1983年千葉大学医学部卒業.東京大学医学部付属病院リハビリテーション部医員, 船橋二和(ふたわ)病院リハビリテーション科科長などを経て, 1997年日本福祉大学助教授.University of Kent at Canterbury(イギリス)客員研究員(2000-2001),日本福祉大学教授を経て, 2014年4月から千葉大学教授,2016年4月から国立長寿医療研究センター老年学評価研究部長.「健康格差社会ー何が心と健康を蝕むのか」(医学書院,2005)で社会政策学会賞(奨励賞)受賞. 「健康格差縮小を目指した社会疫学研究」で,2020年「日本医師会医学賞」受賞
European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity 21(1) 8-8 2024年3月
BACKGROUND: Older adults who engage in group sports and exercises achieve greater health benefits than those who exercise by themselves. The benefits of group participation may vary depending on the type of sports/exercise they engage in. The pres...
PURPOSE: Depression is a leading cause of disability. Although tooth loss increases the risk of depressive symptoms, it is unclear whether dental prosthesis use moderates this risk. This study aimed to investigate whether dental prosthesis use mod...
Yu-Ru Chen   Masamichi Hanazato   Masashige Saito   Chie Koga   Yoko Matsuoka   Hiroaki Yoshida   Katsunori Kondo   
Health & place 86 103223-103223 2024年3月
Japan's population has been aging steadily, evidenced by it spending JPY 11 trillion (USD 110 billion) on annual long-term care (LTC) costs in 2021. In this context, understanding the factors influencing LTC costs has become increasingly vital. Al...
Social science & medicine (1982) 347 116778-116778 2024年3月
BACKGROUND: Few prospective studies have examined the association between social disconnection and late-life suicide. Therefore, we conducted a large-scale prospective study of older adults in Japan to examine differences in suicide mortality acco...