The Women's Health Nursing & Midwifery Laboratory was launched as part of the Graduate School of Medicine in 2008. At that time, no nursing university incorporated “women’s health nursing” into their laboratory titles, and our university was the first in Japan to launch a laboratory using this term. Moreover, a unique website was introduced in 2011, the year of the Great East Japan Earthquake. In 2018, the seventh year since introducing our website, we will provide information via the renewed website.

• Mission in the research area of women’s health nursing

  The Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace was implemented in 2016. Our laboratory is focused on research and education from the aspect of health for the upcoming era of dynamic woman. In addition, we are aiming for research and education that captures current needs. What type of research is necessary, not only to address working issues for men and women, but also to enhance their lives in other areas (child rearing, nursing care)?

• Management policy

  Participation in the Women’s Health Nursing laboratory is exclusively female: the three faculty members, doctoral students, master students, and undergraduate students are all women. We respect each other’s research and cooperate to facilitate high-quality performance.

• Research policy

  We endeavor to anticipate current needs through a broad examination of women’s health concerns. For recent research please see the research activities.

Research Themes

1. Study on competencies in caring for males
2. Study on lower limb edema: treatment & care
3. Research on precision health
4. Studies on fertility awareness (male & female)
5. Research on coparenting
6. Study on physical activity in pregnant women
7. Research with working pregnant women
8. Study on comfort during pregnancy (male & female)

Educational policy

In the undergraduate program, we are working to train students to adopt a thinking process, using both practicums and lectures.
Furthermore, we are working to develop skills for nursing practice by cultivating judgment and the ability to make decisions.
In the graduate program, we’re working toward early participation and presentations in domestic and foreign academic conferences. In addition, students in the doctoral program will receive assistance in having several English and Japanese articles accepted for publication.