Health in Japan : social epidemiology of Japan since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics /
'Health in Japan' brings together the expertise of Japan's leading social epidemiologists in English for the first time. Providing a balanced perspective on the determinants of wellbeing and illness, it gives a valuable insight into the epidemiological underpinnings of one of the worl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Health in Japan
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- Prologue
- Contributors
- 1. Excellent Population Health, Low Economic Growth
- 2. Women, Men, and the 'Missing' Babies
- 3. Gender Inequalities in Japan: Gender Division of Labour and Health
- 4. Child Health in Japan
- 5. Family, Community, and Mental Wellbeing
- 6. Japan's Miracle Decades: Harmony, Hard Work, and Health
- 7. Work and Health in a Diverse and Disparate Labour Market
- 8. Health and Financial Sustainability in Ageing Japan
- 9. Dementia and Healthy Ageing in Older People
- 10. Historical Overview of Japanese Society, Health, and Health Inequalities from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-​first Century
- 11. Chronic Diseases and Risk Factor Trends in Japan: Cardiovascular Inequalities
- 12. Cancer Inequalities in Japan
- 13. Physical Activity, Sport, and Health in Japan
- 14. Tobacco Control Policy and Tobacco Product Use Disparity in Japan
- 15. Mental Health and Wellbeing in Japan: Social, Cultural, and Political Determinants
- 16. Japan's Engagement with Global Health: Evolution and Outlook in the Era of Sustainable Development Goals
- 17. Geographic Disparities in Health
- 18. Disaster and Health: What Makes a Country Resilient?
- 19. Social Determinants of Health on the Island of Okinawa
- 20. Japan in Long View
- Index