Roles and Activities

We promote public communication activities for the entire center, based on the public relations strategy LINK which we formulated in FY2020.

Collaboration with the 13 municipalities designated as evacuation zone

• Provide information on radiation health effects, and the Fukushima Health Management Survey, to public health nurses and welfare officials in each municipality.

Operation of a call center

• Our call center responds to inquiries and requests from those who are eligible for the survey by phone or e-mail, such as questions about each survey and request for making or changing reservations for examinations and updating registered personal information.

Publication in the Journal of Epidemiology. "Special issue on Fukushima - A Decade After the Great East Japan Earthquake"

• Published 11 English-language articles on the current status, issues, and direction of the Fukushima Health Management Survey in the "Special issue on Fukushima - A Decade After the Great East Japan Earthquake," as a special edition supported by the Japanese Society for Epidemiology, to disseminate the results of the Survey, and the findings of the 10 years of experience since the disaster.

Information provision through the website

• Commentary on health promotion with frequent online accesses
• We provide various information through our website, including notices on dates and results of examinations, list of published papers, and digital version of our leaflets.

Sending a Message to Prefectural Residents

• Sent a message to residents of the prefecture to dispel misconceptions and prejudice about the health effects of radiation.

Holding a workshop on "Radiation and Health" in cooperation with the Fukushima Medical Association

• In cooperation with the Fukushima Medical Association, the Center dispatches faculty members to educational training sessions for doctors and others to acquire basic knowledge about the health effects of radiation.

International information dissemination

• We publish English-language information materials on the survey, including materials submitted to the meetings of the Oversight Committee for Fukushima Health Management Survey.

Organize international conferences with experts from international organizations, etc.

• We hold an international symposium annually to disseminate the latest findings from the survey and better interpret the survey results through discussions with renowned researchers from Japan and abroad in hope that the outcomes of the symposiums help maintain and improve the health of Fukushima residents.

5th: March 4, 2023

• Support joint projects with IAEA under the Practical Arrangement between IAEA and FMU

• Dr. Elisabeth Cardis, research professor at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) a lead of the original SHAMISEN and follow-up SHAMISEN-SINGS projects, visited FMU on June 27, 2022. After touring our center, Dr. Cardis gave a lecture on her experience and lessons from SHAMISEN and other projects, and exchanged opinions with our center’s faculty members.
• A team of specialists from the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) visited FMU on July 20, 2022, and held an explanatory session, attended by students in the fourth and third years of our medical curriculum.

Conference participation

• Participate in overseas and domestic conferences, (including online participation) to collect, share, and disseminate information on the status of the Fukushima Health Management Survey, the effects of radiation in Fukushima, and the health situation of the residents of the prefecture.

Other

• In order to deepen knowledge and disseminate information on the Fukushima health Management Survey, we actively collaborate with international organizations and overseas universities.
  Partner Organizations: IAEA / ICRP / WHO