Promoting child suicide prevention - Building a collaborative system of cooperation from education to healthcare through OODA loop

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20H01630
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09010:Education-related
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: Okada Michiyo 高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系教育学部門, 教授 (50587433)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 鈴江 毅 静岡大学, 教育学部, 教授 (70398030) ; 片山 はるみ 浜松医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (90412345)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 自殺予防 / メンタルヘルス / 子ども / 連携 / OODAループ / 抑うつ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, an experiment was conducted to develop and use the 'Child Mental Health Check Sheet' for the promotion of child suicide prevention, to early detect children's depressive states and to 'build a system of cooperative collaboration through the OODA loop' in education, healthcare, welfare, etc.
The results revealed a relationship between the currently implemented system of cooperation and collaboration and the subjective health and mental health status of teachers and staff, suggesting that in order to effectively operate the OODA loop, the awareness of teachers and staff regarding OODA should be raised and cooperation based on mutual expertise should be implemented in a smooth and developed manner. It was suggested that organizational structure is necessary.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

子どもに対する「メンタルヘルスチェックシートの開発と活用」の意義は、教職員が客観的に子どものSOSを把握することで適切な関わりができ、早急に連携協働につながる点である。また「OODAループによる連携協働体制システムの構築」の意義は、教育・医療・福祉への有機的に連携する方法のシステム化であり、自殺予防はもとより不登校の予防や将来の引きこもりの予防にもつながる点である。そのための実態調査から、新たな知見を得、課題を発見することができたことである。