An Exploratory Study of the Public Health Nurses， Implementation of Family Planning for Foreign Brides in Miaoli County

• Main Authors: Lea-Juan Sun, 孫麗娟
• Other Authors: Ching-Min Chen, RN, DNS, Associate Professor
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94683884874806229747

碩士 === 臺北醫學大學 === 護理學系 === 92 === Summarize the important research results as below. Public health nurses， Perceived the most difficulties in implemention the family planning for foreign brides in order were “Due to the language barrier, foreign brides can，t benefit from education”, “Implementing the policy in proper pregnancy interval was difficult due to Foreign brides，opposition”. The public health nurses get the highest score on National Health Insurance and the lowest score on Genetic Health in their knowledge related to family planning policies. During implementing the family planning for foreign brides, public health nurses have emphasized more heavily on contraceptive methods and neglecting immigration, and domestic violence prevention. The effectiveness of family planning (cases，contraceptive rate, time in case management and amounts of teaching recorded in family planning card) were better in public health nurses who were employed by the Bureau of Health Promotion and they were usually older and less educated. The public health nurses who perceived more difficulty in managing foreign brides performed less visits and teaching. There are no statistically significant findings between the effectiveness of family planning and policy knowledge and perceived difficulty. Results of this study provide the new knowledge for public health，s implementation of family planning for foreign brides. A lot of public health nurses perceived the difficulty in implementating family planning for foreign brides. Recommendations were made to modify the items in family planning card and to enforce the law regulation of genetic health for those with need. In addition, school education regarding family planning in general was strongly recommended to enhance the population quality for our nation.