Department of Social Epidemiology
Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University
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
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
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.
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
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/
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/
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.
Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University issued the following press release on the collaboration in which Professor.Kondo is participating.
Aoi Kataoka and Yuri Ito, Associate Professor of the Department of Medical Statistics, Research Support Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, in collaboration with Professor Tomoki Nakatani of Tohoku University, Professor Naoki Kondo of Kyoto University, Professor Shigeru Inoue and Sebior Lecturer Hiroyuki Kikuchi of Tokyo Medical University, Associate Professor Keisuke Fukui of Hiroshima University, and Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Michiharu Sato of Osaka University, have revealed for the first time in Japan the existence of disparities in life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HLE) by geographic socioeconomic indicators in 1707 municipalities nationwide. In a joint study with Professor Shigeru Inoue and Senior Lecturer Hiroyuki Kikuchi of Tokyo Medical University, Professor Keisuke Fukui of Hiroshima University, and Special Professor Michiharu Sato of Osaka University, we revealed for the first time in Japan the existence of disparities in life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HLE) based on geographic socioeconomic indicators in 1707 cities and towns across Japan.
The results of this study were published online in The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific on 7/15/2021.
Information about this study can be found on the website of the Department of Medical Statistics, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University.
A report on the relationship between Internet use and health among the elderly has been released by JAGES, of which Naoki Kondo is a board member and Kyoto University.
Understanding the role of Internet access on health and health equity toward healthy ageing in the Western Pacific Region
Kondo Naoki, Koga Chie, Nagamine Yuiko
Ojima, T., Hosokawa, R., Myojin, T., Aida, J., Kondo, K., & Kondo, N. (2021). Descriptive study of healthy life expectancy in all secondary medical areas in Japan. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(Supplement_1), dyab168-507.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.507
Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is an index combined with mortality and morbidity. Monitoring HLE is useful to assess and stimulate health promotion policies/programmes. Though HLE in national or prefectural areas have often been observed, further data in smaller areas are required. The aim of the study is to reveal descriptive features of HLE in secondary medical areas, that is almost same as public health centre jurisdictions and median of population is 214 thousand, in Japan.
HLE by gender in all 341 secondary medical areas were calculated using Sullivan method. Population data was used from resident registry. Mortality data was from vital statistics of total death in 2016-2018. Data of proportions of unhealthy people was from long-term care insurance data in 2017 using proportion of people with care level 2 (almost bed ridden level) or more severe. Finally, maps of HLE of all of Japan were drawn.
Means (standard deviations, maximums, minimums, means of ranges of 95% confidence intervals) of HLE at birth are 79.21 (0.86, 81.36, 76.90, 0.92) and 83.75 (0.62, 85.45, 81.99, 0.80) years for males and females, respectively. Areas with short HLE were prevalent in Tohoku region (northern part), while that with long HLE in Chubu region (central part).
Descriptive features of HLE in smaller areas of all of Japan can be firstly clarified.
Monitoring HLE in local areas would be feasible and useful in some countries. Precision of HLE of areas of these population size would be acceptable.