ブックタイトルThe Journal of Humanitarian Studies

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The Journal of Humanitarian Studies

Journal of Humanitarian Studies Vol. 4, 2015All speakers and audience appreciated the opportunity to exchange information about disasters and disasternursing education among disaster-prone countries in Asia.V. Wrap-up of the five research activities of the projectUnder the aims of the project, the Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing achieved an internationalnetwork on disaster nursing education as follows:1. Having conducted the survey on“The Current Situation of Disaster and Disaster Nursing Educationin Asian countries”, information exchanges have continued with colleges and universities in Asia thatresponded to the survey.2. The project representative, Prof. Hiroshi Higashiura (International / Disaster Nursing field), togetherwith Ms. Nahoko Okamoto, Ph.D., lecturer, implemented joint research with the international NGO HelpAge International engaged with issues affecting the elderly throughout the world, on issues affecting theelderly in the Great East Japan Earthquake and submitted a report titled“Displacement and Older People”in January 2014.http://www.helpage.org/what-we-do/emergencies/displacement-and-older-people/keywords=Japan, http://www.sure.co.jp/jrc/ihs/journal_03/index.html3. The project representative, Prof. Hiroshi Higashiura (International / Disaster Nursing field) set up astudy meeting on the Great East Japan Earthquake and international humanitarian assistance for twoyears, from November 2012 to December 2014, because the loss and damages caused by the Great EastJapan Earthquake were immense and left many lessons to be learned by entities ranging from the nationalgovernment to the local authority level.Specifically, how to receive international assistance during a disaster was one of critical issues. To ensurebetter preparedness for future disasters, ministry officials, national and international designated publicinstitutions, academic personnel of universities, and staff from NGOs/NPO participated voluntarily atthe individual level. The report of the study was issued as“Recommendations”for the 3rd UN WorldConference on Disaster Reduction in Sendai in March, 2015.http://www.sure.co.jp/jrc/pdf/20140313.pdfhttp://www.sure.co.jp/jrc/ihs/journal_03_annex/index.html4. In May, 2014, the 1st Red Cross/ Red Crescent International Nursing Academic Conference on disasternursing was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Prof. Hiroshi Higashiura contributed to organizing the conferenceas a planner and advisor. Outcomes of the project presented by JRCCN and TRCCN researchers there andin particular, JRCCN’s advanced disaster nursing programs, were evaluated very positively.5. In 2011 when the project started, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for academic exchangesamong students and faculty members was exchanged with two universities (University of Colorado andSwedish Red Cross University College of Nursing). By March 2014, MoU were exchanged with threemore colleges/ universities (Thai Red Cross College of Nursing, Chulalongkorn University, and La SourceUniversity (Lausanne, Switzerland). An additional two colleges/ universities are being nominated. All ofthem noted“Disaster Nursing Education of the JRCCN”as one of the major exchange programs.6. In Bangladesh, a three-year“Community-based Disaster Prevention Health Activities”program wasstarted in March 2014 by Prof. Mariko Ohara, Ph. D. and members of this project with Grants-in- Aid forScientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. Thecounterpart is the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, and the researchers are Mr. Abdul Karim and Ms.人道研究ジャーナルVol. 4, 2015107