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.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Epidemics, qualitative research, Health Behavior, Pandemics, health risk appraisal, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, pandemic, children, Health, Infection prevention, mother, Analysis, risk perceptions, individual, National, health institution, PROTECT, analyzed, identify, collected, changes in, adjust, with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 Behavior, experience, Perception, Focusing,