Health Literacy and Disaster Preparedness: The Role of Hazard Map Awareness among Individuals with Physical Disabilities

Kyo Takahashi^{1

2}, Kenji Takaki³, Shutaro Koyama⁴, Jun Suzurikawa⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
² Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Faculty of Human Ecology, Wayo Women's University, Chiba, Japan.
⁴ Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan.
⁵ Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Saitama, Japan.

Kyo Takahashi et al. JMA J. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 15;8(3):965-969.

doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2024-0347. Epub 2025 Jun 6.

Kyo Takahashi^{1

2}, Kenji Takaki³, Shutaro Koyama⁴, Jun Suzurikawa⁵

¹ Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
² Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Faculty of Human Ecology, Wayo Women's University, Chiba, Japan.
⁴ Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan.
⁵ Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Saitama, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: Health literacy; Japan; disability; disaster preparedness; hazard map.

Conflict of interest statement

None

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