| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立陽明大學 === 臨床暨社區護理研究所 === 97 === Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between acculturation and health-promoting lifestyle (HPL) among Vietnamese new-immigrant women. This study applied the cross-sectional study design. The data was obtained by convenient sample. The subjects were 102 Vietnamese new-immigrant women from Tamsui.
The results of this study were as follows： (1) Average age of the subjects was 28.8 years old. Most subjects were in the age group of 21~30 (66.7%). The average residence time in Taiwan was 6.15 years. Most subjects indicated that their educational background was junior high school graduated (50.0%). (2) The mean score of health-promoting lifestyle (HPL) was 112.28 showing a medium level. Among six dimensions of HPL, “ Self-actualization ” was the best one, whereas “ Health responsibility ” and “ Exercise ” were the worst ones. (3) The mean score of Acculturation was 2.99 showing a medium level. Among five dimensions of Acculturation, “ Daily activity ” was the best one, whereas “ Language usage “ and “ Ethnic identity ” were the worse ones. (4) The significant predictor of the health-promoting lifestyle of subjects was “ Language usage ”; the better language usage of subjects, the better health-promoting behavior have. Stepwise regression analysis revealed that the ability to read and write Chinese could explain 10.6% of the total variance of HPL among Vietnamese new-immigrant women in Tamsui.
According to results of this study, Government should help those Vietnamese new-immigrant women in thier language adaptation by initiating health projects or mobilize community resourses and organizations to work on it in order to improve their health promoting lifestyles.
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