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Research of Disaster Nursing in Japan 2005–2020

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This chapter explains the concept analysis of disaster nursing and the progress and trends of current research in disaster nursing pre-post 2015. The research interest is relevant in today’s challenge in community, specifically as disaster nursing is continually extended by effort to seek the disaster reduction. Therefore, they focus mainly on descriptions of nurses’ firsthand experiences during disasters. Many studies that explained the experience of disaster response lack a bird’s-eye view and a multifaceted perspective and overlook the nurses’ contribution and experiences in disaster relief and prevention work. Because local nurses who respond to disasters are recognized survivor rather than researchers, and their voice is not regarded as fact and scientific evidence. Therefore, it is required sufficient and appropriate to just repair or recover the affected disaster site and convert their thoughts and experiences into data. Given the extensive range and specialization of nurses from around the globe who are involved in the complex spectrum of disaster health (from pre-event planning to recovery), it should be utilized their multiple academic perspectives on what nurses need to know and how to apply that knowledge on global agenda rather than emergency medical issue. Nursing research advances the nursing practice and shapes systems and policies that support public health connected SDGs at large. It is necessary for nurses and researchers to have a shared understanding of the concept of disaster nursing and to disseminate research from the perspective of nurses to the world.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the discussion with the following researcher: Hiroko Minami (Kobe City College of Nursing), Aiko Yamamoto (Shitenoji Universoty), Wakana Ozawa (University of Kochi), as well as the support by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP17H04435.

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    Maki Nakajima

  2. University of Kochi, Kochi, Japan

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Nakajima, M., Kanbara, S. (2022). Research of Disaster Nursing in Japan 2005–2020. In: Kanbara, S., Miyagawa, S., Miyazaki, H. (eds) Disaster Nursing, Primary Health Care and Communication in Uncertainty. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98297-3_6

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