Pregnancy, Delivery and Cultural Integration of International Marriage Migrant Women

Objective: To assess understandings of international marriage migrant women (IMMW) about their own pregnancy and delivery after inbound to Korea.
Methods: A qualitative study with personal interview on the total 19 IMMW from the five southeast countries (Vietnam, China, Philippine, Indonesia, Cambodia) were performed. The data analyzed with phenominal analytic method.
Results: For the familial experiences, the instabilities during the migration and settle down described through the cultural gap instead of stereotyping. For the personal experiences, they expressed the difference of delivery habits as one of the cultural shock. And we understood the variety of the maternal health as malnutrition in pregnancy because of the gap of food stuffs, shortness of maternal education, and maladaptation of postpartum care methods. The identification with the pregnancy and delivery depended on the accept or reject, the position and voice in the family, self identification as 'wife' and 'mother', and assimilation Korean maternity.
Conclusion: For well adaptation of the IMMW to Korean society, role of the regional maternal health promotion center would be important.