An international comparative field survey of health care, education, and employment support for adolescents and young adults with cancer and cancer survivorts

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25305041
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Konan Women's University
• Principal Investigator: Maru Mitsue 甲南女子大学, 看護リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (50241980)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Shinoki Eri 東京医療保健大学, 医療保健学部, 教授 (00275497) ; Ishizaki Yuko 関西医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (20411556) ; Shiwaku Hitoshi 東北大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (50250808) ; Takeda Testuro 和歌山大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50280574) ; Kashimada Kenichi 東京医科歯科大学, 医学部附属病院, 講師 (80451938)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 思春期がん / 若年成人がん / イタリア / オーストラリア / 英国 / 心理社会支援 / 教育就労支援 / 看護

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through field studies including interviews with professionals in UK, Italy, USA & Australia, the characteristics of total care program for adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer and cancer survivors were identified. Two main purposes of them were improving survival rate and quality of life. Each country made great efforts to build systems and infrastructure of multi-institutional clinical trials such as cancer registry specifically for AYA, referral system to specialized institution for detecting cancer and starting treatment in early stages, as well as for increasing access to new trials. Support programs has philosophy of respecting to patients' rights dignity for developing seamless and long-term support programs by using multidisciplinary team approach. Three care delivery models were identified in 4 countries. Fertility, sexuality, and developing models of care delivery will be continuous issues in each country.

Free Research Field

思春期・若年成人がん看護