2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of an educational package for social implementation of prevention measures against Echinococcus multilocularis infections

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	19K14339
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Basic Section 09080:Science education-related
Research Institution	Hokkaido University
Principal Investigator	Ikeda Takako 北海道大学, 高等教育推進機構, 特任講師 (70773844)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Keywords	教材開発 / 都市ギツネ / エキノコックス / 感染予防 / 獣害問題 / 自然観 / リスクコミュニケーション / サイエンスビジュアリゼーション
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Echinococcosis is an endemic disease of Hokkaido that is transmitted to humans via wild foxes. Although it has long been a silent threat to the people of Hokkaido, there are insufficient opportunities for citizens to obtain information on infection prevention. On the other hand, technology has been established to reduce the risk of fox-to-human transmission by applying anthelmintic baits, but this technology has not yet been implemented in society. Therefore, the objectives of this study were (1) to develop educational materials on echinococcus and (2) to start applying baits in an urban park in Sapporo City, aiming to establish a social implementation system of the bait application method. (1) A picture book and video were produced as educational materials and made available online. (2) Bait application was started in collaboration with Tsukisamu Park, an urban park in Sapporo City.
Free Research Field	都市野生動物の生態学、人獣共通感染症疫学、科学技術コミュニケーション
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	専門家がそばにいなくともエキノコックスについての知識を得られる教材を開発した。これは、常にエキノコックス感染リスクにさらされる北海道において、各人が日常生活において感染予防のためにとるべき行動を判断できるようになることをめざしたものである。同様に、本研究で継続してきたベイト散布にむけたリスクコミュニケーションについても、目的は市民や行政に対するベイト散布実施の説得ではなく、感染と防除のしくみを理解したうえで、ベイト散布法を取り入れるかどうかを各自が判断・選択できるようになることをめざしたものである。