Towards Developing Social Development-Oriented Community Work Model: Case Examples from Japan and US

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530701
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Inaba Miyuki 九州大学, 言語文化研究院, 准教授 (40326476)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 社会開発 / コミュニティワーク / 社会福祉 / 貧困・格差 / エンパワーメント / アメリカ / 日本

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our lives are being affected by many conditions, including natural disasters, new technologies, and globalization; and resources are becoming scarcer. With these rapid changes, poverty and disparity in income, assets, education and health have been widening in developed countries. In this research, the need to increase the social development oriented practice and strategies for community work is explored in Japan and the US. Case examples of social business, community gardening, and dementia cafe are identified and examined how these programs contribute to improving the well-being of individuals, groups, and communities. The research findings were presented at professional conferences such as the Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare and SWSD Joint World Conference for Social Work, Education and Social Development. Papers were published both in Japanese and English including the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.

Free Research Field

社会福祉学