2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Continuous support for child-rearing: implications from the Finnish neuvola system
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15K13106
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Social welfare and social work studies
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| Research Institution | Kibi International University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MERVIO Mika 吉備国際大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (00320440)
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| Research Collaborator |
SATO Takuyo
YARIMIZO Kazuko
MENJU Noriko
WATANABE Hisako
HAKULINEN Tuovi
PAAVILAINEN Eija
ARNKIL Tom Erik
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 家族福祉 / 子育て支援 / フィンランド |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research studies the coherent and continuous support for parenting and childcare from viewpoints of families themselves. In Finland the maternity and baby clinics NEUVOLA, integrated model of maternity health and childcare supports, are run by municipalities for decades, providing all the parents and children with coherent and continuous support. The main implications from the Finnish neuvola system are 1) family-centeredness is essential for improving the quality of available support, and 2) dialogical relationships between clients and professionals are protective factors for preventing parents from risks of being committed to child maltreatment and/or abuse. In Finland the universal basic support for all the child-rearing families and the second phase for early prevention are being more integrated in the form of family center. In conclusion, the Japanese support system is to be reviewed and improved by taking into consideration the positive impacts of dialogical relationships.
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| Free Research Field |
福祉政策論
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