東北大学大学院医学系研究科・医学部

STAFF

Professor

• Egawa, ShinichiProfessor. 江川 新一 教授
  

Other Faculty / Staff

• Sasaki, Hiroyuki

  Assoc. Prof. 佐々木 宏之 准教授

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Our Lab aims at the improvement of medical, public health and welfare providers to sustain disaster resilient society. Medical response to disaster was systematically improved in Japan after the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and is a world leading system. The medical needs after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, however, had a different spectrum from that in previous disasters according to the disaster risk reduction and social change in the affected area. In 2015, the 3rd World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction was held in Sendai, that adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. Sendai Framework incorporated the change of health risks in existing and future disasters by all type of hazards. Disaster risk is a function of hazard & exposure, vulnerability and coping capacity suggesting we can reduce the disaster risk by modulating these factors. Japan has high life expectancy and low overall disaster risk by the cyclic improvement of disaster risk reduction and building back better. Our Lab investigates the disaster medical system, business continuity of health facilities, change of medical needs in disaster, and the simulations using cutting edge digital-twin technology to investigate the social and human resilience against disasters. Suggestions and comments are welcome!

私たちの研究室では、災害に対してレジリエントな社会を維持するために医学・公衆衛生・福祉がどのように進化し、貢献できるかを研究しています。わが国の災害医療体制は1995年の阪神淡路大震災を契機に整備され、世界でも最先端を行く体制です。しかし、2011年の東日本大震災では防災技術と社会構造の変化によりそれまでと異なる医療ニーズが沢山発生し、異なる対応が求められました。2015年に仙台で開催された第3回国連世界防災会議では仙台防災枠組2015-2030が採択されました。仙台枠組みは、すべてのハザードによる災害における健康被害のリスクを減少させることが盛り込まれています。災害リスクはハザードと曝露、脆弱性、対応能力の関数として表すことができ、これらの因子を変化させることによってリスクを減らすことができます。わが国は、長寿でかつ、全体の災害リスクが低い状態を達成しており、これは、防災（災害リスク減少）とBuilding Back Better（よりよい復興）によって成し遂げられています。私たちの研究室では、災害医療体制のあり方、保健医療施設の業務継続計画、災害時の医療ニーズ解析、最先端のデジタルツイン技術を用いたシミュレーションなどを通して社会と人間の災害レジリエンスを研究しています。ご質問やご意見を歓迎いたします！

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  The disaster risk negatively correlates with the life expectancy
  平均寿命と災害リスクの逆相関の要因

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  The concept of disaster resilience
  災害レジリエンスの考え方

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  Medical needs after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
  東日本大震災後の医療ニーズ解析

ARTICLE

1. Hung KKC, et al. Health Workforce Development in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: The Need for Evidence-Based Recommendations. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18, 3382, 2021.
URL：https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073382

2. Egawa S. Progress of Disaster Medicine during Ten Years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Tohoku J Exp Med. 253, 159-170, 2021
URL：https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.253.159

3. Egawa S, et al. Historical developments in Health EDRM policy and research: the case study of Japan. Chapter 1.3 in WHO Guidance on Research Methods for Health and Disaster Risk Management. Available at
URL：https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/pdf/WHO%20Guidance_Research%20Methods_Health-EDRM_1.3.pdf

4. Nakamura Y, et al. Sleep Disturbance of Evacuees in Minamisanriku Town after Great East Japan Earthquake: Risk Factors and Treatment. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2020;251(3):207-216, 2020.
URL：https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.251.207

5. Sasaki H, et al. Scoping review of hospital business continuity plans to validate the improvement after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Tohoku J. Exp. Med. 251(3): 147-159, 2020.
URL：https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.251.147