Development of sustainable school health survey system for school aged children in developing countries.

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24700722
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Shinshu University
• Principal Investigator: TOMOKAWA Sachi 信州大学, 学術研究院教育学系, 准教授 (30551733)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 学校保健 / 途上国 / 子どもの健康 / ライフスタイル / 研究ネットワーク / アジア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We collaborated with educational research institution in Lao PDR in thi research, and we developed quickly assessment tool for school aged children’s mental and physical health, life style, social support situation in developing countries, especially in Lao PDR. In addition, we developed a combination survey system between school based health checkup activities by school teachers and develped assessment tools in the research activities. We collected the data from about 20,000 school aged children in Lao PDR. Moreover, we provided human capacity building training for the educational researcher in Laos and developed sustainable survey system for school health in Lao PDR . In addition, we shared obtained results in several international conferences and training about school health in the Asia region, and we succeeded to strength the school health research network in the region.

Free Research Field

国際学校保健