Japanese Journal of Hygiene最新文献

{"title":"[Public Health Communication Studies in Japan].","authors":"Machi Suka","doi":"10.1265/jjh.21006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1265/jjh.21006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Public health communication is an essential component of public health activities to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities. However, research is scarce on how to communicate public health issues effectively to the Japanese population. In this article, I outline the concept of public health communication, present our study findings, and discuss future challenges to developing public health communication programs. More studies are required to establish evidence-based practical guidelines on public health communication in Japan.</p>","PeriodicalId":35643,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Hygiene","volume":"76 0","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39194933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Relationship between Work Improvement and Work Engagement in Financial Industry: Examination Based on the Level of Sense of Coherence].","authors":"Kosuke Kawamura,&nbsp;Aya Shimada,&nbsp;Ikuharu Morioka","doi":"10.1265/jjh.21005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1265/jjh.21005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>In this study, we aimed to clarify the relationship between workplace improvement and work engagement based on the level of sense of coherence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An anonymous self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted on 1,845 regular employees in a financial industry (valid response rate, 78.5%). The questionnaire included the Japanese Sense of Coherence (SOC), Japanese Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-J), and Mental Health Improvement & Reinforcement Research of Recognition (MIRROR). Multiple linear regression analysis was performed with the total score of UWES-J as the dependent variable and the MIRROR items as the independent variables for each group with high and low SOC levels.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two MIRROR items namely, \"It is easy to take a substitute vacation after work on holidays\" and \"In the workplace, the abilities and ingenuity of each person are utilized\", were the negative factors common to the two groups. On the other hand, in the low-SOC-level group, the items \"The work policy is decided in a way that everyone is satisfied with\", \"When the work breaks, I can go home without worrying about other people\", and \"The superior gives proper explanations about everything to his subordinates\" showed negative relationships. In the high-SOC-level group, \"The work environment (e.g., air conditioning and lighting) can be adjusted according to the wishes of workers\", \"No overtime day is set or utilized\", \"I am allowed to commute to work avoiding crowded times and routes\", and \"The superiors are trying to make everyone's work proceed smoothly\" showed negative relationships.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Depending on the level of SOC, workers' desire for workplace improvement related to UWES-J scores differed.</p>","PeriodicalId":35643,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Hygiene","volume":"76 0","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39596907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Social Determinants of Anemia and Overweight/Obesity among Pregnant Women in Nepal].","authors":"Rina Kawata,&nbsp;Yoko Oda,&nbsp;Akiko Iwakuni,&nbsp;Arjun Acharya,&nbsp;Rajesh Adhikari,&nbsp;Hiroko Sakai","doi":"10.1265/jjh.20006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1265/jjh.20006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To identify the complex factors associated with anemia and overweight/obesity in pregnant Nepali women.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study was conducted with 609 pregnant women who visited the Western Regional Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, for maternal health checkups. We assessed their nutritional status on the basis of their responses to a questionnaire (socio-economic, demographic and health information using the Nepali version of the 14-item Health Literacy Scale), hemoglobin levels and body mass index (BMI). Data were analyzed and adjusted for confounding factors by binomial logistic regression analysis; this aided in identifying factors associated with anemia and overweight/obesity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The significant factor contributing to anemia is a low BMI (p=0.005, aOR=7.930, 95% CI=1.857, 33.870), followed by maternal age in the teens (p=0.000, aOR=3.018, 95% CI=1.852, 4.919). The significant factors contributing to overweight/obesity are household income, excluding the poorest (p=0.004, aOR=2.975, 95% CI=1.404, 6.303), followed by the presence of a nuclear family (p=0.000, aOR =2.156, 95% CI=1.493, 3.112). Functional literacy (p=0.005, aOR=1.045, 95% CI=1.013, 1.077) increases the risk of overweight/obesity, but critical literacy (p=0.009, aOR=0.819, 95% CI=0.705, 0.951) is a factor that buffers its onset.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The association of malnutrition with anemia and overweight/obesity has been confirmed in pregnant Nepali women, indicating the urgent need for new supports and improvements to nutrition. Nutrition education should be designed to take into consideration reproductive generation, as well as families with low health literacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":35643,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Hygiene","volume":"76 0","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25407917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Association of Annual Transition of Implementation of Nonsmoking at Eating and Drinking Establishments with Indices on Population/Household and Economy/Labor: Examination Using Prefectural Data].","authors":"Kosuke Kawamura,&nbsp;Ai Nakai,&nbsp;Kazuko Yamada,&nbsp;Ikuharu Morioka","doi":"10.1265/jjh.20008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1265/jjh.20008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship of the annual transition of implementation of nonsmoking at eating and drinking establishments with indices of population/household and economy/labor by prefecture.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The prefectural rates of eating and drinking establishments implementing nonsmoking (hereafter, nonsmoking rate) were computed in a year using the data from \"Tabelog^®\". Forty-seven prefectures were classified by hierarchical cluster analysis into \"prefecture clusters\" 1 to 5 in descending order of the median of nonsmoking rates. The indices of population/household (e.g., percentage of the population aged 65 years and over and percentage of nuclear family household) and economy/labor (e.g., prefectural income per capita and percentage of construction and mining workers) were classified by hierarchical cluster analysis into 11 \"index clusters\", and the representative index in each index cluster was extracted from the results of the Jonckheere-Terpstra test. An ordinal logistic regression analysis was performed using the numbers 1 to 5 of prefecture clusters as dependent variables and the indices representing the index clusters as independent variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The percentage of the population aged 65 years and over and the percentage of construction and mining workers were positively related to the order of prefectural clusters.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>To promote implementation of nonsmoking in eating and drinking establishments in prefectures especially in those with larger numbers of elderly people and construction and mining workers, it is important to inform the persons in charge that implementation of nonsmoking does not affect the number of customers.</p>","PeriodicalId":35643,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Hygiene","volume":"76 0","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25427577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Estimation of Health Risk Posed by Road Traffic Noise in Japan Based on the Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region].","authors":"Junta Tagusari,&nbsp;Toshihito Matsui","doi":"10.1265/jjh.19014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1265/jjh.19014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Traffic noise exposure is associated with adverse health effects such as environmental sleep disorder, ischaemic heart disease (IHD), stroke and diabetes. The health risks posed by traffic noise were estimated to be quite high in European countries. However, in Japan, no estimation has ever been conducted. In the present study, we estimated the health risk posed by road traffic noise in Japan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We estimated the risks of environmental sleep disorder (high sleep disturbance) and IHD caused by road traffic noise in Japan as of 2015 on the basis of existing noise-exposure estimates, vital statistics of deaths, and patient survey with exposure-response relationships proposed by the Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region issued in 2018. We employed old information on noise exposure in 1994 because it is the only information currently available in Japan. We also estimated the health risks of noise exposure levels that were equivalent to the Japanese environmental quality standards.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The estimated numbers of patients with environmental sleep disorder and IHD caused by road traffic noise were approximately 1,200,000 and 9,000, respectively. The estimated number of mortalities from IHD was approximately 1,700. The noise exposure level equivalent to the Japanese noise standards caused a lifetime mortality rate of more than 10^-2, which was extremely high as an environmental health risk.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>As in European countries, road traffic noise was one of the most important environmental risk factors in Japan. However, the current Japanese noise standards are insufficient for the protection of public health.</p>","PeriodicalId":35643,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Hygiene","volume":"76 0","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25407918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Association of Cigarette Smoking with Muscle Mass Reduction and Low Muscle Strength in Community-Dwelling Elderly Men].","authors":"Eriko Nogami,&nbsp;Nobuyuki Miyai,&nbsp;Yan Zhang,&nbsp;Masato Sakaguchi,&nbsp;Hiroko Hayakawa,&nbsp;Sonomi Hattori,&nbsp;Miyoko Utsumi,&nbsp;Yuji Uematsu,&nbsp;Mikio Arita","doi":"10.1265/jjh.21003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1265/jjh.21003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Recently, attention has been paid to the impact of cigarette smoking on skeletal muscles, as its underlying pathophysiological mechanism has been gradually elucidated. In this study, we aimed to examine whether cigarette smoking is associated with muscle mass reduction and low muscle strength in elderly men.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study participants comprised 417 community-dwelling elderly men (aged 73±6 years) without severe glucose intolerance, chronic kidney disease, or liver disease. Bioelectrical impedance analysis was performed to estimate appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM), which was normalized for height (ASM index, kg/m²). Handgrip strength (HGS) was measured using a Smedley grip dynamometer. Cumulative smoking exposure level during a lifetime was expressed in pack-years, which is a product of the average number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day and smoking duration in years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>When the participants were stratified on the basis of cumulative smoking exposure (<10 pack-years, 10-39 pack-years, ≥40 pack-years), the ASM index and HGS progressively decreased with increasing exposure level (P for trend <0.01). In multiple regression analysis, heavy smoking (defined as ≥40 pack-years) was found to be a significant determinant of the ASM index and HGS, independent of potential confounding factors. Among former smokers, the subgroup that quit smoking for ≥20 years had a significantly higher ASM index and HGS than the subgroup that quit smoking for <10 years. The duration of smoking cessation was significantly associated with the ASM index and HGS, even after adjusting for cumulative smoking exposure.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings suggest that cigarette smoking contributes to the loss of muscle mass and function in elderly men and that smoking cessation could reverse the impact of cigarette smoking on skeletal muscles.</p>","PeriodicalId":35643,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Hygiene","volume":"76 0","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39173090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Human Selfishness and Environmental Problems].","authors":"Takahiko Katoh,&nbsp;Miyuki Kikuchi","doi":"10.1265/jjh.21008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1265/jjh.21008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Environmental problems are closely related to human activities, especially economic activities. Nevertheless, on a personal level, we do not face these problems and seem to avoid them. Why are environmental problems not taken seriously despite their urgency? As economic activities for self-profit, including money, are the essence of human behavior, we have hypothesized that, \"selfishness and endless desire are the essence of human beings' instinct for survival, and as a result, environmental destruction occurs\". In this paper, first, we describe through the prism of evolution how the \"selfish gene\" affects the survival of cells, individuals, and human society. At the same time, we detail how humans have developed the cerebrum, acquired intelligence, and developed science. Second, we describe the mechanism of modern capitalism and the global environmental situation at present. Third, we consider the relationship between human selfishness and environmental problems from three viewpoints: game theory, behavioral economics, and sociology. Finally, we propose countermeasures to environmental problems from three perspectives: social psychology, social system, and new technologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":35643,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Hygiene","volume":"76 0","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39577639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Factors Related to Attitudes toward Responses to Stress Survey in Stress Check Program in Financial Industry].","authors":"Kosuke Kawamura,&nbsp;Aya Shimada,&nbsp;Ikuharu Morioka","doi":"10.1265/jjh.20011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1265/jjh.20011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study is to clarify the factors related to attitudes toward responses to a stress survey in the Stress Check Program, which is used to screen for workers with high psychosocial stress at the workplace.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An anonymous self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted on 1,800 regular staff member of a financial industry (valid response rate: 72.0%). The questionnaire items were the brief job stress questionnaire (BJSQ), the sense of coherence (SOC-13), the Japanese version of the Utrecht work engagement scale (UWES-J), attitudes toward responses to the stress survey, and the concerns of subjects regarding the stress check program.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The stress in interpersonal relationships at the workplace in the BJSQ, \"concerns about leaking results to the company\", \"concerns about receiving persistent calls for an interview\", and \"concerns about a disadvantageous treatment by the company\" were positively related to 'writing general truths', whereas the support from the boss in the BJSQ and the subscales of SOC-13 were negatively related to 'writing general truths'. The stress in interpersonal relationships at the workplace and \"concerns about receiving persistent calls for an interview\" were positively related to 'writing falsehoods', but the \"dedication\" in UWES-J was negatively related to 'writing falsehoods'.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>To obtain authentic answers in the stress survey, it is important (1) to smooth relationships at the workplace, (2) to devise operation systems such as an interview guidance, and (3) to provide support that enhances the ability of workers to cope with stress and work engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":35643,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Hygiene","volume":"76 0","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39066529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[PCB].","authors":"C. Sloby","doi":"10.1002/9783527809080.cataz12440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527809080.cataz12440","url":null,"abstract":"The kit (100 tests), a magnetic particle format with ready to use reagents, enables faster assay kinetics, super sensitivety, and the simultaneous measurement of multiple samples at a reasonable cost. The assay range is between 0.25 ppb and 25 ppb (based on aroclor 1254). This supersensitive assay allows the determination of PCBs in a wide range of environmental samples (water, soil, sediments, fish tissue, etc.). Total time for measurement is less than 45 minutes. The antibody binds Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as mixtures (aroclors) and does not cross-react with other non-related industrial compounds.","PeriodicalId":35643,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Hygiene","volume":"64 1","pages":"81-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74411752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Health-related QOL and Life Background of Outpatients Using Free/Low-Cost Medical Care Program].","authors":"Satoshi Wakata,&nbsp;Yukio Takagi,&nbsp;Akio Koizumi","doi":"10.1265/jjh.19015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1265/jjh.19015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We investigated the quality of life (QOL) of patients using the Free/Low-Cost Medical Care Program, which is a system that enables people in financial difficulities to receive treatment free of charge or at a low cost. We also investigated the background charateristics and lifestyle of the patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The subjects were 226 outpatients who used the Free/Low-Cost Medical Care Program (use group) and 226 outpatients who did not use the program (non-use group). The method was an anonymous cross-sectional servey by mail. The survey items included basic attributes, health-related QOL (HRQOL), feeling of being poor, lifestyle diseases, lifestyle, and connection with the community.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The number of respondants with valid responses was 97 in the use group and 85 in the non-use group. Among the basic attributes, there were a significant differense between the use group and the non-use group in the family structure, type of work, household income, and educational background. The HRQOL scores of the physical and social summary components were significantly lower in the use group than in the non-use group. The HRQOL scores of mental summary component were higher than the national standard HRQOL score in both the use and non-use groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this study, it was considered that old age affected the HRQOL scores of the physical and social components. It was considered from the HRQOL scores of the mental aspect that the use of the Free/Low-Cost Medical Care Program might have contributed to mental stability a certain to extent.</p>","PeriodicalId":35643,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Hygiene","volume":"75 0","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37705831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}