Japanese Journal of Health Education and Promotion
Online ISSN : 1884-5053
Print ISSN : 1340-2560
ISSN-L : 1340-2560
Volume 19, Issue 4
Japanese Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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Editorial
Original Article
  • Kiyokazu HORI, Takanobu KIMIYA, Mamiko SAKATA, Keishi MURAKAMI, Chiyuk ...
    2011 Volume 19 Issue 4 Pages 289-301
    Published: 2011
    Released on J-STAGE: March 01, 2013
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS
    Objective: This paper intended to clarify grade and sex differences in safety consciousness as well as knowledge, behavior and actual state concerning crime prevention in primary school students.
    Methods: At the beginning of 2009, cross-sectional surveys were conducted at 51 primary schools in Japan. A total of 17,721 students (the number of valid responses was 17,599 including 8,684boys and 8,915 girls, respectively), ranging from 1 to 6 graders participated. The surveys consisted of a list of printed questions including 36 survey items concerning safety consciousness, knowledge and behavior for crime prevention. Grade and sex differences were compared using the Chi-Square Test.
    Results: Children in the lower grade tended to make ideal responses. Safety consciousness concerning daily life in girls (such as desirable answer in Q25, 67.6%) tended to be higher than that in boys (32.2%). On the contrary, abilities for coping with accidents in girls (such as Q11, 76.5%) tended to be lower than those in boys (83.3%). Approximately, 15% of children (15.8% in boys, 15.7% in girls) had experience concerning trouble with strangers.
    Conclusion: The distinct grade and sex differences were observed in connection with safety consciousness as well as knowledge and behavior. Upper graders and boys should be taught to observe regulations more than ever. Appropriate education taking grade and sex differences intoconsideration are important at a primary school level.
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  • Masami NAKAI, Yuriko ODA, Yuko TAKAHASHI, Yuna TABUCHI, Naoko KIMURA, ...
    2011 Volume 19 Issue 4 Pages 302-312
    Published: 2011
    Released on J-STAGE: March 01, 2013
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    Objective: The purpose of this article was to examine the relationship between work-life balance (WLB) and the mental health of nurses in a hospital in Japan.
    Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Self-administered questionnaires were provided to 590 nurses. Of total, 456 nurses (effective response rate 77.3%) were analyzed. The WLB index was defined as the discrepancy between desired and actual balance of work and home life. To measure mental health condition, K6 was used. When K6 was transformed into dichotomous data, cut-off point of 9 was used. To assess the relationship between the WLB index and mental health condition, a logistic regression analysis was used.
    Results: Only 8.6% of 456 nurses reported that they knew WLB. In the distribution of time consumed for work and home life, no difference was observed between the nurses who had low WLB index and high WLB index. The nurses having high WLB index (n=350) had the significant (p=0.006) higher percentage (31.1%) of feeling richness in the life than ones having low WLB (n=106) (16.9%). The WLB index (odds ratio (OR): 0.57, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.38- 0.91), the Health Practical Index (OR:0.29, 95%CI: 0.16- 0.51), and support from superiors and colleagues (OR: 0.41, 95%CI: 0.23- 0.75) had significant association with mental health condition.
    Conclusions: The awareness rate of WLB was low among the participants. WLB may have significant correlation with mental health of nurses in a hospital in Japan.
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Original Report
  • Comparison between gender and age defined groups
    Koji TAKENAKA, Yukari OHBA, Mami KAMIMURA, Akiko SUZUKI
    2011 Volume 19 Issue 4 Pages 313-325
    Published: 2011
    Released on J-STAGE: March 01, 2013
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    Objective: Although a number of media-based informational tools have been developed to promote public health for the general public in terms of primary prevention, these effects have been limited. The major reason is an inadequate process of message development that would lead toward a greater perception change as a means to improve health behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine an applicability of the Associate Group Analysis (AGA) to clarify the generalization and adjustment in perceptions toward health behaviors between gender and age defined groups.
    Methods: The AGA can provide qualitative and quantitative sensitivity of group perceptions and attitudes to stimulus themes not available through traditional survey methods. In this study, the stimulus themes were the following three behaviors: 1) preventive behaviors to chronic diseases or metabolic syndromes, 2) improvement of diet behaviors, and 3) execution of physical activity or exercise. AGA-based questions were included in the perception and cognition survey toward health behaviors for 284 adults using the university on-demand learning system.
    Results: Results of ranking to stimulus themes by chi-square analysis revealed significant differences of numbers in some response words and phrases between gender and age groups. Further, the scores of response words or phrases were weighted by response order to each stimulus theme and the ANOVA showed somewhat different results from ranking aspects.
    Conclusions: These results from AGA provided specific words and phrases to health behaviors that should be generalized for every groups and addressed for each group. Future studies should confirm whether such communications adapt to perceptions of subgroups and respond to lead health behaviors.
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Field Report
  • George NAKAMURA, Shinichiro KASHIWAGI, Akihito TSUTSUI, Mieko NISHIMOT ...
    2011 Volume 19 Issue 4 Pages 342-348
    Published: 2011
    Released on J-STAGE: March 01, 2013
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    Objective: Well-being is a key concept of the WHO's definition of health, however, its meaning has not been well documented yet. Through group work conducted at the 20th meeting of the Japanese Society of Health Promotion and Education in 2011, we tried to verbalize and visualize well-being.
    Methods: One hundred participants were divided into 13 groups. Each group consisted of one facilitator and 7 or 9 participants. First, the purpose and method were explained to the group. Then, each member wrote an image of well-being on a card. This procedure was repeated until their ideas had run out. The cards were categorized into groups by meaning and placed on a tree trunk and branches drawn on large sized paper. Each categorized group had a heading. As a result, thirteen well-being trees blossomed and produced a lot of fruit. We analyzed the headings qualitatively.
    Results: The headings were divided into the following 5 factors; 1) body and health, 2) current living and social support, 3) margin for living, 4) family ties and friendships, 5) things needed to live.
    Seven groups included all 5 factors. Six groups included 4 factors. Twelve groups included both factors of 1) body and health , and 2) current living and social support. Finally, 5) things needed to live was of great importance in all the groups.
    Conclusion: People think more vividly and actively about well-being than what was previously evaluated quantitatively.
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