2014 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

Using Q-methodology to establish the Health Beliefs of Japanese, Australian and Thai nurses

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26463210
Research Institution	Yamaguchi University
Principal Investigator	STONE Teresa・E. 山口大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (70639236)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	村上京子山口大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (10294662)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Keywords	health beliefs / Q methodology / culture / evidence-based practice / nursing
Outline of Annual Research Achievements	The project is progressing well. Ethics clearance for China, Japan, Australia and Thailand but not yet Korea. [Reporting] A protocol and audit trail has been established and researchers in each country are contributing to a background evidence matrix on health beliefs. [Training] The Principal Investigator has conducted training for research assistants in Australia, Korea, China, Thailand and Japan. [Data Collection] Data collection is underway in various places across Japan (Kyoto, Nagasaki, Okinawa and Tokyo) China (X’ian, Wuhan, Lanzhou and Hanzhou) and data collection will be completed by December 2015.　In Thailand the Pilot study has been completed and the main study commenced. It is expected that this will also be completed by the end of the year. The Pilot project has been completed in Korea. The Pilot project has commenced in Australia. [Publications] Three publications are under consideration. One of these is in Nurse Education Today, another Nursing and Health Sciences and a third in The International Journal of the Pacific Rim.
Current Status of Research Progress	Current Status of Research Progress 2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned. Reason Only minor problem with cooperation from Korean partners but this is likely to be resolved soon.
Strategy for Future Research Activity	Complete Australian pilot study by June 2015 Commence main study in Thailand and Australia by July 2015 Complete data collection in China, Korea and Jpan by Decemeber 2015.
Causes of Carryover	Data translation fee did not cost as much as we estimated.
Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget	There are more plans to travel to collect data this year and we are going to use the money for data translation.