Committees and Awards

Introduction of the Outstanding Paper Award (Presented at the 78th Japanese Association of Public Health)

Introducing the Outstanding Paper Award 

The Editorial Committee selects Outstanding Presentation Awards in the Original Article and Public Health Activity Report/Document categories for papers that enhance the public health significance of the journal and papers that will invigorate the future public health activities of members.

The following three papers were awarded at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Public Health (Kochi).
(Selected from papers published in Volume 2018, 65)

Original Article Category

"Examination of the actual state of regional differences in mortality and nutritional intake status and their correlations in secondary medical care areas in Hokkaido"

Volume 65, Issue 5, Pages 210-222

(Tomoko Kishi, Emiko Okada, Atsuko Sato, Masako Ishikawa, Shigekazu Ukawa, Koji Nakamura, Akiko Tamakoshi)

 Original Article Category

"Relationship between eating alone and food intake diversity among elderly people living in large cities"

Volume 65, Issue 12, Pages 744-754

(Izumi Tanaka, Akihiko Kitamura, Satoshi Seino, Mariko Nishi, Yui Tomine, Yu Taniguchi, Yuri Yokoyama, Miki Narita, Shoji Shinkai)

 Public Health Activity Reports and Materials Section

"Disaster response activities of public health centers from the hyperacute to subacute phases following the Kumamoto earthquake"

Volume 65, Issue 12, Pages 755-768

(Yoko Tsurugi, Yoichiro Ikeda, Tomohisa Inada, Keiko Ogata, Koji Kiwaki, Satoshi Komiya, Toshiro Nagano, Kiyoko Hattori, Yumi Hayashida, and Fuchigami Fumi)