2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Health communication research focused on health literacy
| Project/Area Number |
24390163
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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 |
Public health/Health science
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
野呂 幾久子 東京慈恵会医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (10242752)
木内 貴弘 東京大学, 医学部附属病院, 教授 (10260481)
錦織 宏 京都大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (10463837)
江頭 正人 東京大学, 医学部附属病院, 准教授 (80282630)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
Kitamura Kiyoshi 東京大学, 医学系研究科, 教授 (10186265)
Yano Eiji 帝京大学, 医学部, 教授 (50114690)
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| Research Collaborator |
Ueno Haruka 東京大学, 医学系研究科, 大学院生
Okuhara Tsuyoshi 東京大学, 医学系研究科, 大学院生
Kato Mio 東京大学, 医学系研究科, 大学院生
Haragi Makiko 東京大学, 医学系研究科, 大学院生
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | ヘルスリテラシー / ヘルスコミュニケーション / 医療コミュニケーション / 医療面接教育 / リスクコミュニケーション / 患者教育 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Health literacy, “the ability to gain access to, understand, and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health,” has been considered as a key to improve health communication. This research aimed to improve health communication focusing on health literacy from three perspectives; 1) improving health literacy among patients and general public, and improving communication skills of 2) healthcare professionals and 3) media.
We conducted researches on patients with diabetes, students, office workers, and general public. Also, communication skills among resident physicians, and health communication by newspapers and municipality were analyzed. These empirical studies clarified the current state of health literacy of recipients of health information in various positions, as well as problems of the communication skills on the side of senders. Further improvement of the educational programs developed in this research and their sustainable implementation should be considered.
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| Free Research Field |
医療コミュニケーション学
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