Elucidation of neighborhood environment related to physical activity in school-aged children: comparison between disaster and non-disaster area longitudinally

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26750323
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Tohoku Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Okazaki Kanzo 東北学院大学, 教養学部, 准教授 (40586773)
• Research Collaborator: SUZUKI Koya 順天堂大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 准教授 (60412376) ; SAKAMOTO Yuzuru 東北学院大学, 教養学部人間科学科, 准教授 (30316434)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 子ども / 身体活動 / 環境 / 被災地 / 縦断研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This longitudinal study aimed to assess relationship between neighborhood environments and physical activity in school-aged children who lived in disaster area compared with those of non-disaster area. The results of analyses in cross-sectional and longitudinal data indicated that improvement of the environment, to be damage by Great East Japan earthquake, might affect increasing physical activity. Our data could contribute to be helpful for understanding association with neighborhood environment related to physical activity among school-aged children. Moreover, the data of physical activity related to the environment among school-aged children who lived in disaster area is useful to consider health promotion after an earthquake disaster likely to occur in other area of Japan and abroad.

Free Research Field

発育発達学