A Primary Prevention Training Model for the Unmet Needs of Newly Arrived Korean Immigrants

Summary

Primary prevention is defined as those efforts undertaken to prevent the development of psychosocial problems. These efforts include eliminating or modifying contributing risk factors that are amenable to intervention. This paper proposes a primary prevention as an approach to helping newly arrived Korean immigrants in the United States successfully adapt to their new environment It provides an overview of Korean immigrants in the United States and describes an ethnic church-based primary prevention training model. Culture learning, provision of information about community resources, and stress inoculation training are outlined as three components of the training model. Issues related to the implementation of the training model are discussed.