Development of social capital models in marginal villages

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K15911
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: KAJITA ETSUKO 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科(保健), 教授 (50135373)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAKATANI Yoshimi 福井県立大学, 看護福祉学部, 教授 (90217753)
• Research Collaborator: ARAI Kiyomi ; Hamada Masami
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 限界集落 / ソーシャルキャピタル / 看護モデル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study, involving the elderly living in a marginal village and community residents who support their lives, aimed to examine the effects of community support from the viewpoint of social capital.The subjects were 82 elderly people living in a marginal village and 23 support providers.Research collaborators visited and interviewed them based on a questionnaire form sent to them by mail in advance.The survey items included: the basic attributes of the subjects, their participation in community activities, interaction with other people, level of trust towards others, attachment to the community, health conditions, and the status of their participation in social activities.
The subjects suggested the following requirements for a sense of trust towards the community: (1) established social support networks: (2) good health condition, (3) factors to develop a sense of standards, (4) attachment to the community, and (5) high-level abilities to support the elderly.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生看護学