Citation

Honda C, Yoshioka-Maeda K, Iwasaki-Motegi R. J. Adv. Nurs. 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jan.14526

PMID

32820816

Abstract

Child abuse and neglect are high-priority public health issues around the world, but it is known that early care for families with parenting anxiety and stress is essential for preventing abuse (World Health Organization, 2006). In Japan, the country has created a national campaign plan called The Second Term of Healthy Parents and Children 21 (2015-2024) to address two prioritized agenda: (1) supporting parents with difficulties raising their children; and (2) preventing child abuse from pregnancy (Osawa et al., 2019). Public health nurses (PHNs) play a crucial role in preventing child abuse and neglect by providing family healthcare in each municipality. In Japan, more than 70% of PHNs work for municipalities or prefectures covering people at various health stages from birth to old age (Iwasaki-Motegi and Naruse, 2020), identifying health issues for infants and their parents before preschool through a variety of health checkups and home visits.

Language: en