Study of Cultural Intervention in Health Care / Nursing: Future Tasks as Perceived from Evidence

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670927
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Juntendo University
• Principal Investigator: TERAOKA Misako 順天堂大学, 医療看護学部, 講師 (30449061)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MURANAKA Yoko 順天堂大学, 大学院医療看護学研究科, 教授 (30132195)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 在日外国人 / 外国人患者 / 文化 / Immigrants / foreign residents / culture / nursing need

Outline of Final Research Achievements

1.The outcome of cultural intervention in the nursing practice will be clarified by reviewing the academic sources.The contents of the intervention included an educational intervention program such as the providing of knowledge, a direct intervention program aimed at improvement in lifestyle habits, and long-term intervention in medical management.As the outcome of such cultural intervention, improvement in physiological observations as well as in medication adherence as a result of increase in knowledge and changes in daily activities were observed.
2.The present study aimed to examine the status of health/nursing care provided in Japan as viewed by foreigners living in the country, and discuss their needs for cultural intervention.The results suggest that it is necessary to effectively provide foreign patients with information on the Japanese medical consultation system, and interact with them actively by eliminating communication barriers attributed to preconceptions.

Free Research Field

看護学