Sociological Study of the Institutionalization of Public Health Nursing During-the-Second World War Period in Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380656
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Ochanomizu University (2014-2015); Chiba University (2013)
• Principal Investigator: KAWAKAMI YUKO お茶の水女子大学, グローバルリーダーシップ研究所, 研究員 (20612196)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 保健婦（保健師） / 農村保健 / 保健婦養成所 / 国民健康保険制度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to explore the formation and the development process of the health and social welfare services in rural regions in Japan, through professionalization of public health nurses. For this purpose, literature studies of public health nurses’ education as well as health and social welfare services, and interviews with graduates seven public health nurse training schools that began to operate between 1941 and 1944 were carried out. Using the results, the features of the public health nurse education and the health support activities including child care were analyzed.

Free Research Field

社会科学