A focused ethnography of Burmese refugees' community in Japan to enhance their subjective health

Research Project

Project/Area Number	17H07030
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Community health nursing
Research Institution	University of Hyogo
Principal Investigator	Kazuko Takemura 兵庫県立大学, 看護学部, 助教 (30724736)
Project Period (FY)	2017-08-25 – 2019-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000) Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords	難民 / 在日ビルマ難民 / 難民コミュニティ / 主観的健康 / コミュニティ / ビルマ難民 / エスノグラフィ / 看護学
Outline of Final Research Achievements	To identify the characteristics of Burmese refugees’ community in Japan to enhance their subjective health, I regularly participated and observed the Burmese refugees’ community meetings in Japan. I conducted informal interviews on participants during their meetings. Besides I conducted semi-structured interviews on four Burmese refugees and a Japanese who was participating in the community. The analysis was based on ethnographic methods. Four themes were derived from the results.
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本研究の学術的意義は、在日ビルマ難民の生活と健康の実態と、在日ビルマ難民の主観的健康を高めうる難民コミュニティの特性を看護学の立場から明らかにしたことである。看護学研究においては、まだ難民を対象にした研究はごくわずかであり、本研究結果は、今後の難民に対する看護学研究の発展に寄与するものと考える。社会的意義は、難民という困難な状況にある人々への理解を進める一助となり得、看護職の実践に示唆を与える知見を得られたことである。