Dr Megumi ROSENBERG
Technical Officer
Research area
Metrics and Measurement, Equity, Ageing
Bio
Megumi Rosenberg has been a Technical Officer for the World Health Organization (WHO) Centre for Health Development in Kobe since 2009. She currently coordinates the programme of research on Metrics for monitoring UHC in the context of population ageing. She also serves as an editorial adviser for the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Prior to joining WHO, she was a Senior Researcher at the Southern California Injury Prevention Research Centre of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She received her undergraduate degree in liberal arts from the International Christian University in Tokyo, and her master and doctorate degrees in public health with an emphasis in community health sciences and epidemiology from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
Publications
Rosenberg M, Kowal P, Rahman M M, Okamoto S, Barber S L, Tangcharoensathien V et al. Better data on unmet healthcare need can strengthen global monitoring of universal health coverage BMJ 2023; 382 :e075476 doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-075476
Rahman MM, Rosenberg M, Flores G et al. A systematic review and meta-analysis of unmet needs for healthcare and long-term care among older people. Health Econ Rev 12, 60 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-022-00398-4
Rosenberg M, Tomioka S, Barber SL. Research to inform health systems’ responses to rapid population ageing: a collection of studies funded by the WHO Centre for Health Development in Kobe, Japan. Health Res Policy Sys 20 (Suppl 1), 128 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00917-z
Shah SA, Rosenberg M, Ahmad D et al. Prevalence and determinants of unmet needs for hypertension care among the older population in Selangor: cross-sectional study. Health Res Policy Sys 20 (Suppl 1), 127 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00915-1
Carroll C, Sworn K, Booth A, Tsuchiya A, Maden M, Rosenberg M. Equity in healthcare access and service coverage for older people: a scoping review of the conceptual literature. Integrated Healthcare Journal 2022;4:e000092. doi: 10.1136/ihj-2021-000092
Rosenberg M, Kondo K, Kondo N, Shimada H, Arai H. Primary care approach to frailty: Japan’s latest trial in responding to the emerging needs of an ageing population. Integrated Healthcare Journal 2020;2:e000049. doi: 10.1136/ihj-2020-000049
Tomioka S, Rosenberg M, Fushimi K, Matsuda S. An analysis of equity in treatment of hip fractures for older patients with dementia in acute care hospitals: Observational study using nationwide hospital claims data in Japan. BMC Health Services 2020;20:830. https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-020-05690-9
Kondo K, Rosenberg M, World Health Organization. Advancing universal health coverage through knowledge translation for healthy ageing: lessons learnt from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study. Kobe: World Health Organization;2018. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/279010. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
Kano, M., Rosenberg, P.E. & Dalton, S.D A Global Pilot Study of Age-Friendly City Indicators. Soc Indic Res. 2018;138:1205–1227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-017-1680-7
Aboderin I, Kano M, Owii HA. Toward "Age-Friendly Slums"? Health challenges of older slum dwellers in Nairobi and the applicability of the Age-Friendly City approach. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017; 14(10): E1259. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14101259.
Barber SL, Rosenberg M. Aging and universal health coverage: implications for the Asia Pacific Region. Health Systems & Reform. 2017; 3: 154–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2017.1348320.
Prasad A, Gray CB, Ross A, Kano M. Metrics in urban health: Current developments and future prospects. Annual Review of Public Health. 2016;37:113–33.
Kano M. Public health observatories and urban health. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 2016:31;S267–8.
Bortz M, Kano M, Ramroth H, Barcellos C, Weaver SR, Rothenberg R, Magalhães M. Disaggregating health inequalities within Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2002-2010, by applying an urban health inequality index. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 2016:31;S107–19.
Kano M, Rosenberg PE. Age-friendly indicators: a new guide. The Journal. January 2016. Washington, D.C.; AARP International: 63–4.
Kano M. On Age-friendly Cities and assessment. City Planning. 2015; 316:52–7. Japanese.
World Health Organization. Measuring the age-friendliness of cities: a guide to using core indicators. Kobe: World Health Organization;2015. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/203830
Kano M, Fujino Y. Chapter 13. Global policy response and actions. In Kawakami N, Hashimoto H, Kondo N, editors. Society and Health: An Integrated Approach to Close Health Gaps. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press;2015:253–67. Japanese.
Prasad A, Kano M, Dagg KA, Mori H, Senkoro HH, Ardakani MA, et al. Prioritizing action on health inequities in cities: An evaluation of Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) in 15 cities from Asia and Africa. Social Science and Medicine. 2015;145:237–42.
Rothenberg R, Stauber C, Weaver S, Dai D, Prasad A, Kano M. Urban health indicators and indices—current status. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:494. doi 10.1186/s12889-015-1827-x.
Kano M. WHO develops indicators and tools for measuring inequalities in health and translating evidence into multisectoral actions.Journal of Health Care and Society. 2014;24(1):21–34. Japanese.
Prasad A, Kano M. Evaluating the age-friendliness of cities. Bulletin of the Japan Public Health Association. 2014;43(12):13–7. Japanese.
Rothenberg R, Weaver S, Dai D, Stauber C, Prasad A, Kano M. A flexible urban health index for small area disparities. Journal of Urban Health. 2014;91(5):823–35.
Prasad A, Groot AMM, Monteiro T, Murphy K, O’Campo P, Broide EE, Kano M. Linking evidence to action on social determinants of health using Urban HEART in the Americas. Revista Panamericana Salúd Publica. 2013;34(6):407–15.
Caiaffa WT, Friche AAL, Dias MAS, Meireles AL, Ignacio CF, Prasad A, Kano M. Developing a conceptual framework of urban health observatories toward integrating research and evidence into urban policy for health and health equity. Journal of Urban Health. 2013;91(1):1–16.
Kano M, Hotta M, Prasad A. Inequalities in noncommunicable disease mortality in the ten largest Japanese cities. Journal of Urban Health. 2013;90(6):1041–52.