PROFILE
YUASA Motoyuki, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Global Health Research
Faculty of International Liberal Arts
Short Biography
- 1987
- M.D. Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine
- 1989
- Medical Officer, Bureau of Health, Hokkaido Prefectural Government
- 1991
- Director of Shizunai Public Health Center, Hokkaido
- 1997
- Ph.D. Department of Public Health, Sapporo Medical University
- 1997
- International Expert, JICA Project for SDI and AIDS Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, the Philippines
- 1999
- Chief Advisor, JICA Project for Maternal and Child Health, Ministry of Health, the Philippines
- 2002
- Medical Officer, Bureau of Medical Cooperation, International Medical Center of Japan
- 2003
- Chief Advisor, JICA Project for Healthy Municipalities, the Northeast Brazil
- 2009
- Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
- 2011-2020
- Chief Advisor, JICA Project for Maternal and Child Health, Bolivia
- 2014
- Associate Professor, Juntendo University Faculty of International Liberal Arts
- 2017-Present
- Professor, Juntendo University Faculty of International Liberal Arts
- 2018-Present
- Associate Professor, Department of Global Health Research, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
Keywords
- Public Health
- International Health/Global Health
- Epidemiology & Bio-statistics
- Technical Assistance for Developing Countries
Main Research Topics and Interests
- Community Health, Maternal & Child Health, Public Health Policy, Health Behavior Science, Long Term Care for the Elderly
- Global Health Strategy and Policy, Primary Health Care, Health Promotion, Health System Strengthening
- Non-communicable Diseases Prevention
- Aging
Publications (in English)
- Original Articles (44)
- Review Articles (8)
- Books (3)
- Reports (19)
Recent Main Publications
- M Komasawa, M Yuasa, Y Shirayama, M Sato, Y Komasawa, M Alouri. Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods and its associated factors among married women of reproductive age in rural Jordan: A cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 15(3) DOI; org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230421, 2020.
- TNN Aung, Y Shirayama, S Moolphate, T Lorga, M Yuasa, MN Aung. Acculturation and its effects on health risk behaviors among Myanmar migrant workers: A cross-sectional survey in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(14) DOI; 10.3390/ijerph17145 108, 2020.
- MN Aung, M Yuasa, Y Koyanagi, TNN Aung, S Moolphate, H Matsumoto, T Yoshioka. Sustainable health promotion for the seniors during COVID-19 outbreak: a lesson from Tokyo. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 14(4): 328-331, 2020.
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