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Educational Program to Improve Genetic Literacy Among Adult Japanese Women

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K20809
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Lifelong developmental nursing
Research InstitutionHyogo University of Health Sciences

Principal Investigator

Katada Chihiro  兵庫医療大学, 看護学部, 講師 (10708556)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Keywords遺伝リテラシー / 女性 / 意思決定 / 遺伝学的検査 / リプロダクティブヘルス / 葛藤 / 自律性 / 大学生 / 遺伝教育 / 遺伝学 / 看護 / 教育
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to evaluate an educational program to improve genetic literacy regarding reproductive health among Japanese women.
We developed an educational program including some games to learn genetic knowledge, lectures about genetic testing, and discussions on how to make a difficult choice. We conducted workshops on this program for undergraduate female students. They answered questions concerning genetic knowledge and decisional conflict. They answered three times: before, immediately after, and three months after the intervention. Data were analyzed by repeated ANOVA. This study was approved by the ethical committee of Hyogo University of Health Sciences.
Of 88 participants, 73 (83.0%) completed the questionnaires and were analyzed. Main outcome immediately after and three months after intervention were significantly higher/lower than before intervention (p < 0.01). Thus, this program was thought to improve genetic literacy.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

遺伝学的検査は、生涯不変の遺伝情報が明らかになるうえ、結果の解釈の難しいことから、遺伝カウンセリングなどの医療者の支援が不可欠である。その一方で、自宅で受検できる簡便な遺伝学的検査や侵襲の少ない出生前検査を医療機関以外で受検する女性の増加が報告されており、女性が受検について意思決定できる能力の必要性が高まっている。しかし、日本人女性の遺伝学的知識の不足が報告されており、安易な受検後に苦悩する女性の増加が懸念される。
したがって、女性が遺伝学や遺伝学的検査について正しく理解し、熟考のうえで遺伝学的検査受検について意思決定できる力を高めることで、安易な受検によって苦悩する女性の減少につながりうる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2019 2018

All Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Presentation] Educational Program to Improve Genetic Literacy Among Young Adult Japanese Women2019

    • Author(s)
      Chihiro Katada, Kazutomo Ohashi, Kimie Okada, Akiko Nishimura
    • Organizer
      22nd East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Educational Program to Improve Genetic Literacy and Autonomous Decisions Educational Program to Improve Genetic Literacy and Autonomous Decisions Regarding Reproductive Health Among Young Adult Japanese Women2019

    • Author(s)
      Chihiro KATADA, Kazutomo OHASHI, Kimie OKADA, Akiko NISHIMURA.
    • Organizer
      22nd East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (Singapore)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 成人女性を対象とした遺伝リテラシー教育プログラムの開発2018

    • Author(s)
      片田千尋、大橋一友、岡田公江、西村明子.
    • Organizer
      日本遺伝看護学会第17回学術大会 (長崎市)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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