ACTIVITIES and PROGRAMS in FY2007 1. General Goal The Japan Public Health Association (JPHA) is
an incorporated foundation devoting to promotion of public health and improvement
of healthy life of the Japanese nation. The activities and programs of JPHA are
as follows; - to conduct researches on public
health measures - to encourage and to subsidize
public health researches - to coordinate activities of
public health organizations - to host academic meetings and
training courses - to disseminate public health
information - to publish books and journals
on public health - to conduct other programs in
order to achieve the goals of JPHA 2. Nationwide Events (1) 11th National Conference on Community Health (place and time undecided) The estimated number of the participants is about
2,000. The Minister
of Health, Labor and Welfare, the Chairman of JPHA and the Chairman of the National
Federation of Community Health will give commendations. Commemorative lectures and symposia on community health, health
promotion and environment health will be held. (2) 29th National Academic
Meeting of Public Health Nurses, 16-17, Nov. 2007, in The estimated number of the participants is about
850. Special lectures, symposia, workshops, academic
sessions and educational lectures will be held.
3. Dissemination and Enlightening Activities of Public Health Knowledge (1) The
Provision of Community Health Information by the Internet The community health information is provided
to the community health staffs by the internet. The homepage address of JPHA is http://www.jpha.or.jp/ (2) The
Provision of Literature Information “The Examples of
the Special Business in Community Health” will be made and provided to the prefectural governments
and the related organizations. 4. International Activities ① As a member of WFPHA, JPHA cooperates with the
World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA). ② 41st Annual Meeting of WFPHA,
12-14, May 2007, Geneva, Switzerland ③ 135th Annual
Conference and Expositions of the American Public Health Association (APHA), 3-7
Nov. 2007, ④ To collect and exchange the
latest information on public health in the foreign countries 5. Publication ①
Monthly Bulletin ”Public Health Information” JPHA publishes the monthly bulletin,
“Public Health Information,” whose editorship and dissemination are entrusted
to the Life Publishing Co. ② Publication of Books JPHA publishes books related to public
health, for example, “The Prevention and the Countermeasures against Influenza
2006(Simple Edition),” “Outline of Public Health Administration (21st Edition),”
“Development of Epidemiological Research of Stroke in the Community and the Countermeasures”
and so on.
6. Coordination and Cooperation with the Relevant Organizations The administrative affairs of the following relevant
organizations are entrusted to JPHA, and the coordination and cooperation with
other organizations are also conducted. -
Japanese
Society of Public Health -- National Association of Health Directors of Prefectural
Governments -- National Association of Directors of Public Health Centers -- National Association of Chief Public Health Nurses of Public
Health Centers -- National Federation of Training Institutions of Public Health
Nurses 7. Survey and Research
Program on Public Health Ⅰ Programs under the subsidy of MHLW (1)
Comprehensive
Programs on Community Health ①
Comprehensive Promotion Program on Community Health In order to promote the
comprehensive and effective community health activities, the nationwide
objective survey of the needs for community health activities, the test of
their validity and the dissemination of their outcomes have been conducted
since 1994 under the cooperation with such nationwide organizations as the National
Association Health Directors of Prefectural Governments, the National
Association of Directors of Public Health Centers and the National Association
of Chief Public Health Nurses of Public Health Centers. ② Community Health Research Conference In order to present the results
of the researches of “Comprehensive Promotion Program on Community Health” and
“Research Program on maintenance of
health crisis management system” which have been under the leading of MHLW, Community Health
Research Conference has been held in March every year. ③ Planning of the trainings JPHA takes the planning and the implementation of
trainings for the personnel in health, medical services and welfare services,
for example the assistance for the municipal health centers, community health
personnel, public health nurses (in the bloc areas), and the heads of public
health nurses. ④ Provision of Health Information JPHA provides the comprehensive community
health information, for example the provision of the literatures relating to
the community health, and the information dissemination of the unique
activities of community health. ⑤
International Activities JPHA collects and exchanges the
information relating to the health policies in the foreign countries, and
examines the international cooperation relating to the public health. (2) Survey
and Research on the Health and Health Promotion of the Elderly In order to promote the
harmonious implementation of the health activities based on the Health Services
Law for the Elderly, JPHA composes the researchers’ team and the survey and
research program such as the health control system for the elderly is
conducted. (3) Survey and Research on maintenance of health crisis management
system To promote a maintenance system
of health crisis management, JPHA invites the foreign researchers, dispatches
the Japanese researchers to the foreign countries, fosters the younger
researchers (Research Residents), disseminates the results of the researches
and activates the utilization of the results. (New Program) To research the measures for
the health crisis management and anti-terrorism system, JPHA invites the
foreign researchers, dispatches the Japanese researchers to the foreign
countries and activates the utilization of the results. Ⅱ Programs entrusted by MHLW, Ministry of Education, Culture and
Science, and Prefectures and Cities (1) Programs on the dissemination of Public Health Activities JPHA assists the introduction
programs to the prefectures and the municipalities relating to the health
crisis management system, for example the tie-up of the areas and the
collections and the provisions of the information. (2) Survey and Research on ethical, legal and social problems concerning
up-to-date medical researches (entrusted the Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology, 2005-2007) JPHA established and manages “the committee of the Survey and
Research on ethical, legal and social problems concerning up-to-date medical
researches” and visits and examines the project-collaborating research centers. (3) Aid to the atomic bombed victims
living abroad for their health promotion and medical care (entrusted by the
governments of Ⅲ
Survey and Research on the Environmental Health (entrusted by the
Ministry of Environment)
Related the low-concentrated exposure of the hazardous chemical substances
such as methyl mercury and the hazardous environmental mutants to the human
health, the researchers’ team was composed and the survey and research program has
been conducted. 8.
Accuracy Control of the Mass Screening for Inborn Errors of Metabolism JPHA conducts
the joint research of the inborn errors of metabolism with 9.
Celebrating “Talk” Project on the 120th Anniversary of JPHA 10. Management of “ |
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