Specialty

Social Epidemiology, Global Health, Health Disparities

Works

Original papers

1 First Author Sasaki Y, Shobugawa Y, Takagi D, Nozaki I, Nagamine Y, Tani Y, et al. Frequency of Vegetable and/or Fruit Intake and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults in Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Public Hlth Dev (in press).

2 Kudo S, Kodama T, Sasaki Y. Social determinants of older adult suicide: An ecological study using data of Japanese secondary medical areas. BMC Public Health. 2026 (in press). doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-28241-z. Online ahead of print.

3 Ohaku Y, Shirakura Y, Nagamine Y, Sasaki Y, Takagi D, et al. Association between social capital and mortality among community-dwelling older adults in Myanmar 2018–2022: a prospective cohort study. BMC Global and Public Health. 2025; 3 (21). doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-025-00137-x

4 First Author Sasaki Y, Shobugawa Y, Nozaki I, Takagi D, Nagamine Y, Shirakura Y, 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.

5 Osawa E, Sasaki Y, Hsu Hui-Chuan, Miura H. 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.

6 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.

7 First Author 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.

8 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.

9 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.

10 First Author 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.

11 First Author 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.

12 First Author 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.

13 First Author 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.

14 First Author 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.

15 First Author 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.

Reviews

1 First Author Sasaki Y, Ohaku Y, Shobugawa Y, Yamaguchi K, Kodama T, Machida M. International Trends in Healthy Ageing initiatives and their evaluation indicators. Journal of the National Institutes of Public Health. 2024;73(3):201-206.

Report

1 First Author Sasaki Y, Machida M, Osawa E, Sasaki H, Ohmagari N, Saito T, Sone T. Report on the workshop for enhancing collaboration between researchers and government officials during health crises. Journal of the National Institutes of Public Health. 2025; 74(5):518-524.

2 First Author Sasaki Y, Osawa E, Yamaguchi K, Wada Y, Machida M. “Turning Silver into Gold: Capacity Building Workshop for Starting Community-Based Integrated Care”: An activity of the National Institute of Public Health as a WHO Collaborating Centre. Journal of the National Institutes of Public Health. 2024; 73(3):243-250.

Researchmap

   https://researchmap.jp/sasaki_y

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.