개인적/사회적 맥락에서의 소수 집단의 건강행태에 대한 이론적 고찰: 미국 거주 한인여성들의 유방암 검사 실천 사례를 중심으로 = A Theoretical Review on Minorities` Health Behavior in Individual and Social Contexts: Focusing on the Case of Korean American Women`s Mammogram Practice

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this article was to review the current research theories and perspectives on minorities`health behavior such as mammogram practice and discuss the relationships between social and individual components for that behavior through the case of the breast cancer screening among Korean American women (KAW) theoretically. Previous research studies on the issues of mammogram practice among minorities including KAW heavily rely on individual aspects such as the Health Belief Model (HBM), which limits diverse approaches on them. Hence, in this manuscript, the theoretical frame works on health behavior for mammograms of previous research studies, based on HBM mainly were reviewed and their limitations were discussed. At the same time, there was the effort to revise the theoretical frame work of HBM in the combination with social structural perspectives utilizing habitus, a concept of Pierre Bourdieu, to bridge the gap between both individual and social aspects. Especially, within the revised theoretical framework, the influence of social factors such as the information and service resource on individual`s behavior for mammogram practice is discussed. Furthermore, research with empirical data is suggested to verify the revised theoretical framework in practice fields of breast cancer screening for minority groups.