Health Promotion Management Office

Members

Keywords

prevention of dependence on long-term care, health promotion, assistance of local government

Major Research Titles

1. Action research on the effectiveness of care prevention activities through assisting local governments and the private sector
2. Management of training program of Certified trainer for care prevention
3. Promoting of collaboration project of private sector and institute

Profile

In the near future, prolonging independent healthy life styles of the elderly will be the most important issue facing super aging societies. We are predicting that the role of local governments and the private sector in promoting healthy living in the elderly population will be greatly expanding within the next few years. Our goal is to assist local governments and the private sector promote and develop programs that are focused on improving healthy life styles by providing practical solutions with strong positive outcomes that are based upon scientific evidence. We have already assisted several local governments in various projects promoting healthy life styles in the elderly. In addition to the development and assessment of these projects, we have offered our technical expertise and advice in the implementation of these projects. We focus on the problems in the near-to-mid term and assist local government and the private sector by using evidences from our institute. We also take a progressive approach to collaborative project with private sectors. We hope every community member work together to extend their healthy life expectancy.

References

1. Shuichi P Obuchi, Hisashi Kawai, Takeshi Kera, Keigo Imamura, Manami Ejiri, Hirohiko Hirano, Kazushige Ihara, Hiroyuki Sasai, Yoshinori Fujiwara: Validity of a smartphone-based measurement for assessing lower limb power for sarcopenia and frailty discrimination: The Otassha Study. JMIR Formative Research. (in press)
2. Hisashi Kawai, Keigo Imamura, Manami Ejiri, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Kazushige Ihara, Hirohiko Hirano, Hiroyuki Sasai, Shuichi Obuchi, Takao Suzuki: Association of aging trajectories in the Japan Science and Technology Agency Index of Competence with instrumental activities of daily living among community-dwelling older Japanese adults: The Otassha study. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 25(12):1894-1902, 2025.
3. Hisashi Kawai, Keigo Imamura, Rui Gong, Manami Ejiri, Shuichi Obuchi: Comparability of Daily-Life Walking Speed Measured by Smartphone GPS and Ankle-Band Accelerometer: Cross-Sectional Study. JMIR Form Res. 9:e73722. 2025.
4. Jou-Yin Chen, Hisashi Kawai, Junta Takahashi, Manami Ejiri, Keigo Imamura, Shuichi P Obuchi: Test-retest reliability of the computer-based cognitive assessment tool for community-dwelling older adults in Japan: The Otassha study. Digit Health. 11:20552076251317627, 2025.
5. Shuichi P. Obuchi, Motonaga Kojima, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Juan C. Garbalosa, Keigo Imamura, Kazushige Ihara, Hirohiko Hirano, Hiroyuki Sasai, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Hisashi Kawai: Artificial intelligence detection of cognitive impairment in older adults during walking. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 16(3):e70012. 2024.
6. Hisashi Kawai, Keigo Imamura, Manami Ejiri, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Kazushige Ihara, Hirohiko Hirano, Hiroyuki Sasai, Shuichi Obuchi: Aging trajectories of subscales in higher-level functional capacity among community-dwelling older Japanese adults: the Otassha study. Aging Clin Exp Res. 36, 137. 2024.
7. Hisashi Kawai, Manami Ejiri, Keigo Imamura, Kumiko Ito, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Hirohiko Hirano, Kazushige Ihara, Shuichi Obuchi: Three-year trajectories of social networks, face-to-face interactions, and non-face-to-face interactions among community-dwelling older adults in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic: Otassha study. Maturitas. 183:107943. 2024.