International comparison of mass communications during health crisis

• Project/Area Number: 24590827
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public health/Health science
• Research Institution: National Institute of Public Health
• Principal Investigator: Sato Hajime 国立保健医療科学院, 政策技術評価研究部, 部長 (70272424)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: マスメディア / 健康リスク / 国際比較 / 日本 / 米国 / 食の安全 / コミュニケーション / 社会医学 / 健康危機 / 比較政策学 / 大規模災害

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Mass media can affect how people understand and react to particular health risks. Reporting of health risks during the international trade disputes, resulting from the difference in safety regulations, therefore can play a pivotal role in resolving them. This study compared the newspaper reports on BSE-related events in major national dailies among Japan, the US and South Korea around the period when BSE-infected cattle were discovered in the US and the import of US beef products was banned (between December 2002 and November 2006).
In conclusion, during the BSE-related dispute on health and trade, the visibility and faces of the issues in newspapers differed between Japan and the US. Acceptance of BSE-related risks was argued differently, and those differences reflected and affected the public's perception of BSE issues, the related safety policies by the governments, and the configuration of social interests in each country.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Time-related changes in suicide attempts after the nuclear accident in Fukushima (2014)
  • Author(s): Aoki Y, Okada M, Inokuchi R, Matsumoto A, Kumada Y, Yokoyama H, Ishida T, Saito I, Ito H, Sato H, Tomio J, Shinohara K, Thornicroft G
  • Journal Title: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Volume: 49 Pages: 1911-1918
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Newspaper reports on BSE around the time of the Japan-US trade conflicts: Content analysis of Japanese and US dailies from 2002 to 2006 (2014)
  • Author(s): Sato H, Campbell R
  • Journal Title: Advances in Journalism and Communication Volume: 2 Pages: 20-34
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Household and community disaster preparedness in Japanese provincial city: A population-based household survey (2014)
  • Author(s): Tomio J, Sato H, Matsuda Y, Koga T, Mizumura H
  • Journal Title: Advances in Anthropology Volume: 4 Pages: 68-77
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Emergency and disaster preparedness for chronically ill patients: A review of recommendations (2014)
  • Author(s): Tomio J, Sato H
  • Journal Title: Open Access Emergency Medicine Volume: 6 Pages: 69-79
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Newspaper reports on BSE around the time of the Japan-US trade conflicts: Content analysis of Japanese and US dailies from 2002 to 2006. (2014)
  • Author(s): Sato H, Campbell R.
  • Journal Title: Advances in Journalism and Communication Volume: 2 Issue: 01 Pages: 20-34
  • DOI: 10.4236/ajc.2014.21003
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Household and community disaster preparedness in Japanese provincial city: A population-based household survey. (2014)
  • Author(s): Tomio J, Sato H, Matsuda Y, Koga T, Mizumura H.
  • Journal Title: Advances in Anthropology Volume: 3 Pages: 1-14
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Epidemiology and Clinical Experience of Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction in Japan: A Nationwide Epidemiologic Survey (2013)
  • Author(s): Iida H, Ohkubo H, Inamori M, Nakajima A, Sato H.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Epidemiology Volume: 23 Issue: 4 Pages: 288-294
  • DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20120173
  • NAID: 10031183195
  • ISSN: 0917-5040, 1349-9092
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of Information Systems and Clinical Decision Support Systems for Emergency Departments: A Long Road Ahead for Japan. (2013)
  • Author(s): Inokuchi R, Sato H, Nakajima S, Shinohara K, Nakamura K, Gunshin M, Ishii T, Matsubara T, Yahagi N.
  • Journal Title: Emergency Medicine Journal Volume: 30 Issue: 11 Pages: 914-917
  • DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201869
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Sex difference in tuberculosis in Afghanistan: A national cohort study (2012)
  • Author(s): Sabawoon W, Sato H
  • Journal Title: Mycobacterial Diseases Volume: 2 (3) Pages: 1-5
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Delay in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a report from Afghanistan (2012)
  • Author(s): Sabawoon W, Sato H, Kobayashi Y
  • Journal Title: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine Volume: 17 (1) Pages: 53-61
  • NAID: 10030211888
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Disparity in disaster preparedness among rheumatoid arthritis patients with various general health, functional, and disability conditions (2012)
  • Author(s): Tomio J, Sato H, Mizumura H
  • Journal Title: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine Volume: 17 (4) Pages: 322-331
  • NAID: 10030945906
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Newspaper reports on BSE in the UK: Content analysis of newspaper articles between 1985 and 2008 (2014)
  • Author(s): Sato H, Noguchi S, Webster A
  • Organizer: Third World Congress of Clinical Safety
  • Place of Presentation: Madrid, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-10 – 2014-09-12
• [Presentation] Newspaper reports on BSE in Korea: Content analysis of newspaper articles from 2002 to 2009 (2014)
  • Author(s): Noguchi S, Sato H
  • Organizer: Third World Congress of Clinical Safety
  • Place of Presentation: Madrid, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-10 – 2014-09-12
• [Presentation] Newspaper Reports on BSE around the time of the Japan - US Trade conflicts: Content analysis of Japanese and US dailies from 2002 to 2006 (2014)
  • Author(s): Sato H, Campbell R
  • Organizer: The 12th International Conference on Communications and Mass Media
  • Place of Presentation: Athens, Greece
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-12 – 2014-05-14
• [Presentation] Disaster prevention programs as a part of community safety promotion. (2013)
  • Author(s): Tomio J, Sato H.
  • Organizer: The 18th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine.
  • Place of Presentation: Manchester, UK
• [Presentation] わが国のセールコミュニティ活動における対策設定プロセスの現状と課題 (2013)
  • Author(s): 冨尾淳、佐藤元、水村容子
  • Organizer: 日本セーフティープロモーション学会第6回学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Analysis on hope and interest of Residents on community security and safety in Komoro city, Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Mizumura H, Tomio J, Matsuda Y, Sato H, Koga T, Kobayashi H, Nakazawa M
  • Organizer: The 3rd European Regional Safe Community Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Falkoping, Sweden
• [Presentation] Determinants of choosing initial medical site in Afghanistan: does access to and quality of medical services matter for chronic cough patients? (2012)
  • Author(s): Sabawoon W, Kobayashi Y, Sato H
  • Organizer: 第27回国際保健医療学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山
• [Presentation] actors associated with the use of health care services among chronic cough patients in Afghanistan: application of Anderson model of health services utilization (2012)
  • Author(s): Sabawoon W, Kobayashi Y, Sato H
  • Organizer: 第71回日本公衆衛生学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: 山口
• [Book] Health Risk Management and Mass Media: Newspaper reports on BSE in South Korea. In: Claborn D (Ed.), Topics in Public Health (2015)
  • Author(s): Noguchi S, Sato H
  • Total Pages: 299
  • Publisher: InTech (Croatia)
• [Book] 災害後の遺体管理：一次対応者のための現場マニュアル (2012)
  • Author(s): 佐藤元
  • Total Pages: 51
  • Publisher: 国立保健医療科学院