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Affiliation (Master)

• Faculty of Health Sciences　Health Sciences　Comprehensive Developmental Nursing

Affiliation (Master)

• Faculty of Health Sciences　Health Sciences　Comprehensive Developmental Nursing

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Affiliation

• Hokkaido University, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Hokkaido University, Creative Research Institution

Degree

• Ph.D（Hokkaido University）

Profile and Settings

• Name (Japanese)

  Luo

• Name (Kana)

  Yunjie

• Name

  202301016629230167

Affiliation

• Hokkaido University, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Hokkaido University, Creative Research Institution

Achievement

Research Interests

• 異文化看護   メンタルヘルス   保健科学   看護学   

Research Areas

• Life sciences / Lifelong developmental nursing / Maternal and Child Health Nursing

Research Experience

• 2023/04 - Today Hokkaido University Faculty of Health Sciences Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Education

• 2020/04 - 2023/03  Hokkaido University  Graduate School of Health Sciences
• 2018/04 - 2020/03  Hokkaido University  Graduate School of Health Sciences

Awards

• 2023/11 China Scholarship Council 2022 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students
  
• 2023/03 北海道大学大学院保健科学院長賞
  
• 2023/03 The 26th East Asian Forum Of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS 2023) Best Oral Presentation Award
  
• 2020/03 北海道大学大学院保健科学院長賞
  

Published Papers

• Effectiveness of moisturising therapy in treating nipple trauma: a systematic review protocol

  Maya Nakamura, Yunjie Luo, Yasuhiko Ebina

  BMJ Open 2024/09 [Refereed]
  
• Effect of an Internet-based mental health promotion intervention among immigrant Chinese women: A quasi-experimental study

  Yunjie Luo, Yasuhiko Ebina, Yoko Sato

  SSM - Population Health 26 101686 - 101686 2352-8273 2024/06 [Refereed]
  
• Promotion of Parenting and Mental Health Needs among Chinese Women Living in Japan: A Qualitative Study.

  Yunjie Luo, Yoko Sato, Tianyue Zhai, Hiromi Kagamiyama, Yasuhiko Ebina

  International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (20) 2022/10/19 [Refereed]
   

  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.
• Interventions to improve immigrant women's mental health: A systematic review.

  Yunjie Luo, Yasuhiko Ebina, Hiromi Kagamiyama, Yoko Sato

  Journal of clinical nursing 2022/06/02 [Refereed]
   

  AIMS: To identify the effectiveness of interventions for improving immigrant women's mental health and explore the role of these interventions in nursing practice. BACKGROUND: Immigrant women rearing children and living in a foreign country experience many mental health problems during pregnancy, child-rearing, and acculturation. Mental health problems can be controlled or modified through effective practices. Few studies have examined the role of different types of interventions in alleviating these mental health issues in immigrant women in the perinatal period, and it is unclear whether such interventions are effective. METHODS: This systematic review used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis checklist. Studies form December 1948-August 2021 were retrieved from four databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library. This systematic review's protocol was registered at PROSPERO (CRD42020210845). The data were summarised using narrative analysis. RESULTS: Eight studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the final analyses. There were few mental health improvement interventions for immigrant women. The interventions included home visit programmes, asset-building mental health interventions, cognitive-behavioural interventions, nursing interventions, perinatal education interventions, and mindfulness interventions. Home visit programmes and asset-building mental health interventions have reported positive outcomes in improving depressive symptoms and mental health. CONCLUSIONS: There are few interventions for improving immigrant women's mental health. Most existing interventions are conducted through group education, but there are no explicit significant effects. Home visits may be an effective approach for conducting interventions to improve immigrant women's mental health. An effective nursing intervention should be developed, and more research is needed in improving immigrant women's mental health. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: This review provides evidence for nurses and midwives to practice appropriate and effective approaches and strategies for improving immigrant women's mental health. We suggest possible future interventions for this cohort of immigrant women in the perinatal period.
• Health-Related Quality of Life and Risk Factors among Chinese Women in Japan Following the COVID-19 Outbreak.

  Yunjie Luo, Yoko Sato

  International journal of environmental research and public health 18 (16) 2021/08/19 [Refereed]
   

  The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected individuals' physical and mental health, including that of immigrant women. This study aimed to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL), identify the demographic factors and awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic contributing to physical and mental health, and examine the risk factors associated with poor physical and mental health of Chinese women in Japan following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Using an electronic questionnaire survey, we collected data including items on HRQoL, awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic, and demographic factors. One hundred and ninety-three participants were analyzed. Approximately 98.9% of them thought that COVID-19 affected their daily lives, and 97.4% had COVID-19 concerns. Married status (OR = 2.88, 95%CI [1.07, 7.72], p = 0.036), high concerns (OR = 3.99, 95%CI [1.46, 10.94], p = 0.007), and no concerns (OR = 8.75, 95%CI [1.17, 65.52], p = 0.035) about the COVID-19 pandemic were significantly associated with poor physical health. Unmarried status (OR = 2.83, 95%CI [1.20, 6.70], p = 0.018) and high COVID-19 concerns (OR = 2.17, 95%CI [1.04, 4.56], p = 0.040) were significantly associated with poor mental health. It is necessary to provide effective social support for Chinese women in Japan to improve their well-being, especially in terms of mental health.
• The Relationship between Health-related Quality of Life and Perceived Social Support among Chinese Immigrant Mothers in Japan

  Yunjie LUO, Yoshika SAWADA, Yoko SATO

  Journal of Child Health 80 (4) 527 - 537 2021/07 [Refereed]
  
• Relationships of Social Support, Stress, and Health among Immigrant Chinese Women in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Structural Equation Modeling.

  Yunjie Luo, Yoko Sato

  Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) 9 (3) 2021/03/01 [Refereed]
   

  Social support could help immigrant Chinese women in Japan to improve health. However, these women suffer from numerous stresses associated with acculturation and child-rearing, which could impact the effect of social support on mental and physical health. This study aims to identify the relationships among social support, acculturative stress, parenting stress, mental health, and physical health to propose a structural path model of these relationships and to evaluate the mediating role of stress between social support and health. A questionnaire was used to collect data for the main variables and demographic factors. A total of 109 women participated (mean age 33.9 ± 5.6 years). The results show that immigrant Chinese women in Japan experienced a low level of mental health (44.7 ± 9.8). Additionally, social support directly influenced parenting stress (β = -0.21, p < 0.05), acculturative stress (β = -0.19, p < 0.05), and mental health (β = 0.31, p < 0.001) and indirectly influenced physical health (β = 0.09, p < 0.05). Parenting stress partially mediated the association between social support and mental health (β = 0.09, p < 0.05). To protect the effectiveness of social support on mental health, it is essential to reduce the parenting stress of immigrant Chinese women.
• A review of literature about the child-rearing of foreigners in Japan

  Luo Yunjie, Sato Yoko

  Journal of Japanese Society of Child Health Nursing 一般社団法人 日本小児看護学会 29 59 - 64 1344-9923 2020 [Refereed]
   

  在日外国人数は2018年6月末に日本総人口の2%を占め、過去最高であった。一方、2008年以後日本における外国人の出生数は減少している。在日外国人は日本の文化に適応しながら育児をしていることから育児ストレスを感じやすいと考える。そこで、本研究は、在日外国人への育児に関する研究の動向を明らかにし、在日外国人への育児にかかわる看護研究の課題を検討することを目的とした。医学中央雑誌を用いて ｢在日外国人｣ 、 ｢外国人｣ に ｢育児｣ 、 ｢子育て｣ をキーワードにそれぞれを組み合わせて検索し、抽出した日本の原著論文33件について分析を行った。在日外国人は異文化の日本で生活することから生じる育児ストレスと一般的な育児ストレスが生じ、家族側と施設側から支援されていた。在日外国人の文化背景を考慮して育児ストレス、在日外国人に求められる支援および実際に提供できる支援を検討することが必要と示唆された。

MISC

• Changes in the Health-related Quality of Life of Chinese Women in Japan Following the COVID-19 Outbreak

  Yunjie Luo, Sato Yoko  Proceedings of the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health —Public Health Issues in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic  2021/01  [Refereed][Invited]
  
• 【外国籍の患者と家族】在日外国人の母親が感じている育児ストレス

  羅 云潔  こどもと家族のケア  14-  (5)  39  -44  2019/12  [Invited]
  

Presentations

• Mental health promotion of immigrant women in Japan  [Invited]

  Yunjie Luo

  第10回 北大・部局横断シンポジウム  2024/09
• Prevalence and risk factors of mental health distress and depression among Chinese immigrant mothers in Japan during the late phase of the COVID-19 pandemic  [Not invited]

  Yunjie Luo, Yoko Sato, Yasuhiko Ebina

  The 43rd Annual Conference of Japan Academy of Nursing Science  2023/12
• Promoting mental health in immigrant women: Studies among Chinese women in Japan  [Invited]

  Yunjie Luo

  The 6th FHS International Conference  2023/10
• Effectiveness of internet-based mental health promotion intervention among Chinese women in Japan  [Not invited]

  Luo Y, Sato Y, Ebina Y

  The 26th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars  2023/03
• A systematic review of interventions to improve immigrant women's mental health  [Not invited]

  Luo Y, Sato Y, Kagamiyama H, Ebina Y

  The 7th International Nursing Research Conference of World Academy of Nursing Science  2022/10
• Promotion of parenting and mental health needs among Chinese immigrant women in Japan: a qualitative study  [Not invited]

  Luo Y, Ebina Y, Kagamiyama H, Sato Y

  The 25th East Asian Forum for Nursing Scholars. Taipei  2022/04
• The impact of COVID-19 on health and social support among Chinese residents living in Japan: a cross-sectional study  [Not invited]

  Luo Y, Sato Y

  The 41st Annual Conference of Japan Academy of Nursing Science. Virtual Congress  2021/12
• The influence of social support on mental health among Chinese immigrant women in Japan  [Not invited]

  Luo Y, Aoyanagi M, Sato Y

  The 40th Annual Conference of Japan Academy of Nursing Science. Virtual Congress  2020/12

Association Memberships

• 小児保健協会   日本看護科学学会