Empirical research on public health nurses' support for children with autism spectrum disorder at the health checkup for 5-year-olds to enable early and continuing support

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24792573
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University
• Principal Investigator: neyoshi chiemi 石川県立看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (50363784)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 発達障害児 / 早期支援 / 支援継続 / 保健師 / 5歳児健診

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Public health nurses’ support before parental acceptance included “assistance based on an understanding of parents’ and family circumstances” and “assessment of the child’s development and needs”. Support that lead to parental acceptance included “supporting the parents’ effort” and “assisting them in noticing their child’s disorder”. To enable provision of ongoing support, public health nurses’ support included “assisting the parents to obtain knowledge about ASD and to build a network with fellow parents”.
The study suggests that public health nurses are providing support tailored to the level of parental acceptance in a way that respects the parents’ feelings, assists their decision making and facilitates networking among parents.

Free Research Field

在宅看護学・地域看護学