Changing thoughts after returning to Fukushima of child-rearing mothers who evacuated to other prefectures after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15H06694
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Fundamental nursing
Research Institution	Saku University (2016) Tokyo Junshin Women's College (2015)
Principal Investigator	OGAWA Noriko 佐久大学, 看護学部, 非常勤 (20757174)
Project Period (FY)	2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	災害看護 / 福島県 / 放射線 / 母親 / 育児
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study was clarify the thoughts after returning to Fukushima Prefecture of child-rearing mothers who evacuated to another prefecture at the 3rd and 5th year from the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident as a continuation study on the mother's thought of child-rearing mothers who evacuated to another prefecture after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. I conducted semi-structured interviews with 6 mothers who had evacuated to another prefecture after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and later returned to Fukushima Prefecture as of the third year since the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and were rearing children in their infancy. The interviews revealed that worries about the effects of radiation on their child(ren) continued. Even from the situation that the problem of radiation has not been solved, my findings suggest the necessity of supporting mothers' lives and child rearing was considered from a continuous and long-term perspective.