地域の防災力を引き出す保健師の役割

我々は、A市B地区の防災力を高める取り組みとして、地域住民の防災に対するニーズ調査や災害対策委員や町内代表者との意見交換をもとに、防災講習会を共同で企画・実施した。上記の取り組みのうちニーズ調査結果と防災講習会の評価結果をもとに地域の防災力を引き出す保健師の役割について分析した。その結果、保健師の役割は、①日頃の地域保健活動を通して地域の特性や自主防災力を把握し、地域力として活かす活動を行う、②住民の自助・共助をさらに高める働きかけを行う、③個人・家族の実践力や町内全体の防災力を高める活動を支援することであるといえた

Melt volume flow rate and melt flow rate of kenaf fibre reinforced Floreon/magnesium hydroxide biocomposites

A study of the melt volume flow rate (MVR) and the melt flow rate (MFR) of kenaf fibre (KF) reinforced Floreon (FLO) and magnesium hydroxide (MH) biocomposites under different temperatures (160–180 °C) and weight loadings (2.16, 5, 10 kg) is presented in this paper. FLO has the lowest values of MFR and MVR. The increment of the melt flow properties (MVR and MFR) has been found for KF or MH insertion due to the hydrolytic degradation of the polylactic acid in FLO. Deterioration of the entanglement density at high temperature, shear thinning and wall slip velocity were the possible causes for the higher melt flow properties. Increasing the KF loadings caused the higher melt flow properties while the higher MH contents created stronger bonding for higher macromolecular chain flow resistance, hence lower melt flow properties were recorded. However, the complicated melt flow behaviour of the KF reinforced FLO/MH biocomposites was found in this study. The high probability of KF–KF and KF–MH collisions was expected and there were more collisions for higher fibre and filler loading causing lower melt flow properties