人びとの食物選択および摂取の動機を探ることは，より効果的な健康介入プログラムの計画に加え，個人，地域，および文化による行動の違いのよりよい理解に役立つ．しかし，これについて発展途上国の村落地域で行われた研究はほとんどない．さらに，食物選択および摂取の動機を評価するための質問票はほとんど西洋人を対象として開発，検討されたものである．そこで本研究では，インドネシアのスンダ農村において，食物摂取の動機を評価するための質問票The Eating Motivation Survey (TEMS)を用いた調査を実施し，本対象集団におけるこの質問票の適用可能性を評価した．二つの農村コミュニティの住民155人からTEMSに対する回答を収集した．Cronbachのα係数によりサブスケールの信頼性および内的一貫性を評価した．また，探索的因子分析によりサブスケールの妥当性を検討した．本対象集団ではhabits，priceのサブスケールで高いスコアが観察され，これらがこの集団に特徴的な強い動機である可能性が示唆された．ただし，サブスケールの信頼性は概して低く，15のうち10のサブスケールでα係数が許容可能とされる閾値0.7を下回った．探索的因子分析で抽出された因子は項目の分類がTEMSとは異なっており，TEMSの15のサブスケールの構造が本研究の対象集団には適していないことが示唆された．すなわち，食物摂取の動機のサブスケールの分類構造は集団によって異なる可能性が示された．

This study aims to examine the current state of educational support at facilities accepting foreign nurse candidates (hereafter, candidates) who have come to Japan under an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and future educational support methods. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire survey was given to Japanese nurses who were supporting the candidates and the foreign nurses. The results revealed that Japanese nurses believed that “nursing practice support provided by Japanese instructors with cultural differences borne in mind” and “study sessions to prepare for the national nursing exam, questions in clinical settings, and emotional support from teaching faculty” were correlated with the candidates’ nursing proficiency. It was also found that on-site education, including cross-cultural understanding, Japanese language education, and mental support, is also important. These results suggest that spiral learning of on-the-job training and off-the-job training is effective in supporting foreign nurse candidates.

With the aim of clarifying the current status and issues of educational support methods at facilities accepting foreign nurse candidates (hereafter, candidates) who came to Japan under the Economic Partnership Agreement (hereafter, EPA). An interview survey was conducted with 12 foreign nurses who had already passed the national nurse examination. The study found that the candidates were currently receiving from Japan “OJT support in nursing practices”, “Assistance in adapting to educational, work, and living environments”, “Off-JT support to prepare for the national nursing exam”, “Emotional support”, “In-hospital training courses and support”, and “Support for understanding the system for accepting nurses”. These issues suggest that educational support provided to the candidates in the future should be based upon a foundation embodying “Improvement in contract terms” and “Reinforcement of the educational system and role”, and there is a need to offer spiral learning comprising “Support for improving Japanese language ability”, “Emotional support”, “Assistance in adapting to educational, work, and living environments”, “OJT support in nursing practices”, and “Off-JT to prepare for the national nursing exam”.