Promotion of measures to counter radiation health concerns using a manga.

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24591825
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Radiation science
• Research Institution: Kyoto College of Medical Science
• Principal Investigator: OHNO kazuko 京都医療科学大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (30247689)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ENDO Keigo (10115800)
• Research Collaborator: TAKEMIYA Keiko (80330033)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 妊娠と医療放射線 / 機能マンガ / 看護師教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To ease anxiety over health concerns regarding the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, learning the basic required information about the radiation effect is very useful.
Three different publications have been issued. One of which was an informative manga published to counter radiation health concerns. This manga was created so that readers can learn about pregnancy and medical radiation (URL: http://www.kyoto-msc.jp/gift_of_happiness/jp). The second publication, a text book for nurses was also created using a short manga to help them understand clinical radiation exposure. This text book has been adopted in a college in Fukushima prefecture. No lectures on radiation, as of yet, have been carried out on nursing courses in Universities around the world. The third publication, a small booklet for the general public to learn about radiation health effects was also prepared.

Free Research Field

医療放射線防護