The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and school bullying of affected children and adolescents: the need for continuous radiation education

Author:

Sawano Toyoaki1,Nishikawa Yoshitaka2,Ozaki Akihiko13,Leppold Claire4,Tsubokura Masaharu5

Affiliation:

1. Department of Surgery, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima 975-0033, Japan

2. Department of Health Informatics, School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

3. Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan

4. Global Public Health Unit, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD, UK

5. Department of Radiation Protection, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima 975-0033, Japan

Abstract

Abstract The health threats of radiation-release incidents are diverse and long term. In addition to direct radiation effects, it is imperative to manage the indirect effects of radiation such as stigma, prejudice and broader mental health impacts. Six years after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident of March 2011, bullying caused by stigma and prejudice toward evacuees, including children, has become a social problem in Japan. This phenomenon may be associated with the fact that knowledge about radiation has still not reached the general public, and to a potential lack of motivation among Japanese citizens to learn about radiation and bullying. Continuous and sustained education regarding radiation is warranted in order to enhance the general knowledge level about the effects of radiation in Japan after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, and this education will become an important reference for education after future nuclear disasters.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Radiation

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