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Asian Perspectives and Evidence on Health Promotion and Education Takashi Muto Toshitaka Nakahara Eun Woo Nam Editors Asian Perspectives and Evidence on Health Promotion and Education  Editors Takashi Muto, M.D., Ph.D. Eun Woo Nam, Ph.D., M.P.H. Professor Professor Department of Public Health Healthy City Research Center Dokkyo Medical University Institute of Health and Welfare School of Medicine Yonsei University 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi 234 Maeji-ri, Heungup-myun Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan Wounju-si, Gangwon-do 220-710 [email protected] Republic of Korea [email protected] Toshitaka Nakahara, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Professor Department of Public Health and International Health Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501, Japan [email protected] ISBN 978-4-431-53888-2 e-ISBN 978-4-431-53889-9 DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-53889-9 Springer Tokyo Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010940982 © Springer 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Preface This is a collection of papers written by eminent participants at the First Asia- Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education with the main theme “Asia- Pacific Perspectives and Evidence on Health Promotion and Education: Sharing Experiences, Efforts, and Evidence,” held in July 2009 in Chiba, Japan. This con- ference was organized by the Northern Part of the Western Pacific Region of the International Union of Health Promotion and Education (NPWP/IUHPE) and the Japanese Society of Health Education and Promotion. Approximately 1 000 people, mostly from Asian countries, participated in this conference, and about 500 papers were presented. Globalization, industrialization, and information technology, which have con- tributed to improve our health, have also caused many health problems from mental health issues to lifestyle-related disease among both younger and older people. To cope with these health issues, health promotion and health education are desper- ately needed. To convince policy decision makers to invest in health promotion and health education programs, it is necessary to show evidence for the effectiveness of such programs. This is in line with Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM), and health promotion and health education professionals are expected to construct evidence- based health promotion and education programs and practice based on these programs. Such evidence has been accumulated in recent years, but most has come from the United States and European countries. There are marked differences between Western and Asian countries with regard to the social, economic, and cultural envi- ronment. If we want to improve the health status of our region, we must apply programs specifically for Asian people. Therefore, we must generate and accumu- late our own evidence based on Asian perspectives. This book includes five parts. Part I deals with Asian ideas and activities on health promotion and education. Nine unique ideas or activities that originated from and are practiced in Asian countries are presented in this part. Part II is about Asian perspectives on health promotion and education. In this part, nine chapters deal with concepts or ideas that originated in Western countries from the standpoint of Asian researchers and practitioners. Part III, IV and V are on Asian practices and evidence on health promotion and education in terms of, respec- tively, settings: community, workplace, school and hospital; lifestyles: diet, exercise, v vi Preface smoking, drinking, and stress management; and diseases: hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. To the best of our knowledge, this book is the first comprehensive work to deal with activities in Asian countries regarding health promotion and education. We believe that, by reading this book, Western as well as Asian readers will be able to gain Asian perspectives and evidence regarding health promotion and education. Takashi Muto Toshitaka Nakahara Eun Woo Nam Acknowledgements At the Board of Trustees Meeting of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), held in Vancouver in 2006 on the occasion of the 19th World Congress of IUHPE, it was decided that the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education (APHPE) should take place in 2009 in Japan. The idea of publishing this book after the first APHPE, by collecting papers written by eminent participants of the conference, was born there. So this book could not have been published if there had been no First APHPE. In this regard, I would like to thank all organizations and people who contributed to the success of the conference. This conference was sponsored by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan; the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan; the Japan Medical Association; the Japan Dental Association; the Japanese Nursing Association; the Japan Dietetic Association; the Japan Family Planning Association; the Japan Association for Development of Community Medicine; the Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association; the Nihon Wellness Foundation; Chiba Prefecture; Chiba City; the Asahi Shimbun; and Dokkyo Medical Association. Numerous academic and scientific societies and associations also supported the conference: the Japan Mibyo System Association; the Japan Society for Occupational Health; the Japan Society of Health Promotion; the Japanese Society for Dental Health; the Japanese Society for Occupational Mental Health; the Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science; the Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine; the Japanese Society of Public Health; the Japanese Society of Shokuiku; the Japan Association of Job Stress Research; the Japan Diabetes Association; the Japanese Association for Cerebro-Cardiovascular Disease Control; the Japanese Association of School Health; the Japanese Society for Hygiene; the Japanese Society of Health and Human Ecology; and the Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics. I would like to express my thanks to members of the advisory board, scientific committee, finance and fund-raising committee, public relations committee, and local administrative committee of the conference. The Chair of the respective com- mittees, Professor Masaki Moriyama, Professor Hiroshi Fukuda, Professor Toshiyuki Takizawa, and Professor Yasuo Haruyama, rendered invaluable assis- tance regarding the success of the conference. vii viii Acknowledgements I wish to express many thanks to the staff of the Department of Public Health, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, and Dr Toshimi Sairenchi, Dr Midori Nishiyama, Dr Michiyo Hashimoto, Ms Etsuko Suzuki, Ms Yoko Imai, and Ms Hiroko Fujii for their assistance in the operation and administration of the conference; and also Ms Kyoko Onozawa for her invaluable secretarial assistance. Takashi Muto, M.D., Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief Chair, The First Asia-Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education Professor, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine Contents Part I Asian Ideas and Activities on Health Promotion and Education Asian Ideas on Health Promotion and Education from Historical Perspectives of the Theory of Yojo as an Interface of Health, Self, and Society .................................................. 3 Toshiyuki Takizawa Developing the Curriculum and Instruction Model for Suicide Prevention and Life Education in Taiwan ................................. 13 Ya-Wen Huang, Po-San Wang, and Chia-Chia Lin The Yogo Teacher, the Health Room, and Health Education at School in Japan ........................................................................................... 21 Kanako Okada New Strategy on Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Lifestyle-Related Diseases Focusing on Metabolic Syndrome in Japan .................................................................. 31 Shunsaku Mizushima and Kazuyo Tsushita Sensory Awakening as a New Approach to Health Promotion ................... 40 Masaki Moriyama Health Promotion and Education in Thailand in Comparison with the Japanese Health Care System and Health Informatics ................ 50 Masami Matsuda, Khanitta Nuntaboot, Katsumasa Ota, and Shoichiro Hara ix x Contents Development of a Robot-Assisted Activity Program for Elderly People Incorporating Reading Aloud and Arithmetic Calculation ............................................................................ 67 Yukio Oida, Masayoshi Kanoh, Masashi Inagaki, Yoko Konagaya, and Kenji Kimura Health Promotion for Cancer Survivors: New Paradigm Beyond Prevention and Treatment ...................................... 78 Miyako Takahashi Alternative

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