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Promotion of Parenting and Mental Health Needs among Chinese Women Living in Japan : A Qualitative Study
Title: | Promotion of Parenting and Mental Health Needs among Chinese Women Living in Japan : A Qualitative Study |
Authors: | Luo, Yunjie Browse this author | Sato, Yoko Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Zhai, Tianyue Browse this author | Kagamiyama, Hiromi Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Ebina, Yasuhiko Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
Keywords: | mental health | emigrants and immigrants | women | parenting | social support | qualitative study | thematic analysis |
Issue Date: | 19-Oct-2022 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Journal Title: | International journal of environmental research and public health |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 20 |
Start Page: | 13538 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph192013538 |
PMID: | 36294118 |
Abstract: | Chinese women raising children in Japan tend to experience high parenting stress and poor mental well-being. However, their specific parenting and mental health promotion needs remain unknown. This study aimed to explore the parenting and mental health promotion needs of Chinese women living in Japan and provide recommendations to guide interventions. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted. Participants included 15 women aged 28-39 years who were pregnant or rearing a child younger than six years old. Thematic analysis was performed for data analysis. More than half of the participants experienced mental health problems, such as depressive symptoms and child-rearing stress. Four themes relating to their needs were identified: concrete support, information provision, caring and understanding, and social network building. Information provision and social network building should be emphasized as practical social support mechanisms to improve these women's mental health. Furthermore, a mental health promotion intervention should be developed to address this vulnerable population's needs. Healthcare providers and public health workers should help improve the social support systems of Chinese women in Japan to prevent mental health problems. Potential transcultural education can, arguably, help healthcare providers better understand transcultural care. |
Type: | article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/87411 |
Appears in Collections: | 保健科学院・保健科学研究院 (Graduate School of Health Sciences / Faculty of Health Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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