: jms@bu.ac.kr
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract This study was conducted to analyze the effectiveness of the educational program on the knowledge and efficacy of self-care during pregnancy. This quasi-experimental design, conducted a pre-test and post-test was used. The subjects of this study recruited 45 mothers for convenience sampling in Multicultural Family Support Center of D and C city. The study began April, 2017. Data were collected from 45 participants, 43 data were analyzed except two unfaithful data. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. The result showed that the knowledge and efficacy of self-care during pregnancy was statistically significant before and after education. The knowledge level of self-care was 2.74 before education and 3.04 after education (t=-2.799, p=.008). The self-efficacy of self-care improved from 2.79 before education to 3.08 after education (t=-5.375, p<.001). And there was positive correlation of the knowledge and efficacy of self-care during pregnancy (r=.798, p<.001). This means that higher the level of the knowledge of self-care during pregnancy increase to more the level of the efficacy of self-care. Practical education programs for self-care during pregnancy should be developed and applied to married immigrant women. Top Keywords Educational program, knowledge, efficacy, self-care, marriage immigrant women. Top |