Publications by authors named "Naoko Masaki"
Objectives We launched and engaged in the "Ajinadai Lively Project" to examine the ideal state of community building in an urban semi-marginal village. In addition to discussing its progress and describing the activities, we examine future challenges.Methods (1) We gathered existing resources, conducted a district survey and focus group interview, and investigated the community's health issues.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Vision and hearing impairments among elders are common, and cognitive impairment is a concern. This study assessed the association of vision and hearing impairments with cognitive impairment and mortality among long-term care recipients.
Methods: Data of 1754 adults aged 65 or older were included in analysis from the Gujo City Long-Term Care Insurance Database in Japan for a mean follow-up period of 4.
[Creating a "Health Promotion Checklist for Residents" Attempt to promote healthy activities].
Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi
July 2016
Objective: To create a "Health Promotion Checklist for Residents" to help promote healthy habits among local residents.
Methods: First, we investigated items for a health promotion checklist in the Health Japan 21 (2(nd) edition) and other references. Next, we conducted a questionnaire survey including these checklist items in August 2012.
[Development of the role scale for municipal supervising public health nurses].
Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi
May 2013
Article Synopsis
- - The study focused on creating a scale to measure the implementation of the roles of municipal supervising public health nurses, as these roles are becoming more decentralized across municipalities in Japan.
- - Researchers developed 17 scale items based on qualitative interviews, revised them for content validity, and then distributed a questionnaire to public health nurses nationwide, achieving a valid response rate of 57.4%.
- - The final scale consisted of 15 items across three factors: promoting health activities, coordination as a role leader, and developing skills, demonstrating good reliability and internal consistency through various statistical analyses.
We studied 199 inpatients and outpatients at a public psychiatric hospital to clarify the factors related to outcome following psychiatric care for substance-related disorder (SRD), and we discuss approaches for more effective community care in the future. The percentage of patients who discontinued treatment was 33.7%, suggesting that creation of a follow-up system for continuing outpatient care is an urgent task.
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