Ivy Tech Libraries: Transcultural & Multicultural Nursing: Japanese Culture

Global Road Warrior

Japan - Country Overview
You may need to first access the Global Road Warrior database to see the country page. Click link below if you get an error page.

Global Road Warrior
A guide to traveling the world featuring information on embassies, business, societies, culture, food, education, and much more.

Asian Americans Profile - Office of Minority Health
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, find an overview and disease & condition information for this population.
Culture of Japan from Every Culture
Japanese Culture Profile from Queensland Health Multicultural Services
This has good general information on Polish culture as it relates to care. However, this document is from an Australian health service, so some of the organizations listed and demographic statistics are not relevant to the United States.
Working with Asian American Patients
From the American Psychiatric Association
About Kampo
Kampo, or traditional Japanese medicine, is prescribed alongside Western medicine in Japan. This short article is an overview of Kampo.

Nakagawa, T., Cho, J., Gondo, Y., Martin, P., Johnson, M. A., Poon, L. W., & Hirose, N. (2018). Subjective well-being in centenarians: a comparison of Japan and the United States. Aging & Mental Health, 22(10), 1313–1320. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1348477

Fowler, J. (2018). From staff nurse to nurse consultant: Spiritual care part 10: Shinto. British Journal of Nursing, 27(2), 106. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.2.106

Ito, M., & Sharts-Hopko, N. C. (2002). Japanese women’s experience of childbirth in the United States. Health Care for Women International, 23(6/7), 666–677. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399330290107412

Hansen, W. (2007). Eye on religion--Shinto and the Japanese attitude toward healing. Southern Medical Journal, 100(1), 118–119. https://doi.org/10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31802e41f1