World Society of Disaster Nursing
Establishment of an international society of disaster nursing has been required, to promote international academic exchange and collaborative research,
In recent years, as the number of disasters has increased worldwide, relief and support activities have been provided across national borders. However, the information and knowledge gained from such activities was not well shared or utilized. Against this background, establishment of an international society of disaster nursing has been required, to promote international academic exchange and collaborative research, and systematize knowledge and practice in the field of disaster nursing. In May 2007 the Japan Society of Disaster Nursing (JSDN) initiated a committee to found an international society of disaster nursing, with the participation of volunteers from Japan, China, Korea and United Kingdam. Following the founding member meeting, the World Society of Disaster Nursing (WSDN) was inaugurated on January 22, 2008 in Kobe, the founding members comprising 40 organizations from seven countries (Japan, China, Korea, United Kingdam, Thailand, Indonesia and the United States) that had accepted the founding committee’s invitation to colleges of nursing and nursing-related organizations in Japan and abroad to participate in the Society. This new international society has been formed mainly through the efforts of the Japan Society of Disaster Nursing and preparation work by the University of Hyogo COE program members.
The founding member meeting, held in the morning of the same day, decided the WSDN’s chairperson of the board of directors, its bylaws, and the chairpersons of the first and second academic conferences. Dr. Aiko Yamamoto, member of the board of directors of the JSDN and professor at the University of Hyogo, was elected chairperson of the WSDN. The WSDN limits its membership to organizational members only, and will hold its academic conference biennially. The first WSDN academic conference will be held in Japan in 2009, with Dr. Hiroko Minami, the chairperson of the JSDN as conference chairperson.
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Akiko Yamamoto, RN, PhD Chairperson of the world society of disaster nursing Executive Director of Resarch Institute of Nursing Care for Peoples and Cammunity University of Hyogo. |