2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a strategy of continued support from late middle ageto old age of National Health Insurance Policyholders based on health disparities due to socio-economic disparities
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22592560
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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 | Osaka Prefecture University |
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Principal Investigator |
IZUMI Kyoko 大阪府立大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (80285329)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
UENO Masae 大阪府立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (70264827)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 健康格差 / 社会経済格差 / 生活習慣病予防 / 介護予防 / 国民健康保険 |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this study is to ascertain, on an economic circumstances basis, the state of health and health behavior of National Health Insurance (NHI) policyholders, who account for 40% of Japan's citizens, and find suggestions for development of a strategy of continued support. People who were not financially well off accounted for a significantly higher percentage of people who were in poor health, people with a tendency for depression, obese people with a BMI of 25% or higher, people who were not trying to have good lifestyle habits, people who had not undergone a health checkup, and people who despite being in poor health had not undergone a consultationwith a healthcare provider. Thus, it is important to provide support so that people will undergo a specific health checkup from the early period of late middle age, and this will lead to undergoing a consultation with a healthcare provider and receiving medical treatment.
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