The confirmation of social overreactions to health risks and the development of a method of prediction of the social impact of affairs with health hazards

• Project/Area Number: 20310098
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social systems engineering/Safety system
• Research Institution: Nara Medical University
• Principal Investigator: IMAMURA Tomoaki Nara Medical University, 健康政策医学講座, 教授 (80359603)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OGOSHI Kumiko 奈良県立医科大学, 健康政策医学講座, 講師 (20106503) ; YASUNAGA Hideo 東京大学, 医学部, 特任准教授 (90361485)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥16,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,720,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
• Keywords: 社会の防災力(避難、パニック、情報伝達、ハザードマップ) / リスク分析 / 社会の防災力

Research Abstract

In this study, we quantified the social reaction to affairs with health hazards by the amount of media reporting (ex.newspaper) about the affairs. We also confirmed and tried to reproduce social situations and a civil peoples' mental state on the bases of the published documents and questionnaire surveys. And, we examined a riskcommunication method appropriate for a situation when an affair with health hazards occurs.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Difference in Willingness-to-pay for Prostate Cancer Screening between Ill-informed and Well-informed Men : A Contingent Valuation Survey. (2011)
  • Author(s): Hideo Yasunaga, Toru Sugihara, Tomoaki Imamura
  • Journal Title: UROLOGY
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Difference in Willingness-to-pay for Prostate Cancer Screening between Ill-informed and Well-informed Men : A Contingent Valuation Survey (2011)
  • Author(s): Hideo Yasunaga, Toru Sugihara, Tomoaki Imamura
  • Journal Title: UROLOGY Volume: (印刷中)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The catastrophic collapse of morale among hospital physicians in Japan (2008)
  • Author(s): Hideo Yasunaga
  • Journal Title: Risk Management and Healthcare Policy 1 Pages: 1-6
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 新聞およびテレビ報道の消費者に与える影響の差異に関する研 (2011)
  • Author(s): 御輿久美子、前屋敷明江、濱田美来、尾花尚弥、今村知明
  • Organizer: 第69回日本公衆衛生学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京国際フォーラム(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-29
• [Presentation] こんにゃく入りゼリー窒息事故による社会現象の分析の試みと消費者の意識調査について (2011)
  • Author(s): 前屋敷明江、濱田美来、尾花尚弥、今村知明
  • Organizer: 第69回日本公衆衛生学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京国際フォーラム(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-29
• [Presentation] 新聞およびテレビ報道の消費者に与える影響の差異に関する研究 (2010)
  • Author(s): 御輿久美子、前屋敷明江、濱田美来、尾花尚弥、今村知明
  • Organizer: 第69回日本公衆衛生学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京国際フォーラム(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-29
• [Book] 食品不信社会 (2008)
  • Author(s): 今村知明
  • Total Pages: 228
  • Publisher: 中央法規出版株式会社