development of public health nurses' care methods for supporting the person with mentally ill who was a target of the neighbors' complaints

• Project/Area Number: 25893250
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Tokyo Medical University
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIOKA-MAEDA Kyoko 東京医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (00708951)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 保健師 / 精神障害者 / スティグマ / 近隣苦情 / 支援 / 行政 / 支援技術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to explore the skills of public health nurses (PHNs) for supporting mentally ill persons (MIP) and were a target of the neighbors' complaints. Eleven PHNs participated in semi-structured interview.
PHNs took a clue from neighbors' complaints to help MIP. PHNs supported the neighbors as a community member, and provided the information about mental health to improve their misunderstanding toward MIP. Results suggested that PHNs found a clue of supporting MIP who was the target of the neighbors' complaints and improving neighbors’ stigmatized attitude toward MIP.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] A preliminary review of literatures focusing on the neighborhood noise issue in Japan. (2015)
  • Author(s): Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda.
  • Journal Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Disease Management Volume: (in press)
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Risk factors for interruption of psychiatric treatment in mentally ill people living in a Japanese community: a cross-sectional study. (2015)
  • Author(s): Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda.
  • Journal Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Disease Management Volume: (in press)
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Factors associated with Japanese public health nurses’ support for the mentally ill person who was the target of neighbors’ claims to go to the hospital: a cross-sectional survey. (2014)
  • Author(s): Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda, Shoji Sakano
  • Journal Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Disease Management Volume: 未定
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Clarification of the characteristics of the mentally disabled person who needed to be psychiatrically hospitalized as a trigger of the neighbors’ claims: a cross-sectional survey. (2014)
  • Author(s): Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda, Shoji Sakano
  • Journal Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Disease Management Volume: 未定
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 精神疾患に罹患している恐れのある住民に関する 苦情相談を寄せた苦情主への保健師の対応方法の解明 (2015)
  • Author(s): 吉岡京子
  • Organizer: 第3回日本公衆衛生看護学会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2015-01-10 – 2015-01-11
• [Presentation] A Clarification of the characteristics of the untreated mentally disabled person who was the target of the neighbors’ claims (2014)
  • Author(s): Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda.
  • Organizer: Asia Pacific Nursing Research Conference 2014
  • Place of Presentation: The Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-11 – 2014-09-13
• [Presentation] 近隣苦情から精神科入院に至った住民の特徴と問題行動の解明 (2014)
  • Author(s): 吉岡京子
  • Organizer: 第2回日本公衆衛生看護学会
  • Place of Presentation: 神奈川県国際医療福祉大学
• [Presentation] 近隣苦情を契機に精神科に入院した住民像の解明 (2013)
  • Author(s): 吉岡京子,坂野晶司.
  • Organizer: 第72回日本公衆衛生学会
  • Place of Presentation: 三重県総合文化センター
• [Presentation] Analysis of public health nurse management skills regarding neighbors' complaint about mentally ill people who live in the community. (2013)
  • Author(s): Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda
  • Organizer: The 141st APHA Annual Meeting 2013
  • Place of Presentation: Boston Convention & Expo Center