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Welfare state building during wartime: maternal health and local governments

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K03573
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Politics
Research InstitutionKwansei Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

Somae Kiyosada  関西学院大学, 総合政策学部, 准教授 (50325825)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords医療制度 / 公衆衛生 / 近代史 / 福祉国家 / 公共政策 / 母子保健 / 政府間関係 / 自治体行政
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research tries to clarify how Japan’s health environment had been dramatically improved for this 100 years and the main factor for the change is found out that local governments in Japan had great abilities to implement health care policies.
After Meiji Restoration, local governments had been small and distal bodies of government. Management of resident registration, elementary education, and military recruitment were their main tasks. Since the Sino-Japanese and other following wars militarized the whole country, maternal health care was focused for more babies to be tougher soldiers. During the post-war Showa era, more resources such as newly national-licensed Public Health Nurses and Public Health Stations were put on this policy area.Voters now expected local governments as solution of health care problems and community health care activities have continued to this day at high levels to realize a nation in great health.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本の周産期衛生状態は世界最高水準にあるが、ほんの70年前まではそれほどよい状態ではなかった。しかもわが国の対GDP費医療支出はそれほど高くなく、いわば「安くて良い」医療がなぜ実現したのかは大きな謎であった。
本研究は、それが戦時体制とはいえ、地方政府に政策執行責任を負わせ、憲法体制が変化した戦後においてもそれが継続した点にあることを、社会科学分野(少なくとも政治学・公共政策学分野)では初めて明示した。歴史的経路依存で成立した制度なので、今後の制度変更は細心の注意を払って設計すべきであることを暗示した。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2020 2019 2017

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] 地方政府と医療行政2019

    • Author(s)
      宗前 清貞
    • Journal Title

      大阪薬科大学紀要

      Volume: 13 Pages: 57-77

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Health Policy in East Asia2019

    • Author(s)
      宗前清貞
    • Organizer
      日本行政学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 医療制度の歴史分析2017

    • Author(s)
      宗前清貞
    • Organizer
      関西行政学研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] 日本医療の近代史2020

    • Author(s)
      宗前 清貞
    • Total Pages
      344
    • Publisher
      ミネルヴァ書房
    • ISBN
      9784623088669
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 政策と地域2020

    • Author(s)
      焦 従勉、藤井 誠一郎、宗前 清貞、永松伸吾、永田尚三、中井歩、的場信敬
    • Total Pages
      252
    • Publisher
      ミネルヴァ書房
    • ISBN
      9784623086870
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 政策と地域(第3章 医療行政における地方政府)2019

    • Author(s)
      藤井誠一郎(編集)、宗前清貞(分担執筆)
    • Publisher
      ミネルヴァ書房
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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