Fukuda Yoshiharu

Researcher Information

Affiliation

Graduate School of Public Health Professor
Graduate School of Public Health Dean

Degree

• Ph.D（Kumamoto University）

URL

https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=200901030634178737

Research funding number

• 60252029

J-Global ID

• 200901030634178737

Research Interests

• Public Health   Social Epidemiology   Health Policy   

Research Areas

• Life sciences / Hygiene and public health (non-laboratory)

Academic & Professional Experience

• 2015/04 - Today  TEIKO UNIVERSITYGraduate School of Public HealthProfessor
• 2010/02 - 2015/03  YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITYSchool of Medicine

Education

•        - 1998  Kumamoto University  Graduate School, Division of Medicine
•        - 1991  Kumamoto University  Faculty of Medicine

Association Memberships

• 日本医学教育学会   日本健康教育学会   日本健康学会   日本疫学会   日本衛生学会   日本産業衛生学会   日本公衆衛生学会   

Research Activity Information

Published Papers

• Association between metabolic syndrome and risk of incident low back pain: A retrospective cohort study using real-world data from Japan.

  Shinsuke Okawa; Takuya Yamada; Mari Irie; Kumi Sugimoto; Yoshiharu Fukuda

  Preventive medicine reports 56 103162 - 103162 2025/08
• Heterogeneous effects on body mass index in the "checkup championship": A behavioral science-based health promotion program by health interest level.

  Takuya Yamada; Kumi Sugimoto; Hanae Nagata; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Koryu Sato; Naoki Kondo

  Preventive medicine reports 56 103153 - 103153 2025/08
• Economic recession and mental health distress among Japanese people in middle age.

  Hiroshi Murayama; Yukitsugu Komazawa; Masako Kakizaki; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Takahiro Tabuchi

  Scientific reports 15 (1) 13190 - 13190 2025/04
• Antimicrobial prescriptions for older patients in dental medicine: A four-year retrospective study in Japan.

  Akira Kurishima; Yasuhiro Sasaki; Yusuke Kuwai; Mari Irie; Satoshi Miyata; Yoshiharu Fukuda

  Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 31 (4) 102675 - 102675 2025/04
• JAPAN Registry of Self-harm and Suicide Attempts: Study protocol and profile in 2022-2023.

  Mayumi Hangai; Yudai Iwama; Satoshi Kobayashi; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Chiaki Toida; Tomoyuki Yamashita; Satoshi Hashimoto; Yasufumi Miyake

  Acute medicine & surgery 12 (1) e70081  2025
• A discussion about identification and definition of and approach to health-uninterest population

  Yoshiaru FUKUDA; Takuya YAMADA; Kumi SUGIMOTO; Chie OZAWA; Hirono ISHIKAWA

  Japanese Journal of Health and Human Ecology Japanese Society of Health and Human Ecology 90 (5) 155 - 160 2432-6712 2024/09 [Refereed]
  
• Quantitative Definition of Low-Health-Interest Populations by Using Regression Trees: A Nationwide Internet Survey in Japan.

  Yoko Nishizawa; Takuya Yamada; Kumi Sugimoto; Chie Ozawa; Takahiro Tabuchi; Hirono Ishikawa; Yoshiharu Fukuda

  International journal of environmental research and public health 21 (8) 2024/08 [Refereed]
  
• 健康無関心層の定義と健康関心度尺度

  杉本 九実; 山田 卓也; 西沢 蓉子; 小澤 千枝; 石川 ひろの; 福田 吉治

  日本健康教育学会誌 (一社)日本健康教育学会 32 (Suppl.) 115 - 115 1340-2560 2024/06
• 健康関心度尺度の短縮版について

  山田 卓也; 杉本 九実; 西沢 蓉子; 小澤 千枝; 石川 ひろの; 福田 吉治

  日本健康教育学会誌 (一社)日本健康教育学会 32 (Suppl.) 116 - 116 1340-2560 2024/06
• Metabolic syndrome and depression: evidence from a cross-sectional study of real-world data in Japan

  Kumi Sugimoto; Takuya Yamada; Atsushi Kitazawa; Yoshiharu Fukuda

  Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine Japanese Society for Hygiene 29 33 - 33 1342-078X 2024 [Refereed]
  
• 妊娠初期の夫婦関係と妊娠初期ならびに妊娠中期の妊婦の胎児への愛着との関連

  望月 千夏子; 石舘 美弥子; 峰 友紗; 福田 吉治

  日本健康学会誌 日本健康学会 89 (5) 143 - 152 2432-6712 2023/09
• COVID-19と公衆衛生専門職ーこれからの公衆衛生人材の育成と政策への貢献

  福田吉治

  公衆衛生 87 (9) 890 - 897 2023/08 [Invited]
  
• [Relationship between low back pain and physical activity and sitting time among community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study].

  Mutsumi Nakamura; Shinichiro Sato; Yuta Nemoto; Takuya Yamada; Noriko Takeda; Kazushi Maruo; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Yoshinori Kitabatake; Takashi Arao

  [Nihon koshu eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health 70 (10) 690 - 698 2023/06 [Refereed]
  
• [Current issues related to education in the five core disciplines of public health at the school of public health in a private university].

  Keisuke Kuwahara; Satoru Kanamori; Asuka Suzuki; Katsuhiko Shibuya; Mio Kato; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Mariko Inoue

  [Nihon koshu eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health 2023/06 [Refereed]
  
• Effect modification by geographic area on the association between health literacy and self-rated health: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan.

  Hirono Ishikawa; Runa Ogawa; Aki Otsuki; Junko Saito; Akiko Yaguchi-Saito; Aya Kuchiba; Maiko Fujimori; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Taichi Shimazu

  BMC public health 23 (1) 952 - 952 2023/05 [Refereed]
  
• Sex-specific association of body mass index and fatty liver index with prevalence of renal hyperfiltration: a cross sectional study using Japanese health check-up data.

  Atsushi Kitazawa; Yoshiharu Fukuda

  BMC nephrology 24 (1) 85 - 85 2023/04 [Refereed]
  
• Association between health indifference and problem drinking using a nationwide internet survey.

  Mami Wakabayashi; Hirono Ishikawa; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Hiroyasu Iso; Takahiro Tabuchi

  Environmental health and preventive medicine 28 24 - 24 2023 [Refereed]
  
• ポピュレーションアプローチとハイリスクアプローチ

  福田吉治

  日本医師会雑誌 150 (10) 1800 - 1800 2023/01
• Association of social participation (including inconsistent participation) with the progression of frailty among older adults: Community-based cohort study in Japan.

  Takuya Yamada; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Satoru Kanamori; Shinichiro Sato; Mutsumi Nakamura; Yuta Nemoto; Kazushi Maruo; Noriko Takeda; Yoshinori Kitabatake; Takashi Arao

  Geriatrics & gerontology international 2022/11 [Refereed]
  
• Typology of population approaches: Perspectives on the population indifferent to health and health inequalities

  SUGIMOTO Kumi; FUKUDA Yoshiharu

  Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi(JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH) Japanese Society of Public Health 69 (8) 581 - 585 0546-1766 2022/08 [Refereed]
  
• Physical activity and/or sedentary behaviour and the development of functional disability in community-dwelling older adults in Tsuru, Japan: a prospective cohort study (the Tsuru Longitudinal Study).

  Shinichiro Sato; Noriko Takeda; Takuya Yamada; Mutsumi Nakamura; Yuta Nemoto; Kazushi Maruo; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Susumu S Sawada; Yoshinori Kitabatake; Takashi Arao

  BMJ open 12 (3) e056642  2022/03 [Refereed]
  
• [A descriptive study on volunteer activities of providing meals during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: clarifying the activities process and a preliminary investigation of the effect of activities on residents].

  Ai Kuroda; Hiroshi Murayama; Kayo Kurotani; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Keisuke Kuwahara

  [Nihon koshu eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health 2022/02 [Refereed]
  
• Health information and COVID-19 vaccination: Beliefs and attitudes among Japanese university students.

  Masahiko Sakamoto; Ryohei Ishizuka; Chie Ozawa; Yoshiharu Fukuda

  PloS one 17 (11) e0277435  2022
• Factors Associated with the Work Engagement of Employees Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan.

  Hoichi Amano; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Katsuhiko Shibuya; Akihiko Ozaki; Takahiro Tabuchi

  International journal of environmental research and public health 18 (19) 2021/10 [Refereed]
  
• The relationship between postpartum depression and social support during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study

  Shuhei Terada; Kentaro Kinjo; Yoshiharu Fukuda

  Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research Wiley 47 (10) 3524 - 3531 1341-8076 2021/10 [Refereed]
  
• Fatty liver index as a predictive marker for the development of diabetes: A retrospective cohort study using Japanese health check-up data

  Atsushi Kitazawa; Shotaro Maeda; Yoshiharu Fukuda

  PLOS ONE Public Library of Science (PLoS) 16 (9) e0257352 - e0257352 2021/09 [Refereed]
  
• High prevalence of eating alone among community‐dwelling adults living alone: A cross‐sectional study in Japan

  Keisuke Kuwahara; Ai Kuroda; Hiroshi Murayama; Yoshiharu Fukuda

  Geriatrics & Gerontology International Wiley 21 (11) 1060 - 1061 1444-1586 2021/09 [Refereed]
  
• COVID-19感染拡大の影響下における人々の食生活への関心の変化と関連要因 食生活関心度尺度を用いた検討

  林 芙美; 武見 ゆかり; 赤岩 友紀; 石川 ひろの; 福田 吉治

  日本公衆衛生雑誌 日本公衆衛生学会 68 (9) 618 - 630 0546-1766 2021/09 [Refereed]
  
• 身体活動促進を目的とした無作為化比較介入試験と国内実装例に用いられたツールのナッジ戦略 MINDSPACE要素の分類

  石倉 恭子; 加藤 美生; 甲斐 裕子; 山口 大輔; 吉葉 かおり; 福田 吉治

  日本健康教育学会誌 (一社)日本健康教育学会 29 (3) 254 - 265 1340-2560 2021/08 [Refereed]
  
• 「健康無関心層」の把握に向けた健康関心度尺度の開発

  小澤 千枝; 石川 ひろの; 加藤 美生; 福田 吉治

  日本健康教育学会誌 (一社)日本健康教育学会 29 (3) 266 - 277 1340-2560 2021/08 [Refereed]
  
• 身体活動促進を目的とした無作為化比較介入試験と国内実装例に用いられたツールのナッジ戦略 MINDSPACE要素の分類

  石倉 恭子; 加藤 美生; 甲斐 裕子; 山口 大輔; 吉葉 かおり; 福田 吉治

  日本健康教育学会誌 (一社)日本健康教育学会 29 (3) 254 - 265 1340-2560 2021/08 [Refereed]
  
• [Effect of an exercise program targeting knee pain on medical costs of elderly community-dwelling adults].

  Takuya Yamada; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Shinichiro Sato; Kazushi Maruo; Mutsumi Nakamura; Yuta Nemoto; Noriko Takeda; Susumu Sawada; Yoshinori Kitabatake; Takashi Arao

  [Nihon koshu eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health 68 (5) 331 - 338 2021/06 [Refereed]
  
• 地域在住の自立高齢者に対する膝痛改善教室の医療費に与える効果の検証

  山田 卓也; 福田 吉治; 佐藤 慎一郎; 丸尾 和司; 中村 睦美; 根本 裕太; 武田 典子; 澤田 亨; 北畠 義典; 荒尾 孝

  日本公衆衛生雑誌 日本公衆衛生学会 68 (5) 331 - 338 0546-1766 2021/05
• 地域在住の自立高齢者に対する膝痛改善教室の医療費に与える効果の検証

  山田 卓也; 福田 吉治; 佐藤 慎一郎; 丸尾 和司; 中村 睦美; 根本 裕太; 武田 典子; 澤田 亨; 北畠 義典; 荒尾 孝

  日本公衆衛生雑誌 日本公衆衛生学会 68 (5) 331 - 338 0546-1766 2021/05
• 東京都国保・自治体における糖尿病性腎症重症化予防プログラムの実施状況

  天野 方一; 鈴木 歌津乃; 小笠原 佑吏; 田中 真理子; 藤本 健一; 福田 吉治

  帝京医学雑誌 帝京大学医学部 44 (3) 155 - 163 0387-5547 2021/05 [Refereed]
  
• Association of physical prefrailty with prevalence of inadequate nutrient intake

  Hayashi T; Fukuda Y; Sato R; Ogasawara M; Tamura K

  Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 30 (2) 263 - 274 2021 [Refereed]
  
• Association Between Overtime-Working Environment and Psychological Distress Among Japanese Workers: A Multilevel Analysis.

  Yoko Ishida; Hiroshi Murayama; Yoshiharu Fukuda

  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 62 (8) 641 - 646 2020/08 [Refereed]
  
• Is Higher Work Engagement Associated with Healthy Behaviors? A Longitudinal Study

  Hoichi Amano; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Ichiro Kawachi

  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 62 (3) 87 - 93 1536-5948 2020/03
• Is work engagement associated with healthier dietary patterns? A cross-sectional study.

  Hoichi Amano; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Megu Y Baden; Ichiro Kawachi

  Journal of occupational health 62 (1) e12149  2020/01 [Refereed]
  
• 大腸がん検診受診率向上のための適切な健康メッセージの検証 －クラスター無作為割付試験

  小笠原佑吏; 天野方一; 小川留奈; 福田吉治

  日本健康教育学会誌 28 (1) 34 - 43 2020 [Refereed]
  
• 健診結果に基づく事業場労働者の医療機関受診につながる要因

  鈴木真美子; 酒井博子; 福田吉治

  産業衛生学雑誌 66 (11) 19 - 28 2019 [Refereed]
  
• Japan's healthcare policy for the elderly through the concepts of self-help (Ji-jo), mutual aid (Go-jo), social solidarity care (Kyo-jo), and governmental care (Ko-jo).

  Kyoko Sudo; Jun Kobayashi; Shinichiro Noda; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Kenzo Takahashi

  Bioscience trends 12 (1) 7 - 11 2018/03 [Refereed]
  
• Subjective Well-Being Is Associated with Food Behavior and Demographic Factors in Chronically Ill Older Japanese People Living Alone

  Ishikawa M; Yokoyama T; Hayashi F; Takemi Y; Nakaya T; Fukuda Y; Kusama K; Nozue M; Yoshiike N; Murayama N

  J Nutr Health Aging 22 (3) 341 - 353 2018 [Refereed]
  
• Interleukin-6 level among shift and night workers in Japan: cross-sectional analysis of the J-HOPE Study

  Amano H; Fukuda Y; Yokoo T; Yamaoka K

  Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis 25 1206 - 1212 2018 [Refereed]
  
• Physical and social determinants of dietary variety among older adults living alone in Japan

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Midori Ishikawa; Tetsuji Yokoyama; Tatsumi Hayashi; Tomoki Nakaya; Yukari Takemi; Kaoru Kusama; Nobuo Yoshiike; Miho Nozue; Kaori Yoshiba; Nobuko Murayama

  GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 17 (11) 2232 - 2238 1444-1586 2017/11 [Refereed]
  
• "Eating together” is associated with food behaviors and demographic factors of older Japanese people who live alone

  Ishikawa M; Takemi Y; Yokoyama T; Kusama K; Fukuda Y; Nakaya T; Nozue M; Yoshiike N; Yoshiba K; Hayashi F; Murayama N

  Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging 21 (6) 662 - 672 1760-4788 2017 [Refereed]
  
• Association between satisfaction with state of health and meals, physical condition and food diversity, health behavior, and perceptions of shopping difficulty among older people living alone in Japan

  Ishikawa M; Yokoyama T; Takemi Y; Fukuda Y; Nakaya T; Kusama K; Yoshiike N; Nozue M; Yoshiba K; Murayama N

  Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging 21 (5) 514 - 520 1760-4788 2017 [Refereed]
  
• Individual income status correlates with chronic kidney disease in Japan beyond metabolic risk factors: cross sectional study

  Amano H; Fukuda Y; Kitashima C; Yokoo T; Yamaoka K

  Health 9 (11) 1516 - 1528 2017 [Refereed]
  
• Lessons from anonymous teachers: thanks to Mr. N

  FUKUDA Yoshiharu

  Japanese Journal of Health Education and Promotion JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROMOTION 25 (1) 44 - 44 2017
• Food accessibility and perceptions of shopping difficulty among elderly people living alone in Japan

  Midori Ishikawa; T. Yokoyama; T. Nakaya; Y. Fukuda; Y. Takemi; K. Kusama; N. Yoshiike; M. Nozue; K. Yoshiba; N. Murayama

  Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging Springer-Verlag France 20 (9) 904 - 911 1760-4788 2016/11 [Refereed]
  
• Social and household factors affecting child health checkup attendance based on a household survey in Japan

  Tsutomu Shioda; Masaaki Matsuura; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Kenzo Takahashi; Kazue Yamaoka

  INDUSTRIAL HEALTH 54 (6) 488 - 497 0019-8366 2016/11 [Refereed]
  
• Prevalence of Inadequate Nutrient Intake in Japanese Community-Dwelling Older Adults Who Live Alone

  Miho Nozue; Midori Ishikawa; Yukari Takemi; Kaoru Kusama; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Tetsuji Yokoyama; Tomoki Nakaya; Nobuo Nishi; Kaori Yoshiba; Nobuko Murayama

  JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE AND VITAMINOLOGY 62 (2) 116 - 122 0301-4800 2016/04 [Refereed]
  
• Effect of dish order on food intake in a buffet lunch among Japanese university students

  WATANABE Akiko; FUKUDA Yoshiharu

  Japanese Journal of Health Education and Promotion JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROMOTION 24 (1) 3 - 11 1340-2560 2016 [Refereed]
  
• 健康づくりに関するメッセージの効果認識の関連要因：社会経済的要因に注目して

  福田 吉治

  日本公衆衛生雑誌 62 347 - 356 2015 [Refereed]
  
• Influence of Municipal- and Individual-level Socioeconomic Conditions on Mortality in Japan

  Kaori Honjo; Hiroyasu Iso; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Nobuo Nishi; Tomoki Nakaya; Yoshihisa Fujino; Naohito Tanabe; Sadao Suzuki; S. V. Subramanian; Akiko Tamakoshi

  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 21 (5) 737 - 749 1070-5503 2014/10 [Refereed]
  
• Health inequalities in Japan: The role of material, psychosocial, social relational and behavioural factors

  Ayako Hiyoshi; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Martin J. Shipley; Eric J. Brunner

  SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE 104 201 - 209 0277-9536 2014/03 [Refereed]
  
• 非正規雇用をめぐる健康課題.

  福田 吉治

  日本産業衛生学雑誌 56 286 - 288 2014 [Refereed]
  
• Inequalities in self-rated health in Japan 1986-2007 according to household income and a novel occupational classification: national sampling survey series

  Ayako Hiyoshi; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Martin J. Shipley; Eric J. Brunner

  JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH 67 (11) 960 - 965 0143-005X 2013/11 [Refereed]
  
• A new theory-based social classification in Japan and its validation using historically collected information

  Ayako Hiyoshi; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Martin J. Shipley; Mel Bartley; Eric J. Brunner

  SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE 87 84 - 92 0277-9536 2013/06 [Refereed]
  
• Associations of household expenditure and marital status with cardiovascular risk factors in japanese adults: Analysis of nationally representative surveys

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Ayako Hiyoshi

  Journal of Epidemiology 23 (1) 21 - 27 0917-5040 2013 [Refereed]
  
• 東日本大震災被災地での研修を終えて : 女川の輝望の丘から

  福田 吉治

  山口医学 62 (3) 143 - 148 0513-1731 2013
• Association of income with symptoms, morbidities and healthcare usage among Japanese adults

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Ayako Hiyoshi

  Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 17 (4) 299 - 306 1342-078X 2012/07 [Refereed]
  
• High quality nutrient intake is associated with higher household expenditures by Japanese adults

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Ayako Hiyoshi

  BIOSCIENCE TRENDS 6 (4) 176 - 182 1881-7815 2012 [Refereed]
  
• Influences of income and employment on psychological distress and depression treatment in Japanese adults

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Ayako Hiyoshi

  Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 17 (1) 10 - 17 1342-078X 2012/01 [Refereed]
  
• Classification of Japanese elderly in an urban area at risk of becoming homebound Knowledge for improving prevention strategies

  SHIBUI Yu; MURAYAMA Hiroshi; KAWASHIMA Takako; KANO Noriko; TORATANI Akiko; TACHIBANA Reiko; SHIBUTA Keiko; FUKUDA Yoshiharu; MURASHIMA Sachiyo

  Jpn J Public Health Japanese Society of Public Health 58 (11) 935 - 947 0546-1766 2011/11 [Refereed]
  
• A new crisis in Japan-social isolation in old age.

  Hiroshi Murayama; Yu Shibui; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Sachiyo Murashima

  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 59 (11) 2160 - 2 0002-8614 2011/11 [Refereed]
  
• Gender differences in specialty preference and mismatch with real needs in Japanese medical students

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Tadanari Harada

  BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 10 15  1472-6920 2010/02 [Refereed]
  
• Longitudinal observation of influence of "taspo" on smoking behavior among high school students

  Sayo Miyajima; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Itsuro Yoshimi; Kenji Hayashi

  BIOSCIENCE TRENDS 4 (4) 161 - 164 1881-7815 2010 [Refereed]
  
• Two-dimensional classification of prefectures by life expectancy and weighted disability prevalence (WDP) with a comparison of regional characteristics

  KURIMORI Sugako; FUKUDA Yoshiharu; OTA Hitoshi

  Jpn J Public Health Japanese Society of Public Health 56 (8) 513 - 524 0546-1766 2009/08 [Refereed]
  
• Required Number of Physicians by Specialty in Yamaguchi Prefecture Based on Opinions of Hospital Department Chiefs

  FUKUDA Yoshiharu; HARADA Tadanari

  Yamaguchi Medical Journal Yamaguchi University Medical Association 58 (4) 149 - 154 0513-1731 2009 [Refereed]
  
• Required Number of Physicians in Yamaguchi Prefecture Based on Opinions of Hospital Directors

  FUKUDA Yoshiharu; HARADA Tadanari

  Yamaguchi Medical Journal Yamaguchi University Medical Association 58 (4) 143 - 148 0513-1731 2009 [Refereed]
  
• Does the Population Approach Increase Health Inequality? : Vulnerable Population Approach as an Alternative Strategy

  FUKUDA Yoshiharu

  Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi (Japanese Journal of Hygiene) The Japanese Society for Hygiene 63 (4) 735 - 738 0021-5082 2008/09 [Refereed]
  
• In-depth descriptive analysis of trends in prevalence of long-term care in Japan

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Hiroyuki Nakao; Yuichiro Yahata; Hirohisa Imai

  GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 8 (3) 166 - 171 1444-1586 2008/09 [Refereed]
  
• Health-related quality of life and beneficiaries of long-term care insurance in Japan

  Hirohisa Imai; Yoshinori Fujii; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Hiroyuki Nakao; Yuichiro Yahata

  HEALTH POLICY 85 (3) 349 - 355 0168-8510 2008/03 [Refereed]
  
• Multilevel analysis of solar radiation and cancer mortality using ecological data in Japan

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Tomoki Nakaya; Hiroyuki Nakao; Yuichiro Yahata; Hirohisa Imai

  BIOSCIENCE TRENDS 2 (6) 235 - 240 1881-7815 2008
• Different income information as an indicator for health inequality among Japanese adults

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Hiroyuki Nakao; Hirohisa Imai

  JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 17 (3) 93 - 99 0917-5040 2007/05 [Refereed]
  
• Higher mortality in areas of lower socioeconomic position measured by a single index of deprivation in Japan

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Keiko Nakamura; Takehito Takano

  PUBLIC HEALTH 121 (3) 163 - 173 0033-3506 2007/03
• BCG immunization age in urban and rural areas of Akita Prefecture, Japan

  Yuichiro Yahata; Hirohisa Imai; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Yong Zhang; Tomoko Satoh; Hiroyuki Nakao; Kazuhiko Moji; Kenichi Amano

  Journal of Physiological Anthropology 26 (5) 547 - 551 1880-6791 2007 [Refereed]
  
• Socioeconomic status and cancer screening in Japanese males: Large inequlaity in middle-aged and urban residents

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Keiko Nakamura; Takehito Takano; Hiroyuki Nakao; Hirohisa Imai

  Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 12 (2) 90 - 96 1342-078X 2007 [Refereed]
  
• Are health inequalities increasing in Japan? The trends of 1955 to 2000

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Hiroyuki Nakao; Yuichiro Yahata; Hirohisa Imai

  BIOSCIENCE TRENDS 1 (1) 38 - 42 1881-7815 2007 [Refereed]
  
• Calculation of prefectural disability-adjusted life expectancy (DALE) using long-term care prevalence and its socioeconomic correlates in Japan

  S Kurimori; Y Fukuda; K Nakamura; M Watanabe; T Takano

  HEALTH POLICY 76 (3) 346 - 358 0168-8510 2006/05 [Refereed]
  
• Association of parental and children behaviors with the health status of preschool children

  M Watanabe; K Nakamura; Y Fukuda; T Takano

  PREVENTIVE MEDICINE 42 (4) 297 - 300 0091-7435 2006/04 [Refereed]
  
• Reduced likelihood of cancer screening among women in urban areas and with low socio-economic status: A multilevel analysis in Japan

  Y Fukuda; K Nakamura; T Takano

  PUBLIC HEALTH 119 (10) 875 - 884 0033-3506 2005/10 [Refereed]
  
• Variations in societal characteristics of spatial dsease clusters: Examples of colon, lung and breast cancer in Japan

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Masahiro Umezaki; Keiko Nakamura; Takehito Takano

  International Journal of Health Geographics 4 1476-072X 2005/06 [Refereed]
  
• Municipal health expectancy in Japan: decreased healthy longevity of older people in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas

  Y Fukuda; K Nakamura; T Takano

  BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 5 1471-2458 2005/06
• Accumulation of health risk behaviours is associated with lower socioeconomic status and women's urban residence: a multilevel analysis in Japan

  Y Fukuda; K Nakamura; T Takano

  BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 5 1471-2458 2005/05 [Refereed]
  
• Socioeconomic pattern of smoking in Japan: Income inequality and gender and age differences

  Y Fukuda; K Nakamura; T Takano

  ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 15 (5) 365 - 372 1047-2797 2005/05 [Refereed]
  
• Cause-specific mortality differences across socioeconomic position of municipalities in Japan, 1973-1977 and 1993-1998: increased importance of injury and suicide in inequality for ages under 75

  Y Fukuda; K Nakamura; T Takano

  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 34 (1) 100 - 109 0300-5771 2005/02 [Refereed]
  
• Municipal socioeconomic status and mortality in Japan: sex and age differences, and trends in 1973-1998

  Y Fukuda; K Nakamura; T Takano

  SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE 59 (12) 2435 - 2445 0277-9536 2004/12 [Refereed]
  
• Wide range of socioeconomic factors associated with mortality among cities in Japan

  Y Fukuda; K Nakamura; T Takano

  HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL 19 (2) 177 - 187 0957-4824 2004/06 [Refereed]
  
• Increased excess deaths in urban areas: quantification of geographical variation in mortality in Japan, 1973-1998

  Y Fukuda; K Nakamura; T Takano

  HEALTH POLICY 68 (2) 233 - 244 0168-8510 2004/05 [Refereed]
  
• Dioxins released from incineration plants and mortality from major diseases: An analysis of statistical data by municipalities

  Yoshiharu Fukuda; Keiko Nakamura; Takehito Takano

  Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences 50 (4) 249 - 255 1342-8810 2003/12 [Refereed]
  
• A combination of an extrapolation method and a benchmark method to develop quantitative health targets for Japan

  Y Fukuda; K Nakamura; T Takano

  HEALTH POLICY 61 (2) 201 - 212 0168-8510 2002/08 [Refereed]
  
• Age-adjusted mortality and its association to variations in urban conditions in Shanghai

  Takehito Takano; Jia Fu; Keiko Nakamura; Kazuyuki Uji; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Masafumi Watanabe; Hiroshi Nakajima

  Health Policy 61 (3) 239 - 253 0168-8510 2002
• Associations of Non-standard Employment with Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Findings from a Nationwide Cross-sectional Study in Japan

  Ando E; Kachi Y; Kawakami N; Fukuda Y; Kawada T

  Industrial Health 56 (4) 336 - 345 [Refereed]
  

Books etc

• ナッジを応用した保健事業実践BOOK : 現場で活かす

  福田, 吉治; 杉本, 九実 社会保険出版社 2023/11 9784784603688 85p
• 国保のデータヘルス計画策定・推進ガイド 第3期版

  福田 吉治 (Single work)(株)社会保険出版社 2023/08 478460359X 180
• 新型コロナウイルス感染症(COVID-19)からの教訓—これまでの検証と今後への提言

  福田吉治; 金森悟 (Editor)大修館書店 2021/10
• Health in Japan : social epidemiology of Japan since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

  Brunner, Eric; Cable, Noriko; Iso, Hiroyasu (Joint workWork and Health in a Diverse and Disparate Labour Market)Oxford University Press 2021 9780198848134 xx, 335 p.
• 健康行動理論による研究と実践

  日本健康教育学会; 神馬, 征峰 (Joint work)医学書院 2019/06 9784260036351 8, 269p
• 社会疫学

  FUKUDA Yoshiharu (Joint translation第13章 行動経済学の保健対策への応用)2017
• 一目でわかるヘルスプロモーション

  国立保健医療科学院 2008
• 保健医療福祉の研究ナビ

  金原出版 2007

MISC

• 根拠に基づく健康政策（EBHP）を進めるために──エビデンスとは （特集：その政策にエビデンスはあるんか？）

  2024/10
• 行動経済学とナッジは健康増進・疾病予防と医療費適正化の救世主となりうるか?

  福田 吉治; 杉本 九実  健康保険 / 健康保険組合連合会組合サポート部組合広報グループ『健康保険』編集部 編  78-  (4)  16  -21  2024/04
• 企業の健康施策決定プロセスに関与する産業看護職に必要なコンピテンシー

  元田 紀子; 金森 悟; 福田 吉治  日本産業看護学会誌  10-  (2)  23  -33  2023/10
• 妊娠初期の夫婦関係と妊娠初期ならびに妊娠中期の妊婦の胎児への愛着との関連

  望月 千夏子; 石舘 美弥子; 峰 友紗; 福田 吉治  日本健康学会誌  89-  (5)  143  -152  2023/09
• Zadankai×Public health 気もちよく暮らすために : 健康を支える公衆衛生

  福田 吉治; 杉本 九実; 小川 留奈  婦人之友  117-  (5)  82  -93  2023/05
• COVID-19: Active measures to support community-dwelling older adults

  Keisuke Kuwahara; Ai Kuroda; Yoshiharu Fukuda  Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease  36-  2020/07
• Associations Of Physical Activity And Sedentary Behavior With The Onset Of Long-term Care Need In Community-dwelling Independent Japanese Older Adults: The Tsuru Study

  Shinichiro Sato; Takuya Yamada; Mutsumi Nakamura; Yuta Nemoto; Noriko Takeda; Kazushi Maruo; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Susumu S. Sawada; Yoshinori Kitabatake; Takashi Arao  MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE  52-  (17)  744  -744  2020/07
• 特定健診・特定保健指導の分かりやすい勧奨通知物作成に向けた支援と研修の実践

  小川留奈; 石川ひろの; 加藤美生; 小笠原佑吏; 福田吉治  日本ヘルスコミュニケーション学会雑誌(Web)  2019
• 鼎談 データヘルス時代に保健師に求められるものとは? (特集 爆走するデータヘルス改革 : 2020年から始まるデータヘルス時代と保健師の仕事)

  中板 育美; 福永 一郎; 福田 吉治  地域保健 = The Japanese journal of community health care  49-  (5)  8  -19  2018/09
• 日本公衆衛生学会公衆衛生モニタリング・レポート委員会報告 非正規雇用と健康 現状分析と今後のモニタリングおよび対策の方向性

  原田 規章; 青柳 潔; 矢野 栄二; 川上 憲人; 佐藤 眞一; 實成 文彦; 橋本 英樹; 井上 まり子; 片瀬 一男; 可知 悠子; 鶴ヶ野 しのぶ; 錦谷 まりこ; 林 英恵; 福田 吉治; 本庄 かおり; 安藤 絵美子; 日本公衆衛生学会公衆衛生モニタリング; レポート委員会  日本公衆衛生雑誌  61-  (8)  396  -405  2014/08
• Socioeconomic Distributions and Associated Factors of Psychological Distress among Community Residents

  福田 吉治  ストレス科学 : 日本ストレス学会誌  27-  (1)  81  -90  2012/07
• Homebound status and life space among Japanese community-dwelling elderly in an urban area

  MURAYAMA Hiroshi; SHIBUI Yu; KAWASHIMA Takako; KANO Noriko; TORATANI Akiko; TACHIBANA Reiko; SHIBUTA Keiko; FUKUDA Yoshiharu; MURASHIMA Sachiyo  日本公衆衛生雑誌  58-  (10)  851  -866  2011/10
• MUNICIPAL SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IN RELATION TO CAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY AMONG JAPANESE MIDDLE AGED MEN AND WOMEN: A MULTILEVEL STUDY IN JAPAN

  Kaori Honjo; Hiroyasu Iso; Nobuo Nishi; Yoshiharu Fukuda; Akiko Tamakoshi  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE  17-  172  -173  2010/08
• Focus Group Interview on Training Courses for Medical Students and Training Doctors

  FUKUDA Yoshiharu; HARADA Tadanari; HOSHINO Shin  Yamaguchi medical journal  58-  (6)  247  -253  2009/12
• Required Number of Physicians in Hospitals According to Over-time Work Limitations in Yamaguchi Prefecture

  FUKUDA Yoshiharu; HARADA Tadanari  Yamaguchi Medical Journal  59-  (5)  197  -201  2009  [Refereed]
  
• Turning points in time trends of cancer mortality in Japan : premature mortality is more sensitive in the progress of cancer prevention.(共著)

  Yoshiharu FUKUDA; Keiko NAKAMURA; Takehito TAKANO  Environ Health Prev Med  5-  (4)  155  -159  2001
• Quantifying the Japanese national burden of diseases : calculation of the disabillity-ajusted life years

  YATSUYA Hiroshi  日本衞生學雜誌  54-  (1)  291  -291  1999/04
• ANALYSIS ON THE FACTORS CAUSING INTERPREFECTUAL DIFFERENCE IN HOSPITAL BEDS INCREASE IN JAPAN

  FUKUDA Yoshiharu; HASEGAWA Toshihiko  病院管理  36-  (2)  147  -152  1999/04

Awards & Honors

• 2023 日本衛生学会 The Best Reviewer Award
  
• 2022 日本衛生学会 The Best Reviewer Award
  
• 2021 日本衛生学会 The Best Reviewer Award
  

Research Grants & Projects

• 健康無関心層のセグメント化と効果的介入手法の検討：ライフステージに着目して

  厚生労働省：厚生労働科学研究費

  Date (from‐to) : 2022/04 -2025/03 

  Author : 福田吉治; 石川ひろの; 近藤尚己; 本庄かおり; 林芙美; 田淵貴大; 村山洋史; 渋谷克彦; 金森 悟; 甲斐裕子; 鈴木有佳
• Fundamental study of application of behavioral economics to health promotion and disease prevention

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

  Date (from‐to) : 2013/04 -2017/03 

  Author : Fukuda Yoshiharu; WATANABE Akiko; KOBAYASHI Satoshi; KIMURA Go; SUZUKI Iku; SHIOTA Tsutomu; UEDA Yukari
• Social epidemiology research of mechanisms of health inequality

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)

  Date (from‐to) : 2009/07 -2014/03 

  Author : NORITO Kawakami; FUKUDA Yoshiharu; OHIRA Hideki; ROKUTAN Kazuhiro; SHIMAZU Akihito; ARAKI Tsuyoshi; FUJIWARA Takeo; KASAI Kiyoto; HONJO Kaori
• Programming and implementation of an evaluation index for a long-term care prevention service for which there are plans for widespread use

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2010 -2012 

  Author : KURIMORI Sugako; HOSHI Tanji; FUKUDA Yoshiharu
• Study of socioeconomic inequalities in health and medical care

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

  Date (from‐to) : 2009 -2011 

  Author : FUKUDA Yoshiharu
• 食事バランスガイドを活用した栄養教育・食環境づくりの手法に関する研究

  厚生労働省：厚生労働科学研究費補助金

  Date (from‐to) : 2007/04 -2009/03 

  Author : 武見ゆかり; 佐々木敏; 村山伸子; 松月弘恵; 岡田加奈子; 福田吉治; 中嶋康博; 大久保公美
• The measurement of utility for calculation of disability-adjusted life expectancy(DALE), and DALE as a health indicator

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

  Date (from‐to) : 2007 -2008 

  Author : KURIMORI Sugako; FUKUDA Yoshiharu
• Quantification of burden of diseases and impact of disease prevention measures in urban area

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2005 -2008 

  Author : TAKANO Takehito; UMEZAKI Masahir; OHNISHI Mayumi; KIZUKI Masashi; NAKAMURA Keiko; FUKUDA Yoshiharu; WATANABE Masafumi
• Systematic analysis of health level declined by area and individual deprivation

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

  Date (from‐to) : 2004 -2006 

  Author : FUKUDA Yoshiharu
• 通信型健康管理モバイルケアプログラムの効果に関する実証的研究

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業

  Date (from‐to) : 2004 -2005 

  Author : 高野 健人; 中村 桂子; 福田 吉治
• Effects of change in natural environments in accordance with urbanization on population health

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2002 -2004 

  Author : TAKANO Takehito; NAKAMURA Keiko; FUKUDA Yoshiharu; UMEZAKI Masahiro; WATANABE Masafumi
• 通信型健康管理モバイルケアプログラムの効果に関する実証的研究

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業

  Date (from‐to) : 2003 -2003 

  Author : 高野 健人; 福田 吉治; 中村 桂子
• Health Expectancy and QOL-related Comprehensive Health Indicators and the Relations

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

  Date (from‐to) : 2002 -2003 

  Author : FUKUDA Yosiharu
• 通信型在宅健康管理・介護支援の効果的導入に必要な社会制度に関する実証的研究

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業

  Date (from‐to) : 2002 -2002 

  Author : 高野 健人; 福田 吉治; 中村 桂子
• 通信型在宅健康管理・介護支援の効果的導入に必要な社会制度に関する実証的研究

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業

  Date (from‐to) : 2001 -2001 

  Author : 高野 健人; 福田 吉治; 中村 桂子
• コンピューターによる社会システム分析を応用した都市保健政策の意志決定モデルの確立

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業

  Date (from‐to) : 2000 -2001 

  Author : 高野 健人; 渡辺 雅史; 福田 吉治; 中村 桂子; 宇治 和幸
• Health issues of risk populations associated with decay of megacities.

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2000 -2001 

  Author : TAKANO Takehito; WATANABE Masafumi; FUKUDA Yoshiharu; NAKAMURA Keiko; JYA Fu
• RESEARCH ON MONITORING OF THE CHANGE OF URBAN MICROBIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT AND EPIDEMIC RISKS OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 1997 -1999 

  Author : TAKANO Takehito; WATANABE Masafumi; FUKUDA Yoshiharu; NAKAMURA Keiko; NARA Nobuo; OKAMURA Noboru