Development and evaluation of reporting guidelines for disaster-related case studies in public health and medicine

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22K17367
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 58030:Hygiene and public health-related: excluding laboratory approach
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Nishikawa Yoshitaka 京都大学, 医学研究科, 助教 (60878362)
• Project Period (FY): 2022-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 事例研究 / 報告ガイドライン / 災害 / 健康危機管理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Items for reporting guidelines have been selected and are currently being worked on for publication of the final product. Disaster-related case studies were reported in various fields, and medical and public health studies were identified as one of the fields.As a practical application of the case studies, we conducted a case study on the actual situation of home-visit rehabilitation in the areas of return as well as a case study. In addition, a case study on day-care rehabilitation in a neighboring municipality provided for the residents of a returning municipality was reported. It is expected that the "Guidelines for Reporting Case Studies" will be used in the context of disaster management and in the wider field of health risk management and public health.

Free Research Field

パブリックヘルス・災害

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究における災害関連医学事例研究の報告ガイドラインは、事例研究を報告する際の様式について参考となる。事例研究がとくに重要視される災害後の地域における事例研究に着目し、研究機関と災害後の地域、双方の視点も取り入れた報告ガイドラインの開発を実施した。学術的意義は、事例研究が、健康危機管理の観点からどのように根拠に基づく医療に貢献するかの議論が可能になる点である。社会的意義としては、今後の個別具体的な事例研究の構造を提案することで、災害後の教訓を後世に活かすために役立つ。今後は、本成果を用いて、災害後の医学事例研究から得られる知の構造的な集積を可能にする基盤づくりを目指す。