Design of the Nationwide Nursery School Survey on Child Health Throughout the Great East Japan Earthquake.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Great East Japan Earthquake inflicted severe damage on the Pacific coastal areas of northeast Japan. Although possible health impacts on aged or handicapped populations have been highlighted, little is known about how the serious disaster affected preschool children's health. We conducted a nationwide nursery school survey to investigate preschool children's physical development and health status throughout the disaster.

Methods

The survey was conducted from September to December 2012. We mailed three kinds of questionnaires to nursery schools in all 47 prefectures in Japan. Questionnaire "A" addressed nursery school information, and questionnaires "B1" and "B2" addressed individuals' data. Our targets were children who were born from April 2, 2004, to April 1

SUBMITTER: Matsubara H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4728121 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature