Publications

Md. Mizanur Rahman, Ryota Nakamura, Md. Monirul Islam, Md. Ashraful Alam, Syed Khurram Azmat, Motohiro Sato. (2024). Effectiveness of a Community Pharmacy-Based Health Promotion Program on Hypertension in Bangladesh and Pakistan: Study Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Healthcare, 12(14), 1402. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12141402

Aesun Shin, Sooyoung Cho, Sarah Krull Abe, Md Rashedul Islam, Md Shafiur Rahman, Eiko Saito, Sayada Zartasha Kazmi, Ryoko Katagiri, Melissa Merritt, Ji-Yeob Choi, . . ., Daehee Kang. (2024). Association of female reproductive and hormonal factors with gallbladder cancer risk in Asia: A pooled analysis of the Asia Cohort Consortium. International journal of cancer, 155(2), 240-250. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.34916

Raïssa Shiyghan Nsashiyi, Md Mizanur Rahman, Lawrence Monah Ndam, Masahiro Hashizume. (2024). Contraceptive use, unmet need, and demand satisfied for family planning across Cameroon: a subnational study including indirect effects of COVID-19 and armed conflict on projections. BMC global and public health, 2(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-024-00071-4

Ponsford, R., Meiksin, R., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Hadley, A., Lohan, M., & Bonell, C. P. (2024). The implementation of compulsory relationships and sex education in English secondary schools: qualitative research in the 2022–23 school year. Sex Education, 25(5), 696–712. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2024.2372355

Xin Yin, Rie Kishida, Sarah K. Abe, Md. Rashedul Islam, Md. Shafiur Rahman, Eiko Saito, Qing Lan, Batel Blechter, Melissa Merritt, Ji‐Yeob Choi, Aesun Shin, Ryoko Katagiri, Xiao Ou Shu, Norie Sawada, . . . , Wei Jie Seow. (2024). Association between reproductive factors with lung cancer incidence and mortality: A pooled analysis of over 308,000 females in the Asia cohort consortium. International Journal of Cancer, 154(12), 2090-2105. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.34866

Katherine De la Torre, Minkyo Song, Sarah Krull Abe, Md Shafiur Rahman, Md Rashedul Islam, Eiko Saito, Sukhong Min, Dan Huang, Yu Chen, Prakash C Gupta, Norie Sawada, Akiko Tamakoshi, Xiao-Ou Shu, Wanqing Wen, Ritsu Sakata, Jeongseon Kim, . . . , Daehee Kang. (2024). Diabetes and gastric cancer incidence and mortality in the Asia Cohort Consortium: A pooled analysis of more than a half million participants. Journal of diabetes, 16(6), e13561.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.13561

Izumi Yokoyama, Reo Takaku. (2024). How serious was it? The impact of preschool closure on mothers’ psychological distress: evidence from the first COVID-19 outbreak. The Japanese Economic Review, 75, 451–471. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42973-024-00155-8

Md Rashedul Islam, Md Mizanur Rahman, Md Shafiur Rahman, Sarah Krull Abe, Manas K. Akmatov, Masahiro Hashizume. (2024). Trends and projections of age-appropriate vaccination coverage in 41 low- and middle- income countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2030. Frontiers in Public Health, 12.  2024.5 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1371258

Isao Oze, Hidemi Ito, Yuriko N Koyanagi, Sarah Krull Abe, Md Shafiur Rahman, Md Rashedul Islam, Eiko Saito, Prakash C Gupta, Norie Sawada, Akiko Tamakoshi, Xiao-Ou Shu, Ritsu Sakata, . . ., Keitaro Matsuo. (2023) . Obesity is associated with biliary tract cancer mortality and incidence: A pooled analysis of 21 cohort studies in the Asia Cohort Consortiumc. International journal of cancer, 154(7), 1174-1190. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.34794

Dan Huang, Minkyo Song, Sarah Krull Abe, Md Shafiur Rahman, Md Rashedul Islam, Eiko Saito, Katherine De la Torre, Norie Sawada, Akiko Tamakoshi, Xiao-Ou Shu, Hui Cai, Atsushi Hozawa, Seiki Kanemura, Jeongseon Kim, . . . , Daehee Kang. (2024). Family history and gastric cancer incidence and mortality in Asia: a pooled analysis of more than half a million participants. Gastric cancer, 27, 701–713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10120-024-01499-1

Jae Jeong Yang, Wanqing Wen, Hana Zahed, Wei Zheng, Qing Lan, Sarah K. Abe, Md. Shafiur Rahman, Md. Rashedul Islam, Eiko Saito, Prakash C. Gupta, Akiko Tamakoshi, Woon-Puay Koh, Yu-Tang Gao, Ritsu Sakata, . . . , Xiao-Ou Shu. (2023). Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Models for Asian Ever-Smokers. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 19(3), 451-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2023.11.002.

Takashi Oshio, Kemmyo Sugiyama, Toyo Ashida. (2024). Can social participation reduce and postpone the need for long-term care? Evidence from a 17-wave nationwide survey in Japan. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 19, 1293–1308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-024-10288-y

Abdulfatai Olamilekan Babaita, Yasmin Jahan, Ryota Nakamura, Michiko Moriyama. (2024). Identifying key factors for successful formulation and implementation of healthcare policies on non-communicable diseases: a multinational analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1292176. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1292176

Salma Nabila, Ji-Yeob Choi, Sarah Krull Abe, Md Rashedul Islam, Md Shafiur Rahman, Eiko Saito, Aesun Shin, Melissa A Merritt, Ryoko Katagiri, Xiao-Ou Shu, Norie Sawada, Akiko Tamakoshi, Ritsu Sakata, . . . , Daehee Kang. (2024). Differential patterns of reproductive and lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer according to birth cohorts among women in China, Japan and Korea. Breast cancer research : BCR 26(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-024-01766-0

Aiko Kikkawa, Takashi Oshio, Yasuyuki Sawada, Satoshi Shimizutani, Naohiro Ogawa, Albert Park, Tetsushi Sonobe. (2024). Health Capacity to Work among Older Persons in Asia: Key Findings from a Regional Comparative Study.  Asian Development Review (ADR), 41(01), 5-37. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0116110524400018

Raymond Duch, Edward Asiedu, Ryota Nakamura, Thomas Rouyard, Alberto Mayol, Adrian Barnett, Laurence Roope, Mara Violato, Dorcas Sowah, Piotr Kotlarz & Philip Clarke. (2023). Author Correction: Financial incentives for COVID-19 vaccines in a rural low-resource setting: a cluster-randomized trial. Nature Medicine, 30, 905. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02772-z

Jo-Ann Passmore, Monalisa Manhanzva, Ramla Tanko, Tanya Pidwell, Fezile Khumalo, Micaela Lurie, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Tinashe Mwaturura, Katharina Kranzer, Constance Mackworth-Young, Eneyi Kpokiri, Sarah Bernays, Camille Fortas, Bich-Tram Huynh, Katherine Gill, Karabo Mahlangu, Rindra Vatosoa Randremanana, Theodora Mayouya Gamana, Aina Harimanana, Elise van der Walt, Edina Sinanovic, Ayako Honda, Saberi Marais, Janneke van de Wijgert, Linda-Gail Bekker, David Anderson, Emma Harding-Esch, Tania Crucitti, Lindi Masson. (2023). PA-456 Field testing of a novel point-of-care Genital InFlammation Test (GIFT) in low- middle-income countries in Africa: aiming to prevent HIV infection and improve reproductive health. BMJ Global Health, 8(Suppl 10). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-EDC.208

Ishida Madoka, Arai Ko. (2023). Survey on information management of business administration: Multiple comparison by hospital type (Peer-reviewed). Journal of the Japan Society for Healthcare Administration,  60(4) ,116-124. https://doi.org/10.11303/jsha.60.116

Md Mizanur Rahman, Thomas Rouyard, Sumaiya Tasneem Khan, Ryota Nakamura, Md Rashedul Islam, Md Sifat Hossain, Shamima Akter, Maria Lohan, Moazzam Ali, Motohiro Sato. (2023). Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health intervention coverage in 70 low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–30: trends, projections, and inequities. The Lancet Global Health, 11(10), e1531-e1543. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00358-3.

Megumi Rosenberg, Paul Kowal, Md Mizanur Rahman, Shohei Okamoto, Sarah Louise Barber, Viroj Tangcharoensathien. (2023). Better data on unmet healthcare need can strengthen global monitoring of universal health coverage. BMJ, 382, e075476. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-075476

Hugo C Turner, Yoshiaki Hori, Paul Revill, Waranya Rattanavipapong, Ko Arai, Justice Nonvignon, Mark Ji, Yot Teerawattananon. (2023). Analyses of the return on investment of public health interventions: A scoping review and recommendations for future studies (Peer-reviewed). BMJ Global Health, 8(8), 1-12. https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/8/e012798

Christian Dagenais, Muriel Kielende, Abdourahmane Coulibaly, Lara Gautier, Pierre-Marie David, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, Ayako Honda, Sydia Rosana de Araújo Oliveira, Lola Traverson, Kate Zinszer, Valéry Ridde. (2023). Lessons Learned from Field Experiences on Hospitals’ Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Approach (Peer-reviewed), Health Systems & Reform, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2023.2231644

Acharya, K., Rahman, M. S., Islam, M. R., Gilmour, S., Dhungel, B., Parajuli, R. P., Nishimura, T., Senju, A., & Tsuchiya, K. J. (2023). Socioeconomic and education-based inequality in suspected developmental delays among Nepalese children: a subnational level assessment. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4750. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31629-1

Akksilp, K., Koh, J. J. E., Tan, V., Tong, E. H., Budtarad, N., Xueying, G., Dieterich, A. V., Tai, B. C., Müller, A. M., Isaranuwatchai, W., Rouyard, T., Nakamura, R., Müller-Riemenschneider, F., Teerawattananon, Y., & Chen, C. (2023). The physical activity at work (PAW) study: a cluster randomised trial of a multicomponent short-break intervention to reduce sitting time and increase physical activity among office workers in Thailand. The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, 8, 100086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2022.100086

Akter, S., Islam, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Rouyard, T., Nsashiyi, R. S., Hossain, F., & Nakamura, R. (2023). Evaluation of Population-Level Tobacco Control Interventions and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Network Open, 6(7), e2322341-e2322341. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.22341

Chiba, T., Takaku, R., Ito, E., Tamune, H., Rivera, M., Ikeda, S., & Shiga, T. (2023). Are hospitals with both medical/surgical and psychiatric services associated with decreased difficulty in ambulance transfer for patients with self-harm behaviour? A nationwide retrospective observational study using ambulance transfer data in Japan. BMJ Open, 13(2), e065466. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065466

Dagenais, C., Kielende, M., Coulibaly, A., Gautier, L., David, P.-M., Peiffer-Smadja, N., Honda, A., Oliveira, S. R. d. A., Traverson, L., Zinszer, K., & Ridde, V. (2023). Lessons Learned from Field Experiences on Hospitals’ Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Approach. Health Systems & Reform, 9(2), 2231644. https://doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2023.2231644

Dkhimi, F., Honda, A., Hanson, K., Mbau, R., Onwujekwe, O., Phuong, H. T., Mathauer, I., Akhnif, E. H., Jaouadi, I., Kiendrébéogo, J. A., Ezumah, N., Kabia, E., & Barasa, E. (2023). Examining multiple funding flows to public healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries — results from case studies in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and Vietnam. Health Policy and Planning, 38(10), 1139-1153. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czad072

Raymond Duch, Edward Asiedu, Ryota Nakamura, Thomas Rouyard, Alberto Mayol, Adrian Barnett, Laurence Roope, Mara Violato, Dorcas Sowah, Piotr Kotlarz, Philip Clarke. (2023). Financial incentives for COVID-19 vaccines in a rural low-resource setting: a cluster-randomized trial. Nature Medicine,  29, pages3193–3202. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02670-4

Fioretti, M., & Wang, H. (2023). Performance Pay in Insurance Markets: Evidence from Medicare. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 105(5), 1128-1144. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01127