Research for mental health staff's attitude and empowerment

• Project/Area Number: 16K04144
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Kansai University of Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Kazuko Iwai 関西医療大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (80367870)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: 精神保健専門職 / エンパワメント / 態度 / 精神障害 / リカバリー / 職場環境 / 当事者 / 精神保健 / 専門職

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study has the aims of research for mental health stuff’s empowerment factors and attitude for person with mental disability.
According to interview for mental health staff in community area, empowerment measure of empowerment has been made. So,27 mental health staff were interviewed.　Data were analyzed qualitatively.　The first analysis of data suggest 13 factors that staff’s empowerment factors were trust, safety, cooperation, information discloser, decision making of own-work, opportunity for study, expectation of recovery, flexibility, quality and volume of work, open mind, self-discloser,　readership, share information. The second analysis data suggest, positive experiences of care ; recovery of person, employment of person, and open the mind, negative experiences ; unclear outcome, severe symptom, acting out.　This research suggest that mental health staff’ s empowerment is affected by work environment. And recovery of person with mental disability encouraged.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、精神保健専門職の対象者への肯定的態度とエンパワメントに関する実証的な調査研究であり、実践現場における専門職の現状を明らかにし、精神保健専門職の育成と質改善のための方策決定に資するものと考える．
また、精神科医療、地域福祉領域を調査対象とすることにより、それらに連携についての示唆が得られるものと考える．

Research Products

• [Presentation] The factors of mental health staff's empowerment on the job of community care (2019)
  • Author(s): 岩井和子
  • Organizer: 第23回社会精神医学会世界大会(23th.WASP in Bucharest）
• [Presentation] Recovery from mental illness depends on expectation and respect -Based on interview of person with mental illness (2017)
  • Author(s): 岩井和子
  • Organizer: the 17thWorld Psychiatric Association 2017
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 精神科援助職員のエンパワメント要因に関する文献検討 (2016)
  • Author(s): 岩井和子
  • Organizer: 第24回日本精神障害者リハビリテーション学会
  • Place of Presentation: 長野市 長野JAビル