Follow up study to increase disaster preparedness of community nursing in Hiroshima

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K24166
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0908:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: KAKO MAYUMI 広島大学, 医系科学研究科(保), 准教授 (90347542)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 訪問看護 / 災害準備 / 事業継続 / 地域連携

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study was conducted using mixed methods. Eighty-nine questionnaires were completed, for a response rate of 39.9%.　Five home health care nurses were interviewed, and four categories were identified. Significant differences were found among the study subjects regarding training in disaster preparedness, experience with disasters, and work experience in the profession. However, the organizations had a small number of staff members, and they experienced difficulties in proceeding with disaster preparedness in a time-limited work environment. In addition, there is little cooperation among offices, and there is a need to build networks within the community daily and to provide training opportunities. The results of the above research were presented orally at the Japan Society of Disaster Nursing and published in Progress in disaster science in the final year of the project.

Free Research Field

災害看護

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

地域で看護ケアを提供する施設に関する災害準備性を調査研究した先行研究は、日本国内では地域を限定して増加傾向にある。例えば、南海トラフ地震により、将来的に大災害が予測されている地域を中心としての研究がある。本研究は、広島県内という特定した地域を対象にした。このように地方自治体レベルを対象とした研究はまだ少ない。令和6年より、地域におけるケア施設では災害時の事業継続計画は努力義務となり、そのため、結果は事業所な現存のネットワークを通して、事業継続計画の参考資料として貢献することができると考える。