Health support and assessment for long-term evacuees of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Action research

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H05604
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: YUKI Michiko 北海道大学, 保健科学研究院, 教授 (20276661)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 河原 加代子 東京都立大学, 人間健康科学研究科, 教授 (30249172) ; 古戸 順子 福島県立医科大学, 看護学部, 講師 (90709338)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 大規模災害 / 長期避難 / 避難者 / 被災者 / 健康支援

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The actual conditions of the lives and health of the victims, evacuees, and their supporters who were forced to evacuate for a long period of time due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident were ascertained. We also provided health support to the supporters through this research activity. The results showed that even after more than 6 years, the health status of public health nurses and public agency supporters was not good. These results suggest the need to establish a public health support system for long-term evacuees and their supporters.

Free Research Field

看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

2011年に発生した東日本大震災とそれに伴って発生した福島原子力発電所事故は大規模で複合災害である。このような大規模で複合災害では災害において長期避難が想定される。長期避難生活において被災者・避難者が健康的に生活できるようにすること、そしてその支援者の業務上の疲労やストレス軽減できるよう体制の構築が必要である。