2022 Volume 30 Issue 4 Pages 338-341
Objective: To introduce the activities of NNYJ (National Network of Yogo teachers in Japan), which disseminates the health problems of Japanese children and the work of Yogo teachers to the international community, and to discuss “School Health Activities in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic” and “Role of Yogo Teachers” in the presentations at the 24th IUHPE World Conference.
Activities: NNYJ is reviewing its own practices, deepening them, and considering what to do next. At the 24th conference, four posters were registered under the common theme of “The Role of Yogo Teachers and School Health Activities in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Each of the posters was accompanied by a 3-minute video introducing in detail Japanese school health activities in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Future issues: I have realized at this conference that Japanese school health activities and the profession of Yogo teachers are excellent from a global perspective, and that they are highly regarded for their significant role in solving children's health problems. However, in increasingly globalizing Japan, works of Yogo teachers have been getting more complex, and new infectious diseases and health issues associated with new lifestyles are emerging. In order to improve the quality of works of Yogo teachers, it is necessary for them not to turn their backs on difficult situations, but to always keep asking what is best for children. It was suggested that it is necessary to continue to engage in school health activities by repeating the method of bringing their own practices together, having careful discussions, exchanging opinions, and linking them to the next practice.
