CONFERENCE REPORT
6th International Conference of
Global Network of Public Health Nursing
Jointly held with 10th Annual Conference ofJapan Academy of Public Health Nursing

Theme： Stay watchful in health time! Positive health toprepare for risks, so as to protect LIFE.

January 8 - 9, 2022 Osaka, Japan VirtualTable of contents

Thanks･････････････

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History of GNPHN･････････････

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1. Introduction･････････････

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2. Overview of the Joint Conference･････････････

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3. Status of Participation in the Joint Conference･････････････

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4. Public Relations, Nominal Support, and Co-sponsorship･････････････

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5. Live Streaming Status for Main Programs･････････････

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6. Results of Web Questionnaire Survey on Participants･････････････

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7. Balance Settlement･････････････

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8. Public Health Nurses Illustrations and Line Stamps･････････････

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Thanks

Despite the COVID-19 disaster, with the cooperation of many of colleagues, we have had asuccessful conference, the 6th International Conference of Global Network of Public Health Nursing(hereafter 6th GNPHN), held online in January 2022, jointly with the 10th Annual Meeting of theJapanese Academy of Public Health Nursing (hereafter JAPHN).
“Stay watchful in health time! Positive health to prepare for risks, so as to protect LIFE" was thetheme of the conference, and we believe that many participants were stimulated and learned new
knowledge from the various lectures and presentations, and had an opportunity to think about thisissue as their own. We would be very happy if this conference has helped the development of publichealth nursing in any way.
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all of the GNPHN and JAPHN Council
members, the 14 supporting organizations, the lecturers, general abstract presenters, workshop
organizers, and participants, the sponsoring graduate PHN courses, companies and organizations,and the planning committee members and all cooperating members.

Reiko Okamoto
President of Joint Conference (GNPHN)
Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, , Division of Health Sciences, Sectionof Public Health Nursing

Tamami Matsumoto
President of the Joint Conference (JAPHN)
Associate Director of Public Health, Health Promotion Department, Health Bureau, Osaka City
Government

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History of GNPHN➢

The first International GNPHN Conference began in 2009 in Oslo, Norway, where the creationof a global network of public health nursing was discussed.

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Prior to the third international conference held in Galway (Ireland) in 2013, five meetings were
held in Durban (South Africa, ICN 2009), Minnesota (US, 2010, as the 2nd GNPHN), Malta(Malta, ICN 2011), Japan (JNA 2012), and Melbourne, Australia (ICN 2013) to discuss the needto establish a network of PHNs.

➢

Three of these meetings were held under the auspices of the International Council of Nurses;
ICN. ICN, while recognizing the need for such a network, expressed its inability to support its
establishment as an ICN.

➢

Therefore, it was agreed that the Institute of Community Nursing (ICHN) in Dublin (Ireland)
would take the leadership in creating the necessary infrastructure for the formation of thisnetwork.

➢

Funded by Irish Aid, GNPHN was officially launched in Dublin by ICHN in June 2014.

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ICHN then assumed the GNPHN Secretariat. After the 4th International Conference held in
Billund (Denmark,2016), the Secretariat was transferred to the Institute of Health Visitors(IHV) in the UK in January 2017. At the 4th International Conference, the Constitution of
GNPHN were approved (setting the terms of reference for holding an international conference
every 2-3 years, etc.) and the Board of Directors (Council members) were also decided(previously driven by the Steering Group).

➢

As of 2019, GNPHN was governed by directors from 11 countries (regular web meetings were
held every three months) and had membership from 29 countries (www.gnphn.com).

➢

The 5th International Conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya, May 14-16, 2019.

➢

During the Council's web meeting in December 2018, the next conference location for 2021/2022
was discussed and the Asia/Pacific area (Japan, Australia or New Zealand) was shortlisted, andat the international conference in Kenya, the 6th conference was decided to be held in Japan.

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1． Introduction
1) Theme
The theme of the 6th International Conference of Global Network of Public Health Nursing(GNPHN) jointly held with the 10th Annual Conference of Japan Academy of Public Health Nursing
was decided as follows: “Stay watchful in health time! Positive health to prepare for risks, so as toprotect LIFE.” The term “LIFE” in this theme implies “life,” “living,” “production,” and “right to live”
according to the wisdom of our ancestors involved in public health. The core mission founding thebasis of all professionals engaged in public health nursing, including public health nurses, is toprotect the “life” of people. In the real world, there exist lots of both foreseeable and invisible risks
and in fact, we may unexpectedly encounter a risk. That’s why we need to stay watchful in healthtime to predict potential risks so that we can take appropriate action to handle them once they occur.
At that time, taking full advantage of the specialty of our profession, we not only focus on thenegative aspect by working hardto “eliminate harmful things”
but also focus our attention to
the positive aspect by making
things“move

directions.”inThankspositivetothespecialty of our profession, we
canfulfillourcolleagues

duties“asworkingincollaboration together” and “bydoing so, have fun too.” Theorganizers

of

this

joint

conference aimed at giving all
participants an opportunity todeliberate the specialty as publichealth nurses and help restore
the public health nurses’ energy
and spirits towards the future.
2) Venue for the conference
The Constitution of GNPHN
recommends the following
Regional Chapters in Subsection“d) Country and Regional
Chapters” in Section “43Membership”:
African Region
Region of the Americas
Eastern Mediterranean Region
European Region
Southeast Asia Region
Western Pacific Region
In December 2018, the GNPHN Council decided to hold the 6th International Conference of
GNPHN (hereinafter referred to as 6th GNPHN) in the Asia/Pacific regions, in which no GNPHN
conferences had been conducted, and listed up Japan, Australia, and New Zealand as candidates.
When the 4th GNPHN was held in Denmark in 2016, Emeritus Professor Ros Bryar, who has beena steering member of the GNPHN since its establishment, and other members sounded theJapanese member of the GNPHN Council out on a possibility of holding the conference in Japan.
Under these circumstances, it was decided that Kiyomi Asahara, Kazuko Saeki, and Reiko
Okamoto who are the directors of the Japan Academy of Public Health Nursing (JAPHN) andparticipated in the 4th GNPHN played a central role in exploring the possibility of conducting the
6th GNPHN in Japan.
3) Course of events leading to the 6th GNPHN to be held in Japan
When the possibility of holding the 6th GNPHN in Japan was inquired, the JPAHN was about to
set up a committee to plan a special event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the JPAHN,
which was established in July 2012. In addition, the JPAHN had long wanted since its establishment
to hold an annual conference with a public health nurse, who is working in actual nursing settings, asa president because the presidents of annual conferences of JPAHN had been educational researchersat universities with the vice presidents, heads of public health nurses working in the field.
While the JPAHN considered the above-stated issues, it was asked about the feasibility of holding
the 6th GNPHN in Japan. The following proposal was made at the meeting of the board of directorsof JPAHN: to invite the 6th GNPHN to Japan to be jointly held with the 10th Annual Conference of
JAPHN (hereinafter referred to as the 10th JAPHN); and to ask a public health nurse working in
actual clinical settings to function as a president of the 10th JAPHN and ask an educational
researcher at a university to be a president of the 6th GNPHN.
At the meeting of the board of directors of JAPHN held in January 2017 when the 7th JAPHN
was held in Yamaguchi, the invitation of the 6th GNPHN was discussed. A lot of concerns wereexpressed, e.g., “I have difficulties because I do not understand English” or “I cannot deal withparticipants from abroad because I do not speak English.” When looking back 2015 in which theinternational committee of JAPHN started to distribute email newsletters to the members under the4title of “PHN World,” there wasa resistance against this title
saying that “no one can open the
newsletter with the English title.”
Therefore,
there
was
an
increasing need for the JAPHN
to take initiative in evoking
revolutionary changes among
public health nurses for the
purpose of responding well to thewave of globalization.
After the discussion at themeeting of the board of directorsof JPAHN, it was decided tonominate Ms. Tamami
Matsumoto, Associate Director of
Public Health, Osaka City
Government to a president of the10th JAPHN and Professor
Reiko Okamoto at Osaka
University to a president of the
6th GNPHN. This decision wasapproved at the 5th GNPHN
held in Kenya.
Accordingly, theInternational Conference of
GNPHN was to be held first in
the Asia/Pacific region, that is, tobe held in Osaka, Japan.
Since the “EXPO2025 Osaka,
Kansai, Japan” will be held soon,
this joint conference was
expected to raise the awarenessof the EXPO.

54）Preparation of the joint
conference(1) 2019 to 2020
Needless to say, the conference
was initially planned to be heldin person. Although the JAPHN
usually conducts a 2-day annual
conference, the joint conference
was supposed to be held for 3
days during which a variety ofplans were considered as follows:
3 types of field tours in which
participants from abroad would
deepen their understanding
about the actual situation in
Japan of (1) maternal and childhealth, (2) adult health care, and(3) healthcare for the elderly byvisiting public healthdepartments in municipalities,
healthcare centers, and otherrelevant facilities; and a welcome
party. However, starting in the
beginning of 2020, the waves of

Covid-19 Pandemic attacked
Japan many times.
At the multiple meetings ofthe planning committee of thejoint conference and those of theJAPHN’s board of directors,
what was the best way forholding the joint conference wasdiscussed, including a feasibilityof conducting a hybrid
conference which combines inperson with online sessions.
At last, it was decided to holdthe joint conference completely

6virtually. This was a painful financial decision because we had to pay a cancellation charge, i.e.,
30% (1.28 million Japanese Yen), to chancel the hall.
(2) 2021 to 2022
The planning committee consisted of 5 subcommittees: (1) Subcommittee for Execution: Core
members of Osaka City Government and Osaka University; (2) Subcommittee for Liaison and PR;(3) Subcommittee for Registration and Review of Presentations; (4) Subcommittee for Program andProceedings; and (5) Subcommittee for Ceremonies and Unique Novelty Items. The planningcommittee was composed of 24 members in total: 12 members were public health nurses (working in
Osaka Prefecture, Osaka City, and Sakai City); and the remaining 12 were educational researchersat universities and colleges (Osaka University, Kyoto University, Kobe City College of Nursing,Osaka Medical College, and Konan Women’s University).
During the preparation period, the planning committee held the 1st meeting on July 4, 2019, the
2nd meeting on November 19, 2019, and the 3rd meeting on June 30, 2020. These meetings were heldin person in a conference room of Osaka City Government and all the members participated in thesemeetings. Subsequently, due to the impact of COVID-19, the 4th meeting was virtually held on
November 11, 2020 and the 5th meeting, virtually on February 3, 2021. The subcommittees
conducted their own meetings individually as follows: (1) Subcommittee for Execution held online 28
meetings on every Wednesday at night; (2) Subcommittee for Liaison and PR held a total of 4
meetings with 3 online and 1 in person; (3) Subcommittee for Registration and Review ofPresentations held a total of 9 meetings with 8 online and 1 in person; (4) Subcommittee for
Program and Proceedings held a total of 12 meetings with 11 online and 1 in person; and (5)Subcommittee for Ceremonies and Unique Novelty Items held a total of 7 meetings with 5 online
and 2 in person.

72. Overview of the Joint Conference
1) Theme“Stay watchful in health time! Positive health to prepare for risks, so as to protect LIFE.”
2) Dates and place of the joint conference
Held virtually (live streaming): January 8 (Saturday) and 9 (Sunday), 2022
Period for on-demand streaming: January 4 (Tuesday) to 31 (Monday), 2022
Place for streaming: Osaka International Convention Center
3) Registration of participants and presentations, as well as participation fees
(1) Period for acceptance of participation[Early bird]: June 1, 2021 to October 30, 2021 (This period was extended to November 30,
2021.)[Ordinary entry]: December 1, 2021 to January 18, 2022
(2) Registration of presentations and workshops:
June 1, 2022 to August 23, 2022
(The period for registration of presentations was extended to August 31, 2021.)(3) Submission deadline for presentation data
[Lecturers] Abstracts: September 30, 2021
Lecture videos: November 15, 2021
[Presentations & workshops]
Videos for oral presentation and poster or paper presentation: November 30 (Monday), 2021
(4) Participation fees
6th GNPHNGNPHN member
Non-GNPHN member
Developing country
Student (excluding graduate
school student)
10th JAPHNJAPHN Member
Non-JAPHN member
Student (excluding graduate
school student)
Workshop

Early bird
20,000 JPY
30,000 JPY
10,000 JPY
8,000 JPY

Ordinary entry
25,000 JPY
35,000 JPY
12,000 JPY
10,000 JPY

Early bird
10,000 JPY
11,000 JPY
3,000 JPY

Ordinary entry
11,000 JPY
12,000 JPY
3,000 JPY

10,000 JPY-

83. Status of Participation in the Joint Conference1) Number of participants
Total: 1,309 (443 for the 6th GNPHN; 866 for the 10th JAPHN)
6th GNPHN: 27 participants from overseas (7 from United Kingdom, 6 from Norway, 2 from theUnited States, 2 from Australia, 2 from Denmark, 2 from Ghana, 1 from Lithuania, 1 from
Taiwan, 1 from Korea, 1 from Kenya, and 1 from Sweden)
Type of participation

No. of registeredparticipants[6th GNPHN]
Early bird – GNPHN members
Early bird – Non-GNPHN members
Early bird – Developing country
Early bird – Students(excluding graduate school students)
Ordinary entry – GNPHN members
Ordinary entry – Non-GNPHN members
Ordinary entry – Developing country
Ordinary entry – Student(excluding graduate school student)th[10 JAPHN]
Early bird – JAPHN members
Early bird – Non-JAPHN members
Early bird – Students(excluding graduate school students)
Ordinary entry – JAPHN members
Ordinary entry – Non-JAPHN members
Ordinary entry – Students(excluding graduate school students)
Total

143
257
1
7
9
26
0
0

432
208
15
93
105
13
1,309

2) No. of participants in the main programs
The table below shows the number of participants in the main programs.
The alphabets in the column for Type in that table indicate the following meanings:
L: Live streaming only (comments via chat through the on-demand website)
Q: Question and answer session available during the live webcast
S: Symposium, with Q&A session during the live webcast
E: Broadcasting in English (with Japanese subtitles or Japanese version available)
J: Broadcasting in Japanese (with English subtitles)
All programs were also available on demand.
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No. of participants in the main programs

Type【L-EJ】【L-EJ】
Presidential
Speech【L-E】
Keynote Speech【SQ-EJ】
Symposium【L-E】
Webinar【LQ-E】
Invited Lecture【L-EJ】【 L-EJ 】 Special
Exhibition

Theme of the lecture

Lecturer

Opening Ceremony

No. of live
streaming
watchers

No. ofon-demand
viewers
among theparticipantsin the 10th
JAPHN

No. ofon-demand
viewers
among theparticipantsin the 6th
GNPHN

Total
No. ofWatchers+
viewers250

No count

No count

250

Eng: 166

165
127
292

578
613
1191

Total: 345

247
307
554

TamamiMatsumoto

252

300

116

668

Yasuhide
Nakamura

230

286

115

631

Hiroyasu Iso

170

136

61

367

159

200

86

445

Dr Marjorie A.
Schaffer

74

-

88

162

FumikoNakamura
Yuko Uchiyama

52

-

53

105

Satoko Okawa
Marika Mizuko

56

-

54

110

Kyoko Yoshioka

58

-

83

141

Phyllis Solomon

47

-

54

101

Awards Ceremony for Excellence

62

-

-

62

Zoom Party

141

-

-

141

Closing Ceremony

151

-

-

151

142

No count

No count142

Development and Implementationof Public Health Nursing Art
The Power of Public Health
Nurses in Disaster Measures
Public Health Nurses： HealthProfessionals for No One Left
BehindApplication of Epidemiological
Evidence to Health Counseling：
Prevention of Non-communicable
DiseaseActual Situation and Perspectiveof Public Health Nursing
Activities to Respond to COVID-19
in Each Country
Twenty Years with the Public
Health Intervention Wheel：
Evidence for Practice
The Collaboration Between
Community Health and School
Health ～Let’s Work Together asa Team Without a Wall～
Understanding the Impact ofAdverse Childhood Experiences(ACEs) in Adolescent Motherhood
Development of Needs-Oriented
Healthcare Systems by Public
Health Nurses in Japan
Policies and Programs for Persons
with Severe Mental Illness inPost -Deinstitutionalization Era：
The U.S Experience

Message for PHNs from Dr.
Maruyama

Reiko Okamoto

Yuko Yamamoto
Mary KoslapPetraco
Amanda Holland

Jap: 179

Dosoon Park
Stella Iwuagwu

PHN Section of
Osaka Univ.

10No. of participants in the main programs (Cont.)

Type【L-J】JAPHN
Member-meeting

Theme of the lecture

Lecturer

学術奨励賞表彰報告

No. of live
streaming
watchers

No. ofon-demand
viewers
among theparticipantsin the 10th
JAPHN

No. ofon-demand
viewers
among theparticipantsin the 6th
GNPHN

36

No count

No count

36

Total
No. ofWatchers+
viewers

日本公衆衛生看護学会の成長と今後の展望

麻原 きよみ

219

196

102

517

保健所における COVID－19 に関わる統括保健師の活動

山﨑 初美

127

155

58

340

【L-J】
Invited Lecture

貧困・虐待･･･最底辺のリアルと向
き合って

石井 光太

202

249

99

550

【SQ-J】
Symposium

高齢者自身が活躍し支え合う地域づ
くりとフレイル予防の今

河野 あゆみ
田中 明美
安斉 智子

187

223

111

521

新型コロナウイルスとメンタルヘル
ス対策

髙﨑 正子

168

191

71

430

災害に強い地域コミュニティの形成と地域との協働

生田 英輔

182

139

51

372

地域の社会課題を解決するためのデータヘルス計画と政策形成

野口 緑

188

194

81

463

こころを動かす行動経済学（ナッジ理論）の活用

髙橋 勇太

208

242

95

545

日本の母子保健の変遷と保健師に期
待すること

加藤 則子

155

166

73

394

3894

3231

1743

8514

【L-J】
Special Lecture【L-J】
Educational
Lecture【L-J】
Seminar

Total Number

113) No. of presentations
The table below shows the number of presentations in the Research Report category and that in
the Activity Report category. For all presentations in the 6th GNPHN, comments from the audienceand the presenters’ responses to them were exchanged using the chat function, although thesepresentations were not live-streamed.
No. of Presentation by Types
Types of Presentation

Total

Oral
PosterPaper
presentation presentation presentation

Research report

138

43

52

43

Activity report

11

7

3

1

No. of Presentation by Fields
Fields of Your Desired Presentation

Total

Research Activity
reportreport1．

Making up community

8

5

4

2．

District/residence organizing activity

3

3

0

3．

Health education and group support

6

5

1

4．

Family support

6

6

0

5．

Health crisis management (including measures to control
pandemics and disasters)

7

7

0

6．

Public health nursing management

10

10

0

7．

Basic education

7

5

2

8．

Education given to qualified nurses who are currently
working
Healthcare and welfare for parents and their children

9

9

0

35

33

1

4

4

0

17

16

1

12． Mental healthcare and welfare
13． Healthcare related to infectious diseases

9

9

0

4

4

0

14． Healthcare and welfare for handicapped individuals(including support to patients with intractable diseases anddevelopmental support)

6

6

0

15． School health
16． Industrial health

3

3

0

4

4

0

17． International health
18． Others

4

3

1

7

6

1

149

138

11

9．

10． Healthcare for adults
11． Healthcare and welfare for the elderly

Total

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4. Public Relations, Nominal Support, and Co-sponsorship
1) Public relations: How to publicize and to whom
The joint conference was publicized by placing the notification on the joint conference in therelevant journals and magazines, sending the flyer of the joint conference by regular mail to therelevant entities, and posting the information on the joint conference to the mailing lists of therelevant organizations and associations, as described in the table below.
MethodNotification placed injournals/magazines
Flyer sent to:

Posting to the mailinglists of:

OthersTo whom notified
Request made to 11 publishing companies
Members
Educational institutions
Administrative organizations

The Japanese Association of Public Health
Nurses for Occupational HealthJapanese Association of Public Health Nurse
Directors
Office of Health Guidance at the Ministry of
Health, Labour and WelfareJapanese Nursing Association
The banner posted on the website of Japan
Academy of Community Health Nursing
Notification in the Osaka Prefectural
Government and in the liaison committee for thecities having public health centers

WPRO Region of WHO

No. of targets

1,900 flyers
342 schools
158 sites

2) Nominal support
In total of 14 organization allowed us to use the nominal support for the Joint Conference, as
listed below. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japanese Association of
Public Health Center Directors, and Japanese Nursing Association (which is a public interest
incorporated association) have allowed us to use the nominal support since the 9th JAPHN. In
addition, the following organization allowed us to use the nominal support for the Joint
Conference: the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Japan
Public Health Association (which is a general incorporated foundation); the Japanese Associationof Public Health Nurses for Occupation Health (which is a general incorporate foundation);
Osaka Nursing Association (which is a public interest incorporated association); Osaka Public
Health Association (which is a public interest incorporated association); Osaka Prefectural
Government; Osaka City Government; Sakai City Government; Association of Mayors in Osaka
Prefecture; Association of the heads of towns and villages in Osaka Prefecture; and Osaka
University.

133) Type of co-sponsorship and cosponsors
The prospectus of the Joint Conference was sent to 120 organizations. The businesses andorganizations listed in the table below became cosponsors.
Type
Video
presentation

No.
6

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Details
Graduate School of St. Luke’s International University
Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Department of Community and Public Health Nursing, Graduate
School of Health Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido
University
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health
Sciences
Public Health Nursing, Tohoku University Graduate School of
Medicine
Kyoto College of Nursing Graduate School
Tokyo Hoki Publishing Co., Ltd.
Mita Rika Medical Co., Ltd.
Chuohoki Publishing Co., Ltd.
Igaku-Shoin Ltd.

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“Community Health” by Tokyo Hoki Publishing Co., Ltd.
Ishiyaku Pub, Inc.
Japanese Nursing Association Publishing Company
Social Insurance Practices Research Institute Co., Ltd.

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1-pageadvertisementin the Pocket
Program
Half-page
advertisementin the Pocket
Program2244) Grant
The organization committee of the Joint Conference made an application for grant in the categoryof home-care research sponsored by The Yuumi Memorial Foundation for Home Health Care, which
is a public interest incorporated foundation. We received a 500,000 Japanese Yen grant by theFoundation to pay honorariums to lectures and others.

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5.

Live Streaming Status for

Main Programs
1) Opening Ceremony on
January 8 at 9:20 to 10:20
The Opening Ceremony was
begun with the Japanese drum
performance presented by thegroup consisting of the citizens of
Sakai City, followed by the video
congratulatory addresses by the
JAPHN President Kiyomi
Asahara, the 6th GNPHN
President Reiko Okamoto, andthe 10th JAPHN President
Tamami Matsumoto.
The following four individuals
gave their “Greetings &Congratulatory Speech.”(1) Mr. Yasuyuki Sahara,
Director of the Health Service
Bureau, the Japanese Ministryof Health, Labour and Welfare(2) Mr. Shojiro Nishio, Presidentof Osaka University(3) Ms. Linda Reveling Smith,
Chair of the GNPHN Council(4) Ms. Toshiko Fukui, Presidentof the Japanese Nursing
Association
For the purpose of
introducing the location where
the Joint Conference was held,
short videos were played to focus
on the highlights of Osaka
Prefecture, Osaka City, andSakai City.
Lots of messages were
written down into the chat box.

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2) Lectures of the Presidents on
January 8 at 10:30 to 11:00 and
11:10 to 11:40(1) Development and
Implementation of Public HealthNursing Art
Chairperson: Mikako Arakida(Professor, Kawasaki City
College of Nursing）
Speaker: Reiko Okamoto(Professor, Osaka University
Graduate School of Medicine,
Section of Public Health Nursing）(2) The Power of Public Health
Nurses in Disaster Measures
Chairperson: Kiyomi Asahara(Professor, St. Luke’s
International University）
Speaker: Tamami Matsumoto(Associate Director of Public
Health Nursing, Health
Promotion Department, HealthBureau, Osaka City Government）
The two lectures given by the 6th
GNPHN President and the 10th
JAPHN President were viewed
by especially a large number ofaudiences163) Keynote Speech on January
8 at 13:00 to 13:50
Public Health Nurses: HealthProfessionals for No One Left
BehindChairperson: Kayoko Goda
(Professor, Konan Women’s
University）
Speaker: Yasuhide Nakamura(President, Friend of WHO
Japan / Professor Emeritus of
Osaka University）
4) Symposium on January 8 at
19:30 to 21:30
Actual Situation and Perspectiveof Public Health Nursing
Activities to Respond to COVID19 in Each Country
Chairpersons：Tomoya Saito(Director of the Center for
Emergency Preparedness andResponse, National Institute of
Infectious Diseases）
Eri Osawa (Chief SeniorResearcher, National Institute of
Public Health）
Speakers were as follows: Yuko Yamamoto (Supervising PHN of Osaka Prefecture) from Osaka
Prefectural Government; Mary Koslap-Petraco (Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor Stony Brook
University School of Nursing; Health Sciences Center Level 2) from the USA; Dosoon Park
(Community Health Practitioner, Gong-Jin Primary Health Care Post) from South Korea; Stella
Iwuagwu (Executive Director of NPO Centre for the Right to Health） from Nigeria; and Amanda
Holland (Lecturer/CPHVA Wales Chair Cardiff University School of Healthcare Sciences
Community Practitioner and Health Visitor Association) from the United Kingdom.

175) Webinar on January 8 at
15:30 to 16:40
Twenty Years with the Public
Health Intervention Wheel：
Evidence for Practice
Chairperson: Reiko Okamoto(Professor, Osaka University
Graduate School of Medicine,
Section of Public HealthNursing)
Speaker: Marjorie A. Schaffer(Professor of Nursing Emerita,
Department of Nursing, Bethel
University, St. Paul, Minnesota,USA)6) Keynote Speech on January
9 at 9:10 to 10:00
Application of Epidemiological
Evidence to Health Counseling：
Prevention of Non-communicable
DiseaseChairperson: Kei Kamide(Professor, Osaka University
Graduate School of Medicine）
Speaker: Hiroyasu Iso (Professor,
Public Health, Osaka University
Graduate School of Medicine）
7) Invited Lecture on January
9 at 8:00 to 8:50
Policies and Programs for
Persons with Severe Mental
Illness in Post Deinstitutionalization Era: The
U.S Experience
Chairperson: Masako Kageyama(Professor, Osaka University

18Institute for Advanced CoCreation Studies）
Speaker: Phyllis Solomon(Professor, University ofPennsylvania, Center for Public
Health Initiatives, USA）
8)

Invited Lecture on January

9 at 7:00 to 7:50
Development of Needs-Oriented
Healthcare Systems by Public
Health Nurses in Japan
Chairperson: Kaoru Konishi(Professor, Osaka University
Graduate School of Medicine）
Speaker: Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda(Chief Senior Researcher,
Department of Health
Promotion, National Institute of
Public Health, Japan）
9) Invited Lecture on January 8
at 18:10 to 19:00
Understanding the Impact ofAdverse Childhood Experiences(ACEs) in Adolescent
Motherhood
Chairpersons: Kyoko Izumi(Professor, Mukogawa Women’s
University)
Yukiko Kanaya (Associate
Professor, Mukogawa Women’s
University)
Speakers: Satoko Okawa(Associate Professor, Faculty of
Nursing, Kansai Medical
University）
Marika Mizuko (Division of19

Maternal and Child Health, Kadoma City Office）
Yuki Nagahara (Division of Child Welfare, Kadoma City Office）
10) Invited Lecture on January 8 at 17:00 to 17:50
The Collaboration Between Community Health and School Health --Let’s Work Together as a Team
Without a Wall-Chairperson: Yoshie Yokoyama (Professor, Osaka City University Graduate School of Nursing）
Speakers: Fumiko Nakamura (School Health Nurse, Numazu City Ooka Junior High School）
Yuko Uchiyama (Associate Professor, Faculty of Human Life Design, Toyo University）

11) Special Exhibition on
January 8 at 8:40 to 9:20 and on
January 9 at 17:30 to 18:10
Message for PHNs from Dr.
Maruyama
Message for PHNs from Dr.
Maruyama: Appendix［The Health Visiting after 14
Years］（Video on Demand only）
Produced by: Osaka University
Graduate School of Medicine,
Section of Public HealthNursing2012) Awards Ceremony for
Excellence on January 9 at 10:10
to 11:20
6th International Conferenceof Global Network of Public
Health Nursing《Research Report》
Best Award of Excellence:
GN12-1-5
Title: Parental assessment ofoffspring at age 15 predicts
mental disorders at a three-year
follow-up
Kristina Carlén1), Sakari
Suominen1,2), Lilly Augustine3),
Maiju Saarinen4),
Minna Aromaa2,5), Päivi
Rautava2,6), Andre’
Sourander7,8), Matti Sillanpää4）
1） School of Health Sciences,
University of Skövde, Skövde,Sweden2） Department of Public Health, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
3） School of Learning and Communication, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
4） Department of Child Neurology and General Practice, University of Turku and Turku
University Hospital, Turku, Finland5） City of Turku Welfare Division, Turku, Finland6） Turku University Hospital, Clinical Research Centre, Turku, Finland7） Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland8） Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, FinlandAward of Excellence: GN14-1
Title: The use of breast cancer screening between women with and without disabilities in Taiwan: Apopulation-based cohort study
Puchong Inchai1,2), Pei-Tseng Kung3,4), Li-Ting Chiu2), Wen-Chen Tsai2）
1) Graduate Institute of Public Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University,

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Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
2) Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan,
R.O.C.
3) Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. 4）
4) Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University,
Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Award of Excellence: GN9-5-3
Title: Community-based health care professionals’ experiences of discussing financial challenges
with pregnant women and new parents during routine practiceFlora Douglas1), Emma MacIver1) Tracy Davis2)
1) The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen2) NHS Grampian, Scotland, UK《Activity Report》
Best Award of Excellence:GN3-1
Title: A Health Literacy Program for Youth in a Juvenile Detention
Center Before and During Covid-19
Susan Walsh, Jennifer Obrecht,Rebecca Singer
University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing

2213) Zoom Party on January 8
at22:00 to 23:30 (The specified
URL was used.)Let’s Sing and Dance. MeetPHNs All Over the World Online!
Free, No Reservations.
Please check the URL at theonline venue and enter the room.
Planning： Planning Committee
Special Thanks to:
Chieko Kimata (Zumba Dance
Support: Hawaii, Health
Statistics Researcher, Osaka
University 3rd Year Students）
Reiko Nakajima (English
Moderator Support: Boston,
Researcher of Pfizer, Osaka
University 7th Year Students）
Chie Teramoto (Choral support:
Has Studied in South America,
Lecturer, Department of
Perioperative and Critical CareManagement Graduate School of
Biomedical and Health Sciences,
Hiroshima University）

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14) Closing Ceremony on
January 9 at 16:30 to 17:30
Slide Show of This Conference
Information from the Next
Conference 11th Annual
Conference of Japan Academy of
Public Health Nursing (Miyagi,
Japan）
GNPHN 7th International
Conference (July 2025 in Calgary,Alberta, Canada）

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6. Results of Web Questionnaire Survey on Participants
1) Participants in live streaming (Questionnaire was announced during the live streaming andresponses were collected after the live streaming.)
Responses were obtained from 178 participants in the 10th JAPHN, as well as 106
participants (from Japan) and 8 participants (from overseas) in the 6th GNPHN.
➢ What is your job?
10th JAPHN

Public health nurse

No. ofresponders
122

6th GNPHN(from Japan)
No.

％

％

6th GNPHN(fromoverseas)
No.
％

Total
No.

％

68.5

25

23.6

2

25.0

149

51.0

Nurse

7

3.9

2

1.9

0

0.0

9

3.1

Midwife

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Educational researcher

43

24.2

67

63.2

3

37.5

113

38.7

Graduate student

2

1.1

12

11.3

0

0.0

14

4.8

Undergraduate student

4

2.2

0

0.0

1

12.5

5

1.7

Others

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

25.0

2

0.7

178

100.0

106

100.0

8

100.0

Total

292 100.0※Details of “Others” for the 6th GNPHN (from overseas): Academic/professor➢ How did you know the Joint Conference? (Multiple answers accepted)
10th JAPHN 6th GNPHN 6th GNPHN

Email from the GNPHN/JAPHN

No.
％
94 53.7

Total(from Japan)(from overseas)No.
％
76 71.7

No.
％
3 37.5No.
％173 59.2

0

0.0

41 14.0

Email in the workplace

29 16.6

12

Email from your belonging organization
except for those above
Web site / SNS

26 14.922 20.8

2 25.050 17.1

32 18.3

23 21.7

2 25.057 19.5

Flyer

34 19.4

35 33.0

2 25.071 24.3

Recommendation by your acquaintances(including your superior or teacher)
Advertisement on journals/magazines

48 27.4

33 31.10

0.0

81 27.7

11

6.3

4

3.8

0

0.0

15

5.1

Others

6

3.4

4

3.8

2 25.012

4.1*The number of responders was 175.
25

11.3

➢ How often did you participate in the main programs that were live streamed?
10th JAPHN
6th GNPHN
6th GNPHN(from Japan)(from overseas)

No.

No.
109

％
61.2

No.
68

％
64.2

I participated in 1 day only.

43

24.2

29

I participated in none of them.

26

14.6

Total

178

100.0

I participated in 2 days.

2

％
25.0

No.
179

％
61.3

27.4

5

62.5

77

26.4

9

8.5

1

12.5

36

12.3

106

100.0

8

100.0

292 100.0➢ What did you think was good for the virtually held conference?
10th JAPHN 6th GNPHN 6th GNPHN
No.

Total

％

(from Japan)(from overseas)

No.

No.

％

％

Total
No.

％

It is easier to present a paper.

34 19.1

48 45.3

6 75.088 30.1

It is easier to participate in it because I do
not need to travel to the place of theconference nor to stay there.
I can participate in it in my spare time
while working or living daily lives.
I can learn from the programs over a longtime (for one month).
I can repeatedly view the programs.

146 82.0

91 85.8

5 62.5242 82.9

148 83.1

85 80.2

5 62.5238 81.5

116 65.2

66 62.3

4 50.0186 63.7

149 83.7

77 72.6

6 75.0232 79.5

1

1 12.5

Others

3

1.7

0.9

5

1.7

※Details of “Others” for the 10th JAPHN: I do not need to worry about the corona. / I feel less hesitate toparticipate in it. / I can view the programs that are given at the same time (in different places).
※Details of “Others” for the 6th GNPHN (from overseas): Unable to watch any live streaming.

➢ What did you think was difficult in the virtually held conference?
10th JAPHN 6th GNPHN 6th GNPHN
No.

％(from Japan)(from overseas)

No.

No.

％

％

Total
No.

％

Nothing in particular

50 28.1

26 24.5

1 12.577 26.4

Opinion exchange in person is impossible.

74 41.6

42 39.6

4 50.0120 41.1

Interaction in person is impossible.

99 55.6

64 60.4

4 50.0167 57.2

It is hard to make a time for participation.

14

7.9

14 13.2

3 37.531 10.6

I cannot know how to access and operateover the internet.
I feel alone.

17

9.6

9

8.5

1 12.5

27

9.2

14

7.9

6

5.7

0

0.0

20

6.8

Others

16

9.0

4

3.8

3 37.5

23

7.9

26

➢ What did you think of the length of on-demand streaming?
10th JAPHN
6th GNPHN

6th GNPHN(from Japan)(from overseas)

No.

％

No.

87.5
0.0
0.0
12.5
100.0

262 89.7
4
1.4
18
6.2
8
2.7
292 100.0

6th GNPHN

6th GNPHN

Total(from Japan)(from overseas)No.
％
160 89.9

No.
％
89 84.0

No.
％
6 75.0No.
％
255 87.3--

59 55.7

6 75.065 57.0

I was interested in the main programs of
the 10th JAPHN.

74 41.6

49 46.2

1 12.5

124 42.5

I was interested in the programs jointly
given by the 6th GNPHN and 10th JAPHN.
I was interested in the workshops.

43 24.2---

43 24.2

59 33.1

30 28.3

2 25.091 31.2

I was interested in the presentations in the
6th GNPHN.
I was interested in the presentations in the10th JAPHN.
Taking this opportunity, I presented myactivity or research at an international
conference.
For the main programs of the 6th GNPHN,
there was language support such as
Japanese subtitles.
This conference was regarded as part of
the training of my workplace.
My acquaintance (including my superior orteacher) recommended I do so.
I did not hesitate to participate in theconference because it was held virtually.
It was easy to arrange my schedule toparticipate in the conference because it
was held virtually.
The participant fee was affordable.

--

28 26.4

6 75.034 29.8

52 29.2

27 25.5

1 12.580 27.4

43 24.2

49 46.2

5 62.597 33.2--

20 18.9--20 18.9

7

3.9

1

0.9

0

0.0

8

34 19.1

19 17.90

0.0

53 18.2

84 47.2

38 35.8

2 25.0124 42.5

107 60.1

49 46.2

3 37.5

159 54.5

It is perfect.
It is long.
It is short.
Others
Total

No.

％

No.

％

161
1
10
6
178

90.4
0.6
5.6
3.4
100.0

94
3
8
1
106

88.7
2.8
7.5
0.9
100.0

Total

➢ Why did you participate in the Joint Conference?
10th JAPHN

I wanted to learn new knowledge andpractice.
I was interested in the main programs of
the 6th GNPHN.

Others

7
0
0
1
8

-

％

2.7

7

3.9

5

4.7

3 37.5

15

5.1

3

1.7

0

0.0

1 12.54

1.4

Details of “Others” for the 6th GNPHN (from overseas): To support WHO collaborating center
activities.
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➢ What did you find most useful about this jointly held conference?
It gave us an opportunity to learn the activities of public health nurses overseas.
This was an opportunity to make the activities of public health nurses in Japan
known.
I have become more interested in the activities of overseas public health nurses.
I have become more motivated to participate in international conferences.
There were lots of themes in which I was interested.
There was language support such as Japanese subtitles and Japanese-English
interpretation.
Others

No.

％

87
52

82.1
49.1

44
54
50
66

41.5
50.9
47.2
62.3

0

0.0

2) Participants in on-demand streaming (Questionnaire was announced and collected after theend of on-demand streaming.)
Responses were obtained from 137 participants in the 10th JAPHN, as well as 67 participants(from Japan) and 5 participants (from overseas) in the 6th GNPHN.
➢ What is your job?
6th GNPHN(from Japan)
No.
％
16
23.9
0
0.0
0
0.0
37
55.2
12
17.9
1
1.5
1
1.5
67
100.0

10th JAPHN
No.
Public health nurse
Nurse
Midwife
Educational researcher
Graduate student
Undergraduate student
Others
Total

86
9
0
34
5
2
1
137

％
62.8
6.6
0.0
24.8
3.6
1.5
0.7
100.0

6th GNPHN(from overseas)

No.
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
5

％
0.0
20.0
0.0
0.0
40.0
0.0
40.0
100.0

Total
No.
％
102 48.8
10
4.8
0
0.0
71 34.0
19
9.1
3
1.4
4
1.9
209 100.0※Details of “Others” for the 6th GNPHN (from overseas): Retired/Professor in public health nursing➢ What did you think of the length of on-demand streaming?
10th JAPHN
6th GNPHN
It is perfect.
It is long.
It is short.
Others
Total(from Japan)

No.

％

No.

94
2
36
5
137

68.6
1.5
26.3
3.6
100.0
28

39
2
25
1
67

％

58.2
3.0
37.3
1.5
100.0

6th GNPHN(from overseas)

No.

3
0
2
0
5

Total

％

No.

60.0
0.0
40.0
0.0
100.0

136 65.1
4
1.9
63 30.1
6
2.9
209 100.0％

3) Opinions described in the optional comment field
The following are the main opinions.
 No. of persons who want a hybrid conference: 19 in the 10th JAPHN and 3 in the 6th GNPHN No. of persons who want a virtual conference: 8 in the 10th JAPHN and 7 in the 6th GNPHN No. of persons who want a conference in person: 2
 No. of persons who want the on-demand streaming to be continued: 8 in the 10th JAPHN and
2 in the 6th GNPHN No. of persons who want the on-demand streaming period to be prolonged: 6 in the 10th
JAPHN and 6 in the 6th GNPHN No. of persons who want a booklet of the presentations: 3 in the 10th JAPHN Many persons described their thanks remarks.
[Main opinions from the participants in the 6th GNPHN (from overseas)] Time to collaborate and to be there for networking
 Please ensure the program for discussion in each session work Please ensure all links work, difficult to engage if live streaming was awkward to join.
 Hope we will have access face to face.
 The availability of presentations is very good but communication could be better and ensure alllinks work.
 Amazing that you provided an excellent virtual conference

4) Review by the staff after the conference: Points they thought about and points to be
improved upon in the future[Points the staff thought about]◼ Main programs as a whole (both on-demand and live streaming) In some cases, Japanese subtitles were made available for video-recorded presentations inEnglish and English subtitles, for those in Japanese. In other cases, both Japanese andEnglish versions were prepared.
 The staff asked presenters to allow downloading their data or materials as much as possible.


The staff made the best use of spare time between lectures, e.g., by posting advertisement
movies or the relevant notifications.
The staff prepared the ZOOM virtual backgrounds for lecturers and participants.
The staff prepared emergency contacts (i.e., 3 telephone lines in total) dedicated to thelecturers and chairpersons as well as dedicated to participants for live streaming on the daysof the conference.
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◼

Main programs live streamed






In all main programs for the 2-day conference period except the lectures given by the two
Presidents and the keynote speeches, the staff set Q&A sessions when they were live
streamed so that opinion exchange was possible.
Even for the programs live streamed, the staff prepared 2 channels for video streaming
services so that as many participants as possible could view them.
During the 2-day conference period, the staff arranged 2 rooms and made one room of them
dedicated to live streaming so that the programs were live streamed in a quite environment.
The staff asked the vender to secure the equipment that provided sufficiently fasttransmission speed on the internet.

◼

Presentations
 Chairpersons were nominated for individual categories of presentations so that the speaker
was able to exchange opinions with the audience.
 In addition to PowerPoint presentations, video-recorded oral presentations were also
accepted so that first authors were able to present their papers. (This decision was usefulespecially for graduate students who first experienced or wanted to accumulate experiencein giving oral presentations at international conferences.) In order to meet the needs of participants, 3 types of presentations were made accepted asfollows: (1) oral presentation (PowerPoint data plus video-recorded presentation); (2) paperor poster presentation (PDF file of PowerPoint presentation); and (3) presentation on theproceedings.

◼

Others Workshops were limited to the 2-day period of the conference and not held during the ondemand streaming period.
 An “Omotenashi” (which means the Japanese way of hosting and serving guests) program
included the following: illustrations drawn by Japanese public health nurses were madeavailable; LINE network for public nurses was established; highlight spots of Osaka wereintroduced; and a social gathering party spoken in both Japanese and English was held.

[Points to be improved in the future] The staff were not able to check in advance the Q&A functions for the main programs and

presentations and therefore, could not have identified challenging issues until the days of online
streaming.
The staff did not have effective communications with the vender and the online delivery
subcontractor.
The online site was set just before the streaming and therefore, it was difficult to check andmodify the specifications.
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7．Balance Settlement (Final settlement of balance was made on March 30, 2022.)
Japanese Yen
IncomeExpenditure

Budget phase(April 2021)

18,680,000

18,680,000

Final settlement of balance(March 2022)

23,867,015

23,243,420

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Balance(returned to the JAPHN)

623,595

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6th GNPHN CONFERENCE REPORTMarch 2022
Editing & Publishing
6th International Conference of Global Network of Public Health Nursing
Jointly held with 10th Annual Conference ofJapan Academy of Public Health Nursing
OfficeOsaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences
Section of Public Health Nursing (Reiko Okamoto Office)Address: Yamadaoka 1-7, Suita-city, Osaka, 565-0871 JAPANE-mail: office.reiko@sahs.med.osaka-u.ac.jp