Prof Dr Masamine Jimba, the APACPH Public Health Recognition Award winner 2020

Professor Dr Masamine Jimba the President of the Japan Association for International Health, APACPH President Emeritus was awarded the APACPH Public Health Recognition Award winner during the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health conference held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 8th December 2020.

Citation for Professor Dr Masamine Jimba

Dr Masamine Jimba worked as a physician for two years and subsequently studied public health in Tokyo and Boston. He received his master’s degree from The National Institute of Public Health in Japan in 1989 and PhD from Hamamatsu University School of Medicine in Japan in 1995.

Dr. Jimba’s research interests cover health promotion, global health, human security, and other broad public health issues in the world.  He has published more than 280 articles and more than 10 book chapters. He is currently interested in positive deviance approach as they show us a way to know hidden truth in real life and support context-specific actions in the field.

Dr. Jimba has rich experience in the field of global health. From 1994 to 1996, he worked as a WHO Health Coordinator for the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Then, from 1996 to 2001, he worked in rural Nepal as a team leader of the School and Community Health Project by the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Japan Medical Association. After coming back to Japan in 2002, he started to work in the University of Tokyo and has been working on health research projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He is the President of the Japan Association for International Health and the Immediate-Past President of the Asia-Pacific Consortium for Public Health.

Publication list (10)

  1. Miller R, Ong KIC, Choi S, Shibanuma A, Jimba M. Seeking connection: a mixed methods study of mental well-being and community volunteerism among international migrants in Japan. BMC Public Health. 2020 Aug 20;20(1):1272.
  2. Kosugi H, Shibanuma A, Kiriya J, Ong KIC, Mucunguzi S, Muzoora C, Jimba M. Positive Deviance for Dual-Method Promotion among Women in Uganda: A Qualitative Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 12;17(14):5009.
  3. Sarhan MBA, Shannon HS, Fujiya R, Jimba M, Giacaman R. Psychometric properties of an Arabic-language health literacy assessment scale for adolescents (HAS-A-AR) in Palestine. BMJ Open. 2020 Jun 21;10(6):e034943.
  4. Sakamoto JL, Shibanuma A, Jimba M. Depressed mood, suicidal behaviors, and health risk behaviors among youths in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: the 2017 CNMI Youth Risk Behavior Survey. BMC Public Health. 2020 Apr 15;20(1):489.
  5. Carandang RR, Shibanuma A, Kiriya J, Vardeleon KR, Asis E, Murayama H, Jimba M. Effectiveness of peer counseling, social engagement, and combination interventions in improving depressive symptoms of community-dwelling Filipino senior citizens. PLoS One. 2020 Apr 1;15(4):e0230770.
  6. Kosugi H, Shibanuma A, Kiriya J, Ong KIC, Mucunguzi S, Muzoora C, Jimba M. Positive deviance for dual-method promotion among women in Uganda: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2020 Mar 17;21(1):270.
  7. Jimba M, Cherng Ong KI, Sieber NL. Beyond a Good Head and a Good Heart for Prison Health. Am J Public Health. 2020 Mar;110(3):282-283.
  8. Jimba M.The Inspiring Spirit of Prince Mahidol With a Contagious Smile for Public Health. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2020 Jan;32(1):58.
  9. Jimba M, Fujimura MS, Ong KIC. Developing country: an outdated term in The Lancet. Lancet. 2019 Sep 14;394(10202):918.
  10. Kitamura A, Jimba M, McCahey J, Paolucci G, Shah S, Hababeh M, Shahin Y, Seita A. Health and dignity of Palestine refugees at stake: a need for international response to sustain crucial life services at UNRWA.  Lancet. 2018 Dec 22 -Jan 4 2019;392(10165):2736-2744.