Miya Narushima
Associate Professor
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Miya Narushima obtained her BA in English Literature from Waseda University, Tokyo, and her MA and PhD in Adult Education and Community Development from the OISE/ University of Toronto. Her research interests include aging and well-being, community-based education for health promotion, lifelong learning and development, voluntarism and community capacity building, the social determinants of health and equity, and cross-cultural studies between Canada and Japan. She is an avid qualitative researcher whose teaching areas include health promotion, qualitative research, social gerontology, and diversity and health.
Research Interest
Aging and well-being, Community-based education for health promotion, Lifelong learning and later life development, The social determinants of health and equity, Voluntarism and community capacity building
Publications
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Narushima, M. & Sanchez, A. L. (2014). Employers’ paradoxical view about temporary foreign migrant workers’ health: A qualitative study in rural farms in Southern Ontario. International Journal for Equity in Health.
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Narushima, M. (2015). A gaggle of Raging Grannies: The empowerment of older Canadian women through social activism. In M. S. Kimmel, A. Ronson & A. Kaler (Eds). The Gendered Society Reader 3rd Canadian Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press. Ch. 42.
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Tayab, A. & Narushima, M. (2015). Here for the Residents: A Case Study of Cultural Competence of Personal Support Workers in a Long-Term Care Home. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 26 (2). 146-156.
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Martin, B., Faught, B., Jiu, J., Narushima, M., Cairney, J. & Hay, J. (2015). Social competence as a role player in the game between motor performance and organized sports participation among school-age children. Sports And Exercise Medicine, 1 (4), 118-125.
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Narushima, M., McLaughlin, J. & Barrett-Greene, J. (2016). Need, risks, and context in sexual health among temporary foreign migrant farmworkers in Canada: A pilot study with Mexican and Caribbean workers. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 18. 374-381.
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Bridge, E., Law, M. P., & Narushima, M. (2016). Using patient value statements to develop a culture of patient-centered care: A case study of an Ontario, Canada hospital. Patient Experiential Journal, 3 (2).
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M. Narushima, J. Liu, & N. Diestelkamp (2016). Lifelong learning in active ageing discourse: Its conserving effect in well-being, vulnerabilities, and health. Ageing & Society.
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M. Narushima, J. Liu, & N. Diestelkamp (2017). I learn, therefore I am: A phenomenological analysis of meanings of life learning for vulnerable older adults. The Gerontologist.
