2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Empirical study of health promotion system development for middle-aged urban community-dwellings
| Project/Area Number |
22592556
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Community health/Gerontological nurisng
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| Research Institution | Yokohama City University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAGUCHI Rie 横浜市立大学, 医学部, 准教授 (90301126)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAWAHARA Chie 横浜創英大学, 看護学部, 教授 (10438145)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 壮年期 / 生活習慣病 / 保健信念 / ソーシャル・マーケティング |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of study was to explore measures to segment the middle-aged urban community-dwellings who are enrolled in National Health Insurance as a target population for lifestyle-related diseases’ prevention as the first step to develop health promotion system based on social marketing theory. As a result, it has been suggested that the 40 to 49 years old or the under 40 years old are important age groups of intervention for lifestyle-related diseases’ prevention. Moreover, especially in women, to develop a lifestyle-related diseases’ prevention system in response to the characters of the residential regions was suggested to be important. The beliefs about health examination-related behaviors were revealed to consist of four factors. And it was suggested that among the four factors an approach to remove ‘Perceived Barriers of Health Examination’ is most effective to promote to have health examination.
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