Perspectives on Family Health Care Nursing

Dear Colleagues,

Family is the most important thing for a person. The subjects of nursing are not only individuals, but also families, groups, organizations and communities. Among these, families are the subject of family nursing, and family nursing is a practical science that targets the entire family and enables the family to achieve self-actualization. In contrast to individual nursing, which focuses on individuals, family nursing, which considers the entire family as a system and unit, is spreading worldwide, but true family nursing research is still currently lacking.

I am pleased to invite you to provide researchers and enthusiasts with evidence of family nursing to realize the well-being of the whole family, family nursing theory that supports new family nursing, and family assessment and family intervention that views the family as a system and unit. However, families are influenced by the culture of the country/region in which they live, so this must be taken into consideration. Therefore, research on transcultural family healthcare nursing is particularly welcome. Furthermore, since families are diverse, research to develop family assessment and family intervention is essential to understand its diversity and universality.

This Special Issue aims to promote the further development of family nursing science by consolidating research that focuses on the whole family. A study of family members (singular or plural) in the family background is individual nursing research. Here, we focus on family nursing research that considers all family members, that is, the entire family, as a system and unit.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Studies related to the development of family nursing theory, which is the basis of family health care nursing;
• Studies on the assessment of family function and family relations, and family support to improve them;
• Studies on family assessment that considers the family as a system and unit;
• Studies on family intervention aimed at family self-actualization and family well-being;
• Transcultural family healthcare nursing based on family culture.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Naohiro Hohashi
Guest Editor

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