Development of a participatory action-oriented training program for workplace environment improvement in human care work

• Project/Area Number: 23593197
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIKAWA Etsuko 東京有明医療大学, 看護学部, 講師 (00435554)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOSHIKAWA Toru 公益財団法人労働科学研究所, 研究部, 研究員 (50332218)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 参加型職場環境改善 / 人間工学 / 参加型アプローチ / PAOT / 看護師 / 職場環境改善 / 安全 / 看護学 / 看護業務改善 / アクション・リサーチ / 参加型

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was three-fold: (1) to discuss the requirements for practical action-oriented tools for improving workplace environment in human care work, (2) to develop practical “action tools” for improving workplace environment such as action check points, and (3) to develop participatory action-oriented program for improving nursing work-flow and workplace environment. An action checklist consisted of 30-item action phrase for examining human care work, with corresponding illustrations. We recognized the action toolkit and the participatory action-oriented program useful for facilitating the wide-ranging improvements. The simple procedures for serial group work steps facilitate the action-oriented process by both nurses and nurse managers as well as the consensus building on immediate improvements. This discussions in small groups also helped nurses improve communication among them. The action tools and program which we developed promote this simple procedures.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Utility of action checklists as a consensus building tool (2015)
  • Author(s): Kim YH, Yoshikawa E, Yoshikawa T, Kogi K, Jung MH
  • Journal Title: Industrial Health Volume: 53 Issue: 1 Pages: 85-94
  • DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2014-0041
  • NAID: 130004687754
  • ISSN: 0019-8366, 1880-8026
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 介護労働と腰痛予防 人間工学チェックポイントと介護職場における参加型職場環境改善 (2013)
  • Author(s): 吉川悦子
  • Journal Title: 労働の科学 Volume: 68(7) Pages: 398-401
• [Journal Article] 産業安全保健における参加型アプローチの概念分析 (2013)
  • Author(s): 吉川悦子
  • Journal Title: 産業衛生学雑誌 Volume: 55（2） Pages: 45-52
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 参加型アプローチによる職場環境改善活動の取り組み : 6原則と共通特徴に基づいたファシリテーターのためのトレーニング (2012)
  • Author(s): 吉川悦子
  • Journal Title: 産業看護 Volume: 4(6) Pages: 581-584
• [Journal Article] 参加型アプローチを用いた職場環境改善を支えるアクションチェックリストの特徴と活用可能性 (2012)
  • Author(s): 吉川悦子、吉川徹
  • Journal Title: 産業看護 Volume: 4（3） Pages: 172-278
• [Journal Article] 外国人労働者のための参加型アプローチによる職場環境改善 (2012)
  • Author(s): 吉川悦子、仲尾豊樹、毛利一平
  • Journal Title: 労働の科学 Volume: 67(4) Pages: 238-242
• [Journal Article] インシデント発生時における看護師間の情報共有・伝達の特徴-作業観察中に発生した一事例からの考察 (2011)
  • Author(s): 吉川悦子, 吉川徹, 武澤千尋, 水野有希, 松田文子, 山村昌代, 酒井一博, 三浦稚郁子, 村上保夫
  • Journal Title: 労働科学 Volume: 87巻2号 Pages: 56-68
  • NAID: 40018874405
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Development of Conceptual Framework for Workplace Dock (2015)
  • Author(s): E.Yoshikawa, T.Yoshikawa, Y.Takeuchi, C.Takezawa, Y. Sano, K.Kogi
  • Organizer: 31st International Congress on Occupational Health
  • Place of Presentation: ソウル（韓国）
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-03
• [Presentation] 参加型職場環境改善のファシリテータが効果的に活用できるツールの比較 (2014)
  • Author(s): 小木和孝，吉川徹，吉川悦子
  • Organizer: 第87回日本産業衛生学会
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山コンベンションセンター（岡山）
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-01
• [Presentation] Evaluation of the action checklist for preventing and controlling work-related violence in health care setting (2012)
  • Author(s): Etsuko Yoshikawa, Toru Yoshikawa, Kazutaka Kogi
  • Organizer: the 30th Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health
  • Place of Presentation: カンクン（メキシコ）
• [Presentation] Participatory Strategies to Improve Occupational Safety and Health (2011)
  • Author(s): Toru Yoshikawa, Ippei Mori, Etsuko Yoshikawa, Yukiko Iida, Kazutaka Kogi
  • Organizer: The XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
  • Place of Presentation: イスタンブール（トルコ）
• [Presentation] 産業安全保健分野におけるParticipatory approach：概念分析
  • Author(s): 吉川悦子
  • Organizer: 日本地域看護学会第15回学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
• [Presentation] 人のケア作業改善におけるアクションチェックリスト設計と応用
  • Author(s): 吉川悦子, 真家和生, 吉川徹, 小木和孝, 榎原毅, 城憲秀, 錦戸典子, 佐々木美奈子, 武澤千尋, 吉野正規, 長須美和子, 水野ルイス里美, 蓑田さゆり
  • Organizer: 第 47 回人類働態学会全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 埼玉