New paper: Role of psychosocial factors in starting and leaving public assistance programs by older Japanese population: Longitudinal Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study

We published a new paper from Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Shiho Kino,Daisuke Nishioka, Keiko Ueno, Naoki Kondo.Role of psychosocial factors in starting and leaving public assistance programs by older Japanese population: Longitudinal Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study.Arch Gerontol Geriatr2021 Dec 26;99:104615. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2021.104615. Online ahead of print.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167494321002788

New paper:Changes in social relationships by the initiation and termination of public assistance in the older Japanese population: A JAGES panel study

We published a new paper from Social Science & Medicine.

Shiho Kino,Daisuke Nishioka, Keiko Ueno, Masashige Saito, Naoki Kondo. Changes in social relationships by the initiation and termination of public assistance in the older Japanese population: A JAGES study. Soc Sci Med.2021 Dec 17;293:114661.doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114661.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027795362100993X?via%3Dihub#!

New paper: Does increased migration affect the rural-urban divide in suicide? A register-based repeated cohort study in Sweden from 1991 to 2015

We published a new paper from Population, Space and Place.

Mariko Kanamori,Naoki Kondo,Sol P. Juárez,Agneta Cederström,Andrew Stickley,Mikael Rostila. Does increased migration affect the rural–urban divide in suicide? A register-based repeated cohort study in Sweden from 1991 to 2015. Population, Space and Place. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2503

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/psp.2503

New paper: Sociodemographic inequities in dental care utilisation among governmental welfare recipients in Japan: a retrospective cohort study

We published a new paper from International Journal for equity in Health.

Daisuke Nishioka, Keiko Ueno, Shiho Kino, Jun Aida, Naoki Kondo. Sociodemographic inequities in dental care utilisation among governmental welfare recipients in Japan: a retrospective cohort study. Int J Equity Health
. 2021 Jun 16;20(1):141. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01473-8.

https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-021-01473-8

New paper: Potential causal effect of physical activity on reducing the risk of dementia: a 6-year cohort study from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study

We published a new paper from International Journal of behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Koryu Sato, Naoki Kondo, Masamichi Hanazato, Taishi Tsuji, Katsunori Kondo. Potential causal effect of physical activity on reducing the risk of dementia: a 6-year cohort study from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study.Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act
. 2021 Oct 29;18(1):140. doi: 10.1186/s12966-021-01212-w.

https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-021-01212-w

 

New paper:Leisure activities and instrumental activities of daily living: A 3-year cohort study from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study

We published a new paper from Geriatrics Gerontology International.

Shigekazu Ukawa, Akiko Tamakoshi, Yukako Tani, Yuri Sasaki, Junko Saito, Maho Haseda, Kokoro Shirai, Naoki Kondo, Katsunori Kondo, Ichiro Kawachi. Leisure activities and instrumental activities of daily living: A 3-year cohort study from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study.Geriatr Gerontol Int
. 2021 Dec 22. doi: 10.1111/ggi.14334. Online ahead of print.

New paper: Geographical socioeconomic inequalities in healthy life expectancy in Japan, 2010-2014: An ecological study

We have published a paper from The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific.

Kataoka A, Fukui K, Sato T, Kikuchi H, Inoue S, Kondo N, Nakaya T, Ito Y. Geographical socioeconomic inequalities in healthy life expectancy in Japan, 2010-2014: An ecological study. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2021 Jul 15;14:100204. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100204. PMID: 34527999; PMCID: PMC8355904.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(21)00113-9/fulltext

New paper: Expectations and problems of the healthcare management support program for public assistance recipients

A new paper from Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi.

Ueno K, Nishioka D, Kondo N. Expectations and problems of the healthcare management support program for public assistance recipients. Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi. 2021 Oct 29. Japanese. doi: 10.11236/jph.21-070. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34719539.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jph/advpub/0/advpub_21-070/_article/-char/ja/

New paper: A mixed methods study on specifying the inhibitory factors to access medical services and effective support for foreign residents living in Japan

A new paper has been published from Journal of International Health.

Morita Naomi, Kanamori Mariko, Nochi Masahiro, and Kondo Naoki. A mixed methods study on specifying the inhibitory factors to access medical services and effective support for foreign residents living in Japan. Kokusai Hoken Iryo (Journal of International Health) 36(3), 107-121, 2021
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jaih/36/3/36_107/_article/-char/ja/

Differences in depressive symptoms by rurality in Japan: a cross-sectional multilevel study using different aggregation units of municipalities and neighborhoods (JAGES)

A new paper has been published by International Journal of Health Geographic.

Mariko Kanamori, Masamichi Hanazato, Daisuke Takagi,Katsunori Kondo,Toshiyuki Ojima, Airi Amemiya, and Naoki Kondo.(2021).Differences in depressive symptoms by rurality in Japan: a cross-sectional multilevel study using different aggregation units of municipalities and neighborhoods (JAGES).International Journal of Health Geographic.20(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s12942-021-00296-8.