Aiikuhan

...In 1963, the Aiiku Research Institute was established as a comprehensive research institute, and Aiiku Hospital, Aiiku Kindergarten, Aiiku School for the Disabled and disabled were also established as affiliated research facilities. Since its establishment, Aiiku Villages have been designated in farming, mountain, and fishing villages, and Aiiku Group activities have been developed through the volunteer work of women who take care of both the physical and mental health and welfare of mothers and children, and have played a major role in spreading the idea of ​​child rearing. Aiiku Villages were established as social work facilities suited to the realities of farming, mountain, and fishing villages during the rural depression of the early Showa period, and Aiiku Groups are still active today, with over 1,200 of them nationwide. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Aiyu-han" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…38年には総合的調査研究機関として愛育研究所を設立，さらに研究のための付属施設として愛育病院，愛育幼稚園，愛育養護学校などを設けている。また創立以来，農山漁村を対象に〈愛育村〉を指定し，母子の健康と福祉に関する心身両面の世話をする婦人の奉仕による愛育班活動を展開し，育児思想の普及にも大きな役割を果たしてきた。愛育村は昭和初期の農村恐慌のもとで，農山漁村の実情に即した社会事業的施設として設置されたが，愛育班は現在も活動しており，全国で1200余に及んでいる。…

※「愛育班」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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