"Hohashism" is a word I have coined to express the essence of my philosophy of life and views of life science. I conduct my work guided by three tenets.

• Either do it right, or don't do it at all.
  ∴Once I decide to do something, I do it wholeheartedly so as to have no regrets once it's finished.
• Harness physical energy to engage in continuous research.
  ∴A commitment to exerting my utmost, while practicing conscientious physical and mental self-management.
• Meaningful new research cannot be done on a solitary basis.
  ∴Research into nursing studies that produces excellent results requires close collaboration between postgraduate students and peers.

At my laboratory, nursing is practiced as an unlimited science. We strive for well-being at all levels, attending to families and children at every segment of growth and development, building on the core theme of therapeutic family support based on scientific evidence. Studies were not limited only to Japan, but also undertaken in the United States, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and other countries and regions, through surveys utilizing questionnaire forms and direct interviews, as well as physiological and microbiological experiments, with the aim of developing the family assessment models and family intervention models needed to support the family.

Child health care nursing is expanding from hospital facilities to outpatient and homes in Japan, a more comprehensive understanding is being obtained of the health needs of children and their families, and research is being conducted on what is useful for necessary child health care nursing. Furthermore, reproducible test measurements are taken to explain the children’s physical functions, and research is conducted to form the evidence.

Specifically, I am pursuing research of the themes which may be based on the key words of family functioning studies, family symptomatology, child health care nursing studies, preventative nursing studies, experimental nursing studies and so on.

Naohiro Hohashi, PhD, RN, PHN, FAAN