The historical overview and the subjects of the public health education in Japan / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

  The public health education in Japan was practiced with the construction of the nation during Japanese modernization from the Meiji. After Second World War, it is practiced over wide study field based on the new Constitution of Japan and the way from U.S.A. , for example community organization. These performance contributed to the popularization and the development of public health. After high economic growth the system of public health was structured with deregulation and the progress of decentralization of power. At last Japan achieved the highest health standard in the world. However the public health education is more complicated for the variation of Japanese society from the end of 20th century. Furthermore in 21st century we are asked the development of comprehensive public health education system, for example the graduate school of public health, with the wide education system as ever.