Onshi Zaidanboshi Aiikukai - Onshi Zaidanboshi Aiikukai

...Aiiku Mura was established as a social work facility in response to the conditions 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 across the country. After World War II, it was renamed the Imperial Gift Foundation Mother and Child Aiiku Association, and later became a social welfare corporation, which continues to this day. In 1980, with a government subsidy, the existing research institute was expanded to form the Japan General Aiiku Research Institute, which has nine departments, including maternal health, child health, health guidance, nutrition, developmental psychology, psychological treatment, home environment, training and facility management, and conducts a wide range of research. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Onshi Foundation for Mothers and Children is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…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。第2次大戦後，恩賜財団母子愛育会と改称，その後社会福祉法人となり今日に至っている。65年国庫補助により，従来の研究所を拡充して日本総合愛育研究所を設置し，母性保健，小児保健，保健指導，栄養，発達心理学，心理治療，家庭環境，養成，施設管理の9部門をおき，広範な調査研究を行っている。…

※「恩賜財団母子愛育会」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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