In order to solve today’s complex issues in the field of health, medical and welfare, collaboration among professionals is very important. However, it is also a fact that cooperation are difficult at the actual site due to the specialization becoming a wall. Therefore, first, I reorganize the necessity of Interprofessional Work (IPW) and the viewpoints and abilities required for proceeding it. Based on that, I would like to convey the essence of the development of education for cultivating IPW practitioners, that is, Interprofessional Education (IPE). Saitama Prefectural University, which established in 1999, has been aiming for collaboration and integration of health, medical and welfare since the beginning, and has accumulated various educational practices to develop the current IPE. The commitment in the meantime is “community based practice”. Direct learning in the field that transcends specialized fields, represented by the compulsory IPW practice, which is neither on the desk nor on paper. I hope that this paper will be an opportunity to think and discuss with the members of the Japanese Society of Community Psychology the characteristics of our university’s IPE, which has been cultivated through the process of collaboration with local stakeholders, service users and residents.

This study investigated how freshmen’s friendships affected their help-seeking from new college friends during the transition to college. 136 freshmen (68 pairs of same-sex friends) participated in a longitudinal study in which they completed a questionnaire two times (May and July, given that the new school year begins in April). Participants completed the measures of concern about help-seeking from their same-sex friends, given that there are the fear of negative response and stigmatization, relational efficacy, and help-seeking from new college friends at the beginning and end of their first semester. The results were analyzed using a multilevel structural equation model and showed that (a) at the pair level and the individual level, the relational efficacy decrease fear of negative response, and (b) at the individual level, relational efficacy and fear of stigmatization increase help-seeking. These results of this study can be used to develop a new strategy for university communities to support freshmen and protect against freshman’s maladjustment.

This study investigated the characteristics and factors associated with help-seeking intention from online and face-to-face counseling. An online survey was conducted with college students (N=500). The results indicated the following. (1) Students that had used counseling in the past and were aware of counseling services had higher help-seeking intention scores. (2) Male students’ attitudes toward help-seeking, positive expectations of receiving help, and the seriousness of the distress were positively associated with help-seeking intention from face-to-face and online counseling. Moreover, the Self-Stigma Scale score of men was positively related to help-seeking intention from online counseling. (3) Female students’ prior counseling experience and attitudes toward help-seeking were positively associated with help-seeking intention from face-to-face and online counseling. Furthermore, women’s Self-Stigma Scale score indicated positive expectations of receiving help, which had positive effects on help-seeking intention from face-to-face counseling. The K6 score and coronavirus anxiety was positively associated with help-seeking intention.