2023

  1. Ng N, Anindya K, Berger F, Rosenberg M. Inequality in unmet healthcare and social care needs in Europe: evidence summary. Kobe (Japan): WHO Centre for Health Development; 2023.
  2. Saito T, Jin X, Noguchi T, Komatsu A, Kanamori M. Inequities by sex and gender in access to, and affordability of, long-term care: modifiable factors. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373610. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  3. Macdonald M, Langman E, Caruso J. Initiatives to improve the coverage, quality, financial protection and financial sustainability of long-term care: a rapid scoping review. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373547. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  4. Imanaka Y, Sasaki N, Goto E. Financing long-term care for older people: intergenerational transfers and financial stability in Japan. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373541. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  5. Shiraishi N, Sakata M, Toyomoto R. Yoshida K, Luo Y, Nakagami Y, Tajika A, Watanabe T, Sahker E, Uwatoko T, Shimamoto T, Iwami T, Furukawa TA. Dynamics of depressive states among university students in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time series analysis. Ann Gen Psychiatry 22, 38 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-023-00468-9
  6. Purchasing for quality chronic care: summary report. Geneva: World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373217. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  7. Purchasing for quality chronic care: policy brief series. Geneva: World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373273. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  8. Hall J, van Gool K, Haywood P, Pearse J, Mazevska D, Yu S et al. Australian Health Care Homes trial: case study. Geneva: World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373192. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  9. Wodchis WP, Rashidian L. Integrated Comprehensive Care programme in Ontario, Canada: case study. Geneva: World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373213. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  10. Urriola R, Larrain N. Effect of the payment mix for primary care services on the quality of chronic care in Chile: case study. Geneva: World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373214. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  11. Long Q, Jia Y, Li J, Lou Z, Liu Y. National Basic Public Health Services Programme in China: case study. Geneva: World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373220. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  12. Lindner LE. Healthy Kinzigtal Programme in Germany: case study. Geneva: World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373210. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  13. Nappoe SA, Djasri H, Kurniawan MF. Chronic disease management programme (PROLANIS) in Indonesia: case study. Geneva: World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373226. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  14. Smith A, Mosam A. Value Care Team model in South Africa: case study. Geneva: World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373212. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  15. Bernal-Delgado E, Angulo-Pueyo E. Purchasing arrangements to strengthen the quality of chronic care in three Spanish autonomous communities: case study. Geneva: World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2023. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/373225. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
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  18. Ryan B, Kako M, Fink R, Şimşek P, Barach P, Acosta J, Bhatia S, Brickhouse M, Fendt M, Fontenot A, Arenas Garcia A, Garner S, Gunduz A, Hardin Jr M, Hatch T, Malrey-Horne L, MacDermot M, Kayano R, McKone J, Noel C, Nomura S, Novak J, Stricklin A, Swienton R, Tayfur I, Brooks B. (2023). Strategies for Strengthening the Resilience of Public Health Systems for Pandemics, Disasters, and Other Emergencies. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 17, E479. doi:10.1017/dmp.2023.136
  19. Aung TNN, Lorga T, Moolphate S, Koyanagi Y, Angkurawaranon C, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M, Aung MN. Towards Cultural Adequacy of Experience-Based Design: A Qualitative Evaluation of Community-Integrated Intermediary Care to Enhance the Family-Based Long-Term Care for Thai Older Adults. Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Aug 7;11(15):2217. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11152217. PMID: 37570457; PMCID: PMC10419003.
  20. Chimed-Ochir O, Amarsanaa J, Ghotbi N, Yumiya Y, Kayano R, Van Trimpont F, Murray V, Kubo T. Impact of COVID-19 on Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management System: A Scoping Review of Healthcare Workforce Management in COVID-19. Sustainability. 2023; 15(15):11668. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511668
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  22. Webster SBG, Neville SE, Nobbs J, Ching J, van Gool K. Incorporating Safety and Quality Measures Into Australia’s Activity-Based Funding of Public Hospital Services. Health Services Insights. 2023;16. doi:10.1177/11786329231187891
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2022

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  2. Chen AP, Hansoti B, Hsu EB. The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Its Impact on Post-Pandemic Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management in the United States. Sustainability. 2022; 14(23):16301. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142316301

  3. Ishimaru T, Shimizu S, Teshima A, Ibayashi K, Arikado M, Tsurugi Y, Tateishi S, Okawara M. The Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Emergency and Disaster in Japan. Sustainability. 2022; 14(23):15686. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315686

  4. Toyomoto R, Sakata M, Yoshida K, Luo Y, Nakagami Y, Uwatoko T, Shimamoto T, Sahker E, Tajika A, Suga H, Ito H, Sumi M, Muto T, Ito M, Ichikawa H, Ikegawa M, Shiraishi N, Watanabe T, Watkins ER, Noma H, Horikoshi M, Iwami T, Furukawa TA. Prognostic factors and effect modifiers for personalisation of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy among university students with subthreshold depression: A secondary analysis of a factorial trial. Journal of Affective Disorders 2023; 322:156-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.11.024

  5. Rahman, M.M., 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

  6. Rosenberg, M., Tomioka, S. & Barber, S.L. 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

  7. Shah, S.A., 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

  8. Maulod, A., Rouse, S., Lee, A. et al. Ethics of participation and social inclusion of older persons in research: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. Health Res Policy Sys 20 (Suppl 1), 126 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00930-2

  9. Williams, G.A., Cylus, J., Al Tayara, L. et al. Can healthy ageing moderate the effects of population ageing on economic growth and health spending trends in Mongolia? A modelling study. Health Res Policy Sys 20 (Suppl 1), 122 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00916-0

  10. Kounnavong, S., Vonglokham, M., Sayasone, S. et al. Assessment of cognitive function among adults aged ≥ 60 years using the Revised Hasegawa Dementia Scale: cross-sectional study, Lao People's Democratic Republic. Health Res Policy Sys 20 (Suppl 1), 121 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00919-x

  11. Kojima, S., Kikuchi, T., Kakei, Y. et al. Implication of using cognitive function-related simple questions to stratify the risk of long-term care need: population-based prospective study in Kobe, Japan. Health Res Policy Sys 20 (Suppl 1), 120 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00920-4

  12. Nozaki, I., Shobugawa, Y., Sasaki, Y. et al. Unmet needs for hypertension diagnosis among older adults in Myanmar: secondary analysis of a multistage sampling study. Health Res Policy Sys 20 (Suppl 1), 114 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00918-y

  13. Giang, N.H., Vinh, N.T., Phuong, H.T. et al. Household financial burden associated with healthcare for older people in Viet Nam: a cross-sectional survey.Health Res Policy Sys 20 (Suppl 1), 112 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00913-3

  14. Nakamura, K., Siongco, K.L.L., Moncatar, T.R.T. et al. In-service training programme for health and social care workers in the Philippines to strengthen interprofessional collaboration in caring for older adults: a mixed-methods study. Health Res Policy Sys 20 (Suppl 1), 111 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00914-2

  15. Aung, M.N., Moolphate, S., Aung, T.N.N. et al. Effectiveness of a community-integrated intermediary care (CIIC) service model to enhance family-based long-term care for Thai older adults in Chiang Mai, Thailand: a cluster-randomized controlled trial TCTR20190412004. Health Res Policy Sys 20 (Suppl 1), 110 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00911-5

  16. Sivapragasam, N., Matchar, D.B., Chhoun, P. et al. Developing a toolkit for implementing evidence-based guidelines to manage hypertension and diabetes in Cambodia: a descriptive case study. Health Res Policy Sys 20 (Suppl 1), 109 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00912-4

  17. Lamberti-Castronuovo A, Parotto E, Della Corte F, Hubloue I, Ragazzoni L, Valente M. The COVID-19 pandemic response and its impact on post-corona health emergency and disaster risk management in Italy. Front Public Health. 2022 Oct 31;10:1034196. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1034196. PMID: 36388364; PMCID: PMC9659979.

  18. Ghotbi N. The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Its Impact on Post-Corona Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management in Iran. Sustainability. 2022; 14(22):14858. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142214858

  19. Kubo T, Chimed-Ochir O, Cossa M, Ussene I, Toyokuni Y, Yumiya Y, Kayano, R, and Salio, F. (2022). First Activation of the WHO Emergency Medical Team Minimum Data Set in the 2019 Response to Tropical Cyclone Idai in Mozambique. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 37(6), 727-734. doi:10.1017/S1049023X22001406

  20. Hung K, MacDermot M, Chan E, Mashino S, Balsari S, Ciottone G, Graham C, Dalal S, Kayano R, Huda Q, Abrahams J, et al. (2022). Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Workforce Development Strategies: Delphi Consensus Study. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 1-14. doi:10.1017/S1049023X22001467

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  22. Normand C, Williams GA, Cylus J. The implications of population ageing for health financing in WPRO countries. Exploring futures and options using the PASH simulator. WKC, WPRO, EURO Observatory for Health Systems and Policy. 2022.

  23. Cylus J, Williams G, Carrino L, Roubal T, Barber S. Population ageing and health financing: a method for forecasting two sides of the same coin. Health Policy 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.10.004  

  24. Okamoto S, Komamura K. Towards universal health coverage in the context of population ageing: a narrative review on the implications from the long-term care system in Japan. Arch Public Health. 2022;80:210. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-022-00970-8

  25. Barber SL, Ikegami N. Pricing Health Services: an underutilized tool for access and quality. Health Services Insight, vol 5: 1-2. 2022.

  26. Aung TNN, Moolphate S, Koyanagi Y, Angkurawaranon C, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M, Aung MN. Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life Among Community-Dwelling Thai Older Adults in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2022;15:1761-1774. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S370353

  27. Newnham EA, Mergelsberg E, Chen Y, Kim Y, Gibbs L, Dzidic P, Ishida DaSilva M, Chan EYY, Shimomura K, Narita Z, Huang Z, Leaning J. Long term mental health trajectories after disasters and pandemics: A multilingual systematic review of prevalence, risk and protective factors. Clinical Psychology Review. Vol. 97. 2022. 102203. ISSN 0272-7358, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102203

  28. Yumiya, Y.; Chimed-Ochir, O.; Taji, A.; Kishita, E.; Akahoshi, K.; Kondo, H.; Wakai, A.; Chishima, K.; Toyokuni, Y.; Koido, Y.; Tachikawa, H.; Takahashi, S.; Gomei, S.; Kawashima, Y.; Kubo, T. Prevalence of Mental Health Problems among Patients Treated by Emergency Medical Teams: Findings from J-SPEED Data Regarding the West Japan Heavy Rain 2018. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 11454. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811454

  29. Aung TNN, Moolphate S, Koyanagi Y, Angkurawaranon C, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M, Aung MN. Depression and Associated Factors among Community-Dwelling Thai Older Adults in Northern Thailand: The Relationship between History of Fall and Geriatric Depression. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19(17):10574. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710574

  30. Toyomoto R, Sakata M, Yoshida K, Luo Y, Nakagami Y, Iwami T, Aoki S, Irie T, Sakano Y, Suga H, Sumi M, Ichikawa H, Watanabe T, Tajika A, Uwatoko T, Sahker E and Furukawa TA (2022) Validation of the Japanese Big Five Scale Short Form in a University Student Sample. Front. Psychol. 13:862646. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.862646　

  31. Costa‐Font J, Raut N. Long‐term care financing: a review. WHO Centre for Health Development Research Brief. November 2022. 

  32. Costa-Font J, Raut N. A review of issues in long-term care financing. WHO Centre for Health Development Working Paper on Long-Term Care. November 2022.

  33. Lorenzoni L, Dougherty S. Comparison of health and hospital prices and volumes across OECD countries. Health Services Insight 2022. Jun 23; 15:11786329221109755. doi: 10.1177/11786329221109755. eCollection 2022.

  34. Hirashiki A,  Shimizu A, Nomoto K, Kokubo M, Suzuki N, Arai H, Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Community Intervention and Health Promotion Programs for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases in Japan and Other East and Southeast Asian Countries. Circulation Reports 2022; 4: 149-157. doi.org/10.1253/circrep.CR-21-0165

  35. Bhattarai HK, Hung KKC, MacDermot MK, et al. Role of community health volunteers since the 2015 Nepal earthquakes: a qualitative study. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.47

  36. Chimed-Ochir O, Yumiya Y, Taji A, Kishita E, Kondo H, Wakai A, Akahoshi K, Chishima K, Toyokuni Y, Koido Y, Kubo T. Emergency Medical Teams' Responses during the West Japan Heavy Rain 2018: J-SPEED Data Analysis. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2022 Feb 28;37(2):1-7. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X22000231. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35225205; PMCID: PMC8958047

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  39. Oktari RS, Dwirahmadi F, Gan CCR, Darundiyah K, Nugroho PC, Wibowo A, Chu C. Indonesia’s Climate-Related Disasters and Health Adaptation Policy in the Build-Up to COP26 and Beyond. Sustainability. 2022; 14(2):1006. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14021006

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2021

  1. Dalal S, Singh P. Chapter 16: Mainstreaming safety within hospitals and institutionalizing emergency preparedness in healthcare sector. In Gupta AK, Barwal A, Madan A, Sood A, Bindal MK. (eds.) (2021) Health Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change and Related Disasters: A Compendium of Case Studies. National Institute of Disaster Management. New Delhi, pp 332.

  2. Kowal, P., Tun, M. , Leik, S. and Rocco, I. (2021) Contributions of Social Networks to Health and Care Services in Myanmar’s Older Adult Population: 2012 Myanmar Aging Study. Health, 13, 1530-1545. doi: 10.4236/health.2021.1312109  

  3. Hart A, Rodríguez Á, Carvajal J, & Ciottone, G. 2021. Earthquake response in Chile: A case study in health emergency and disaster risk management. American Journal of Disaster Medicine. 2021. 16(4), 313-318. doi:https://doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2021.0413

  4. Kawa N, Abisaab J, Abiad F, Badr K, El-Kak F, Alameddine M, Balsari S. The toll of cascading crises on Lebanon's health workforce. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Feb;10(2):e177-e178. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00493-9. Epub 2021 Nov 17. PMID: 34800375.

  5. Gan CCR, Oktari RS, Nguyen HX, Yuan L, Yu X, KC A, Hanh TTT, Phung DT, Dwirahmadi F, Liu T, Musumari PM, Kayano R, Chu C. A scoping review of climate-related disasters in China, Indonesia and Vietnam: Disasters, health impacts, vulnerable populations and adaptation measures. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Volume 66, 2021, 102608, ISSN 2212-4209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102608.

  6. WHO guidance on research methods for health emergency and disaster risk management. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/345591 Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

  7. WHO Centre for Health Development (‎Kobe, Japan)‎, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Barber, Sarah L, van Gool, Kees, Wise, Sarah. et al. (‎2021)‎. Pricing long-term care for older persons. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/344505. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
  8. Australia: Case study - DOWNLOAD: 
    Wise S, Woods M, van Gool K.  Aged care in Australia: consumer choice and control within a highly regulated market-based system. WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 1: Australia. August 2021.  
  9. France: Case study - DOWNLOAD: 
    Or Z, Penneau A. Long-term care in France: the loose connection between pricing, costs and quality with regional inequalities.  WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 2: France. August, 2021.
  10. Germany: Case study - DOWNLOAD: 
    Milstein R. Mueller M, Lorenzoni L. Germany’s difficult balancing act: universality, consumer choice and quality long-term care for older persons.  WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 3: Germany. August 2021
  11. Japan: Case study- DOWNLOAD: 
    Ikegami N. Long-term care insurance in Japan: expanding services, increasing costs and developing new forms of institutional care.  WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 4: Japan. August 2021.
  12. Republic of Korea: Case study - DOWNLOAD: 
    Kwon S. Long-term care in the Republic of Korea: overcoming coordination challenges between health and social services to achieve universal coverage.  WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 5: Republic of Korea. August 2021. 
  13. Netherlands: Case study - DOWNLOAD: 
    Bakx P, Schut E, Wouterse B. Price setting and contracting help to ensure equitable access in the Netherlands. 
    WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 6. The Netherlands. August 2021. 
  14. Spain: Case study - DOWNLOAD: 
    Flores M. Increasing beneficiaries and the decline in informal care in the Spanish long-term care system for older persons.  WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 7: Spain. August 2021.
  15. Sweden: Case study - DOWNLOAD: 
    Lorenzoni L. “Ageing in place”: how Sweden provides and pays for universal and comprehensive long-term care for older persons.  WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 8: Sweden. August 2021.
  16. United States of America: Case study - DOWNLOAD: 
    Lorenzoni L. A safety net that leaves large gaps in access to needed long-term care services in the United States of America (USA).   WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 9: United States of America. August 2021.

  17. Wong A, Hung KKC, Mabhala M, Tenney JW, Graham CA. Filling the Gaps in the Pharmacy Workforce in Post-Conflict Areas: Experience from Four Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(15):8132. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158132

  18. Promoting healthy ageing in the Western Pacific Region: implications for health expenditure trends and economic growth. The economics of healthy and active ageing series: New evidence for the Western Pacific Region. WHO Centre for Health Development and the European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies. World Health Organization 2021. 

  19. Nagai Y, Kojima S, Kowa H, Kayano R, et al. Kobe project for the exploration of newer strategies to reduce the social burden of dementia: a study protocol of cohort and intervention studies. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e050948. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050948

  20. Bayly J, Bone AE, Ellis-Smith C, Tunnard I, Yaqub S, Yi D, Nkhoma KB, Cook A, Combes S, Bajwah S, Harding R, Nicholson C, Normand C, Ahuja S, Turrillas P, Kizawa Y, Morita T, Nishiyama N, Tsuneto S, Ong P, Higginson IJ, Evans CJ, Maddocks M. Common elements of service delivery models that optimise quality of life and health service use among older people with advanced progressive conditions: a tertiary systematic review. BMJ Open. 2021 Dec 1;11(12):e048417. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048417. PMID: 34853100; PMCID: PMC8638152.

  21. Aung TNN, Aung MN, Moolphate S, Koyanagi Y, Ichikawa M, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M. Estimating Service Demand for Intermediary Care at a Community Integrated Intermediary Care Center among Family Caregivers of Older Adults Residing in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18(11):6087. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18116087

  22. Jebeli SSH, Rezapour A, Rosenberg M, Lakeh MM. Measuring universal health coverage to ensure continuing care for older people: a scoping review with specific implications for the Iranian context. East Mediterr Health J. 2021. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.21.040 

  23. Aung TNN, Aung MN, Moolphate S, Koyanagi Y, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M. Caregiver Burden and Associated Factors for the Respite Care Needs among the Family Caregivers of Community Dwelling Senior Citizens in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18(11):5873. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115873

  24. Hung KKC, MacDermot MK, Chan EYY, Liu S, Huang Z, Wong CS, Walline JH, Graham CA. CCOUC Ethnic Minority Health Project: A Case Study for Health EDRM Initiatives to Improve Disaster Preparedness in a Rural Chinese Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(10):5322. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105322

  25. Kayano R, Nomura S, Abrahams J, Huda Q, Chan EYY, Murray V. Progress towards the Development of Research Agenda and the Launch of Knowledge Hub: The WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network (Health EDRM RN). Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18(9):4959. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094959

  26. Yasumoto S, Gondo Y. CBSI as a Social Innovation to Promote the Health of Older People in Japan. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:4970. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094970

  27. Nomura S, Kayano R, Egawa S, Harada N, Koido Y. Expected Scopes of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM): Report on the Expert Workshop at the Annual Conference for the Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine 2020. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18(9):4447. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094447

  28. Hung KKC, Mashino S, Chan EYY, Kayano R, Abrahams J, et al. Health Workforce Development in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: The Need for Evidence-Based Recommendations. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18(7):3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073382

  29. Moncatar TRT, Nakamura K, Siongco KLL, Seino K, Carlson R, Canila CC, Javier RS, Lorenzo FME. Interprofessional collaboration and barriers among health and social workers caring for older adults: a Philippine case study. Hum Resour Health 2021;19:52. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-021-00568-1

  30. Aung TNN, Aung MN, Moolphate S, Koyanagi Y, Mulati N, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M. Thai older people’s willingness (intention) to participate in a care prevention, community group exercise program: an assessment before implementing an intervention trial in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:4044. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084044

  31. Shah SA, Safian N, Ahmad S, Wan Ibadullah WAH, Mohammad ZB, Nurumal SR, et al. Factors associated with happiness among Malaysian elderly. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:3831. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073831

  32. Aung M, Moolphate S, Yuasa M, Aung T, Koyanagi Y, Supakankunti S, Ahmad I, Kayano R, Ong P. Community-Integrated Intermediary Care (CIIC) service model to enhance family-based, long-term care for older people: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial in Thailand. JMIR Res Protoc 2021;10(3):e20196. URL: https://www.researchprotocols.org/2021/3/e20196. DOI: 10.2196/20196

  33. Sasaki Y, Shobugawa Y, Nozaki I, Takagi D, Nagamine Y, Funato M, et al. Rural–urban differences in the factors affecting depressive symptoms among older adults of two regions in Myanmar. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:2818. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062818

  34. Han TDT, Nakamura K, Seino K, Duc VNH, Vo TV. Do communication patterns affect the association between cognitive impairment and hearing loss among older adults in Vietnam? Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:1603. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041603 

  35. Safian N, Shah SA, Mansor J, et al. Factors associated with the need for assistance among the elderly in Malaysia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18:730. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020730

  36. Wang X, Chen Y, Akl EA et al. The reporting checklist for public versions of guidelines: RIGHT-PVG. Implementation Sci 2021;16(10). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-020-01066-z

  37. Barber SL, Lorenzoni L, Roubal T. Price setting for health services: a taxonomy. Working Paper. WHO Centre for Health Development. 22 June, 2021

  38. Shah SA, Safian N, Ahmad S, Nurumal SR, Mohammad Z, Mansor J, et al. Unmet health care needs among older Malaysians. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2021;14:2931–2940. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S326209. eCollection 2021.

  39. Managing people with cognitive decline: validation of a checklist. WKC Evidence Summary. October 2021.

  40. Key concepts for assessing equity in health care access among older people. WKC Evidence Summary. September 2021.

  41. Siongco KLL, Nakamura K, Seino K, Moncatar TRT, Tejero LMS, De La Vega SAF, et al. Improving community health workers' attitudes toward collaborative practice in the care of older adults: an in-service training intervention trial in the Philippines. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:9986. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18199986 

  42. Exploring available data collection mechanisms in Myanmar to examine how ageing and older populations are included in health and social services as part of achieving UHC by 2030 https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/en/project-details/asean_myanmar University of Economics, Yangon, Myanmar, 2021.

2020

  1. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in Australia and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  2. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in Japan and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  3. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in Mongolia and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  4. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in New Zealand and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  5. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in Republic of Korea and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  6. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in Viet Nam and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  7. Barber SL, Rosenberg M. Nisen-niju-nen no sekai hoken kikan kenko kaihatsu sogo kenkyu sentaa [WHO Centre for Health Development in 2020]. Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi [Japanese Journal of Public Health] 2020;67:845-9. https://doi.org/10.11236/jph.67.12_845  

  8. Win HH, Nyunt TW, Lwin KT, et al. Cohort profile: healthy and active ageing in Myanmar (JAGES in Myanmar 2018): a prospective population-based cohort study of the long-term care risks and health status of older adults in Myanmar. BMJ Open 2020;10:e042877. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042877 

  9. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in Vietnam? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  10. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in Australia? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  11. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in Korea? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  12. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in New Zealand? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  13. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in Mongolia? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  14. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in Japan? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  15. Barber S.L., Ong P., Han Z.A. Long-Term Care in Ageing Populations. In: Haring R., Kickbusch I., Ganten D., Moeti M. (eds) Handbook of Global Health. Springer, Cham. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05325-3_65-1 LTC chapter download

  16. 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

  17. Barber SL, Lorenzoni L, Roubal T. Price setting and price regulation in health services. Geneva: The World Health Organization 2020 (Health Financing Policy Brief no. 7), https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/3319

  18. Barber SL, Rosenberg M. WHO kenko kaihatsu sogo kenkyu sentaa no 25-shunen kinen ni yosete [Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the WHO Centre for Health Development]. Koshu Eisei Joho [Public Health Information] 2020;Sep:24-5. https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/kousyu9_p24_25_0907.pdf 

  19. Wright N, Fagan L, Lapitan JM, Kayano R, Abrahams J, Huda Q, Murray V. Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: Five Years into Implementation of the Sendai Framework. Int J Disaster Risk Sci 2020, (11): 206-17. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13753-020-00274-x.pdf

  20. Newnham EA, Dzidic PL, Mergelsberg ELP, Guragain B, Chan EYY, Kim Y, Leaning J, Kayano R, Wright M, Kaththiriarachchi L, Kato H, Osawa T, Gibbs L. The Asia Pacific Disaster Mental Health Network: Setting a Mental Health Agenda for the Region. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6144. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176144

  21. Ghiga I, Pitchforth E, Lepetit L, Miani C, Ali GC, Meads C. The effectiveness of community-based social innovations for healthy ageing in middle- and high-income countries: a systematic review. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2020 Jul;25(3):202-210. https://doi.org/10.1177/1355819619888244

  22. Chan EYY, Sham TST, Shahzada TS, Dubois C, Huang Z, Liu S, Hung KK, Tse SL, Kwok KO, Chung PH, Kayano R, Shaw R. Narrative Review on Health-EDRM Primary Prevention Measures for Vector-Borne Diseases. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17 (16): 5981. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/16/5981

  23. Liu J, Ross A, Garcon L Is There a Panacea for Ageism? An International Law Perspective Journal of Comparative and International Aging Law & Policy 2020. 11: 105-140 https://www.stetson.edu/law/agingjournal/media/JCIALP%20Vol%2011%20(Final).pdf

  24. Barber SL, O'Dougherty S, Vinyals Torres L, Tslilaajav T, Ong P.  Other considerations than How much will Universal Health Coverage cost. Bulletin of the WHO. Bull World Health Organ 2020;98:95–99l doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.238915 .

  25. Ono R, Chaiyawat P, Melinda G, et al. Developing a conceptual framework with a life course approach to support universal health coverage monitoring systems. WHO Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre - WKC) Working Paper (#K18021). August 2020. https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/pdf/Life-course_UHCmonitoring_KobeUniv.pdf

  26. Hosseinijebeli SS, Rezapour A, Lakeh MM. Measuring universal health coverage to ensure continuing care for older people: a scoping review with specific implications for the Iranian context. WHO Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre - WKC) Working Paper (#K18022). April 2020. https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/pdf/metrics_Iran_working_paper_20200401_0.pdf 

  27. Barber SL. Government initiatives to publish price and quality information.  WKC working paper. Jan 2020. https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/Priceandqualityinformation.pdf

  28. 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

  29. Siongco KLL, Nakamura K, Seino K. Reduction in inequalities in health insurance coverage and healthcare utilization among older adults in the Philippines after mandatory national health insurance coverage: trend analysis for 2003–2017.  Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2020;25:17. doi.org/10.1186/s12199-020-00854-9

  30. Vo THM, Nakamura K, Seino K, Nguyen HTL, Vo TV. Fear of falling and cognitive impairment in elderly with different social support levels: findings from a community survey in Central Vietnam. BMC Geriatrics 2020;20:141. doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01533-8

  31. Moncatar TR, Nakamura K, Siongco KLL, Rahman M, Seino K. Prevalence and determinants of self-reported injuries among community-dwelling older adults in the Philippines: A 10-year pooled analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020;17:4372. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124372

2019

  1. Barber SL, Lorenzoni L, Ong P. Price setting and price regulation in health care: lessons for advancing universal health coverage. WHO Centre for Health Development (Kobe, Japan), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 2019 https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/325547 . License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

  2. Barber SL, Lorenzoni L, Ong P. Institutions for health care price setting and regulation: A comparative review of eight settings. International Journal of Health Planning and Management 2019; 35 (2); 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2954

  3. Cylus J, Roubal T, Ong P, Barber S. Sustainable health financing with an ageing population: implications of different revenue raising mechanisms and policy options. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. 2019. Available from: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331977   

  4. Williams GA, Cylus J, Roubal T, Barber SL. Sustainable Health Financing with an Ageing Population: Will population ageing lead to uncontrolled health expenditure growth? Copenhagen, Denmark: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; 2019.  Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK550604/

  5. Kayano R, Chan EY, Murray V, Abrahams J, Barber SL. WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network (TPRN): Report of the Kobe Expert Meeting. Int J Environ Res Public Health Apr 6 2019, 16(7):1232. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/7/1232 PMID: 30959880; PMCID: PMC6480684.

  6. Kubo T, Yanasan A, Herbosa T, Fernando F, KayanoR. Health Data Collection Before, During and After Emergencies and Disasters-The Result of the Kobe Expert Meeting. Int J Environ Res Public Health Mar 2019, 12;16(5): pii: E893. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16050893. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/5/893

  7. Aung MN, Murray V, Kayano R. Research Methods and Ethics in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: The Result of the Kobe Expert Meeting. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Mar 3;16(5):770. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16050770. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30832448/

  8. Généreux M, Schluter P, Takashi S, Usami S, Mashino S, Kayano R, Kim Y. Psychosocial Management Before, During, and After Emergencies and Disasters-Results from the Kobe Expert Meeting. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Apr 12;16(8). pii: E1309. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16081309. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31013679/

  9. Kowal P, Garcon L, Ross A, Ong P. Chapter 13. Technology and Social Innovations. In Ageing in Asia: Contemporary Trends and Policy Issues, Eds, Kai Hong P, Lee Gan H, Mui Teng Y, World Scientific Series on Ageing in Asia. 2019.  https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/10585  

  10. Evans et al. Service Delivery Models to Maximize Quality of Life for Older People: A Rapid Review. Milbank Quarterly 2019; 97 (1): 113-175. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-0009.12373

  11. Saito J, Haseda M, Amemiya A, Takagi D, Kondo K, Kondo N. Community-based care for healthy ageing: lessons from Japan. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2019;97:570-574. http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.18.223057  

  12. Nagamine Y, Kondo N, Yokobayashi K, Ota A, Miyaguni Y, Sasaki Y, Tani Y, Kondo K. Socioeconomic disparity in the prevalence of objectively evaluated diabetes among older Japanese adults: JAGES cross-sectional data in 2010. J Epidemiology 2019; 29(8): 295-301. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6614078/

  13. Watanabe R, Kondo K, Saito T, et al. Change in municipality-level health-related social capital and depressive symptoms: ecological and 5-Year repeated cross-sectional study from the JAGES. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019;16(11):2038. doi:10.3390/ijerph16112038 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6604020/

  14. Saito M, Kondo N, Oshio T, Tabuchi T, Kondo K. Relative deprivation, poverty, and mortality in Japanese older adults: a six-year follow-up of the JAGES cohort survey. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019;16(2):182. doi:10.3390/ijerph16020182 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/2/182

  15. Tani Y, Suzuki N, Fujiwara T, Hanazato M, Kondo K. Neighborhood food environment and dementia incidence: the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study cohort survey. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2019;56(3):383-92. https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(18)32384-5/fulltext

  16. Amemiya A, Kondo N, Saito J, Saito M, Takagi D, Haseda M, Tani Y, Kondo K. Socioeconomic status and improvement in functional ability among older adults in Japan: a longitudinal study. BMC Public Health 2019;19:209. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-6531-9

  17. Sato H, Kondo S, Saito M, Saura R. Effects of strengthening the hip flexor muscles on walking ability and the locomotive syndrome rank test: An intervention study. Journal of Orthopaedic Science 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jos.2019.09.014

  18. Wang X, Chen Y, Akl E, Ana Marušić A, Tokalić R, Qaseem A, Claire G, Ahmed F, Falck-Ytter Y, Soo Lee M, Siedler M, Barber S, Zhang M, Chan ESY, Yang K, Norris SL, The RIGHT working group. Development of Reporting Items for Patient/Public Version of Guidelines: RIGHT-PVG. BMJ Open 9(3): 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023147

  19. The World Health Organization Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre), Quality Assurance Plan for Research Kobe: World Health Organization; 2019 (WHO/WKC/2019.2). Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

  20. The World Health Organization Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre), WKC Research Plan (2018 – 2026). Kobe: World Health Organization; 2019 (WHO/WKC/2019.2). Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

  21. Moncatar TR, Nakamura K, Rahman M, Seino K. Health status and health facility utilization of community-dwelling elderly living alone in the Philippines: A nationwide cross-sectional study. Health 2019;11:1554¬-72. doi.org/10.4236/health.2019.1111117s

2018

  1. World Health Organization. Capacity building towards a national network of age-friendly cities and communities in Japan, 4-5 December, 2017, Kobe, Japan: meeting report. World Health Organization. 2018. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/275683. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
  2. Ghiga I, Cochrane G, Lepetit L, Meads C, Pitchforth E.  Understanding Community-Based Social Innovations for Healthy Ageing. 2018; Publisher: World Health Organization Centre for Health Development; https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/en/project-details/community-based-social-innovations
  3. Barber SL, Ong P, Nozaki S. Universal Health Coverage and the Renewal of Primary Health Care. Journal of International Health 2018;  33 (2) 93-97 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jaih/33/2/33_93/_article/-char/en 
  4. Barber SL, Kumar A, Roubal T, Colombo F, Lorenzoni L. Harnessing the private health sector by using prices as a policy instrument: Lessons learned from South Africa. Health Policy 2018; 2018 May;122(5):558-564  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29622381  
  5. Dahl N., Ross A., Ong P. Self-Neglect in Older Populations: A Description and Analysis of Current Approaches, Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 2018; 17:1-22 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2018.1500858
  6. 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
  7. Orlovic M. Health Technology Assessment: A Prioritization Exercise 2018. Imperial College: London. https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/pdf/PrioritizationExercise_Final%20December%202017_Final%20V2.pdf
  8. 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. World Health Organization. 2018. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/279010 . License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
  9. Tsuji T, Kondo K, Kondo N, Aida J, Takagi D. Development of a risk assessment scale predicting incident functional disability among older people: Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study. Geriatrics & Gerontology International 2018;18(10):1433-8. doi:10.1111/ggi.13503. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ggi.13503
  10. Kanamori S, Takamiya T, Inoue S, Kai Y, Tsuji T, Kondo K. Frequency and pattern of exercise and depression after two years in older Japanese adults: the JAGES longitudinal study. Sci Rep. 2018;8(1):11224. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29053-x. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6060146/
  11. Tani Y, Suzuki N, Fujiwara T. et al. Neighborhood food environment and mortality among older Japanese adults: results from the JAGES cohort study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2018;15:101. doi:10.1186/s12966-018-0732-y. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12966-018-0732-y
  12. Tsuji T, Miyaguni Y, Kanamori S, Hanazato M, Kondo K. Community-level sports group participation and older individuals’ depressive symptoms. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2018;50(6):1199–1205. https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/6023572
  13. Yagi A, Hayasaka S, Ojima T, Sasaki Y, Tsuji T, Miyaguni Y, Nagamine Y, Namiki T, Kondo K. Bathing frequency and onset of functional disability among Japanese older adults: a prospective 3-year cohort study from the JAGES. J Epidemiol. 2018. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20180123 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/advpub/0/advpub_JE20180123/_article
  14. Zaitsu M, Kawachi I, Ashida T, Kondo K, Kondo N. Participation in community group activities among older adults: Is diversity of group membership associated with better self-rated health? J Epidemiology 2018;28(11):452-457. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20170152. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6192976/
  15. Aida J, Cable N, Zaninotto P, Tsuboya T, Tsakos G, Matsuyama Y, Ito K, Osaka K, Kondo K, Marmot MG, Watt RG. Social and behavioural determinants of the difference in survival among older adults in Japan and England. Gerontology 2018;64(3):266-277. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5969072/
  16. Haseda M, Kondo N, Ashida T, Tani Y, Takagi D, Kondo K. Community social capital, built environment, and income-based inequality in depressive symptoms among older people in Japan: an ecological study from the JAGES project. J Epidemiol. 2018;28(3):108-116. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20160216. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5821687/

2017

  1. Barber SL, Rosenberg M. Ageing and universal health coverage: implications for the Asia Pacific region. Journal of Health Systems & Reform, August 2017; 3: 154-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2017.1348320 .
  2. Kayano R. "Global Health Challenge in 21st Century-Double Burden of Communicable Disease and Non-Communicable Disease-". Journal of Hyogo Public Health Association 2017: 32: 002-026 (Japanese)
  3. 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; Int J Environ Res Public Health 2017 Oct 20;14(10):1259.  doi: 10.3390/ijerph14101259   https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/10/1259
  4. Lo S, Chan E, Chan G, Murray V, Abrahams J, Ardalan A, Kayano R, Yau J. Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM): Developing the Research Field within the Sendai Framework Paradigm. Int J Disaster Risk Sci (2017) 8: 145-9. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-017-0122-0
  5. Chan EYY, Murray V. What are the health research needs for the Sendai Framework? The Lancet. June 19 2017, 390(10106):e35-e36. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31670-7. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28641876/
  6. Aida J, Hikichi H, Matsuyama Y, Sato Y, Tsuboya T, Tabuchi T, Koyama S, Subramanian SV, Kondo K, Osaka K, Kawachi I. Risk of mortality during and after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami among older coastal residents. Scientific Reports 2017;7(1):16591. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29185489/
  7. Kano M, Rosenberg PE, Dalton SD. A global pilot study of Age-friendly City indicators: a process evaluation. Social Indicators Research. 2017; doi 10.1007/s11205-017-1680-7.

2016

  1. WHO Centre for Health Development (‎‎‎Kobe, Japan)‎‎‎. (Imagine tomorrow: report on the 2nd WHO global forum on innovation for ageing populations, Kobe, Japan, 7-9 October 2015. World Health Organization. 2016 https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/205288
  2. WHO Centre for Health Development (‎‎‎‎Kobe, Japan)‎‎‎‎. First expert consultation on community-based social innovations that support older people in low- and middle-income countries, 14–15 July 2015; Kobe, Japan: report. World Health Organization. 2016 https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/205445
  3. Garçon L, Khasnabis C, Walker L, et al. Medical and Assistive Health Technology: Meeting the Needs of Aging Populations. Gerontologist 2016; 56 Suppl 2:S293-S302. doi:10.1093/geront/gnw005  https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/56/Suppl_2/S293/2605300 
  4. World Health Organization & UN-Habitat. Global report on urban health: equitable healthier cities for sustainable development. World Health Organization. 2016. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/204715
  5. 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.
  6. Kano M. Public health observatories and urban health. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 2016:31;S267–8.
  7. 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.
  8. Kano M, Rosenberg PE. Age-friendly indicators: a new guide. The Journal. January 2016. Washington, D.C.; AARP International: 63–4.