5 results match your criteria: "Hirakata City Public Health Center.[Affiliation]"
We assessed case fatality rates (CFRs) in adults aged ≥70 years in 10 prefectures in Japan (14.8 million residents) diagnosed between January 2022 and March 2023, when the Omicron variant was dominant in Japan. We selected incident reports on 283,052 cases from participating public health centers reported according to the Infectious Diseases Control Law.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKey issues in Japan's public health centers to prepare for future pandemics: a text mining study using a topic model.
BMC Health Serv Res
May 2024
Disaster Occupational Health Center, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, 1-1 Iseigaoka Yahatanishi-Ku, Kitakyushu-Shi, Fukuoka-Ken, 807-8555, Japan.
Background: In Japan, over 450 public health centers played a central role in the operation of the local public health system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to identify key issues for improving the system for public health centers for future pandemics.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire.
[Relationship between the number of public health nurses and the total number of people receiving home-visit nursing services for mental health/intractable diseases, and those numbers' regional differences].
Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi
March 2024
Tobu Public Health Center, Oita Prefectural Government.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to determine how the number of public health nurses (PHNs) affects the number of people receiving home-visit nursing services for mental health or chronic diseases, and to explore regional differences in PHN availability and service reach.
- Using data from 2019, researchers performed regression analyses to establish the correlation between PHN ratios and service uptake, factoring in population size and area.
- Results showed a positive relationship between the number of PHNs and service achievements, with larger populations associated with higher service reach, while larger areas saw decreased service achievements.
Change over Time in the Risk of Death among Japanese COVID-19 Cases Caused by the Omicron Variant Depending on Prevalence of Sublineages.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
February 2023
Itako Public Health Center of Ibaraki Prefectural Government, Itako 311-2422, Japan.
To assess temporal changes to the risk of death in COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant, we calculated age-standardized case fatality rates (CFR) in patients aged ≥40 years over nine diagnostic periods (3 January to 28 August 2022) in ten Japanese prefectures (14.8 million residents). Among 552,581 study subjects, we found that there were 1836 fatalities during the isolation period (up to 28 days from date of onset).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Unemployment or job change due to treatment for a disease is affected by various factors such as disease type, degree of disability, and workplace patient support. This study aimed to clarify the factors affecting the unemployment/job-change rate among workers who had designated intractable diseases.
Methods: A questionnaire survey was administered to 3,210 designated patients with intractable diseases who underwent applications for renewal of medical care subsidies at the Hirakata City Public Health Center during fiscal year 2019 (July-December).