Asian Perspectives and Evidence on Health Promotion and Education
Globalization and information technology have caused many health problems: mental health issues like depression, and lifestyle-related disease like diabetes and obesity. To cope with these health issues, health promotion and education are desperately need
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Takashi Muto Toshitaka Nakahara Eun Woo Nam Editors
Asian Perspectives and Evidence on Health Promotion and Education
Editors Takashi Muto, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Department of Public Health Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan [email protected]
Eun Woo Nam, Ph.D., M.P.H. Professor Healthy City Research Center Institute of Health and Welfare Yonsei University 234 Maeji-ri, Heungup-myun Wounju-si, Gangwon-do 220-710 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 AsiaPacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education with the main theme “AsiaPacific Perspectives and Evidence on Health Promotion and Education: Sharing Experiences, Efforts, and Evidence,” held in July 2009 in Chiba, Japan. This conference 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 contributed 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 desperately 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 (E
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