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Sensory Awakening as a New Approach to Health Promotion

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Asian Perspectives and Evidence on Health Promotion and Education

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To contribute to health promotion and education (HP&HE) ideas and theories from Asia, each Asian country should analyze its unique way of life/health/culture and related challenges, and offer new approaches to solve the latter, thereby opening up new potential for HP&HE. In this paper, Japanese HP&HE was identified as facing three challenges: (1) a confused understanding of health caused by its unique language structure, (2) a top-down mentality, and (3) group awareness. To cope with these, the author has adopted a new approach of sensory-awakening, a process involving subjects becoming aware of their senses and everyday life environments. Blindfolded walking was identified as an effective means of substantiating sensory-awakening. Two workshops were designed under this new approach, and the potential contribution of sensory-awakening to HP&HE discussed. Considering the rich tradition of valuing human senses through everyday life in Asia, further research is needed in each setting.

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  1. Department of Public Health, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka City, 814-0180, Japan

    Masaki Moriyama

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  1. Department of Public Health, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, 321-0293, Japan

    Takashi Muto M.D., Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Public Health and International Health, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

    Toshitaka Nakahara M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. (Professor) (Professor)

  3. 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

    Eun Woo Nam (Professor) (Professor)

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Moriyama, M. (2011). Sensory Awakening as a New Approach to Health Promotion. In: Muto, T., Nakahara, T., Nam, E.W. (eds) Asian Perspectives and Evidence on Health Promotion and Education. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53889-9_5

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