The Japanese Association of School Health

Research Note

ISSN ONLINE : 1880-2400

[School Health Vol.16, 33-42, 2020]

The General Understanding and Perceptions of the Practical Use of School Health Records: A Questionnaire Survey of Parents from Seven Local Municipalities in Japan

Kazuki Ide*, **, ***, Satomi Yoshida***, Takeshi Kimura***, Yasuko Oita**** and Koji Kawakami**, ***

  • *Uehiro Research Division for iPS Cell Ethics, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University
  • 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507 Japan
  • ide.kazuki.2r@kyoto-u.ac.jp
  • **Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University
  • Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
  • ***Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University
  • Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
  • ****Health, Clinic, and Education Information Evaluation Institute (HCEI)
  • 76 Nakano-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-0086 Japan

[Received February 12, 2019 ; Accepted February 7, 2020]

Keywords:
school health, school health check-ups, real-world data, questionnaire survey

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Abstracts

Background: School health check-ups are annually performed in Japan. However, the practical use of the data has not sufficiently progressed.

Objective: We performed a questionnaire survey to elucidate the general understanding and perceptions of the practical use of school health records in Japanese local municipalities after providing the summary report of the school health check-up records to parents.

Methods: Parents from 7 local municipalities with 49 junior-high schools (N = 4,081) were invited to answer the survey, which comprised the following contents: 1) sociodemographic characteristics, 2) attention toward children’s health and parents’ own health, and 3) practical use of school and integrated health records.

Results: Most parents answered the survey (N = 2,747, 67.3%). Results revealed that 84.7% of the parents had family conversations about the report, 63.1% believed the report improved attention toward child health, 58.5% who did not have a health-checkup annually increased their attention toward their own health, and over 80% agreed to use health records for health promotion and disease prevention.

Conclusions: The summary report can improve attention toward children’s and parents’ health, and the practical use of health records can be approved. Additional studies focusing on parents’ negative opinions toward this process should be elucidated.

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