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Life-Changing Experiences of Mothers with School-Age Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on Their Health Risk Perceptions and Health-Related Behaviors

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  • Hye Jin Yoo

    (College of Nursing, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea)

  • JaeLan Shim

    (Department of Nursing, Dongguk University, Gyeongju 380660, Korea)

  • Namhee Kim

    (College of Nursing, Brain Korea 21 FOUR Project, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea)

Abstract

This study aimed to explore health risk perceptions, changes in health-related behaviors, and life experiences of mothers with school-age children during the early coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Data were collected between 16 July and 10 September 2020, by individual interviews and analyzed through qualitative content analysis. After the twelve participants’ experiences were analyzed, four themes and ten sub-themes were derived. The four themes were: “Struggling to identify the substance of COVID-19,” “Taking the initiative to protect the health of the family,” “Frustrated by the brutal reality of no end in sight,” and “Trying to adjust wisely to an inevitable new lifestyle.” The findings suggest that while the world remains in an ongoing battle with COVID-19, national health institutions should prepare a health education system for specific infection prevention methods that can be practiced by individuals in daily life.

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  • Hye Jin Yoo & JaeLan Shim & Namhee Kim, 2021. "Life-Changing Experiences of Mothers with School-Age Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on Their Health Risk Perceptions and Health-Related Behaviors," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-13, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:9:p:4523-:d:542603
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    1. Won-Tae Cha & Hye-Jin Joo & Yu-Shin Park & Eun-Cheol Park & Soo-Young Kim, 2022. "Depression before and during-COVID-19 by Gender in the Korean Population," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(6), pages 1-12, March.
    2. Ekaterina A. Shashina & Valentina V. Makarova & Denis V. Shcherbakov & Tatiana S. Isiutina-Fedotkova & Nadezhda N. Zabroda & Nina A. Ermakova & Anton Yu. Skopin & Oleg V. Mitrokhin, 2021. "Use of Respiratory Protection Devices by Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-12, May.

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