北部地區新移民婦女健康促進行為之探討

Health Promoting Behaviors Among the New Immigrant Women in Northern Taiwan

隨著全球經濟狀態及台灣社會人口結構的改變，移民已成為一種臺灣社會常見的現象；然而移民者在面對環境和生活方式的改變，所造成的壓力及健康問題，是值得我們加以關注的議題。本研究主要目的是針對20～40歲居住在北部地區，目前無懷孕或產後六個月之後的新移民婦女為對象，探討新移民婦女的健康促進行為。研究方法採描述性問卷調查法，研究工具包括個人基本資料和成人健康促進行為量表，內容包含營養、運動、及壓力處理等六個健康行為構面。資料分析包括描述性和推論性的統計。研究結果顯示：1.新移民婦女中54.3％未曾做過子宮頸抹片檢查；2.在40項健康促進行為中，有九項健康行為平均值低於1分，其中又以運動和健康責任行為執行較缺乏；3.印尼籍婦女在總得分及其他次量表之行為得分高於其他國籍之婦女，且多項達統計差異，大陸籍婦女居中；相較於前述國籍，越南籍婦女之得分明顯偏低。本研究結果將可以提供健康照護人員，在設計新移民婦女健康促進活動時的重要參考依據。

Immigration has been a common phenomenon in Taiwan with the transition of global economic environment and population constitution in Taiwan. The purpose of this study was to examine the health promoting behaviors among the new immigrant women when facing different environments and life styles. Eighty-one 20-40 years old new immigrant women from northern Taiwan who were currently not pregnant or not within six month of postpartum were selected Research instruments collected personal information and measurements of adult health promoting behaviors, including six dimensions on health behaviors, nutrition status, exercise, stress management, and so on. The results showed that 54.3% for new immigrant women have never taken examination of pap smear. Moreover, on average, they scored ess than 1 in nine out of forty health promoting behavior items, especially in exercise and health responsibility behaviors. Indonesian women had higher overall as well as most individual scores than women from other countries. Women from China had medium scores while women from Vietnam scored the least among all. Results of this study provide health-care providers with references to design better health promoting activities among new immigrant women.