2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Evaluation of a Hospitai-based Intensive Training Program for children with disabilitise and their mothers

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21890209
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Lifelong developmental nursing
Research Institution	Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences
Principal Investigator	FUJIOKA Hiroshi Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences, 健康科学部・看護学科, 助教 (90555327)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	医療 / 福祉 / 看護学 / 脳性麻痺 / 家族 / 母子入園
Research Abstract	A Hospital-based Intensive Training Program (HITP) is designed to support the development and upbringing of preschoolers with disabilities and to offer support for their mothers. It was identified that Mothers' empowerment is an important outcome in HITP. "Construction of a good mother-child relationship" "Sharing a feeling among mothers" "Acquisition of strategies for nursing" and "Expansion of nursing network" were clarified as the factors that impacted upon the effect of HITP on mothers' empowerment. It may be said that the bond with other mothers and professionals became the groundwork for mothers' empowerment.