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Tantut Susanto
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INDONESIA
Journal of Rural Community Nursing Practice
Published by Al-Hijrah Indonesia
ISSN : 29868424     EISSN : 29867401     DOI : https://doi.org/10.58545/jrcnp
Core Subject : Health,
The Journal of Rural Community Nursing Practice (JRCNP) focuses on providing access to scientific information sources based on up-to-date and evidence-based results of research and engagement practices in rural areas around the world. This journal can be used by nurses, both as nurse educators, nurse managers, nurse clinicians, and nurse researchers in rural communities. The scope or scope of the JRCNP is to publish various research results that focus on problems and interventions based on rural populations. JRCNP pressures innovation or evaluation of reconstruction programs on risk and vulnerability populations in rural areas. Articles in the types of research studies, evaluation programs, practice concepts, and educational developments will be published with the aim of replication and development, and simulated theory, education, methods, policies, and ethical and legal papers for public discussion and debate. Authors with an interest in rural health and crime issues and practices may contribute to the journal. Authors who have several questions related to the manuscripts published in the JRCNP are encouraged to contribute as letter communications.
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Spatial Accessibility of Community-Based Child-Rearing Health Consultation Services in a Mixed Urban-Rural Municipality in Japan: An Open-Data GIS Analysis Kumakura, Ryota; Takahashi, Yutaro; Horiike, Ryo; Omote, Shizuko; Okamoto, Rie
Journal of Rural Community Nursing Practice Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): March
Publisher : Al-Hijrah Indonesia

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Abstract

Background: Community-based child-rearing support services are essential for promoting equitable access to maternal and childcare. However, spatial inequities in accessibility may persist in municipalities that encompass both urban and rural areas. The expansion of open government data enables transparent evaluation of spatial accessibility in local health planning. Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the spatial accessibility of community-based child-rearing health consultation services in Kanazawa City and to demonstrate a reproducible open-data GIS framework applicable to municipal-level child health planning. Methods: A cross-sectional spatial analysis was conducted using consultation site locations and population data in 250-m grid-cells for children aged 0–2 years. Network-based service areas were generated using predefined walking (900 m and 1,800 m) and driving (7.5 km and 15 km) distances. Both area-based coverage and population-weighted coverage within these service areas were calculated. Results: Forty-nine consultation sites were identified. At the 1,800-m walking-distance threshold, service areas covered 76.1% of child-inhabited residential grid areas and 86.5% of the population aged 0–2 years, indicating higher population-weighted coverage than area-based coverage. In contrast, driving-distance service areas encompassed nearly all residential grid areas and virtually all children within the municipality. Conclusions: Pedestrian accessibility to child-rearing consultation services varies within this mixed urban–rural municipality, leaving geographically dispersed areas underserved despite relatively high population-weighted coverage in urban districts. Open-data-driven spatial analysis using both area-based and population-weighted indicators provides a scalable framework for identifying spatial inequities and supporting evidence-based municipal child health planning