Using big data from First Ascent's "Papatto Ikko" childcare record application, the Keio Digital Pediatrics Project (KDiP) will be launched with the Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine.
- The following is content from the press release -
(Location: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Tomoyuki Hattori; hereinafter "First Ascent") has launched the Keio Digital Pediatrics Project (KDiP), a comprehensive research project on child growth and lifestyle, with the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Keio University, utilizing data acquired through the "Papatto Ikko" childcare record application provided by First Ascent. Project (KDiP), a comprehensive research project on children's growth and lifestyle. By analyzing real-world data on children in modern Japan, we will visualize the range of typical conditions and personalities of children. Furthermore, we will tackle themes that have been difficult to verify so far, such as "sleep and development," "night crying and parental stress," and "gender and crying patterns. We will deepen our scientific understanding of children and explore evidence-based approaches to "better child-rearing.
In today's Japanese society, the nuclear family is becoming more common, more parents are working together, and working styles and lifestyles are becoming more diverse. Children's lives are also affected by the lifestyles of their caregivers. Appropriate habits and environment are considered important in promoting children's growth and development. However, since there is no statistical data on children's lifestyles, guidance on child-rearing is based on experience.
For this research, First Ascent, which operates the "Papatto Ikko" childcare record application that has been used by more than 800,000 children, and the Department of Pediatrics at Keio University School of Medicine, which has specialists in 13 areas of pediatrics, have formed a research team. This joint research project, named the Keio Digital Pediatrics Project (KDiP), will analyze data on Japanese children from the perspectives of various specialties, while at the same time compiling their findings to comprehensively understand children as individuals. Conventional pediatric research has focused on growth and nutrition, while KDiP can combine data on growth and development, which reflect the long-term health of children, with daily life records such as nutrition, diet, sleep, elimination, and crying, thus enabling analysis of "sleep and development," "nighttime crying and parental stress," and "parental stress". This makes it possible to explore themes that have been difficult to verify in the past, such as "sleep and development," "night crying and parental stress," and "gender and crying patterns. KDiP, a collaboration between First Ascent, a frontrunner in baby tech, and the Department of Pediatrics of Keio University School of Medicine, a group of specialists in pediatric medicine, will deepen scientific understanding of children and explore evidence-based approaches to "better childcare.
Press Release Points
- This is a joint research project with Keio University School of Medicine using the "Papatto Ikko" childcare record application, which already has a proven track record in academic research*.
- Taking advantage of the multi-item and continuous nature of the application data and the strengths of the Department of Pediatrics at Keio University School of Medicine, where specialists in various fields gather, we will conduct a comprehensive investigation of the relationship between children's lifestyle habits and their long-term health (growth and development).
- We will deepen our scientific understanding of children and explore various aspects of evidence-based "better child-rearing".
*First Ascent has conducted a joint research project with the National Center for Child Health and Development using "Papa's Childcare" and published the results of a study on the growth and development of 0-year-old children.
https://www.ncchd.go.jp/press/2017/sp.html
https://www.ncchd.go.jp/press/2017/sp-0.html
https://www.ncchd.go.jp/press/2022/220302.html
First Ascent hopes to utilize the results and know-how gained from this research to better manage babies and improve caregivers' mental health through services such as "Papatte Childcare.
If you do not wish to have your data used for research purposes, you may submit a request through the "Notices" section of Papatto Childcare.
About Us
Company name: First Ascent Co.
Representative: Tomoyuki Hattori, Representative Director
Established: October 2012
Location: 2F Sagami Building, 7-13-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Business Description:
Offering "babycare+" childcare support service, "Papatto Ikkoiku@Childcare notebook" childcare support application, "ainenne" bed light to support sleeping, and "babycare+ for Business" childcare support service for corporate clients.
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