Long-term health effects of local government staff engaged in disaster-related work and the appropriate management measures in peacetime for disaster prevention / crisis management department

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350484
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Natural disaster / Disaster prevention science
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: Seki Nao 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 教授 (30270937)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 田邊 直仁 新潟県立大学, 人間生活学部, 教授 (40270938)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 防災・危機管理 / 自治体職員 / 健康管理 / 業務管理 / 人事管理 / 産業保健

Outline of Final Research Achievements

According to the Niigata Prefecture staff survey, which was conducted 10 years after the occurrence of the 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake, 23% of the staff engaged in earthquake- related work felt negative physical and mental effects accompanying overwork due to the disaster. While 52% improved in two months, 11% experienced negative conditions more than two years after the quake. From a nationwide survey of municipal disaster prevention and crisis management departments, we clarified that even in peacetime the staff of such departments have qualitatively and quantitatively heavy workloads. In such departments, appropriate workload reduction strategies and stress management measures are necessary even in peacetime.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生学