1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Child Development and Ecology of Hilltribes in Thailand
Project/Area Number |
09045085
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C).
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
体育学
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Research Institution | Otsuma Women's University |
Principal Investigator |
OHSAWA Seiji Otsuma Women's University, Institute of Human Living Sciences, Professor, 人間生活科学研究所, 教授 (50114046)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKAISHI Masahiro Otsuma Women's University, Institute of Human Living Sciences, Professor, 人間生活科学研究所, 教授 (50077187)
KASAI Naomi Niigata University, Faculty of Education & Human Sciences, Associate Professor, 教育人間科学部, 助教授 (20255243)
SHIMODA Atsuko Otsuma Women's University, Institute of Human Living Sciences, Research Assistant, 人間生活科学研究所, 助手 (60322434)
MASUMOTO Kimio Otsuma Women's University, Institute of Human Living Sciences, Professor, 人間生活科学研究所, 教授 (80245349)
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Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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Keywords | Thailand / hilltribes / growth and development / HIV / AIDS / lifestyle / Hmong / Lisu / Karen |
Research Abstract |
1. We have conducted to the field survey on the growth and nutritional status by age and sex of the Karen children who live at Tungloi village, Omkoi district, and the Hmong children who live at Chaomaeruang village, Maelim district, in Chiangmai province in Northern Thailand, and the Lao children who live at Nahkrasaem village, Det-Udon district in Ubonratchathani province, in Northeastern Thailand. Their anthropometric dimension, physique and somatotypes, were measured and evaluated for about 3.000 chidldren, 7-18 years of age in the context of age and ethnic differences in distributions during childhood and adolescence. In this present field survey, we have calculated these data with special reference to Lao's anthropometric mcsurements on 69 items, 7 to 18 years of age, and should publish the article on titled, Changes in Somatotype during Growth in Lao Children 7-18 Years of Age' in the next physcal year. 2. We have administered the interview and the questionnaire survey regarding the attitude toward HIV/AIDS in the same as above regions and ethnic groups.
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Research Products
(5 results)