Implementation of injury prevention education program through Praxis while staying at home

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K13566
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09030:Childhood and nursery/pre-school education-related
• Research Institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Oono Mikiko 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 情報・人間工学領域, 主任研究員 (80715730)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 傷害予防 / 健康教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Preventable injuries are the leading cause of death in children around the world,　including in Japan. We proposed an effective method of integrating knowledge graphs along with object recognition to determine the dangerous situations for infants and provide preventive measures to avoid such situations. This also lead to the proposal of a new system called “Empowering Reality” that enables a lecturer to educate parents on preventing childhood unintentional injuries at home while communicating with the parents. The feasibility and effectiveness of the system was evaluated through tests among 11 parents. The system allows the lecturer to conduct in-situ suggestion on specific preventive measures adapted to the home environment via online learning. In addition, we conducted an online survey to examine the barriers faced by parents when taking actions to prevent home injuries.

Free Research Field

Injury Prevention Education

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年，公衆衛生の分野では，「Equity（公平性）」という考え方の重要性が再確認されはじめている．子どもの傷害予防に当てはめて公平性を考えてみると，人のグルーピングに寄らず，すべての子どもに安全な環境が確保されている状態であると考えられ，我が国においても，どのように公平性を担保するかが大きな課題である．本研究で開発したERシステムは，システムが家庭内のリスクとその対策を提示すると同時に，講師が，保護者に寄り添いながら対策実施を促進するだけでなく，保護者のさまざまな“対策ができない理由”を受け止め，代替案を一緒に模索することが可能であり，公平性実現の支援という点でも社会的意義が高い．