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Evidence for Health Trourism: Studies on Construction of Knowledge in the Field of Health Tourism.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23700801
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Applied health science
Research InstitutionUniversity of the Ryukyus

Principal Investigator

ARAKAWA Masashi  琉球大学, 観光産業科学部, 教授 (70423738)

Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2013
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywordsヘルスツーリズム / 転地保養 / 自然療法 / 海洋療法 / 健康保養 / タラソテラピー / メディカルツーリズム / 地域資源 / 応用健康科学 / 健康観光
Research Abstract

From the point of view in construction of knowledge in the field of health tourism, author constructed the evidence-table of Health Tourism. The procedure of selection of the Health Tourism is as follows; excluded Not humans, Not English or Japanese, Not Randomized Controlled Trial. Finally, interventional studies were extracted from approximately 20 million papers. Furthermore, we conducted Health tour intervention study in Okinawa. The participants were randomly assigned into two groups, an intervention group receiving health program tour in Okinawa, and a control group carrying out normal daily life in study period. This study observed a significant improvement of evaluated sleep parameters at the end of health program tour in Okinawa. This is the first epidemiological study to estimate the evidence and its effects among health tourism in Japan.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2013 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2014 2013 2012 2010

All Journal Article (2 results) Presentation (1 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] 行動変容型旅行を組み込んだ特定保健指導プログラムの事例研究2014

    • Author(s)
      山城美紀、荒川雅志
    • Journal Title

      観光科学

      Volume: 6(印刷中)

    • NAID

      120005531379

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] スパセラピーのエビデンス~ヘルスツーリズム振興に向けた学術基盤整備~2010

    • Author(s)
      荒川雅志
    • Journal Title

      観光科学

      Volume: 2 Pages: 47-62

    • NAID

      120002439748

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 旅行を介した特定保健指導プログラムによる健康意識、健康行動の変化2010

    • Author(s)
      荒川雅志
    • Organizer
      日本観光研究学会全国大会学術論文集;25,357-360
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Book] 健康旅行による睡眠改善,「応用講座睡眠改善学」,日本睡眠改善協議会編2013

    • Author(s)
      荒川雅志
    • Publisher
      ゆまに書房
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Book] 健康旅行で睡眠改善 応用講座睡眠改善学2013

    • Author(s)
      荒川雅志他日本睡眠改善協議会編
    • Total Pages
      241
    • Publisher
      ゆまに書房
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 応用講座睡眠改善学2012

    • Author(s)
      荒川雅志ほか
    • Total Pages
      200
    • Publisher
      ゆまに書房
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report

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Published: 2011-08-05   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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