This study was performed to develop the newborn parenting program for marriage immigrant primiparas and to identify the effects of this program on their parenting stress and mothers’ role confidence. The participants were thirty marriage immigrant primiparas (15 for intervention group and 15 for control group). The newborn parenting program was consisted of ‘good parenting for newborn’ and ‘infant massage’, which was done through providing information and demonstration using two booklets by 2 times visiting at hospital and home, and 4 times telephone counseling with parenting and infant massage (2 times/day). The data were analyzed with using x²-test, Fisher’s exact probability, and Wilcoxon rank sum test. The program significantly decreased parenting stress and improved mothers’role confidence of the marriage immigrant primiparas in the intervention group compared to the control group. These results indicate that the newborn parenting program is a family nursing intervention which has affirmative effects on the parenting stress and mothers’ role confidence of marriage immigrant primiparas for parenting their child and adjusting their marriage in Korea.

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