Type and duration of emergency recovery work and its longitudinal effects on mental health symptoms among Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant workers: The Fukushima NEWS project study

2021 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 68-74
Author(s):  
Tomokazu Tajima ◽  
Ai Ikeda ◽  
Ichiro Kawachi ◽  
Tomotaka Kono ◽  
Hiroo Wada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Project Study ◽  
Longitudinal Effects ◽  
Fukushima Daiichi

scholarly journals Mental Health Status of Children After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 131S-138S ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirobumi Mashiko ◽  
Hirooki Yabe ◽  
Masaharu Maeda ◽  
Syuntaro Itagaki ◽  
Yasuto Kunii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Environmental Radiation ◽  
Fukushima Daiichi ◽  
Usual State

The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, might have affected the mental health status of children. To assess the mental health status, we measured the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in 15 274 children (aged 4-15 years). The proportions of those who scored above the cutoff (≥16) of SDQ, reflecting the clinical range of the mental health status, were 25.0% (aged 4-6 years), 22.0% (aged 7-12 years, and 16.3% (aged 13-15 years), which were higher than that in the usual state (9.5%). We also explored the possibility that the distribution on the Fukushima prefectural map of the proportions of those who scored above the cutoff (≥16) of SDQ might correspond with the environmental radiation levels, but there was no significant correlation.

As a resident and a counsellor

2021 ◽  
pp. 014664532110153
Author(s):  
Maiko Momma ◽  
Ryoko Ando
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Local People ◽  
Fukushima Daiichi

At the time of the accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, I was living in Iwaki City with my two children and my husband. With our home damaged by the tsunami and the deteriorating status following the situation at the nuclear power plant, we spent 2 years as evacuees before returning to Iwaki City. Subsequently, I decided to work as a radiation counsellor in the Suetsugi district of Iwaki City. I would like to describe my experience of taking measurements and helping to communicate with the residents while respecting the lives of local people.

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