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Masamine Jimba

Masamine Jimba

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Japan
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
48
Citations
9331
World Ranking
3155
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masamine Jimba is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with significant contributions in subfields such as General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Epidemiology, Public Health including Environmental and Occupational Health, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work covers various topics including Global Maternal and Child Health, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Health Literacy and Information Accessibility, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, and School Health and Nursing Education.

Masamine Jimba has frequent collaborative relationships with several coauthors including Akira Shibanuma, Junko Kiriya, Ken Ing Cherng Ong, Rogie Royce Carandang, and Mohammed B A Sarhan.

Their research has appeared in multiple publication venues, with a notable number of publications in BMJ Open, BMC Public Health, PLoS ONE, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Research Square.

Selected recent papers illustrate the focus of Masamine Jimba's research:

  • Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on movement behaviours of children and adolescents: a systematic review, 2022, BMJ Global Health
  • Dissemination and implementation of the e-MCH Handbook, UNRWA's newly released maternal and child health mobile application: a cross-sectional study, 2020, BMJ Open
  • Exploring health literacy and its associated factors among Palestinian university students: a cross-sectional study, 2020, Health Promotion International
  • Effects of mHealth on the psychosocial health of pregnant women and mothers: a systematic review, 2022, BMJ Open
  • Parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health and the utilization of adolescent-friendly health services in Kailali, Nepal, 2021, PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Caregivers' treatment-seeking behaviour for children under age five in malaria-endemic areas of rural Myanmar: a cross-sectional study.

    Moe Moe Thandar;Myat Phone Kyaw;Masamine Jimba;Junko Yasuoka

  • Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on movement behaviours of children and adolescents: a systematic review

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  • The Relationship Between Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Perceived Insufficient Milk Among Japanese Mothers

    Keiko Otsuka;Cindy-Lee Dennis;Hisae Tatsuoka;Masamine Jimba

  • Interprofessional Education for Whom? — Challenges and Lessons Learned from Its Implementation in Developed Countries and Their Application to Developing Countries: A Systematic Review

    Bruno F. Sunguya;Woranich Hinthong;Masamine Jimba;Junko Yasuoka

  • Effectiveness of a Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Intervention: Do Hospital Practices Make a Difference?

    Keiko Otsuka;Masataka Taguri;Cindy Lee Dennis;Kiriko Wakutani

  • School-based participatory health education for malaria control in Ghana: engaging children as health messengers

    Irene Ayi;Daisuke Nonaka;Josiah K Adjovu;Shigeki Hanafusa

  • Effectiveness of community-based peer support for mothers to improve their breastfeeding practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Prakash Shakya;Mika Kondo Kunieda;Momoko Koyama;Sarju Sing Rai

  • Effective Linkages of Continuum of Care for Improving Neonatal, Perinatal, and Maternal Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Kimiyo Kikuchi;Evelyn Korkor Ansah;Sumiyo Okawa;Yeetey Enuameh

  • Implementation of 5S management method for lean healthcare at a health center in Senegal: a qualitative study of staff perception

    Shogo Kanamori;Seydou Sow;Marcia C. Castro;Rui Matsuno

  • Continuum of Care in a Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Program in Ghana: Low Completion Rate and Multiple Obstacle Factors

    Francis Yeji;Akira Shibanuma;Abraham Oduro;Cornelius Debpuur

  • Role of risk and protective factors in risky sexual behavior among high school students in Cambodia

    Siyan Yi;Krishna C Poudel;Junko Yasuoka;Paula H Palmer

  • Mumbai disease in far western Nepal: HIV infection and syphilis among male migrant‐returnees and non‐migrants

    Krishna C. Poudel;Junko Okumura;Jeevan B. Sherchand;Masamine Jimba

  • Migrants' risky sexual behaviours in India and at home in far western Nepal.

    Krishna C. Poudel;Masamine Jimba;Junko Okumura;Anand B. Joshi

  • Are Husbands Involving in Their Spouses' Utilization of Maternal Care Services?: A Cross-Sectional Study in Yangon, Myanmar.

    Kyi Mar Wai;Akira Shibanuma;Nwe Nwe Oo;Toki Jennifer Fillman

  • Effectiveness of nutrition training of health workers toward improving caregivers’ feeding practices for children aged six months to two years: a systematic review

    Bruno F Sunguya;Krishna C Poudel;Krishna C Poudel;Linda B Mlunde;Prakash Shakya

  • An investigation of stigmatizing attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS by doctors and nurses in Vientiane, Lao PDR

    Savina Vorasane;Masamine Jimba;Kimiyo Kikuchi;Junko Yasuoka

  • Perceived family support, depression, and suicidal ideation among people living with HIV/AIDS: a cross-sectional study in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.

    Rachel M. Amiya;Krishna C. Poudel;Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar;Basu D. Pandey

  • Infant feeding practices and breastfeeding duration in Japan: A review

    Madoka Inoue;Colin W Binns;Keiko Otsuka;Masamine Jimba

  • The coverage of continuum of care in maternal, newborn and child health: a cross-sectional study of woman-child pairs in Ghana.

    Akira Shibanuma;Francis Yeji;Sumiyo Okawa;Emmanuel Mahama

  • Undernutrition among HIV-positive children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: antiretroviral therapy alone is not enough

    Bruno F Sunguya;Krishna C Poudel;Keiko Otsuka;Junko Yasuoka

  • Determinants of continuum of care for maternal, newborn, and child health services in rural Khammouane, Lao PDR.

    Saki Sakuma;Junko Yasuoka;Khampheng Phongluxa;Masamine Jimba

  • Keys to success for a school-based malaria control program in primary schools in Thailand.

    Hironori Okabayashi;Pimpimon Thongthien;Pratap Singhasvanon;Jitra Waikagul

  • The Relationship Between Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Perceived Insufficient Milk Among

    Japanese Mothers;Keiko Otsuka;Cindy-Lee Dennis;Hisae Tatsuoka

Frequent Co-Authors

Paula H. Palmer
Paula H. Palmer Claremont Graduate University
Duong Socheat
Duong Socheat Ministry of Health
Chipepo Kankasa
Chipepo Kankasa University of Zambia
Pratap Singhasivanon
Pratap Singhasivanon Mahidol University
Susan S. Hubbard
Susan S. Hubbard Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Marcia C. Castro
Marcia C. Castro Harvard University
Ken Takahashi
Ken Takahashi University of Sydney
Shoko Okitsu
Shoko Okitsu Nihon University
Hiroshi Ushijima
Hiroshi Ushijima Nihon University
Michelle A. Williams
Michelle A. Williams Harvard University

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