The Effects of Town Planning to Make Walking Community on Social Capital

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350854
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Osaka Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Shinji 大阪産業大学, 人間環境学部, 教授 (60529973)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 身体活動量 / ソーシャルキャピタル / 健康施策 / ヘルスプロモーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Toyooka City (Hyogo Prefecture) established the "Town Planning to Make Walking Community" ordinance in 2012. In this study, we examined whether physical activity and social capital (SC) will change after enforcement of the ordinance. Questionnaires were conducted for 389 adults immediately after establishing the ordinance and one to three years later. Physical Activity Index was used to measure physical activity. For the measurement of the SC, we used the Cabinet Office SC Survey Sheet, and asked for the degree of relationship, the number of dating, the regional trust, degree of social participation. The physical activity increased in the first year but decreased in the third year. The regional trust increased in three years (time effect: p <0.05).

Free Research Field

応用健康科学