| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Exposure to extremely hot weather and heat waves for urban dwellers is a global threat. The elderly are more vulnerable to heat related illness.As well as individual biomedical conditions, underlying factors beyond temperature onsite and individual health condition such as community underlying characteristics may help in finding preventive solutions of heat related illness among the elderly. The objective of this study was to examine relating individual and community living environmental factors. We compiled community indicators (demographic, socioeconomic, residential, climate condition, disease pattern, healthcare resources, health promotion and disease prevention activities, community involvement), analyzed nationwide data of heat stress disorder related ambulance transports and Tokyo area data of heat stress disorder patients dispatch records, and conducted community survey about heat related illness prevention and elderly supporting activities.
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