Psychological care for West Japan torrential rain affected children

Research Work on Torrential Rain and Typhoons

Heavy rains and typhoons cause major disasters, including great economic losses and casualties, in China. Therefore, it is very important to research these torrential rains and typhoons in order to improve forecasting accuracy to mitigate their consequences. The Center of Disaster Reduction of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has cooperated with the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science ...

Convective Structures in a Simulated Torrential-Rain-Producing Mesoscale Convective System in East China

The prevalence of psychological morbidity in West Bank Palestinian children.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of psychological morbidity among Palestinian children living in the southern Bethlehem District of the West Bank during July 2000. METHODS We undertook a descriptive study using the Rutter A2 (parent) Scale to determine psychological morbidity. This questionnaire comprises 31 questions that were answered by a parent of the 206 subject children (ages 6 to ...

Financing Long-Term Care: Lessons From Japan

Long-term care (LTC) must be carefully delineated when expenditures are compared across countries because how LTC services are defined and delivered differ in each country. LTC’s objectives are to compensate for functional decline and mitigate the care burden of the family. Governments have tended to focus on the poor but Germany opted to make LTC universally available ...

Psychological preparation practices for children undergoing medical procedures in Japan and Germany

The present study aimed to clarify the current status and awareness of psychological preparation for children undergoing medical procedures in pediatric nursing in Japan as compared with that in Germany. An original questionnaire about the current status and awareness of psychological preparation for children in hospitals was distributed by mail to nurses’ working on Japanese pediatric wards in...