Specialty

Social epidemiology, Global Health

Works

Original papers

1 Yuri Sasaki, Yugo Shobugawa, Ikuma Nozaki, Daisuke Takagi, Yuiko Nagamine, Yuki Shirakura, et al. Association between Internet use and depressive symptoms among older adults in two regions of Myanmar: a cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatrics. 2024; 24(1): 145. doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-04729-4.

2 Eri Osawa, Yuri Sasaki, Hui-Chuan Hsu, Hiroko Miura. Attitudes toward active aging and their association with social determinants and views on older adults in Japan: a cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatrics. 2024; 24(1):140. doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-04711-0.

3 Nagamine Y, Shobugawa Y, Sasaki Y, Takagi D, Fujiwara T, Khin P Y, Nozaki I, Shirakura Y, Lwin T K, Zin E P, Bo Z T, Win H H. Associations between socioeconomic status and adherence to hypertension treatment among older adults in urban and rural areas in Myanmar: a cross-sectional study using baseline data from the JAGES in Myanmar prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2023; 13(1): e065370 2023. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065370.

4 Sasaki Y, Shobugawa Y, Nozaki I, Takagi D, Nagamine Y, Funato M, Chihara Y, Shirakura Y, Lwin T K, Zin E P, Bo Z T, Sone T, Win H H. Association between Happiness and Economic Status among Older Adults in Two Myanmar Regions. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022; 19(6): 3216-3216. doi:10.3390/ijerph19063216.

5 Nozaki I, Shobugawa Y, Sasaki Y, Takagi D, Nagamine Y, Zin E P, Bo Z T, Nyunt W T, Oo Z M, Lwin T K, Win H H. Unmet needs for hypertension diagnosis among older adults in Myanmar: secondary analysis of a multistage sampling study. Health Res Policy Syst. 2022; 20(Suppl 1): 114-114. doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00918-y.

6 Ukawa S, Tamakoshi A, Tani Y, Sasaki Y, Saito J, Haseda M, Shirai K, Kondo N, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Leisure activities and instrumental activities of daily living: A 3-year cohort study from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2022; 22(2): 152-159. doi: 10.1111/ggi.14334.

7 Sasaki Y, Shobugawa Y, Nozaki I, Takagi D, Nagamine Y, Funato M, Chihara Y, Shirakura Y, Lwin T K, Zin E P, Bo Z T, Sone T, Win H H. Rural–Urban Differences in the Factors Affecting Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults of Two Regions in Myanmar. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021; 18(6): 2818-2818. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18062818.

8 Sasaki Y, Shobugawa Y, Nozaki I, Takagi D, Nagamine Y, Funato M, Chihara Y, Shirakura Y, Lwin T K, Zin E P, Bo Z T, Sone T, Win H H. Association between depressive symptoms and objective/subjective socioeconomic status among older adults of two regions in Myanmar. PloS One. 2021; 16(1): e0245489. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245489.

9 Sasaki Y, Tsuji T, Koyama S, Tani Y, Saito T, Kondo K, Kawachi I, Aida J. Neighborhood Ties Reduced Depressive Symptoms in Older Disaster Survivors: Iwanuma Study, a Natural Experiment. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020; 17(1): 337. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010337.

10 Sasaki Y, Aida J, Miura H. Social capital in disaster-affected areas. Journal of the National Institute of Public Health. 2020; 69(1): 25-32. https://doi.org/10.20683/jniph.69.1_25

11 Sasaki Y, Aida J, Tsuji T, Koyama S, Tsuboya T, Saito T, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Pre-disaster social support is protective for onset of post-disaster depression: Prospective study from the Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami. Sci Rep. 2019; 9 (1):19247. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55953-7.

12 Sasaki Y Aida J, Tsuji T, Miyaguni Y, Tani Y, Koyama S, Matsuyama Y, Sato Y, Tsuboya T, Nagamine Y, Kameda Y, Saito T, Kakimoto K, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Does Type of Residential Housing Matter for Depressive Symptoms in the Aftermath of a Disaster? Insights From the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Am J Epidemiol. 2018; 187(3): 455-464. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx274.

Social contributions

Councilor, Editorial Board Member, Member of Education and Training Committee, Japan Association for Global Health

Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences

Others (awards, etc.)

Best Oral Presentation Award, Yuri Sasaki, Jun Aida, Taishi Tsuji, Yasuhiro Miyaguni, Ai Tashiro, Shihoko Koyama, Yusuke Matsuyama, Yukihiro Sato, Katsunori Kondo. Does social support reduce depressive symptoms among older adults after a disaster: a JAGES 2010-13 longitudinal analysis, The 76th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Public Health 2018.

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