What is JAPHNEI？

The Japan Association of Public Health Nurse Educational Institutions (JAPHNEI) is
an organization that works to ensure the quality of public health nurse education in Japan.

Founding, mission, and activities

Founding

October 1980

Founded

April 2011

Incorporated as a General Incorporated Association

Mission

To improve public health by enhancing public health nurse educational institutions across Japan and enriching public health nursing education.

Activities

1. Enhance and strengthen public health nurse educational institutions
2. Serve as a liaison council for public health nurse educational institutions
3. Train faculty of public health nurse educational institutions
4. Conduct research on topics such as the system and programs of public health nurse education
5. Evaluate and accredit educational programs for public health nurses
6. Collaborate and coordinate with related groups inside and outside Japan
7. Carry out social impact projects to improve public health and promote healthy living
8. Perform other tasks required to fulfill our mission

Action plan for 2022

I. Vision

The purpose of this corporation is to develop education institutions for public health nurses nationwide, enhance public health nursing education, and improve public health. To achieve this purpose while also considering national trends, we will work to ensure the quality of licensed public health nurses by examining their curriculum and education system, verifying their educational output, and improving teachers’ qualifications and the quality of national examination questions. In addition, we will promote activities aimed at enhancing nursing education and aim for a higher level of education for public health nurses as an additional part of the curriculum.

The results of past activities show the need for more fulfilling public health nursing education; as such the Instruction, Curriculum, Education System, and National Examination committees will work with the relevant organizations to promote the exploration and systematization of public health nursing. In particular, we will enhance the systematic training based on faculty career ladders and promote detailed block activities that address issues in a specific locality. Moreover, we will seek to respond more quickly to member school-related issues, which are typically the result of social changes due to the progress of computerization and globalization. We will strengthen the information transmission of public relations and international affairs committees and the editorial committees will publish a council magazine (“Public Health Nursing Education”) to promote the dissemination of information, both domestically and internationally. In addition, based on new lifestyle factors consistent with the COVID-19 countermeasures, we will support member schools by collecting and disseminating information regarding the various educational methods, such as distance education, and by lobbying related institutions and organizations.

II. Committee policy

1. Instruction Committee

• Plan, implement, and evaluate training seminars for faculty members who teach public health nursing
• Evaluate and collaborate within blocks to enhance training based on the instructor’s career ladder

2. Curriculum Committee

• Examine techniques in public health nursing and inform member schools about the need for technical education

3. Education System Committee

• Develop curriculum-promotion measures to foster practical public health nurses through additional education at graduate schools and universities
• Develop a draft for standard to evaluate the curriculum after the designated rules are revised

4. National Examination Committee

• Inspect the 109th National Examination Questions and examination venue and provide suggestions to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
• Support the dissemination of new questioning standards

5. Public Relations and International Affairs Committee

• Evaluate the website (including the English version) and effectively use it
• Use e-mail newsletters to share information
• Promote the recruitment of new members through public relations activities

6. Editorial Committee

• Issue and publish Volume 6 of the digital journal
• Build and operate a smooth peer review system
• Establish the code of ethics for manuscript submission

7. Educational Evaluation Preparatory Committee (Special project)

• Consider promoting sectoral certification evaluation in future public health nursing education

8. Health Crisis Management Response Committee (Special project)

• Develop audiovisual materials after clarifying the health crisis management skills required by public health nurses during natural disasters and the spread of infectious diseases

III. Block activity plan

• Based on the social context and trends in public health nursing education, we will share the current situation and issues. Training and information exchanges will be conducted to improve the quality of public health nursing education. In addition, we will endeavor to share information and cooperate with activities between schools, across blocks, and throughout the country.

Journal of the Japan Association of Public Health Nurse Educational Institutions