2025 Volume 45 Pages 478-489
Objective: This study aims to verify the validity and usefulness of a case conference sheet designed to facilitate the identification of community health needs from individual cases at health checkups for infants and toddlers, as well as the deliberation of potential solutions.
Methods: We developed and implemented a case conference sheet to facilitate the identification of community health needs in individual cases and the deliberation of potential solutions. The validity of the sheet, which incorporated elements of public health nursing competencies, was verified through participant observation during case conferences. Furthermore, a questionnaire survey was conducted to assess the sheet’s usefulness in terms of effectiveness and efficiency.
Results: Analysis of 28 individual cases led to the identification and examination of eight community health needs. The content of the form was found to be aligned with the elements of public health nursing competencies, confirming its validity. The usefulness of the sheet was demonstrated through changes in public health nurses’ awareness, who indicated it was an effective and efficient tool that helped them to recognize commonalities among individual cases, understand the process of conceptualizing community health needs from individual cases, pay attention to community environment, and improve the visualization and efficiency of information sharing.
Conclusion: This case conference sheet was confirmed to be a valid and useful tool for facilitating the identification of community health needs from individual cases and deliberation of potential solutions.
