Yung-Mei Yang
Kaohsiung Medical University School of Nursing, Taiwan
Title: Health concerns of intimacy partner violence (IPV) among transnational marriage immigrant women in Taiwan: A thematic analysis.
Biography
Biography: Yung-Mei Yang
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Public health professionals are increasingly concerned about the migration of transnational marriages across Asia. These group of families not only complicated health issues but also highly vulnerable to domestic violence for the immigrant women’s families. This purpose of this study is to explore the health concerns among domestic violence of Southeast Asian immigrant women in Taiwan.
Methods: Qualitative in-depth interview and semi-structured interview index were used for data collection. The convenient sampling and snow ball technique were used to recruit the participants. 38 transnational marriage women’s families with DV experienced were invited in this study. The thematic analysis was used to analyze the categories and themes of domestic violence health experience among battered Southeast Asian immigrant women’s family in Taiwan.
Results: 30 abused participants were completed the interview (22 Vietnamese and 8 Indonesian). Participants ranged in age from 20 to 39 years, with a mean age of 27.4 years (SD = 4.6). The levels of education for the majority of participants were elementary school and junior high school. The women’s length of residency in Taiwan ranged from 6 months to 10 years, with a mean number of 4.3 years (SD = 2.6). Five outcome themes of this study include: 1. Frequent psychosomatic complains, 2. Codependence relationships with family members, 3. Lack of efforts to seek help, 4. Isolate social networks, and 5. Acculturative stress.
Conclusions and Implications: The result of the study will contribute to develop appropriate health policy for immigrant women’s health and well-being .