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Japan Academy of Community Health Nursing
Established October 15, 1997

APRIL 2016

Greetings
Misako Miyazaki, RN, PHN, PhD
President, Japan Academy of Community Health Nursing
Dean, Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University

Japan Academy of Community Health Nursing

In this academic society, the scholarship of(JACHN) was founded in October, 1997 as ancommunity health nursing consists of four areas ofacademic society in association with the academic

public health nursing, occupational health nursing,development, education, and dissemination ofschool health nursing, and home care nursing. It

community health nursing, and was shifted from aalso has the feature and strength of the pursuit ofvoluntary organization to a general incorporated

researches, practices, and education from theassociation in November, 2015. As of July, 2015,

viewpoint of the four areas, which contribute toourcommunity health nursing. The mission and role ofsociety

has

grown

into

an

academicorganization having more than 1,400 members.

JACHN lies in finding a universal intelligence ofI will act as President of JACHN for two years

community health nursing, organizing it, andfrom 2015-2016 fiscal years. Our society’s activities

pursuing it. Such a universal intelligence exists

started with the new board members after thearound an associated issue or a common issue

ordinary plenary session of members was held on

which is the focus of discussion from each of theJune 20, 2015.

viewpoints of the four areas.

Various social problems including low birthrate

The issue of the Journal of JACHN (3 times aand rapid aging of the population, health inequalities,

year), the holding of research conference (once a

globalization, health crises such as disasters andyear), and the implementation of research seminars

emerging infectious diseases, surge into Japan. In(twice a year) are the academic core activities ofsuch a situation, the function and role of community

our society. We wrestle with these activities inhealth nursing increases its importance more andevolving contents and system on the basis of themore, in collaboration with various people in multiple

needs of members. In addition, for the way ofphase working with individuals, families, theireducation and personnel training with respect toorganizations, and the whole community.

community health nursing and the social needs for1日本地域看護学会誌

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disaster relief, our committee gathers informationon community health nursing and articles include

and examines it sustainably. In fiscal year 2015, theoriginal articles, research reports, practice concepts,

sixth International Conference on Communityand educational features with the goal of development

Health Nursing (ICCHNR) was held in Seoul, Korea,of theory, education, methods, policy, and ethicaland many members of JACHN participated in theand legal issues that contribute to the health andsociety to present their studies and discussions. In

welfare of people.

fiscal year 2016, the 3rd Korea-Japan Joint

2) Plans

Conference on Community Health Nursing is(1) Organize meetings of the Editorial Committee(three times a year)

determined to be held, for which planning andimplementation will be carried out in collaboration(2) Organize an extended meeting of the Editorial
Committee (once a year)with the Korean Academy of Community HealthNursing (KACHN) and JACHN: preparation is in(3) Issue three editions of the official journal per
year (starting with Vol.18 No. 2/3)

progress now. In this way, JACHN is committed toactively

contributing

to

the

developmentof(4) Conduct activities in coordination with otherCommittees and the Administration Center.

scholarship in cooperation with related academic
societies overseas from a global perspective.
In the forthcoming 2017 fiscal year, JACHN will

(Chaired by Prof Masae Ueno, Osaka Prefecture
University)celebrate its 20th anniversary of foundation. We
are planning to hold a commemorative event

2. Committee on Research Promotion

looking toward the future at the convention in fiscal

1) Purpose

year 2017.

Promote the research activities of the Japan

With all these activities, we will be more aware

Academy of Community Health Nursing (JACHN)of the social mission and role of JACHN as an

members by improving knowledge about research

academic society in the future. We wish your moremethodologies, and encouraging research exchange

support for, cooperation with, and participation inamong members, thereby contributing to thethis society’s activities. Thank you all!

development of community health nursing as an
academic discipline.

Purpose and Action of Committees
for the 2015 to 2016 Fiscal Term

2) Activity Plans(1) Organize seminars on research activities (atleast once a year)
a. Time: This seminar is held in parallel with the

1. Editorial Committee

Academic Conference or other appropriate1) Policy

schedule.

The Journal of Japan Academy of Communityb. Topics: Methods of Literature review, Development

Health Nursing aims to provide access to timelyof Scales, EBN/EBHP: methods of analysis,

research and practice features of use to public

guidance, etc., Research on Social Epidemiology,
Research Ethics, et al.

health nurses, administrators, educators and all the
related people in the field of community health* For more information on planning fiscal 2015,

nursing. The journal emphasizes original scholarshipplease check the accompanying flier.

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In fiscal 2016, we are planning a seminar; the draft

community care, and find 1) what kind of

title is “Development of Scales”.

competency is demanded; 2) what should be(2) Promotion of research exchange among

added to the current nursing education; and then,members

we put forward 3) how the education of community(3) Otherhealth nursing should be.
We are looking forward to receiving various* We welcome your comments and suggestions
about the activity plans.

opinions on community health nursing, and its

The Committee members and affiliations:education system to the Education Committee.

(Chaired by Prof Masako Kaneko, Keio University)(Chaired by Prof Sachiyo Murashima, Oita University
of Nursing and Health Sciences)

3. Public Relations Committee
1) Purpose(1) Promote and enhance public information
activities (public relations, communication of

5. International Exchange Promotion
Committee
1) Purpose

activities, and expansion of membership).

We aim to promote the international exchange(2) Support the activities of the Board of Directors,
Committees and Academic Conference.

research and education for the members.

2) Plans

2) Activities(1) Upgrade the website to promote its use withincreased

activities of community health nursing practice,visibility

share useful information or knowledge regarding

enhancing its contents to include appropriate

JACHN activities, members’ view and updating

links and reports of Committee activities.

trends in Japanese community health nursing.

(2) Promote and enhance member services and(2) Promote international networking including

application

accessibility,(1) Issue the JACHN English newsletter every year tobymembershipandthroughpubliccooperation with International Collaboration for

relations.

Community

Because the Publicity Committee always(ICCHNR) and other associations related towants to receive information/opinions from

community health nursing.

HealthNursing

Researchmembers, please contact us whenever you(Chaired by Prof Ayumi Kono, Department of Home

have them. We hope to increase members of

Health Nursing, Osaka City University)

academic meeting.
(Chaired by Prof Chieko Ide, Oita University)

6. Committee of the Social Insurance
Union Societies Related to Nursing

4. Education Committee

This committee of JACHN cooperates with the

The purpose of the Education Committee of

Association of Nursing Academy and Social

JACHN is to examine the way of community health

Insurance Commissure (Kanhoren). The Kanhoren

nursing education in the nursing basic education

submitted a petition for revision of the Medical andcourse.

Technical Service Payment System of 2016.

In particular, we collect information fromThe Kanhoren needs nursing research data

nurses who play active roles in various places inand evidence submitted from members of JACHN

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List of Committee Members（◎：Chair, ○:Co-chair）

Payment System and the Nursing-care benefits
system in 2018. We are looking forward to

1. Editorial Committee

receiving your comments and your participation in◎ Masae Ueno

Osaka Prefecture University

the working groups of the Kanhoren.

○ Mitsuko Kitayama

Gifu College of Nursing(Chaired by Prof Mikako Arakida, International
University of Health and Welfare)

7. Thesis Award Committee
Administer the following annual award scheme
in a systematic manner.
1) Selection of award-winning theses（1）Select award-winning theses (awards for excellenceand encouragement).
（2）With the approval of the Board of Directors,
exhibit posters of the award-winning theses at
the annual Academic Conference.

International University of Health and Welfare
Kobe University

Akiko Ozaki

Tohoku University

Tomoko Kamei

St. Luke’ s International University

Yoshiko Kudo

Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Chikage Tsuzuki

Kobe City College of Nursing

Miki Tokinaga

University of Kochi

Satoko Nagata

The University of Tokyo

Yoko Hatono

Kyushu University

Teruko Yoshimoto

Chiba University

2. Committee on Research Promotion

2) Recommendations for honorary membership(Chaired by Prof Etsuko Tadaka, Yokohama City
University)

8. Committee for Improvement of Disaster
ReliefMikako Arakida
Hisako Izumi◎ Masako Kaneko

Keio University○ Takae Morita

Yamaguchi University

Yoshiko Ohno

Kitasato University

Yumi Sato

Gunma University

Miki Sato

Keio University

3. Public Relations Committee

1) Purpose
The purpose of this committee is to share◎ Chieko Ide

Oita University○ Sugako Tamura

University of Toyama

scientific knowledge among members to develop

Kieko Yasuda

Nagano College of Nursing

the basis for disaster measure support andMika Hasegawa

University of Fukui

consider how to provide better disaster measure

Tazuyo Shiga

Oita University

support, building on the practice and research

4. Education Committee

findings of JACHN members.

◎ Sachiyo Murashima

2) Plans

Oita University of Nursing and Health
Sciences(1) Organize a workshop for personnel training to○ Miyuki Ishibashi

contribute to disaster measure support.
(2) Discuss nursing activities to prepare for future

Chiba University

Tomoko Ando

Chiba Institute of Science

Noriko Sato

Chiba Prefectural University of Healthlarge-scale disasters.

Sciences(3) Discuss disaster management activities, paying

Akiko Ozaki

Tohoku University

attention to the long-term impact of disaster．

Emiko Kishi

Toho University

Yoko Yamazaki

University of Yamanashi(Chaired by Prof Sanae Haruyama, Jichi Medical
University)

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Asakusa

Takae Suwabe

Medical

Association

Home-visit

Nursing Care Station
Oita

Kotomi Akahoshi

Universityof

NursingandHealthNursing Care

7. Thesis Award Committee

Sciences

5. International Exchange Promotion Committee◎ Tadaka Etsuko

Yokohama City University○ Masae Ueno

Osaka Prefecture University

Department of Home Health Nursing, Osaka◎ Ayumi Kono

City University○ Kaoru Konishi

Osaka University

Chikage Tsuzuki

Kobe City College of Nursing

Kumiko Morita

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Yukiko Kanaya

Osaka City University

Mitsuko Kitayama

Gifu College of Nursing

Emiko Saito

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Yoko Hatono

Kyushu University

8. Committee for Improvement of Disaster Relief

6. Committee of the Social Insurance Union Societies Related to Nursing◎ Sanae Haruyama

Jichi Medical University○ Yukiko Anzai

Miyagi University

Mari Ueno

Natori

Office,Japan

Visiting

Nursing◎ Mikako Arakida

International University of Health and Welfare○ Misako Miyazaki

Chiba University

Yuko Ushio

University of Hyogo

International University of Health and Welfare

Hiroko Okuda

National Institute of Public Health

Etsuko Fuchita

Nagoya University

Minako Sawai

Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing

Yumiko Kiyosaki

The National Association for Home-visit

Hiroko Shimada

Jichi Medical University

Megumi Hobo

Foundation

Brief Report on 6th ICCHNR
th

The 6

International Conference on Community

Health Nursing Research“Knowledge Translation into Community HealthNursing: Health Promotion across the Lifespan”
August 19-21, 2015
Seoul National University Cultural Convention
Center, Seoul, Korea
Akie Ayabe
Department

ofNursing,

IbarakiPrefectural

University of Health Sciences

implementation, like one presentation on the workof community health nurses in the Philippines after
therecenttyphoondisasterandanother

I attended the 6th ICCHNR on the 20th andpresentation about mother and child care in

21st. Through keynote speeches, symposium, andMalawi, left a strong impression on me. Also I

presentations, I learned about research andattended a symposium on health promotion forregional health care initiatives being conducted all

children and adolescents. When we discussed

over the world, to benefit people of all different age

issues like tooth decay, body weight regulation,groups.

poor vision, and food and nutrition education, I had

Presentations by speakers from all over thea strong sense that even in different countries,

world placing particular emphasis on real-world

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Care System in Japan, because the health care

the same.
I gave a poster presentation on the challenges

system in Korea was modeled on Japanese long

faced by a group of people, forced by the 2011 theterm care insurance. This conference gave me

Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami tosome more confidence in oral presentation.

relocate from Fukushima to Tokyo, in rebuilding

I was happy to meet my former colleagues.

their lives. I feel that support for disaster victims

Coincidentally, we booked the same hotel, so wemust be maintained in the long term. At present

could enjoy this conference together. I enjoyed thethey are still receiving support. I was grateful for theexperience during the 6th ICCHNR. I hope to meet

opportunity to report on these disaster relief

and talk with foreign faculty members that I met in

activities in an international setting.

this conference in the near future.

Participating in this ICCHNR gave me many
opportunities to consider what a community healthnurse specializing in community health care can

Mai Kabayama

do. Looking ahead, I would like to continue to learn

Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University

about and participate in community health nursing
The 6th ICCHNR was held from August 19th tocare work, with a new international perspective.

21st, 2015, in Seoul, Korea. The theme of theconferencewas“knowledgetranslation

into

community health nursing” .

Naoko Katakura

This ICCHNR was my first experiencing to

Kobe City College of Nursing

make oral presentation on the stage at an
I participated in the 6th ICCHNR from Aug. 19th

international conference. My presentation was on

to 21st in Korea. Although I had some opportunities

theto present my research on international conferences,

community-dwelling older people, which I investigatedit has been a long time since I gave an oral

through the collaboration work with public healthpresentation in English. The title of my presentation

nurses in Hirakata-City, Osaka. I received manywas 'Exploring factors for expanding nurse staff inquestions and comments from researchers ofhome-visit nursing offices. I focused on thevarious countries. It was very exciting andmanagement of home visit-nursing offices in aninteresting to share opinions directly with foreign

anonymousI

researchers. I was inspired by communicating withprepared my presentation carefully, I tensed up

people from different cultural backgrounds. This trip

when my turn came. I was happy when someto Seoul was an opportunity for me to learn not only

faculty members asked me questions, I was also

the differences but also the similarity of challenges

glad to get feedback from native English faculty.

of community health nursing even in different

They told me that the English in my presentation

countries, which gave me the new idea to develop

was flawless and the topic of home-visit nursing was

my further research.

prefecture

in Japan.

Althoughassociatedfactorswithfrailtyoftheinteresting. As I am not a native speaker, it was a

During the conference, I had the chance to talkvery kind compliment. I was also pleased thatwith Dr. Insook Lee, the Chair of the 2015 Seoul

Korean faculty asked me about Comprehensive

ICCHNR organizing committee. I would like to

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express my sincere gratitude for her giving me theforthcoming conference facility showed that it

insights on how important it is to make partnership,promises good access to the airport as well as

collaboration, and strong relationships between

picturesque natural surrounds.

researchers and knowledge-users. I could reconfirm

In the Closing Remarks and Prize-giving

this idea as critical awareness for my further career.

session, five teachers and their students were

I would also like to express my appreciation to theawarded poster prizes. Of these, two Japanese

staff and students in University of Seoul who were

faculty members and one Japanese student wereso kind and supported us throughout our stay inrecipients.

Seoul. Their smiles and great support were really

I was very proud of the Japanese winners, andimpressive for me. Thank you very much to all of

was inspired to continue contributing my work at

the people I met in Seoul.

future poster sessions. International conferences
like the ICCHNR provide an outstanding opportunity
to understand global trends in research, and offer
immense value to the scientific community.

Miho Hamayoshi
School of Health Sciences, Bukkyo University
I participated in the 6th International Conference
on Community Health Nursing Research, held at

Tomoko Fujita
School of Nursing, Takarazuka University

Seoul National University on 19–21 August, where I
I joined the 6th ICCHNR conference in Korea

presented my work at a poster session.
750

and announced our research on a poster. I

delegates from 19 countries. Around 300 posters

explained our research to Korean students who

were presented, showcasing various research

eagerly read our poster. We spoke in English evenfindings in community nursing practice.

though it was not a native language for any of us,

The

conference

wasattendedbyOwing to the large number of posters

but I experienced a lot of fun in the process. The

presented, I was not able to study each in depth;

study topics were fascinating and members of the

however, a high proportion demonstrated excellent

nursing community were interested in each other,

research findings and compelling design, whicheven if the communication was a little broken.
Researchers from Oceania, Europe, Asia andproved educational nonetheless.
A common focus of the symposiums was the
use

of

EBP

or

Translational

Researchincommunity nursing practice and research.
Lunches were held daily at a different student

elsewhere joined this international conference todiscuss their studies. I recognized that themethodology and outcomes of studies werecommon topics and important for study design.
I listened intently to the welcome and opening

dining hall and I enjoyed sampling a variety of
traditional Korean foods.
In the closing ceremony, the next president
announced that the Republic of South Africa would

remarks, keynote lecture and the guest lecture. I
want to work on an evidence-based study in the
future.

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The 3rd KOREA-JAPAN Joint Conference on Community Health Nursing
Theme：Challenges and Future Directions: Disaster Preparedness and Nursing
Date：July 1-3, 2016 (Friday - Sunday)
Venue：Busan Bexco, South Korea
Chair：Kyung Ja June (Next president of KACHN)
Co-chair：Misako Miyazaki (President of JACHN)
Program：◆Plenary Session ◆Invited Lecture ◆Concurrent session ◆Poster roundWebsite：http://kjjcchn.or.kr

The 19th Annual Research Conference of JACHN
Japan faces significant challenges in building-up the integrated community care system, and publichealth crisis management. The 19th Annual Research Conference of JACHN will showcase the research
and forum to address these challenges.
Theme：The Nursing Management and Leadership Considering Regional Characteristics
Date：August 26-27, 2016 (Friday - Saturday)
Venue：Jichi Medical University, School of Nursing
Chair：Sanae Haruyama（Jichi Medical University, School of Nursing, Professor）
Program：◆Chairperson’s speech: Sanae Haruyama“The Nursing Management and Leadership Considering Regional Characteristics.”◆Keynote speech: Ryozo Nagai (Jichi Medical University, School of Medicine, President)“Regional health care system and data utilization in the near future”◆Educational lecture ◆Symposium ◆Poster presentations ◆ Workshops ◆Banquet
Website：http://jachn19.yupia.net
Publisher: International Exchange Promotion Committee
Ayumi Kono (Department of Home Health Nursing, Osaka City University), Kaoru Konishi (Osaka University), Chikage Tsuzuki(Kobe City College of Nursing), Kumiko Morita (Tokyo Medical and Dental University), Yukiko Kanaya (Osaka City University)

Secretariat of JACHN:
4-1-1, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0825, JAPAN
TEL：+81-(0)3-5206-7431

FAX：+81-(0)3-5206-7757

E-mail：ckango@zfhv.ftbb.net

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