Health Promotion Management Office

Members

Leader :
Shuichi Obuchi, P.T., Ph.D.
Vice-Chief Researcher :
Hisashi Kawai, Ph.D.
Adjunct Researcher:
Tatsuro Ishizaki, M.D, Ph.D, M.P.H., Haruko Sekiguchi, D.H., Harumi Nakada, R.N., P.H.N., Ph.D., Shima Sakai, R.N., P.H.N., Ph.D.
Technical Staff :
Takumi Shouji, Koichi Hongawa
Administrative Staff :
Akiko Miki, Akiko Takashima

Keywords

prevention of dependence on long-term care, health promotion, assistance of local government

Major Research Titles

  1. Action research on the effectiveness of care prevention activities through assisting local governments and the private sector
  2. Management of training program of Certified trainer for care prevention
  3. Promoting of collaboration project of private sector and institute

Profile

In the near future, prolonging independent healthy life styles of the elderly will be the most important issue facing super aging societies. We are predicting that the role of local governments and the private sector in promoting healthy living in the elderly population will be greatly expanding within the next few years. Our goal is to assist local governments and the private sector promote and develop programs that are focused on improving healthy life styles by providing practical solutions with strong positive outcomes that are based upon scientific evidence. We have already assisted several local governments in various projects promoting healthy life styles in the elderly. In addition to the development and assessment of these projects, we have offered our technical expertise and advice in the implementation of these projects. We focus on the problems in the near-to-mid term and assist local government and the private sector by using evidences from our institute. We also take a progressive approach to collaborative project with private sectors. We hope every community member work together to extend their healthy life expectancy.

References

  1. Jou-Yin Chen, Hisashi Kawai, Junta Takahashi, Manami Ejiri, Keigo Imamura, Shuichi P Obuchi: Test-retest reliability of the computer-based cognitive assessment tool for community-dwelling older adults in Japan: The Otassha study. Digit Health. (in press)
  2. Shuichi P. Obuchi, Motonaga Kojima, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Juan C. Garbalosa, Keigo Imamura, Kazushige Ihara, Hirohiko Hirano, Hiroyuki Sasai, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Hisashi Kawai: Artificial intelligence detection of cognitive impairment in older adults during walking. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 16(3):e70012. 2024.
  3. Hisashi Kawai, Keigo Imamura, Manami Ejiri, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Kazushige Ihara, Hirohiko Hirano, Hiroyuki Sasai, Shuichi Obuchi: Aging trajectories of subscales in higher-level functional capacity among community-dwelling older Japanese adults: the Otassha study. Aging Clin Exp Res. 36, 137. 2024.
  4. Hisashi Kawai, Manami Ejiri, Keigo Imamura, Kumiko Ito, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Hirohiko Hirano, Kazushige Ihara, Shuichi Obuchi: Three-year trajectories of social networks, face-to-face interactions, and non-face-to-face interactions among community-dwelling older adults in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic: Otassha study. Maturitas. 183:107943. 2024.
  5. Hisashi Kawai, Manami Ejiri, Kumiko Ito, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Kazushige Ihara, Hirohiko Hirano, Hiroyuki Sasai, Hunkyung Kim, Shuichi Obuchi：Social interaction trajectories and all-cause mortality in older adults: the Otassha study. Front Public Health. 11:1248462. 2023.
  6. Hisashi Kawai, Manami Ejiri, Keigo Imamura, Kumiko Ito, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Kazushige Ihara, Hirohiko Hirano, Shuichi Obuchi： Impact of combinations of subscale declines in higher-level functional capacity on 8-year all-cause mortality among community-dwelling older Japanese adults．Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 114:105096. 2023.
  7. Junta Takahashi, Hisashi Kawai, Manami Ejiri, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Hirohiko Hirano, Hiroyuki Sasai, Kazushige Ihara, Kaori Ishii, Koichiro Oka, Shuichi Obuchi：Activity diversity is associated with the prevention of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: The Otassha Study. Front Public Health. 11:1113255. 2023.
  8. Hisashi Kawai, Shuichi P. Obuchi, Manami Ejiri, Kumiko Ito：Association Between Daily Life Walking Speed and Frailty Measured by a Smartphone Application: a Cross-Sectional Study．BMJ Open. 23;13(1):e065098corr1. 2023.