Abstract
The current study is a literature review to identify available support for
collaboration between daycare centers and families in toilet training. Relevant studies
were searched through the Japan Medical Abstracts Society Database Web Version
Ver. 5 using “toilet/excretion training,” “training,” and “toilet training” as keywords.
Analysis of Eight papers identified was performed, and their contents were classified
into the following three categories: “young children’s actual excretion behaviors,”
“timing and consultation for toilet training,” and “guardians’ needs.” In terms of
“collaboration in toilet training,” the results suggest that effective communication
between daycare centers or preschool teachers and the mother or other family
members was a necessary condition. With regard to “interactions between the nurse
and mother of a child undergoing toilet training,” it was suggested that nurses must
understand what information mothers are seeking for toilet training and then provide
information based on the perceptions of professional nurses.
