Shizuko Yanagisawa
Associate Professor
Faculty of Dentistry
University of Tokushima
Japan
Biography
Shizuko Yanagisawa has done her Doctor in Gerontological Studies from Okubiri University in 2016. Currently she is working as Associate Professor in Faculty of Dentistry at Tokushima University. Her research interests are Social Welfare, Gerontological Sociology, Participation and continuation of corporate retirement elderly in regional organization, multi-occupational collaboration of meal support in elderly welfare facilities. Several Papers of her work were published in reputed international journals. She is also the member of Japan Society of Social Welfare, Japanese community-based welfare society, Japan Society for the Elderly Social Sciences, Social Policy Institute.
Research Interest
Social Welfare, Gerontological Sociology.
Publications
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Masami Yoshioka, Yasuhiko Shirayama, Issei Imoto, Daisuke Hinode, Shizuko Yanagisawa and Yuko Takeuchi. Current status of collaborative relationships between dialysis facilities and dental facilities in Japan: results of a nationwide survey. BMC Nephrology. 2015, 16(17).
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Masami Yoshioka, Yasuhiko Shirayama, Issei Imoto, Daisuke Hinode, Shizuko Yanagisawa, Yuko Takeuchi, Takashi Bando and N Yokota. Factors associated with regular dental visits among hemodialysis patients. World Journal of Nephrology. 2016, 5(5): 455-460.
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Shizuko Yanagisawa, Masanori Nakano, Takaharu Goto, Masami Yoshioka and Yasuhiko Shirayama. Development of an Oral Assessment Sheet for Evaluating Older Adults in Nursing Homes. Research in Gerontological Nursing. 2017, 10(5): 234-239.
