Community Outreach and Engagement at OUNHS

Community Outreach and Engagement at OUNHS

OUNHS is committed to improving our local community. Our Community Outreach and Engagement Center (COEC) is playing a leading role in the advancement of nursing practice, health care and health promotion in Oita through education, research, community service, and industry-academia-government collaboration.

The COEC is working to extend teaching, learning and research beyond our campuses by supporting in-service education and research training for our local nursing professionals. It provides continuing education opportunities to all alumni and training to our Nurse Practitioner graduates. It sends lecturers to hospitals in Oita to support and guide staff nursing research.

It is working with community stakeholders, neighborhood associations and local governments and industries to identify and solve community health issues and support local health promotion activities. It developed a preventive health promotion system for chronic diseases of our local residents. It is partnered with local governments and stakeholders to provide and operate a preventive home visit practicum for older adults in our local communities.

The COEC also collaborates with local industries and governments to develop user-friendly nursing related products.  It has also cooperated in international development and training programs for nursing education and practice in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Laos.

The Community Outreach and Engagement Center Teams

1) Community Support & Collaboration
2) Continuing Education
3) Nurse Practitioner Education Promotion
4) Industry - Academia - Government Promotion
5) The Academic Research Journal
6) The Health Promotion Project