2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Men's health and its medicalization in post-industrial society
| Project/Area Number |
24330152
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OOMURA Eisho 相愛大学, 人文学部, 教授 (30047485)
ITO Kimio 京都大学, 大学院文学研究科, 教授 (00159865)
ISHIKURA Fuminobu 大阪樟蔭女子大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (50303970)
SAKAMOTO Toshio 南山大学, 経済学部, 教授 (30215652)
SHIMMITSU Setsuko 独立行政法人国立精神, 神経医療研究センター, 看護師 (60432499)
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| Research Collaborator |
FURUKAWA Takeshi
HIRANO Takanori
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | ジェンダー / 男性 / 医療化 / 健康 / 自殺 / 特定健診制度 / 肥満 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have been investigating how men's health is problematized and medicalized in Japan dealing with three specific topics, men's suicide, men's obesity and men's menopausal disorder. The main investigation was conducted in the field of suicide and obesity using qualitative research methods. We found that culturally held idea of masculinity exert great influence both on suicide and obesity medicalization. We reported the findings in academic conferences and professional papers along with the symposiums open to the public (five symposiums collecting 600 audiences in total). We also are scheduled to publish the books on men's problems in Japan in two volumes at Osaka University Press.
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| Free Research Field |
医療社会学
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