Contents

1. General Overview
2. Background
   1. Commitment program of Japan’s prefectures for the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases
   2. Directions for the improvement of health promotion plans of prefectures
   3. Goals of health promotion plans set by prefectures
   4. Preliminary work done in prefectures in 2006
   5. Key points of standard provisional checkup/health guidance program
   6. Quality needed for health guidance staff
3. Executive Summary
   1. Current commitment levels of health promotion program
   2. Current state of achievement of health checkups program
   3. Current state of achievement of health guidance program
   4. Current state of achievement of other health programs
   5. Staffing structure of health promotion program
   6. Private health businesses
   7. Issues to be addressed
4. Case Study - 1 / Result of the Survey
   1. Outline of the program
   2. Outline of commitment to health program
   3. Staffing structure of health promotion program
   4. Current state of achievement of health checkups program
   5. Current state of achievement of health guidance program
   6. Current state of achievement of other health programs
   7. Private health businesses
   8. Issues to be addressed
   9. Current status of health and health promotion businesses
5. Case Study
   1. Local government agencies (prefectures)
   2. Local government agencies (cities/’cho’s)
   3. Current status of public health system under the control of health insurance societies
6. National Health Promotion Programs
   1. METI’s commitment
   2. MHLW’s commitment
7. Appendix (Relevant information)