2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Medical Environment and Regional Community in Modern Japan from the Perspective of Epidemiological Survey
| Project/Area Number |
25750099
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Sociology/History of science and technology
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| Research Institution | Senshu University (2015)
Osaka University (2013-2014) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 疫学 / ハンセン病 / 地域社会 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this research, I examined the process of introducing epidemiological survey and its establishment in modern Japanese medicine from the viewpoint of the international background of medical research and the rising interest in the social medicine according to the health transition.
Examining the epidemiological surveys on various communities and human groups accumulated by the field work made it possible to understand the contexts why epidemiology became important for the medical research in the 1920s-1930s in Japan. In addition, it became clear that the survey data provides historical research on the regional community with a lot of useful information about people's health, economic status, education and their living condition.
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| Free Research Field |
近代日本医学史
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