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Phase II starting!
科学研究費助成事業 国際共同研究加速基金（海外連携研究）23KK0045
災害多発・脆弱地域における次世代のヘルスリテラシー向上：クリエイティブヘルス介入
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research - KAKENHI – Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research 23KK0045
Anticipating crisis: Creating Creative Health and promoting health literacy of the next generation in disaster-prone regions
Left figure: Basic concept of Phase II
Right picture: Kickoff meeting
Short video
Mr. Yamawaki (Koriyama Women’s University and FMU graduate student) developed a short video introducing Creative Health.
Report of ACT in Rwanda
Africa Health, October 2023
Alison Lloyd Williams, et al.
Acting for Creative Health in Rwandan Schools: Exploring Children’s Ideas About Food through Participatory Theatre
KWU FOOD activities in Idonesia
Dr. Okabe (Koriyama Women’s University) created a short video about our visit to Indonesia.
https://www.koriyama-kgc.ac.jp/info/info-news/64675
She also hosted a FOOD workshop training in Japan.
Quantitative analysis of children’s drawings
Showing the ways to do quantitative analysis of children’s drawings
Funding: JSPS 19K03120
doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1008108
Workshops in Indonesia and Rwanda
Workshops in Fukushima
BODY and ACT workshop practice
Prof. Nollet facilitated an online BODY workshop training for the faculty and medical students in Indonesia.
Earlier this year, Dr. Lloyd Williams facilitated an online ACT workshop training for the same group in Indonesia.
BODY Workshop Teaching Package
Prof. Kenneth E. Nollet has created the CH BODY workshop teaching tools. These are packaged and ready to be exported to Indonesia, Cambodia, and Rwanda. We will soon organize the TOTs.
The first report from the Creative Health project
The article describes in detail how we work with and learn from children.
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(6):3417
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/6/3417
BODY workshop in Date City
BODY workshop at Awano Elementary School in Date City. We will continue to work with them in FOOD and ACT workshops.
Planning a trial in Rwanda
アフリカでの試行の計画が進んでいます（2021年10月）。
学校の先生方とも話し合いをしました（2021年10月）。
ACT, FOOD, and BODY workshops in Koori Town
Here are Joho school’s reports about FOOD and BODY workshops.
https://kori.fcs.ed.jp/blogs/blog_entries/view/113/fcfd06db36878897f011d7295b3b8ee6?frame_id=104
https://kori.fcs.ed.jp/blogs/blog_entries/view/113/448e90962aca44dc050163d9ad2abbb4?frame_id=104
Below are pictures from the ACT workshop. After performing about their favorites in community, students said…
“Want to learn more about what we have discussed.”
“Learned difficulty of communicating without words.”
“Learned about Koori Town.”
(2021年9月実施)
ACT workshop practice
福島県桑折町の小学校の先生方と一緒に、ACTの練習をしました（2021年9月）。
Activities in the first half of 2021
鹿児島大学でインドネシアでの活動について話し合いました（2021年6月）。
Related publications and presentation
Benski C, Goto A, Reich MR. Developing health communication materials during a pandemic. Frontiers in Communication. 2020; 5: 603656. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2020.603656
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. doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2019-0031
木下瑠菜. 小学生の食に関する意識：食事の絵の試行的分析. 第53回日本医学教育学会大会. 2021.
(Kinoshita L. How elementary school students perceive daily meals: Quantitative analysis of students' drawings. The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Medical Education. 2021.)
Working with children in Japan
福島県内の小学校と共同でクリエイティブヘルス授業を始めています。BODY, FOOD, ACTの三部構成で、自分の体について、健康と食と家族のつながりについて、そして健康と地域のつながりについて考えを広げる授業です。学校のブログもご覧ください。
FOOD
https://kori.fcs.ed.jp/blogs/blog_entries/view/113/2b37d0faa216c1f27a81c5b98fd784b7?frame_id=104
BODY
https://kori.fcs.ed.jp/blogs/blog_entries/view/113/0be887fd1407c20491058fad4e35d176?frame_id=104
