4 Medical, Health, and Information

Department in charge

Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University

Affiliated Departments

Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

Overview

Our sub-unit conducts community-based health checkups in Japan and Bhutan, and utilizes the data obtained to explore context-appropriate ways to sustain positive public health outcomes. In the case of Japan, the percent of the population age 65 and over has continued to grow, from 4.7 percent in 1940 to 29.1 percent in 2021. This phenomenon is not confined to Japan, and Bhutan is no exception. In this study, health checkups for the elderly, including house calls, have been conducted in Kaling Gewog of eastern Bhutan and Tosa Town, Kochi Prefecture of Japan in cooperation with the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Tosa Town Office.

ブータン保健省との会合

高知県土佐町ご長寿健診

Member Introduction

Center for Southeast Asian StudiesRyota Sakamoto

Research Area:Field Medicine, Life Sciences, Physical Anthropology, Quality of Life, Aging, Bhutan, High Altitude Medicine, Legionnelosis

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Graduate School of MedicineTakeo Nakayama

Research Area:Life sciences, Health, Medical Informatics

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Center for Southeast Asian StudiesChika Yamada

Research Area:global mental health, drug use disorders, accessible health care, task-sharing, stigma, social inclusion, intergroup contact

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