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Disaster Obstetrics and Gynecology Lab (International Research Institute of Disaster Science)
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An obstetrics and gynecology lab that studies how disasters affect mothers, children, and gynecologic diseases.
AboutAbout the lab
Considering the health of mothers, children, and women during disasters
The Disaster Obstetrics and Gynecology field studies how disasters affect pregnant women, babies, and gynecologic diseases.
Because childbirth continues to occur even in the midst of a disaster, the lab aims to build systems for perinatal care during disasters and to establish international standards for them.
The lab investigates the effects of stress on pregnant women and the effects of life in evacuation shelters on gynecologic diseases, and explores ways to prevent them.
The lab belongs to the Disaster Medical Science Division of the International Research Institute of Disaster Science, and the professor's primary appointment is at the Graduate School of Medicine.
Key terms
- Perinatal care
- Medical care that looks after both mother and baby from pregnancy through the period before and after childbirth
- Acute phase
- The period shortly after a disaster or illness occurs, when conditions can change greatly
- Uterine cancer screening
- Screening carried out to detect cancer of the uterus before symptoms appear
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to analyze the effects of disasters on mothers and children from multiple perspectives and to establish international standards for responding to them. It also examines, from a long-term perspective, the effects of disasters on diseases specific to gynecology.
*Illustrative imagePerinatal care systems during disasters
Deliveries take place even in the hyperacute and acute phases of a disaster. The lab works on building perinatal care systems for disasters and aims to establish international standards for the response.
*Illustrative imageStress in pregnant women and perinatal diseases
Severe stress affects not only pregnant women but also their children. The lab aims to clarify what kinds of stress pregnant women experienced in the earthquake and what diseases occurred, and to build a perinatal care framework that protects the health of pregnant women and newborns.
*Illustrative imageUterine cancer screening system after the earthquake
Miyagi Prefecture has the highest uterine cancer screening rate in Japan, but the earthquake severely damaged the screening system in coastal areas. The lab aims to rebuild the screening system and to create a network for shared management of screenee information that anticipates disasters.
*Illustrative imageLife in evacuation and gynecologic diseases
Chronic stress in evacuation shelters and temporary housing, together with major changes in the living environment including diet, is thought to affect women's hormonal status and gynecologic diseases. The lab aims to clarify the characteristics of the gynecologic diseases that arise and to develop preventive measures.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorMasatoshi Saito
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Patients gather at a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services medical tent in San Juan, P.R. ( )” Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of America Petty Officer 2nd Class Stephane Belcher/U.S. Navy / Public domain (cropped)
- Perinatal care systems during disasters: “USNH Yokosuka and JSDF Hospital Yokosuka Hold Joint Disaster Response Drill (8936107)” U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Taylor / Public domain (cropped)
- Stress in pregnant women and perinatal diseases: “Pregnant woman and husband on beach Negombo Sri Lanka” Peter van der Sluijs / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Uterine cancer screening system after the earthquake: “MCHC ATE-1387 left side at Wei Yi Dental Clinic 20240417” 玄史生 / CC0 (cropped)
- Life in evacuation and gynecologic diseases: “Fema trailer 2 Mariel Carr Chemical Heritage Foundation Video” Mariel Carr, Videographer / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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