Development of an educational program in postgraduate midwifery education to provide continual support through home visits during infant stages of children

在日本，虐待儿童的问题最近已经成为一个严重的问题，从怀孕到育儿阶段的持续预防性支持被认为是必要的。因此，在本研究中，我们采用了美国S的“健康开始计划”的概念，该计划在防止虐待方面是有效的。我们的目标是开发、实施和评估研究生助产教育项目，该项目与婴幼儿阶段的育儿支持有关。我们实施了为助产士学生创建的教育计划，并与这些学生以及得到持续支持的母亲一起对该计划进行了评估。结果，我们得到了学生的评价，他们报告说，他们能够理解母亲和孩子从出生中心出院后的日常生活。来自母亲的评估报告说，“在压力最大的时候，长期接受家访是件很棒的事情。”

Issues with child abuse in Japan have recently become a serious problem, and continual preventative support from pregnancy to child care stages is considered necessary. Therefore, in the present study, we applied concepts from the U.S.'s "Healthy Start Program," which is known to be effective in preventing abuse. Our objectives were to develop, implement, and evaluate an educational program in postgraduate midwifery education related to support for child care during the infant stages. We implemented the educational program created for midwifery students, and conducted an evaluation of the program with these students as well as with mothers who had received continual support. As a result, we obtained evaluations from students that reported they were "able to understand the daily life of the mother and child after discharge from the birth center." Evaluations from mothers reported that it was "great to receive home visits on a long-term basis during the most stressful time."