The evaluation of social environment quality and supportive community development to promote health among individuals with physical disability.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350152
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Eating habits
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Principal Investigator: INAYAMA Takayo 首都大学東京, 人間健康科学研究科, 准教授 (50203211)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OKA Jun 東京家政大学, 家政学部, 教授 (30194327) ; TSUNODA Nobuyo 東洋大学, 食環境科学部, 教授 (60337483)
• Research Collaborator: HATA Kikuko 盛岡大学, 栄養科学部, 准教授 ; TATSUTA Wakako 日本大学, スポーツ科学部, 准教授 (20455447)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 食生活支援 / 身体障がい者 / QOL / 食環境認知 / 環境整備 / ヘルスプロモーション / ヘルスコミュニケーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Health promotion among individuals with physical disability demands supportive community development. It is necessary to clarify the relationship between intrapersonal factors and the social environment. Healthy dietary habits can be promoted in individuals with physical disability through access to information on food intake and how dietary behavior modification can resolve health problems, and nutrition education within medical institutions during the acute and chronic period. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was positively related to the dietary information on perceived food environment in the community, and dietary satisfaction was positively related to the perceived food environment at home. It is necessary to modify the environment according to individual needs―health communication may need to be different between the young and the elderly.

Free Research Field

応用栄養学, 公衆栄養学