ABOUT US
Our Mission, Story, and Team
Who We Are
CREATIVE HEALTH PROJECT
Our mission is to conduct participatory research focused on enhancing the health literacy of children and young people in disaster-prone and disaster-vulnerable countries across Asia and Africa, including Japan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Rwanda.
Combining medical, nutritional, and artistic activities, our “Creative Health” program takes a participatory approach to children’s health and education, strengthening their roles in the community.
As the program is implemented, various types of data including qualitative, quantitative, textual, and visual are collected from workshop participants of all ages. These are then analyzed and cross-validated to inform strategies for improving youth health and community engagement.
As a key outcome of the project, we will develop a University–Community Collaboration Manual for Implementing Creative Health to support the broader dissemination and practical implementation of the program across diverse international settings.
本事業は、福島県立医科大学、郡山女子大学、そして鹿児島大学が共同で行う国際研究です。災害対応が脆弱かつ災害多発地域であるアジア・アフリカ4カ国（カンボジア、インドネシア、ベトナム、ルワンダ）を対象にして、日本がつなぎ役となります。この事業では保健医療従事者となる若者と地域の子ども達が協力して、主体的に健康と地域とのつながりについて考えられるヘルスリテラシー（健康情報を理解して使う力）の向上を目指します。各フィールドの大学や学校と協力して、医学、栄養学及び芸術を融合したクリエイティブヘルス健康教育を実践し、量的分析、質的分析及び社会学の手法を用いて複視的な効果評価を行うとともに、最終的にはクリエイティブヘルスの大学と地域連携型推進マニュアルを作成して公表します。
Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
Principle Investigator
Aya Goto, MD, MPH, PhD
(Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health)
Director
Takemi Program in International Health
Professor
Department of Global Health and Population
(Fukushima Medical University)
Specially Appointed Professor
Center for Integrated Science and Humanities and International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine
Co-researcher
Chihaya Koriyama, MD, MPH, PhD
(Kagoshima University)
Professor
Department of Health Sciences, Human and Environmental Studies, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry
Co-researcher
Satoko Okabe, PhD
(Koriyama Women’s University)
Professor
Department of Dietetics, Faculty of Home Economics
Co-researcher
Yurie Kobashi, MD, MPH, PhD
(Fukushima Medical University)
Assistant Professor
Global Exchange Office
Collaborator (Japan)
Kenneth E. Nollet, MD, PhD
(Fukushima Medical University)
Professor
Office of Public Communications and International Cooperation, Radiation Medical Science Center and Department of Blood Transfusion and Transplantation Immunology
Collaborator (Japan)
Koji Yamawaki, MS
(Koriyama Women’s University)
Lecturer
Department of Childhood Education
Collaborator (Japan)
Website Developer
Yuki Ohashi
(Fukushima Medical University)
Medical Student
Collaborator (Japan)
Yui Yumiya, PHN, MPH, PhD
(Hiroshima University)
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health and Health Policy
Collaborator (Japan)
Michio Murakami, PhD
(Osaka University)
Professor
Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research
Collaborator (UK)
Alison Lloyd Williams, PhD
(Lancaster University, Fukushima Medical University)
Researcher in Youth & Disasters
Collaborator (Indonesia)
Muflihatul Muniroh, MD, MS, PhD
(Diponegoro University)
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine
Collaborator (Indonesia)
Saekhol Bakri, MD, MPH
(Diponegoro University, Kagoshima University) PhD Candidate
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Kagoshima University, Lecturer
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University
Collaborator (Cambodia)
Eri Kai
(FIDR, Foundation for International Development/Relief)
Collaborator (Cambodia)
Laymithuna Ngy, PhD
(University of Kratie)
Rector
Collaborator (Vietnam)
Nguyen Thy Khue, MD, PhD
(Ho Chi Minh City Medical Association)
Collaborator (Vietnam)
Vo Tuan Khoa, MD
(Department of Endocrinology, People’s Hospital 115)
Collaborator (Rwanda)
Marie Louise Towari
(NPO Think About Education in Rwanda)
Collaborator (Rwanda)
NPO Think About Education in Rwanda