Promotion of Parenting and Mental Health Needs among Chinese Women Living in Japan: A Qualitative Study

Yunjie Luo, Yoko Sato, Tianyue Zhai, Hiromi Kagamiyama and Yasuhiko Ebina ()
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Yunjie Luo: Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 0600812, Japan
Yoko Sato: Faculty of Human Sciences, Hokkaido Bunkyo University, Eniwa 0611449, Japan
Tianyue Zhai: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 0608638, Japan
Hiromi Kagamiyama: Department of Nursing Faculty of Health Sciences, Japan Healthcare University, Sapporo 0620053, Japan
Yasuhiko Ebina: Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 0600812, Japan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 20, 1-13

Abstract: Chinese women raising children in Japan tend to experience high parenting stress and poor mental well-being. However, their specific parenting and mental health promotion needs remain unknown. This study aimed to explore the parenting and mental health promotion needs of Chinese women living in Japan and provide recommendations to guide interventions. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted. Participants included 15 women aged 28–39 years who were pregnant or rearing a child younger than six years old. Thematic analysis was performed for data analysis. More than half of the participants experienced mental health problems, such as depressive symptoms and child-rearing stress. Four themes relating to their needs were identified: concrete support, information provision, caring and understanding, and social network building. Information provision and social network building should be emphasized as practical social support mechanisms to improve these women’s mental health. Furthermore, a mental health promotion intervention should be developed to address this vulnerable population’s needs. Healthcare providers and public health workers should help improve the social support systems of Chinese women in Japan to prevent mental health problems. Potential transcultural education can, arguably, help healthcare providers better understand transcultural care.

Keywords: mental health; emigrants and immigrants; women; parenting; social support; qualitative study; thematic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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