2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research of young carers who have begun caring at a very young age
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20K02165
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
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| Research Institution | Seikei University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | ヤングケアラー / コーダ / 若者ケアラー / 子ども支援 / 家族支援 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Young carers are children aged below 18 years who are taking care of the members of their families who have an illness or disabilities. This research focused on children who had begun caring at a very young age. Tomoko Shibuya has written books and papers focusing on former young carers and CODAs (children of deaf adults) by drawing on workshops and interviews conducted between 2020 and 2023. The book, Young Carers, My Story: The Care for Family Members Experienced by Children and Young People and papers like “Isolation and Loneliness of Young Carers: How to Develop Accessible Support for Them?” published in the Journal of Urban Social Studies in 2024 were broadly read by policymakers and specialists in education, welfare, and health. They were consulted during the amendment process of the Law of Supporting the Development of Children and Young People in June 2024, which identified young carers as those in need of support by the national government and local authorities.
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| Free Research Field |
社会学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
子どもとして家族のケアを担うことが、どのような背景や社会状況、価値規範の下に行われてきたのか、その影響が個々の子どもや家族にどのように経験されているのか、国や自治体が行ったヤングケアラー実態調査、元ヤングケアラーやスクールソーシャルワーカーなどへの聞き取りに基づいて、わかりやすく説明したことにより、教育や福祉や医療の専門職、行政関係者、メディア関係者などのヤングケアラー理解が広まり、従来の家族像を基にした制度と現実のズレを解消していく動きとなった。2024年6月には、改正子ども・若者育成支援推進法の中で、ヤングケアラーは自治体が支援に努めるべき対象として明文化され、関係機関への通達もなされた。
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