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Acknowledgments
The
authors thank Satsuki Katsumi and Shigeru Nakano( former school principals in Date City) for their contribution towards implementing the project.
Funding
This research was funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants in Aid for Scientific Research( No. 19KK0060 and 23KK0045).
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest. Data availability statement
The data are not publicly available due to the nature of this research that students and parents did not agree for their data to be publicly shared.
Author contribution statement
ALW, KEN, and SO developed the workshops and YY contributed to developing the teaching tools. AG obtained funding, developed the research plan, and supervised the implementation at schools. MM( first author) analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript, and MM( sixth author) contributed to data interpretation. All authors contributed to revising the manuscript.
Ethics approval
This study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of Fukushima Medical University( Fukushima Medical University Ethics Committee Approval No. General 2020-060).
Informed Consent
Parental written consent and children’ s informed assent were obtained for this study.
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Cite this article as: Machida M, Goto A, Lloyd Williams A, Okabe S, Koriyama C, Murakami M, Yumiya Y, Nollet KE. 2025. Participatory‘ Creative Health’ in Fukushima schools: implications of‘ ACT’ theatre component for children’ s responses. Radioprotection 60( 4): 354 – 359. https:// doi. org / 10.1051 / radiopro / 2025007
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