title: The Environment and Support Needs of Japanese Families on Temporary Work Assignments in the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to describe the environment and the family support needs of families of Japanese nationals rearing children who are temporarily working in the Southwestern United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mixed methods were utilized based on the Concentric Sphere Family Environment Model. Data collection occurred over 132 days, with 25 families participating in formal interviews and 40 families completing a written questionnaire survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  "Mutual support from relatives and friends in Japan, and with local Japanese peers," and other themes, six in all, were extracted. Japanese families require intervention for measures related to the global environment in their daily lives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The common factor for those families with high intervention needs was the inability to access family external resources that were usually available in Japan.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The building of peer support and intervention to promote their participation in the community are necessary.
authors.affiliation: Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.affiliation: Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan naohiro@hohashi.org.
authors.forename: Naohiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hohashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004651:Employment; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States
keywords: Concentric Sphere Family Environment Model (CSFEM); child-rearing Japanese families; ethnonursing; family environment; family support; mixed methods approach; overseas assignments; transcultural family health care nursing