| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
小柳 祐華 東京有明医療大学, 保健医療学部, 講師 (20802284)
白山 芳久 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (30451769)
湯浅 資之 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (30463748)
Malcolm Field 杏林大学, 総合政策学部, 教授 (50381281)
野中 久美子 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 主任研究員 (70511260)
長嶺 由衣子 東京医科歯科大学, 大学院医歯学総合研究科, ジョイントリサーチ講座助教 (70748368)
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Digitally Inclusive Healthy Ageing Communities (DIHAC)is a cross-cultural Study in Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand identifying paths to empower older persons' digital use, e-health literacy and participation in health promotion. From 2021, we organized virtual meetings, participated not only by academics, but also by professionals, researchers, specialists, graduate students from all around the world. The topic of each meeting expanded from the focus of digital-based policy of Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Thailand to digital trainings and ongoing research studies of health promotion, health equity, frailty, digital health, empowerment, and interventions, etc. The year 2022 marks the second year of the five-year project. A total of six international cross-cultural exchange meetings were held online. Local governments and international organizations who implemented digital empowerment programs and AI-ecosystems shared their experiences. We analyzed trans-disciplinary discussion and published as reports https://digital-ageing.com/surveys-and-blog/. Furthermore, through the citizen workshops, we identified factors empowering old person's digital use in different contexts and developed survey instruments. Pilot studies in four countries validated the instrument before full scale data collection. So far, community surveys have been completed in Korea and are ongoing in the other three countries. We published DIHAC study protocol and a scoping review of digital and health promotion policy paths to healthy ageing in Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Thailand in 2022.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research progressed because of interest, harmony and hard work of the international multi-disciplinary team consisting of researchers from four countries.
The team based in Juntendo university included PhD students in addition to the professors. The students are very motivated by learning in the trans-disciplinary meetings. Their critical thinking and communication of thought developed with writing analysis reports. They handled literature update, translated instruments into four languages and developed survey forms.
They backed up surveys in four-countries interacting with researchers in Singapore, Korea, Thailand and Japan.
Management of collaborative research projects by co-investigators in each country is essential. They advised the team and communicated with principal investigator and worked effectively.
We believe that the project will succeed as it has been planned. The project gained popularity and is being contacted by networks and professionals from many countries.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
1. Analysis of the survey data collected in four countries
2. Qualitative inquiries in four countries: Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore and Thailand applying cross-cultural empathy framework
3. Bimonthly transdisciplinary, cross-cultural exchange research meetings
4. Presentation of the results and publication of research articles
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| Remarks |
Events and achievement of "Digitally inclusive, healthy aging communities(DIHAC): A cross-cultural study in Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore and Thailand” are accessible https://digital-ageing.com/
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