Critical Reading
A monthly online seminar is held regarding social medicine, epidemiology, and clinical epidemiology research. Its purpose is not simply to share the latest research outcomes, but to critically examine and evaluate papers, and think about how they can be applied to actual practice and what kind of research should be conducted in the future.
Students and those who want to start epidemiological or clinical research will learn a lot just by joining a seminar. We also welcome anyone who would like to present a paper of interest on hand or ask about methodology and interpretation of epidemiological research.
2025
| Date | Person in charge | Title |
| January 7, 17:00- | Shiotsuki | Nagahama S, et al. Changes in the frequency and amount of alcohol intake before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Occup Health. 2024 Jan 4;66(1):uiae055. doi: 10.1093/joccuh/uiae055. |
| February 4, 17:00- | Saijo | Koike S, et al. Working hours of full-time hospital physicians in Japan: a cross-sectional nationwide survey. BMC Public Health. 2024 Jan 12;24(1):164. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17531-5. |
| March 4, 17:00- | Kanda | Ayebeng C, et al. Influence of type of cooking fuel on risk of hypertension among reproductive-age women in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from nationally representative cross-sectional surveys. Int Health. 2024 May 1;16(3):325-333. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihad060. |
| April 8, 17:00- | Sato | Ishimaru M, et al. Projected future distribution of dentists in Japan. J Public Health Dent. 2016 Jun;76(3):241-8. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12143. |
| May | Yoshioka | |
| June | Akagi | |
| July | Morimura | |
| August | Kanaya | |
| September | Suman | |
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2024
| Date | Person in charge | Title |
| January 9, 17:00- | Akagi | Alessio Facciolà, et al. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the infectious disease epidemiology. J Prev Med Hyg. 2023 Nov 1;64(3):E274-E282. doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2023.64.3.2904. |
| February 6, 17:00- | Morimura | Yohannes Gebreegziabher et al. Help-seeking behavior of Jimma university students with common mental disorders: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2019 Feb 22;14(2):e0212657. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212657. |
| March 5, 17:00- | Kanaya | Takumi Nishi, et al. Association between income levels and irregular physician visits after a health checkup, and its consequent effect on glycemic control among employees: A retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study. J Diabetes Investig. 2019 Sep 10(5):1372-1381. doi: 10.1111/jdi.13025. |
| April 2, 17:00- | Kunori | Minsun Kim, et al. The relationship between fatigue and sickness absence from work. Ann Occup Environ Med. 2023 Aug 10;35:e32. doi: 10.35371/aoem.2023.35.e32. |
| May 7, 17:00- | Saijo | Aoki T, Fujinuma Y, Matsushima M. Patient experience of residents with restricted primary care access during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fam Med Community Health. 2022 Jun;10(2):e001667. |
| June 4, 17:00- | Kanda | Woolley KE, Bartington SE, Pope FD, Greenfield SM, Tusting LS, Price MJ, Thomas GN. Cooking outdoors or with cleaner fuels does not increase malarial risk in children under 5 years: a cross-sectional study of 17 sub-Saharan African countries. Malar J. 2022 Apr 27;21(1):133. doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04152-3. |
| July 2, 17:00- | Sato | Helmi, M., Spinella, M.K. and Seymour, B., 2018. Community water fluoridation online: an analysis of the digital media ecosystem. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 78(4), pp.296-305. |
| August 6, 17:00- | Yoshioka | Zindel V. Segal, et al. Antidepressant Monotherapy vs Sequential Pharmacotherapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, or Placebo, for Relapse Prophylaxis in Recurrent Depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(12):1256-1264. |
| September 3, 17:30- | Akagi | Asaka MK, Nishimura T, Kuwabara H, Itoh H, Takahashi N, Tsuchiya KJ. Interleukin-23 levels in umbilical cord blood are associated with neurodevelopmental trajectories in infancy. PLoS One. 2024 Apr 9;19(4):e0301982. |
| October 1, 17:00- | Morimura | Abuhamdah SMA, Naser AY. Smart phone addiction and its mental health risks among university students in Jordan: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry. 2023 Nov 7;23(1):812. |
| November 5, 17:00- | Kanaya | Sakai-Bizmark R, Goto R, Hiragi S, Tamura H. Influence of Japan’s 2004 postgraduate training on ophthalmologist location choice, supply and distribution. BMC Med Educ. 2018 Mar 27;18(1):49. |
| December 3, 17:00- | Suman | Okui T, Nakashima N. Effects of ambient air pollution on the risk of small- and large-for-gestational-age births: an analysis using national birth data in Japan. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2024 Jul;97(5):545-555. |
up to 2023
https://www.asahikawa-med.ac.jp/dept/mc/healthy/HP2/custom7.html (in Japanese)