本文へジャンプ

No limitations on the science of nursing

    At my laboratory, nursing is practiced as an unlimited science. We strive for well-being at all levels, attending to families and children at every segment of growth and development, building on the core theme of therapeutic family support based on scientific evidence. Studies are not limited only to Japan, but also undertaken in Los Angeles and Hong Kong, through surveys utilizing questionnaire forms and direct interviews, as well as physiological and microbiological experiments, with the aim of developing the family assessment models and family intervention models needed to support the family.
    Child health care nursing is expanding from hospital facilities to outpatient and homes in Japan, a more comprehensive understanding is being obtained of the health needs of children and their families, and research is being conducted on what is useful for necessary child health care nursing. Furthermore, reproducible test measurements are taken to explain the children's physical functions, and research is conducted to form the evidence.
    Specifically, I am pursuing research of the themes below, which may be based on the key words of family functioning studies, family symptomatology, child health care nursing studies, preventative nursing studies, experimental nursing studies and so on.

1. Research related to qualitative and quantitative assessments of family functioning

    Transcultural research and ethnography related to family functioning in Japan, the U.S. and Hong Kong, and other activities

2. Research related to development of family assessment and intervention models

    Development of "The Concentric Sphere Family Environment Model" (CSFEM) and "The Family Environment Intervention Model" (FEIM), and other activities

3. Research into resources supporting children and families

    The roles and issues related to family support houses (family houses) in Japan and abroad, and other activities

4. Research into childhood obesity

    Proper assessments of obesity based on measurement tests of cardiovascular performance, and other activities

5. Research into and preventative measures related to healthcare-associated infection, a fundamental issue of nursing

    Cross infection at pediatric outpatient facilities utilizing bacteriological testing methods, and other activities

6. Research into providing people with stress relief through Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

    Music therapy for expectant mothers, forest therapy for children, and other activities

Adjust font size
Medium text size
Large text size