THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR THE EXPECTING COUPLES WHOSE WIVES MIGHT REQUIRE LONG-TERM HOSPITALIZATION DURING PREGNANCY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE SUPPORT PROGRAMS

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463483
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: NAMEDA Tomoko 群馬県立県民健康科学大学, 看護学部, 教授 (20212954)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HASIZUME Yukiko 群馬県立県民健康科学大学, 看護学部, 講師 (60352605)
• Research Collaborator: HOSOYA Kyoko 足利工業大学, 看護学部, 教授 (00229197) ; HENNESSY, TANAKA Sumiko Crossroad for Social Work, LLC, 所長
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 親となる過程 / 親発達 / 早産 / 家族看護 / 妊娠期 / 育児期 / 支援

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This Project aimed to accomplish two objectives; first, to develop a needs assessment tool for expecting couples whose wives were at risk for long-term hospitalization during the pregnancy; second, to identify their needs using the tool and develop appropriate support programs both during the pregnancy and after the birth until the child become one and a half years old.Utilizing the revised H25 Parent Survey Tool(based on the Kempe Family Stress Checklist, USA), we interviewed expecting couples. Based on the findings, we set goals for the support services, and developed specific support program for each family. Our method of delivering support services was to work with the strengths of each parent, to understand and honor the couples’value systems, and to provide the information and education they requested. Through our support visits, the couples began to communicate and share each other’s feelings and thoughts, and to learn to become a strong team to parent their children.

Free Research Field

母性看護学、生涯発達看護学