2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Abortion education in nurse, midwife, and public health nurse programs : national survey and international comparison

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21890089
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Lifelong developmental nursing
Research Institution	Kanazawa University
Principal Investigator	MIZUNO Maki Kanazawa University, 保健学系, 助教 (60547181)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	人工妊娠中絶 / 教科書内容分析 / 助産師教育 / 保健師教育 / 看護師教育
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study was to assess the amount of abortion care content included in Japanese language nursing Textbooks and to examine the inclusion and extent of abortion education in accredited nurse practitioner, nurse-midwifery, and public health nurse in Japan. AS compared with USA in abortion care education, Japan is well behind. Nursing educators in Japan should introduce textbooks and guideline with abortion care information that will prepare registered nurses, nurse-midwifery, and public health nurse to improve the abortion care and to apply these concepts to their nursing roles through abortion care counseling and woman care.