The University of Tokyo · Medicine
Professor Junko Kiriya's research lab focuses on public health and health equity, with a strong emphasis on health literacy, reproductive health, women's empowerment, and maternal health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. The lab investigates social determinants of health, including parental communication on sexual and reproductive health, social support, and socioeconomic factors influencing health behaviors and service utilization. Key research directions include improving adolescent and maternal health through community-based interventions and policy-relevant research.
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Health literacy plays an important role in personal and community health. Since university is a turning point when young adults begin to take responsibility for their own health, understanding university students' health literacy levels is crucial. To this end, we aimed to explore health literacy and its associated factors among Palestinian university students. We conducted a cross-sectional study at Birzeit University in the Ramallah district. We recruited 472 students using convenience samplin
Students with a higher score on parent-adolescent communication on SRH were more likely to use adolescent-friendly health services. Thus, parental involvement in SRH communication could contribute to the use of adolescent-friendly health services and ultimately prevent negative SRH outcomes among students in late adolescence.
This study examined the associations between women's empowerment and unmet family planning needs in five low- and middle- income countries in Southeast Asia using demographic and health survey data. The sample of ever-married women aged 15 to 49 years across five Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia [n = 10,231], Indonesia [n = 30,965], Myanmar [n = 6,644], the Philippines [n = 13,512], and Timor-Leste [n = 5,750]) were included in this study. We conducted a multiple logistic regression to analyz
To improve feeding and handwashing practices and to reduce health inequalities in rural Malawi, governments and organisations should consider promoting the value of social support and health. Future research is needed to explain the negative association between cognitive social capital and vaccination among the lower SES group.
The high percentage of mothers classified as group 5 who gave birth via cesarean delivery suggests that healthcare providers should work with mothers in group 5 to increase their willingness to give birth vaginally after a previous cesarean delivery in an attempt to reduce the overall cesarean delivery rates. Further research is needed to better understand the factors that may influence the increasing rates of birth through cesarean delivery.
Abstract As the prevalence of sleep disorders has grown worldwide, studies on sleep quality are increasingly required. Recent evidence suggests that calcium intake may influence sleep quality and duration, but few studies have investigated factors associated with sleep quality. This systematic review aimed to examine and synthesize existing evidence on the association between calcium intake and sleep quality and sleep duration. We included randomized controlled trials, case-control studies, coho
NCT02109159; Results.
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