Empowerment evaluation and social exclusion in residents of marginal community

• Project/Area Number: 24602006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social symbiosis and exclusion
• Research Institution: Musashino University
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE Yuichi 武蔵野大学, 人間科学部, 准教授 (70412921)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,260,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: エンパワメント評価 / 地域住民 / 社会的排除 / 地域住民のパワー / 限界集落 / エンパワメント / ソーシャルワーク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this period of grant, the cross-sectional researches were conducted in 2012 and 2014 in a marginal community. The items of empowerment evaluation and social exclusion in community residents are included in a questionnaire.
The data pointed to a significant relationship between the Power Score for elderly people and the desire for permanent living in marginal communities in both the healthy and in need of care circumstances. The results indicate that the feeling of empowerment in the community enhances the hopes of residents’ to live permanently in the marginal community.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] トンネルの開通は限界集落の住民生活に何をもたらしたか －自由記述データのテキストマイニング分析から－ (2015)
  • Author(s): 渡辺裕一
  • Journal Title: 武蔵野大学人間科学研究所年報 Volume: 5 Pages: 99-108
  • NAID: 120006016538
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 行政職員から見た限界集落の現状と課題－行政職員へのインタビューに対するテキストマイニング分析から－ (2015)
  • Author(s): 渡辺裕一
  • Journal Title: 武蔵野大学人間科学研究所年報 Volume: 4 Pages: 69-80
  • NAID: 40020439956
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 限界集落における高齢者問題解決に向けた地域住民のパワーと集落内外の家族・親戚／友人・知人へのサポート期待の関連 (2014)
  • Author(s): 渡辺裕一
  • Journal Title: 武蔵野大学人間科学研究所年報 Volume: 3 Pages: 71-78
  • NAID: 120006209562
• [Journal Article] 地域住民の高齢者支援パワー尺度の作成とその保健福祉学的意義 (2013)
  • Author(s): 渡辺裕一
  • Journal Title: 日本保健福祉学会誌 Volume: 第19巻2号 Pages: 59-63
• [Journal Article] 農産物直売所が持つ地位住民のパワー結集機能とエンパワメント機能の可能性 -限界集落における農産物直売所とのかかわり方と地域住民の高齢者支援パワー尺度得点の関連- (2013)
  • Author(s): 渡辺裕一
  • Journal Title: 武蔵野大学人間科学研究所年報 Volume: 2 Pages: 93-100
• [Journal Article] 限界集落における高齢期ひとり暮らし時永住希望とコミュニティ・エンパワメントの関連 : 高齢者の生活を支援する地域住民のパワーとの関連を中心に (2012)
  • Author(s): 渡辺裕一
  • Journal Title: 日本保健福祉学会誌 Volume: 18(2) Pages: 11-20
  • NAID: 110009496457
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Reduction of participation in a tea meeting and changing sources of information in the marginal community residents (2016)
  • Author(s): WATANABE, Yuichi
  • Organizer: The 13th EASP
  • Place of Presentation: Ehwa women's University (Seoul, South Korea)
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-01
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Relationship between subjective exclusion feeling and age, gender, residence years in marginal community (2015)
  • Author(s): WATANABE, Yuichi
  • Organizer: APASWE2015
  • Place of Presentation: DUSIT THANI, BANGKOK (Bangkok, Thai)
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-22
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The relationship between a power of community residents and goodness of living for elderly in a marginal community (2015)
  • Author(s): WATANABE, Yuichi
  • Organizer: IAGG ASIA/OCEANIA2015
  • Place of Presentation: The International Convention and Exhibition Center Commemorating His Majesty’s 7th Cycle Birthday Anniversary (Chiangmai, Thai)
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-19
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Relationship between subjective social exclusion and power as a community resident in marginal communities (2014)
  • Author(s): WATANABE, Yuichi
  • Organizer: Gerontological Society of America
  • Place of Presentation: Walter E. Washington Convention Center(USA)
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-05 – 2014-11-09
• [Presentation] Relationship between situations of household economy and power for problem-solving in a marginal community (2014)
  • Author(s): WATANABE, Yuichi
  • Organizer: SOCIAL WORK, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Place of Presentation: Melbourne convention and exhibition centre (Australia)
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-09 – 2014-07-12
• [Presentation] Change of community people gathering in two years in a marginal community (2013)
  • Author(s): WATANABE, Yuichi
  • Organizer: the 20th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul
• [Presentation] 限界集落における地域住民の高齢者支援パワーと集落内外の家族・親戚／友人・知人へのサポート期待の関連 (2013)
  • Author(s): 渡辺裕一
  • Organizer: 日本社会福祉学会
  • Place of Presentation: 北星学園大学
• [Presentation] Change of community people gathering in two years in a marginal community (2013)
  • Author(s): Yuichi Watanabe
  • Organizer: International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics
  • Place of Presentation: Coex, Seoul
• [Presentation] 限界集落における地域住民のパワーと農産物直売所とのかかわりの関連－農産物直売所が持つ地域住民のパワー結集機能とエンパワメントの可能性－
  • Author(s): 渡辺裕一
  • Organizer: 日本社会福祉学会
  • Place of Presentation: 関西学院大学