2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Risk communication after the nuclear accident: developing a health literacy toolkit for health care workers
| Project/Area Number |
16K09135
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Hygiene and public health
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| Research Institution | Fukushima Medical University |
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Principal Investigator |
Goto Aya 福島県立医科大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (00347212)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
植田 紀美子 地方独立行政法人大阪府立病院機構大阪母子医療センター(研究所), その他部局等, 臨床研究支援室長 (60538081)
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| Research Collaborator |
Yumiya Yui 福島県立医科大学, 健康増進センター
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | ヘルスリテラシー / 実践評価 / 参加型研究 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Health care workers in Fukushima confronted difficulties in risk communication. We developed a pocket-size "health literacy toolkit" that contained a glossary explaining radiation-related terms in plain language and an index to measure the accessibility of both text and numerical information. Public health nurses, who attended health literacy training workshops using the toolkit, showed more positive attitudes toward community residents' feedback on their activities. Furthermore, written health materials revised by the trainees were evaluated as easier to understand compared to the original versions developed before the training.
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| Free Research Field |
公衆衛生学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
近年、ヘルスリテラシーの概念は住民が健康情報を理解して使うスキルだけでなく、保健医療従事者が分かりやすく伝えるスキルまでをも含むようになった。分かりやすく「伝える」ことができれば、住民に高いレベルの「使う」スキルを求めなくてもよくなるという、シーソーの関係の考え方に基づく。本研究は学術的に、この関係を検証した。作成したツール集は、健康情報をより分かりやすく伝える保健医療従事者のスキルのみならず、保健医療サービスへのアクセスの向上に役立つと考えられる。
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