Research field (3)：
Gerontological and community health nursing
, Hygiene and public health (non-laboratory)
, Hygiene and public health (laboratory)
Research keywords (5)：
aging
, public health
, qualitative research
, health inequalities
, social determinants of health
Research theme for competitive and other funds (3)：
2020 - 2023 Older women's narrative practice and identity construction in long-term care settings
2015 - 2019 A Cross-Cultural Study of Older Women's Experiences with Physical Decline
1995 - 1995 第一子誕生に伴う家族のストレス認知と対処に関する要因の分析
Papers (6)：
Miya Narushima, Makie Kawabata. “Fiercely independent”: Experiences of aging in the right place of older women living alone with physical limitations. Journal of Aging Studies. 2020. 54. 100875-100875
Makie Kawabata, Miya Narushima. Older Women’s Situated Identities: Positioning Analysis Applied to Stories about Everyday Experiences Dealing With Physical Functional Changes. Narrative Works. 2019. 8. 1-2
Kawabata, M. The influences of diminishing family and community ties on experiences of the elderly as they face physical functional decline. The International Journal of Aging and Society. 2016. 6. 1. 45-58
Kawabata, M, Gastaldo, D. The less said, the better: Interpreting silence in qualitative research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 2015. 1-9
Kawabata, M. Book Reviews: Health and Social Disparity: Japan and Beyond. Norito Kawakami, Yasuki Kobayashi, and Hideki Hashimoto, eds. Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2006; xiv +271 pp. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 2011. 25. 2. 287-289
