| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aimed to develop support system to improve health literacy among lingual minority elderly people (Korean, Chinese returnees, and Vietnamese) living in Japan. The data was obtained from 40 minority elderly people. Minority elderly people had difficulties to use community-based aged care due to unfamiliarity with long-term health insurance scheme and lack of social support. Providing health information and health education was carried out through individual- and group-intervention. After conducting individual health consultation, health literacy was improved among study participants. However, there was no any effect on improving health literacy after group intervention. o include ethnic minority elderly people into community-based care system in Japan, enormous efforts need to be made to provide multi-language care information, a place for gathering together people with same cultural and lingual background, and improve cultural competency among medical staff.
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