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Cervical Cancer Screening in Korean American Women: Findings from Focus Group Interviews
Hooja Kim, Kyung Ja Lee, Sun Ock Lee, Sungjae Kim
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2004;34(4):617-624.   Published online March 28, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2004.34.4.617
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Purpose

Korean American women have twice the rate of cervical cancer than white women and demonstrate low rates in participation in cervical cancer screening. This study was to describe the perceptions about cervical cancer and factors related to cervical cancer screening among Korean American women.

Method

Focus group methods.

Results

Five themes emerged. First, knowledge about cervical cancer; misconceptions about cervical cancer, its causes, reproductive anatomy and the treatment Second, perceived meanings of having cervical cancer; most of the women felt that cervical cancer represented a loss of femininity and existential value of womanhood. Third, knowledge about cervical cancer screening ; regular medical check-ups were necessary for early detection and prevention of cervical cancer. Forth, experiences and perceived meanings of cervical cancer screening; the participants expressed their feelings; embarrassment, fear, shame and shyness. Fifth, practices of cervical cancer screening; various intervals in participating in cervical cancer screening. But they mentioned several deterrents, language, insurance, time constraint, embarrassment, fear of the screening results, misbelief about susceptibility, lack of health prevention behavior, and lack of information written in Korean.

Conclusion

Results emphasize the critical need for culturally appropriate health education to encourage participation of Korean American women in cervical cancer screening.

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  • Interventions for cancer screening among Chinese Americans: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    Fang Lei, Ying Zheng, Eunice Lee, Hyunseok Kang
    PLOS ONE.2022; 17(3): e0265201.     CrossRef
  • Predictors of Cervical Cancer Screening Awareness and Literacy Among Korean-American Women
    Y. Joon Choi, Hee Yun Lee, Soonok An, Young Ji Yoon, Jennifer Oh
    Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.2020; 7(1): 1.     CrossRef
  • Racial Disparities in Cervical Cancer Screening: Implications for Relieving Cervical Cancer Burden in Asian American Pacific Islander Women
    Hee Yun Lee, Raiza Beltran, Nam Keol Kim, Do Kyung Lee
    Cancer Nursing.2019; 42(6): 458.     CrossRef
  • Predicting Behavioral Intentions Related to Cervical Cancer Screening Using a Three-Level Model for the TPB and SCT in Nanjing, China
    Jianxin Zhang, Zimo Sha, Yuzhou Gu, Yanzhang Li, Qinlan Yang, Yuxuan Zhu, Yuan He
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2019; 16(19): 3575.     CrossRef
  • Development and Evaluation of Culturally and Linguistically Tailored Mobile App to Promote Breast Cancer Screening
    Hee Yun Lee, Mi Hwa Lee, Zan Gao, Karim Sadak
    Journal of Clinical Medicine.2018; 7(8): 181.     CrossRef
  • Addressing multilevel barriers to cervical cancer screening in Korean American women: A randomized trial of a community‐based intervention
    Carolyn Y. Fang, Grace X. Ma, Elizabeth A. Handorf, Ziding Feng, Yin Tan, Joanne Rhee, Suzanne M. Miller, Charles Kim, Han Seung Koh
    Cancer.2017; 123(6): 1018.     CrossRef
  • Gauging the Relativistic Particle Model on the Noncommutative Plane
    Majid Monemzadeh, Mehdi Dehghani, Salman Abarghouei Nejad
    International Journal of Theoretical Physics.2017; 56(6): 1793.     CrossRef
  • Barriers and Facilitating Factors Perceived in Turkish Women's Behaviors Towards Early Cervical Cancer Detection: A Qualitative Approach
    Fatma Ersin, Zuhal Bahar
    Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention.2013; 14(9): 4977.     CrossRef
  • Korean Americans' Beliefs about Colorectal Cancer Screening
    Shin-Young Lee, Eunice E. Lee
    Asian Nursing Research.2013; 7(2): 45.     CrossRef
  • Age-Related Differences in Health Beliefs Regarding Cervical Cancer Screening Among Korean American Women
    Eunice E. Lee, Young Eun, Shin-Young Lee, Karabi Nandy
    Journal of Transcultural Nursing.2012; 23(3): 237.     CrossRef
  • Psychometric Evaluation of Uterine Cervical Cancer Screening Embarrassment Questionnaire among Korean Women: Complementary Use of Rasch Model
    Eun-Jung Cho, Bok-Yae Chung, Kwan Lee, Nathan S. Consedine, Won-Kee Lee
    Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing.2011; 17(5): 463.     CrossRef
  • Korean American Women's Beliefs About Breast and Cervical Cancer and Associated Symbolic Meanings
    Eunice E. Lee, Toni Tripp-Reimer, Arlene M. Miller, Georgia R. Sadler, Shin-Young Lee
    Oncology Nursing Forum.2007; 34(3): 713.     CrossRef
  • A Multifaceted Intervention to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening among Underserved Korean Women
    Carolyn Y. Fang, Grace X. Ma, Yin Tan, Nungja Chi
    Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.2007; 16(6): 1298.     CrossRef
  • Context of barriers to Pap testing in Korean women
    SoMi Park, SoonBok Chang, ChaeWeon Chung
    Applied Nursing Research.2006; 19(4): 177.     CrossRef
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Search for the Meaning of Social Support in Korean Society
Ka Sil Oh, J Storey Margaret, Sun Ock Lee, Jeong Ah Kim, Chu Ja Jeong, Kyung Ok Oh, Hee Soon Kim
Journal of Nurses Academic Society 1994;24(2):264-277.   Published online March 31, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jnas.1994.24.2.264
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In Korea the concept of social support was first used as a research concept in nursing and has not had much application in the clinical field. Another problem is that research on social support has used a direct translation of the words "social support" into Korean as "sawhejukjiji". Three questions were posed to direct the research. 1) Is there a concept of social support in Korean society? 2) if so, what words or expressions are used to describe it? 3) further, if so, how is social support structured and how does it function? In order to answer the research questions a three-step research methodology was used: The first step consisted of a literature review on research related to social support and on information on the background of, and the way of thinking related to interpersonal relations among Korean people. The second step, which was done to identify whether there is a concept of social support in korean society, involved interviewing a sample of the population. The third step involved a panel discussion that included the members of the research team and three consultants, a sociologist, a philosopher and a scholor in korean literature. A review of the literature on interpersonal relationships in traditional korean society identified a four cirole structure that explains interpersonal relationships. The first circle with "me" at the center is the family but here "me" disappears into the "we" that is essential for a cooperative agricultural society. In the second circle are those close to "me" but outside the family. The third circle includes those with whom "I" have infrequent but regular contact and with whom correct conduct is important. The last circle is all the people with whom "I" have nothing in common. They are excluded in interpersonal relationships. The literature on interpersonal relationships showed that within the traditional Korean society people lived in villages where most people were very familiar with each other. "Yun", the social network established the connection and "Jung", the feeling of affection increased with time as the connection was strengthened. In the traditional village psychological support was provided through "Mallaniki", "Pumashi" and "Kae" with the latter two also providing material support. In modern Korea there are more informal and formal social networks, like social services and community activities on the formal level and cultural and leisure groups along with "kae's on the informal level. But even with this modern variety of groups, most social support comes from informal networks that resemble the traditional "Pumashi", "Kai" and "Mallaniki". The six member research team interviewed 65 people in ordsr to identify whether there is a concept of social support and then analysed their responses. There were 20 different words describing the reception of the social support and these could be grouped into seven major categories: virtuous, fortunate, helped, supported, blessed, attached(re-ceiving affection) and receiving (grace) benevolence, there were 27 words describing the act of social support which could be categorized into seven major categories: love, looking after, affection(at-tachment), kindness (goodness), faith, psychological help and material help, for the meaning of social support translated as "sawhe juk jiji" there were a total of 14 different answers which could be categorized into 3 major categories: help, agreement, and faith. In third step, the results of the literature review and the answers to the questions were discussed in a pannel. The results of the discussion led to the following definition of social support in Korea which is shaped like a the four sided pyramid on a base. Social support is the apex of the pyramid and four sides are made up of: "do-oom"(both emotional and material help), "jung"(connectedness, or relationship bound by affection, regard or shared common experience), "midum"(faith or belief in), "eunhae" (kindness or benevolence). The research team identified "Yun"(the basic network of relationships) as the base of the pyramid and as such the foundation for the components of social support in Korean culture. On "Yun" rest the other four components of social support: "Jung", "Midum", "Do-oom", and "Eunhae", For social support to take place there must be "Yun". This is an important factor in social support. In private social network "Jung" is an essential facotr in social support. But not in the public social network. "Yun" is a condition for "Jung" and "Jung" is the manifestation of support.

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  • The contribution of physical and social activity participation to social support and happiness among people with physical disabilities
    Junhyoung Kim, Jaehyun Kim, Yongseop Kim, Areum Han, Minh Cong Nguyen
    Disability and Health Journal.2021; 14(1): 100974.     CrossRef
  • The Association between Social Contacts and Depressive Symptoms among Elderly Koreans
    Jieun Yang, Eun-Cheol Park, Sang Ah Lee, Joo Eun Lee, Dong-Woo Choi, Wonjeong Chae, Sung-In Jang
    Psychiatry Investigation.2018; 15(9): 861.     CrossRef
  • The Effect of a Social Support Program on Family Caregivers' Role Strain in Elderly Long-term Home Care
    Mei Hae Oh, Kyung Min Park
    Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2014; 25(2): 137.     CrossRef
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Sensitivity and validity Test of Pain Rating Scale Using Pain Behavior of Adult Patients with chronic pain
Eun Ok Lee, Sun Ock Lee, Nan Young Lim, Soon Hee Choi, Dal Sook Kim, Soon Ja Kim, Yoon Bok Hahn, Joo Hee Kim, Kwang Joo Kim, Jum Hee Park
Journal of Nurses Academic Society 1992;22(1):5-16.   Published online March 31, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jnas.1992.22.1.5
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The Purposes of this study were : 1) to evaluate validity of a pain rating scale using the level of correlation between the Korean Pain Rating Scale(KPRS), Short-From KPRS(SKPRS) and the Graphic Rating Scale(GRS). 2) to identify sensitivity of the scale using pain behavior of patients with chronic pain Of the 2025 patients with chronic pain who visited the orthopedic and neurosurgical out-patients departments of 11 university hospital in various districts of Korea, 520 subjects wee selected through convenient sampling and responded to the questionnaires by mail. The results of the study can be summarized as follows ; 1. The mean pain score measured by the KPRS was 444.85 : the mean sensory score was 209.47, the mean affective score, 147.63 and the mean miscellaneus score. 87.85. The mean pain score measured by the GRS was 20.11 : the mean sensory intensity score, 10.54. and the mean distress score, 9.57. 2. The average number of hours of rest during the day was 3.3, the average score of discomfort in carrying out ADL was 99, the average frequency of pain relieving practices was 3.0 the average number of pain sites was 3.6. 3. The most sensitive scale to differentiate each group was the GRS, the KPRS and SKPRS were less sensitive than the GRS. 4. The intercorrelation between the KPRS total score and the GRS score(.500) as well as that of the SKPRS score were highly correlated(.652), but intercorrelation between the SKPRS score and the GRS score(.172) was not high. Based on the above results, it was found that the SKPRS must be studied further to obtain validity.

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    Sooyong Lee, Yusik Choi
    Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science.2023; 12(3): 268.     CrossRef
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