We explored the relationship between acculturation and beliefs, attitudes, norms, and intention regarding oral contraceptive use among Korean immigrant women using acculturation and the theory of reasoned action (TRA) as the frameworks. A total of 1,494 Korean surname-based telephone numbers were sampled in New York City. One hundred forty-five Korean immigrant women completed a telephone survey. The findings support the assumption that acculturation affects intention to use oral contraceptives indirectly only through one or more of the TRA components. Acculturation could function as an antecedent to changes in beliefs, attitudes, norms, and intention in this population. Acculturation assessment tools could provide health professionals insight into how to better approach this population on such culturally sensitive health issues as contraceptive use. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health.

Korean immigrant women Theory of reasoned action oral contraceptives Acculturation

information processing Contraceptives, Oral South Korea educational status Republic of Korea oral contraceptive agent psychological aspect human middle aged statistics Marital Status ethnology marriage United States Young Adult Humans Adolescent Emigrants and Immigrants female Acculturation cultural factor Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Article adult migration New York City age Age Factors Analysis of Variance attitude to health Data Collection