Study on development of a system for Japanese society as a whole to support mothers who have experienced perinatal loss and their families.

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23660074
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University
• Principal Investigator: YONEDA Masayo 石川県立看護大学, 看護学部, 講師 (80326082)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOSHIDA Kazue 石川県立看護大学, 教授 (50353032) ; SOYAMA Saori 石川県立看護大学, 助教 (10405061)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SIMADA Keiko 金沢大学, 医薬保健研究域保健学系, 教授 (60115243)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 周産期 / グリーフケア / 死産 / 新生児死亡 / 連携システム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study was conducted to develop a system for Japanese society as a whole to support mothers who have experienced perinatal loss(including stillbirths and neonatal deaths) and their families. A survey was conducted including principal health care institutions (Department of Obstetrics/NICU) in Japan, local (prefectural and municipal) governments, and self-help groups of people who have lost their babies to ask about the status of grief care provided by them following discharge, regional collaboration among relevant institutions, problems, and new propositions, and model plans for collaborative systems were developed based on the results. Following this, interviews with researchers in maternal nursing and midwifery were conducted to hear their opinions, in addition to discussions for further improvement, and Regional Collaboration System Model Plan I for perinatal grief care was completed.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学