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Community Health and Public Health Nursing Lab
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The lab studies community health from the perspective of public health nursing.

AboutAbout the lab
Working together toward the well-being of all people and of society as a whole
The Community Health and Public Health Nursing Lab conducts research in a wide range of fields, including public health nursing, public health, community/home-care nursing, occupational health nursing, and school health.
In addition to quantitative research such as cohort studies and cross-sectional studies, the lab also handles qualitative research and mixed methods research that integrates the two.
Members with different specialties deepen their research through interdisciplinary discussion from their respective perspectives.
The lab belongs to the Nursing Science Degree Program (master's and doctoral) in the Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences at the University of Tsukuba.
Key terms
- Mixed methods research
- A research method that integrates quantitative and qualitative research.
- GIS
- Geographic information system. A system for handling location information on maps.
- Cohort study
- A research method that follows a group of people over time to examine how health status and events are related.
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Working toward the well-being of all people and of society as a whole, the lab conducts research from a wide range of fields, including public health nursing and public health. Graduate students' thesis topics have included workers' mental health, cohort studies on preventing cardiovascular disease, the resilience of public health nurses at health centers, and the experiences of transgender people at health checkups.
*Illustrative imageCommunity Health Systems and Public Health Nursing
Associate Professor Shiratani studies public health nursing activities, including those in workplaces and schools, local government community health systems, and health crisis management. She is also advancing municipal-level ecological analysis using GIS and the study of planetary health education.
*Illustrative imageTobacco Control, Vaccines, and Cancer Screening
Assistant Professor Isaka's research keywords are health communication, tobacco control, vaccines, and cancer screening. Her research fields are community health nursing, and hygiene and public health.
*Illustrative imageDisasters, Health Care, and Cancer
Assistant Professor Yamashita's research field is public health nursing, and her research keywords include disasters and health care, and cancer.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Community Health and Public Health Nursing Lab consist of faculty members and graduate students in the doctoral and master's programs.
- ProfessorMika Okura
- Associate ProfessorKae Shiratani
- Assistant ProfessorYukari Isaka
- Assistant ProfessorMichiyo Yamashita
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Community Health Nursing Lab” Anantlayall / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Community Health Systems and Public Health Nursing: “Saitama Health Promotion X-Ray scanner truck 20160508a” ITA-ATU / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Tobacco Control, Vaccines, and Cancer Screening: “Malaysia Prohibition-signs-No-smoking-sign-01” CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Disasters, Health Care, and Cancer: “FEMA - 42079 - Disaster Medical Assistance Team members in American Samoa” Casey Deshong / Public domain (cropped)
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