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| Government, professional and public efforts in Japan to change the designation of dementia (chiho) | | Author(s) | Misa Miyamoto, Daniel R George, Peter J Whitehouse |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 10, no 4, November 2011 |
| Pages | pp 475-486 |
| Source | http://dem.sagepub.com/ |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Policy ; Japan. |
| Annotation | In 2004 the label for dementia was officially changed in Japan. This move was part of a publicity campaign to raise public awareness about dementia and replace the previously stigmatising word 'chiho', which translates as a 'disease of cognition associated with idiocy'. The aim of this study was to examine the name-changing process and to explore its implications for Japan and the field of dementia studies in general. The authors begin by explaining the process through which the new name for dementia, 'ninchisho' (cognitive syndrome), was selected and why. It then looks at the role of the Alzheimer's Association Japan (AAJ) and the influence of this organisation on the name-changing process. The final part of the article describes the educational initiative developed in response to the name-change decision and evaluates the initial impact of the project. The authors conclude that the whole process proceeded relatively quickly and efficiently and that the public education drive played a prominent role in the name changing process. One year after the decision to change almost 80% of people surveyed recognised 'ninchisho' as the new name for dementia. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120523002 A |
| Classmark | EA: TOB: QAD: 7DT |
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