Department of Health and Welfare Services

 

Chief Senior Researcher
OTAGA Masaaki

Specialty

Community and Human Services, Health Care Management

Works

Original papers

1 Tachibana, T., Motoyama, R., & Otaga, M. (2020). A Study on Development and Short-term Evaluation of a Self-Management Support Program for Post Stroke Survivors and Families. Health Educ Public Health, 3(1), 258-262.

2 Okada, M., Otaga, M., Tsutsui, T., Tachimori, H., Kitamura, S., Higuchi, S., & Mishima, K. (2018). Association of sleep with emotional and behavioral problems among abused children and adolescents admitted to residential care facilities in Japan. PloS one, 13(6), e0198123.

Reviews

1 Otaga M (2024). Community-based inclusive society and integrated care in Japan: Concepts and challenges for practice. Journal of the National Institute of Public Health 73(1):32-41

2 Bautista, M., Kodama, T., Yamaguchi, K., Otaga, M. (2023). Japan’s Social Contract in Long-Term Care Insurance: An Exploratory Investigation on Equity Outcomes. SSRN 4664538.

3 Masui H, Otaga M, Moriyama Y, Matsushige T (2019). Current issues in long-term care policy and research: Toward the promotion of evidence-based policy. Journal of the National Institute of Public Health 68(1): 34-44.

Conference presentations

1 H Takahashi,M Otaga,F Shigeta,K Yamaguchi.A Study on the Intractable Diseases Based on the Survey on Difficulty in Living of 2024.THE 36th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE JAPAN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION & THE 3rd JOINT SCIENTIFIC MEETING WITH THE IEA WESTERN PACIFIC REGION,2026.1.30;Nagasaki, p112.2026.

2 H Takahashi,M Otaga,F Shigeta,K Yamaguchi.Daily Functioning among Individuals with Intractable Diseases and Mental Disorders: An ICF-Based Analysis of the Survey on Difficulties in Living of 2024 in Japan WHO – FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2025,2025.10.13-18;Geneva,Switzerland,p404.2025.

3 Otaga M, Nagata Y, Oguchi T, Kurokawa A, Sakakibara M.Evaluating the level of integration among social care systems for four population groups in Japan. The North American Conference on Integrated Care (NACIC24), Calgary, Canada – 15-17 October 2024

4 Tsutsui T., Otaga M. Re-structure of an assessment for evaluating municipal management initiatives in Japan’s Long-Term Care Insurance System. The North American Conference on Integrated Care (NACIC24), Calgary, Canada – 15-17 October 2024

5 Otaga M, Yamaguchi K, Moriyama Y, Kakinuma T. Changes in Management Initiatives in the Long-Term Care Insurance System by Municipalities in Japan: Toward the Promotion of a Community-based Integrated Care System. the 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Care (APIC3) Sydney, Australia– 13-15 November 2023