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Report: List of papers read by lab members between April and July
From April to July, our lab members read these papers.
Tangari G, Ikram M, Ijaz K, Kaafar MA, Berkovsky S. Mobile health and
privacy: cross sectional study. BMJ. 2021 Jun 16;373:n1248. doi:
10.1136/bmj.n1248. PMID: 34135009; PMCID: PMC8207561.
Marsh AD, Muzigaba M, Diaz T, Requejo J, Jackson D, Chou D, Cresswell
JA, Guthold R, Moran AC, Strong KL, Banerjee A, Soucat A; Effective
Coverage Think Tank Group. Effective coverage measurement in maternal,
newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition: progress, future
prospects, and implications for quality health systems. Lancet Glob
Health. 2020 May;8(5):e730-e736. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30104-2.
PMID: 32353320; PMCID: PMC7196884.
Cole SR, Edwards JK, Greenland S. Surprise! Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Feb
1;190(2):191-193. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaa136. PMID: 32648906; PMCID:
PMC7850156.
Rothman KJ. Rothman Responds to “Surprise!”. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Feb
1;190(2):194-195. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaa137. PMID: 33524113.
Galea S, Hernán MA. Win-Win: Reconciling Social Epidemiology and
Causal Inference. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 Mar 2;189(3):167-170. doi:
10.1093/aje/kwz158. PMID: 31579911; PMCID: PMC7443199.
Park JJ, Coumbe BG, Park EH, Tse G, Subramanian SV, Chen JT.
Dispelling the nice or naughty myth: retrospective observational study
of Santa Claus. BMJ. 2016 Dec 14;355:i6355. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i6355.
PMID: 27974338; PMCID: PMC5156612.
Soga, Masashi, and Kevin J. Gaston. “Extinction of experience: the
loss of human–nature interactions.” Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment 14.2 (2016): 94-101.
Inoue K, Nianogo R, Telesca D, Goto A, Khachadourian V, Tsugawa Y,
Sugiyama T, Mayeda ER, Ritz B. Low HbA1c levels and all-cause or
cardiovascular mortality among people without diabetes: the US
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2015. Int J
Epidemiol. 2020 Dec 30:dyaa263. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa263. Epub ahead
of print. PMID: 33378417.
Glymour MM, Weuve J, Berkman LF, Kawachi I, Robins JM. When is
baseline adjustment useful in analyses of change? An example with
education and cognitive change. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Aug
1;162(3):267-78. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwi187. Epub 2005 Jun 29. PMID:
15987729.
Westreich D, Greenland S. The table 2 fallacy: presenting and
interpreting confounder and modifier coefficients. Am J Epidemiol.
2013 Feb 15;177(4):292-8. doi: 10.1093/aje/kws412. Epub 2013 Jan 30.
PMID: 23371353; PMCID: PMC3626058.
Baiocchi M, Cheng J, Small DS. Instrumental variable methods for
causal inference. Stat Med. 2014 Jun 15;33(13):2297-340. doi:
10.1002/sim.6128. Epub 2014 Mar 6. Erratum in: Stat Med. 2014 Nov
30;33(27):4859-60. Erratum in: Stat Med. 2019 Sep 10;38(20):3960.
Erratum in: Stat Med. 2020 Sep 10;39(20):2693. PMID: 24599889; PMCID:
PMC4201653.
Sharifi A, Khavarian-Garmsir AR. The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on
cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management.
Sci Total Environ. 2020 Dec 20;749:142391. doi:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.14239
PMCID: PMC7499053.
van Wijngaarden E, Leget C, Goossensen A. Ready to give up on life:
The lived experience of elderly people who feel life is completed and
no longer worth living. Soc Sci Med. 2015 Aug;138:257-64. doi:
10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.01
Publication notice: White Paper on Social Prescribing (Orange Cross)
The “White Paper on Social Prescribing,” written in part by Naoki Kondo and Daisuke Nishioka of our department, has been published.
Some of the people who visit medical institutions have various social issues.
Social prescribing” has been attracting attention as an approach to addressing such issues.
This white paper examines how “social prescriptions” can be tailored to the actual situation in Japan.
It is rich in data and illustrations. We hope you will find it useful.
Orange Cross Japan Foundation Project to Study the Japanese Version of “Social Prescription” (website)
White Paper on Social Prescription (PDF)
Reference
Nishioka, Daisuke; Kondo, Naoki. Literature review on cases and effects of social prescribing: Possibilities and challenges of how to deal with patients’ social issues in Japan. Medicine and Society, 2020, 29.4: 527-544.
Available at (in Japanese): https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/iken/29/4/29_2020.002/_pdf
Daisuke Nishioka s website is here.
Notice: Clinical Research Summer Seminar
On Sunday, August 29, 2021, Naoki Kondo will speak at the Clinical Research Summer Seminar on “Medical Care and Its Evaluation Focusing on Patients’ Isolation, Loneliness and Poverty.
Report: Lecture at a seminar on comprehensive community care (Nomura Research Institute, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Naoki Kondo spoke at the seminar on organic cooperation and role sharing within local governments for the establishment of a comprehensive regional care system.
Seminar on Organic Cooperation and Role-Sharing within Local Governments for Building a Comprehensive Community Care System
Lecture: “Regional Diagnosis and Organizational Cooperation for Community Organization and Its Effects
Lecturer: Naomi Kondo
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 13:30-16:00
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Target audience: Those involved in the promotion of comprehensive community care, municipal employees in the Kanto-Shinetsu Health and Welfare Bureau, prefectural and municipal employees involved in municipal support, etc.
Announcement: Supervising Garmin’s New Project
Naoki Kondo will be supervising a new global project for Garmin, a long-established GPS device manufacturer in the United States.
The new project is called Garmin Health, and it is designed to help people manage and improve their health not only in sports and activity situations, but also in their daily lives.
For more information about the Garmin Health Guide, please visit the Garmin Health Guide website (in Japanese).
Click here for three health tips to avoid overdoing it.
Try to measure your physical condition and behavior.
Make friends who can praise each other.
Declare your goals to those around you.
Report: Minutes of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Health Promotion Plan 21 Promotion Conference Released
The minutes and documents of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Health Promotion Plan 21 (Second Stage) Promotion Conference and the Policy Review Subcommittee, where Naoki Kondo serves as a member, have been newly released.
The minutes and documents are here (in Japanese).
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Health Promotion Plan 21 (Second Stage) is a health promotion policy promoted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Its main goals are to “extend healthy life expectancy” and “reduce health disparities”.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Health Promotion Plan 21 (Second Stage) was originally planned for a period of 10 years from FY2013 to FY2022.
However, in light of the impact of the new coronavirus infection, the plan period was extended by one year to 11 years, from FY2013 to FY2023.
Press Release: Socioeconomic disparities may exist in “improvement” of care needs
Airi Amamiya, a visiting researcher, has published a press release on a paper published in BMC Public Health.
Possible socioeconomic disparities in the “improvement” of care needs
– Longer education is twice as likely to improve as shorter education – (PDF, in Japanese)
It is known that there is a possibility of improvement in the condition of the elderly even after they require long-term care. This study found that those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged are less likely to improve their condition after needing care. This suggests that there is a socioeconomic disparity in the improvement of care needs. There is a need to focus on supporting those who are in a socioeconomically disadvantaged position.
Reference
Amemiya A, Kondo N, Saito J, Saito M, Takagi D, Haseda M, Tani Y, Kondo K. Socioeconomic status and improvement in functional ability among older adults in Japan: a longitudinal study. BMC Public Health. 2019 Feb 19;19(1):209. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6531-9. PMID: 30782149; PMCID: PMC6381753.
Media Release: JAGES – Possible Disparity in Social Activity and Improvement in Care Needs (Weekly Health and Sanitation News)
An article about researcher Airi Amemiya’s paper was published in the Weekly Health and Sanitation News.
Weekly Public Health News
No. 2108 (May 3/10, 2021)
JAGES – Possible Disparities in Social Activity and Improvement in Care Needs (57)
http://www.shahojitumu.co.jp/hokeneisei.htm (Table of Contents only, in Japanese)
Reference
Amemiya A, Saito J, Saito M, Takagi D, Haseda M, Tani Y, Kondo K, Kondo N. Social Capital and the Improvement in Functional Ability among Older People in Japan: A Multilevel Survival Analysis Using JAGES Data. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Apr 12;16(8):1310. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16081310. PMID: 31013681; PMCID: PMC6518128.
Webinar Report: Resilience to Health Crises and Turning Crises into Opportunities – Novel Coronavirus Infections and Natural Disasters (JAGES)
On May 14, the Japan Agency for Gerontological Evaluation and Research (JAGES) hosted a webinar-style symposium titled “Resilience to Health Crises and Turning Crises into Opportunities: Novel Coronavirus Infections and Natural Disasters.
Assistant Professor Goryu Sato gave a presentation on “The impact of the new coronavirus infection on the lives and health of the elderly”.
Naoki Kondo presented “Learning from the Kumamoto Earthquake”.
JAGES Symposium on Disaster and Health Risk Management (WHO Kobe Center, in Japanese)
Symposium Outline (PDF, in Japanese)
Outline of the Symposium
Organizer: Japan Agency for Gerontological Evaluation and Research (JAGES)
Supported by: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Cabinet Office, Government Policy Director-General for Disaster Management (in charge of disaster prevention), Japan Agency for Medical Care and Development (AMED) (in alphabetical order)
Date and Time: Friday, May 14, 2021, 15:00 – 17:00
Venue: Zoom
Participation fee: Free
Target audience: Local government officials, researchers, and individuals interested in health and longevity initiatives, and companies interested in industry-government-academia collaboration for the realization of a healthy society with longevity.