Objective: The purpose of this study was to reveal which factors affect the intention of the welfare professionals in university students who have worked in a welfare department.

Method: An interview investigation was conducted with university students who had completed of social work practice.

Results: The interview data revealed number of findings. University students’ intentions of becoming human service professionals were enhanced following positive interactions with clients. Negative interactions with clients stimulated the awareness of the essential need of human service professionals.

Conclusion: The bringing up of social work practice must make allowance for both individual characteristics of students and environmental factors.

Objectives: This study aims to examine complexity of problems among migrant women with victim of domestic violence and implication for social work practice through revealing migrant women’s life backgrounds.

Methods: Cross tabulation and logistic regression analysis of 119 migrant women’s case data at 18 social work agencies were conducted. In this study, characteristics of women’s life background and social demographic were analyzed. Also, Interview that focus on dif.culties they experienced and support they received for two migrant women were conducted

Results: Results showed that 49.8% migrant women experienced domestic violence. There were significant differences with the following factors; husband’s nationality, residential status, employment status, financial difficulties, and involvement of child abuse. There was a tendency in differences with women’s age, length of stay in Japan and school attainment. Victims of domestic violence were more likely to correlate with the following factors; husband is Japanese, child abuse involvement, and lower school attainment. Interview showed that fragile .nancial status, lack of support from both home country and Japanese family members, little opportunity of social participation, and parenting problems consisted of complex problems among women with victims of domestic violence.Conclusion: This study indicated that women’s complex problems are consisted by various factors, such as .nancial status, relationship problem with husband and his families, parenting problems, and lack of social participation that could promote social life skills. Study also indicated that being a member of Japanese family does not necessarily lower the risk for domestic violence. Support for Japanese language, network development, and obtaining of social life skills are crucial.

【Purpose】This study aims to clarify factors related to burnout among novice nurses working in university hospitals focusing on the workplace environment.

【Methods】A cross-sectional study with a self-administered questionnaire for 508 novice nurses working at 8 hospitals with 350 or more beds in the Tokyo metropolitan area in September, 2012, with items on demographics, working environment, organizational culture, and workplace educational support, as well as the Japanese version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-HSS.

【Results】Of the 364 responses (71.7 %) 317 were considered valid (87.0 %). The average total burnout score was 12.4. A multiple regression analysis with the total burnout score as the objective variable yielded a coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.39 adjusted for degrees of freedom, explaining 32% of the variance.Significant factors were nursing training at the hospital of the present work (demographics), working two shifts, feeling little encumbered by recording duties, and satisfaction with the job assigned (workplace environment). Nurses who reported these had lower burnout scores. Nurses working in organizational cultures where immediate discussion of issues is possible, with educational staff as preceptors for educational support at the workplace, working with seniors when first performing care or treatment, and receiving practical support in the nursing work also had lower burnout scores.【Conclusion】Burnout is less frequent in novice nurses with practical training in their respective workplaces. It is possible to reduce the risk of burnout when the workplace culture allows discussion, the burden of nursing records is light, and work satisfaction is high. Satisfaction with preceptor educational staff, working with seniors when first performing care or treatment, and receiving practical support in the nursing work would reduce the risk of burnout.

Purpose: From studies on the acquisition of information by the deaf in the event of an earthquake and day-to-day disaster-prevention information, this study considers methods for providing information to the deaf in the event of a disaster outbreak as well as measures.

Method: Responses from 61 deaf subjects were obtained on sources of information during the Geiyo earthquake, the most useful source of information, disaster-prevention measures, and other relevant information. Analysis was conducted on the difference in information sources directly following the earthquake, the most useful source of information, and disaster-prevention measures on the basis of whether the subject lived with others with normal hearing abilities using an χ2 test and Fisher’s exact test. A significant difference between observed frequency and expected frequency was calculated for the most useful source of information during the earthquake using residual analysis adjusted for whether the subject lived with others with normal hearing abilities.

Results: Significant differences (p < 0.05) were found with most, (41.3%) of the group of deaf respondents living with others with normal hearing abilities obtaining information from family and relatives, while most (40.7%) of the group of deaf respondents not living with others with normal hearing abilities obtaining information from the Japanese Federation of the Deaf members. The source of information most useful during the disaster for respondents not living with others with normal hearing abilities was telecommunications (telephone, fax, Internet, television) at 50%, and a significant difference (χ2(4)=12.24，p=0.012) was found between useful information sources during the disaster and living with or without others with normal hearing abilities. A tendency was found for respondents not living with others with normal hearing abilities to be less prepared than those who did live with others with normal hearing abilities.Conclusion: As useful sources of information in the event of a disaster differ between whether or not a deaf individual lives with others with normal hearing abilities, disaster-prevention measures for the deaf must make accommodations that take into account the aspect of cohabitation.

Objective：There is an urgent need to improve and develop an outreach service system in Japan, and understanding the needs of the service users is crucial to provide high-quality care in the future. The purpose of this study is to investigate the needs of the outreach service users and to explore the expectation for psychologists in the outreach service team.

Method：The participants are 19 of 68 patients in the outreach service, who have agreed to participate. The researcher accompanied the staffs to the community area. The participants are asked to answer the questionnaires about the current service and the expectations about the future service. Based on the result of this research and the previous ones, quantitative analysis is done, and the needs of the outreach service users are extracted.

Results：The answers show that “being a conversation partner,” “consulting about the future,” “managing their condition by examining body temperatures and blood pressures,” and “assessing the symptoms and mental status through psychological tests” are the highest needs for the outreach service staffs, while “helping the users with daily routines such as cleaning and laundry” was the lowest need.

Discussion：This study indicates that outreach service users need wide ranges of supports on medical, social work, and psychological areas. Wanting to have a conversation partner indicates that outreach service users hope to have direct contacts with people, which gives us the insight about the needs for clinical psychologists in the outreach service. Needs for a mental state assessment through psychological tests and communication skills training are high, and these needs also can be met by clinical psychologists as well.