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Theory behind
The basis of our Creative Health project is health literacy. It is health professionals’ skills to communicate health information and people’s skills to use health information for health promotion. Interactive communication between the two is the key. This program links young health professionals and children in the community.
クリエイティブヘルスの土台となる理念はヘルスリテラシーです。専門家の健康情報を伝える力、人々が健康情報を使う力のことであり、双方向性のコミュニケージョンが大事です。この事業では、専門家になる若者と子供たちの連携を図ります。
Tools
The Creative Health consists of three core workshops. We also create other interactive teaching tools, including card games.
クリエイティブヘルスは主に3つのワークショップで構成されています。そのほかに、カードゲームのような教材も作成しています。
Outcomes
We have observed that the children’s views of their health and the place they live become more positive after participating in the workshops. They appreciated presenting, measuring, learning connections between the topics they learned, and working collaboratively with peers. Very importantly, teachers recognized children’s creativity and the importance of reflecting on their opinions in community development.
We observed similar outcomes in Japan and Indonesia.
クリエイティブヘルスのワークショップで子ども達は、友達と協力して、発表したり、測定したり、学習内容のつながりを発見したりすることを楽しみます。そして、参加することにより、子ども達自身の健康や住んでいるところへのイメージが向上します。さらに、教員も子ども達の創造性や、子ども達の意見を地域づくり反映することの重要性に気が付けます。
日本だけでなく、インドネシアでも同様の結果が観察されました。
Publications
Lloyd Williams A, Goto A, Mwemezi Safina E, Simba Akintije C. ACTing for Creative Health in Rwandan schools: exploring children’s ideas about food through participatory theatre. Africa Health. 2023; 10: 27-28.
Goto A, Lloyd Williams A, Okabe S, Murakami M, Machida M, Koriyama C, Nollet KE. Beyond radiation anxiety and country borders: applying health literacy in the field after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Annals of the ICRP. 2023. In press.
Kinoshita L, Goto A, Okabe S, Satoh K, Honda K, Ueda K, Murakami M and Nollet KE. Daily meals in context: a quantitative analysis of elementary school students' drawings. Frontiers in Communication. 2023; 8: 1008108.
Goto A, Lloyd Williams A, Okabe S, Koyama Y, Koriyama C, Murakami M, Yui Y, Nollet KE. Empowering children as agents of change to foster resilience in Community: Implementing “Creative Health” in primary schools after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19: 3417.
Lloyd Williams A, Goto A. Theatres of Resilience: Children as Actors in Community Development in Fukushima. In: Abeysinghe S, Leppold C, Ozaki A, Lloyd Williams A, eds. Health, Wellbeing and Community Recovery in Fukushima. London: Routledge; 2022. p.155-170.
Goto A, Lloyd Williams A, Kuroda Y, Satoh K. Thinking and acting with school children in Fukushima: implementation of a participatory theater approach and analysis of the experiences of teachers. JMA Journal. 2020; 3: 67-72.
