2023 Volume 26 Issue 2 Pages 50-60
The characteristics of activities and ideas on community development conducted by administrative public health nurses were clarified based on a literature review of 33 documents from Japan and were examined in comparison with community development in the Harmonious Local Community Policy. Characteristics included utilizing public health nursing techniques based on basic attitudes as public health nurses, building and managing a system for initiatives within the administrative organization, creating a foundation for diverse actors to cooperate in the region, and offering coordination and support according to the process of residents’ activities. With respect to community development conducted by administrative public health nurses, there is high affinity with community development in the national Harmonious Local Community Policy, and there is a good possibility that it will function effectively in related projects. When utilizing the community development conducted by public health nurses in related projects, it is important to secure management functions within the administrative organization, to secure management functions for the comprehensive management of initiatives by residents and various stakeholders and of administrative initiatives, and to ensure a system that allows staff including public health nurses to go out into the community and engage in activities.
