M.D., Ph.D. Professor Takeo Nakayama
Health Informatics
In today’s society, the impact of health-related information on human behaviors and health can be just as profound as, or in some cases, more profound than, the impact of physical environment on human health. This field of study explores how information can contribute to improving people’s health behavior/health-care-seeking behavior, and decision-making in community health. The main topics to be covered are: Evidence-based healthcare (EBHC); decision analysis, health literacy & communication; epidemiologic research including genome approach, quantitative and qualitative assessment of health-related information; e-Health; and information ethics.
Research and Education
RESEARCH
Health informatics has potential applications for the creation, communication and use of information, and the discipline is being expanded as nap practical applied science in search of solution.
Creation: epidemiological researches (including genome-approach), information ethics, and appraising scientific information.
Communication: systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, creating databases, developing tools for decision-making support, and health communication
Use: health literacy, and shared-decision making
EDUCATION
- Epidemiology I: to learn methodologies and principles of epidemiology.
- Literature Search: to learn literature databases of health research.
- Critical Appraisal: to learn skills of critical appraisal based on epidemiology and EBM.
- Health Informatics I: to learn how to collect, store, communicate, retrieve, and evaluate health-related information and data.
- Health Informatics II: to learn the application of ICT to healthcare.
- EBM and clinical practice guidelines: to learn concepts and methodologies of them.
- Methods of Health Sciences Research: to learn knowledge of communication in health sciences research.
- Designing health communication: to learn the way of thinking & basic concept about Communication Design Approach in Healthcare.
- Introduction to Qualitative Research: to learn the basics of qualitative research in social health medicine related research.
- Risk Communication for Public Health Emergencies: to learn the basic knowledge of risk communication in public health emergencies and case studies.
With freshpeople, April 2023.
The 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Epidemiological Association
Recent Publications
- Ikeda Y, Egawa M, Ohsuga T, Mandai M, Takahashi Y, Nakayama T. Relationship of ethinylestradiol/drospirenone prescription on work productivity and activity impairment among women with menstruation-related symptoms: A multicenter prospective observational study. J Occup Environ Med. 2023 May 1.
- Sakakibara A, Nakayama T, Uchida H, Odagiri Y, Ito Y, Katayama T, Ueda Y, Higuchi T, Terakawa K, Matsui K, Miyazaki K, Konishi I. Trends and future projections of cervical cancer-related outcomes in Japan: What happens if the HPV vaccine program is not implemented? Int J Cancer. 2023 May 1;152(9):1863-1874.
- Okamoto F, Nishikawa Y, Twalla Y, Nakayama T, Masai S. Ebola outbreak in Uganda: patient values and preferences. Lancet. 2022 Dec 3;400(10367):1925-1926.
- Ishizaki M, Toyama M, Imura H, Takahashi Y, Nakayama T. Tracheostomy decannulation rates in Japan: a retrospective cohort study using a claims database. Sci Rep. 2022 Nov 17;12(1):19801.
- Nishimura M, Toyama M, Mori H, Sano M, Imura H, Kuriyama A, Nakayama T. Providing End-of-Life Care for Patients Dying of COVID-19 and Their Families in Isolated Death During the Pandemic in Japan: The Providing End-of-life Care for COVID-19 Project. Chest. 2023 Feb;163(2):383-395.
Laboratory
Professor: Takeo Nakayama, M.D., Ph.D.
Specially Appointed Professor: Yuko Takahashi, M.D.,Ph.D.
Specially Appointed Professor: Midori Hirai, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Yoshimitsu Takahashi, Dr.P.H.
Specially Appointed Associate Professor: Keiko Sato, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Yoshitaka Nishikawa, M.D.,Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Mayumi Toyama, M.D.,Ph.D., MPH.
TEL: +81-75-753-9477
FAX: +81-75-753-9478
e-mail: nakayama.takeo.4a [at] kyoto-u.ac.jp