Hokkaido University
Center for Environmental and Health Sciences
Assistant Professor
Research field (4)：
Cultural anthropology and folklore
, Social psychology
, Local studies
, Hygiene and public health (non-laboratory)
Research keywords (15)：
Hunter-gatherers
, Health Psychology
, Mental Health
, Dirty Work
, Malaysia
, Indonesia
, Cameroon
, Southeast Asia
, Oceania
, Cultural Diversity
, Sanitation
, Body Image
, Social Psychology
, Human Ecology
, Area Studies
Research theme for competitive and other funds (7)：
2024 - 2028 Global Sanitation and Local Extretion: Natural History, Anthropology, and Health
2024 - 2027 Digitalization and transmission of local knowledge: Community-based self-sustaining infrastructure for water, sanitation, and hygiene
2022 - 2027 Co-creation of a community-based water, sanitation, and hygiene model with children and youth
2022 - 2027 Co-creation of a Community-based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene model through Participatory Action Research with children and youth
2022 - 2025 Co-creation of a Community-based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene model with children and youth
2021 - 2025 The impact of COVID-19 on the construction of self-esteem among garbage workers in an urban slum of Indonesia
2015 - 2023 The Sanitation Value Chain: Designing Sanitation Systems as Eco-Community-Value System
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Papers (18)：
Rifqi MA, Hamidah U, Sintawardani N, Harada H, Nyambe S, Sai A, Yamauchi T. Effect of handwashing on the reduction of Escherichia coli on children’s hands in urban slum Indonesia. Journal of Water and Health. 2023. 21. 11. 1651-1662
Masahiro Michinaka, Akira Sai, Taro Yamauchi. Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of men experiencing homelessness: A cross-sectional study in Osaka, Japan. PLOS ONE. 2023. 18. 10. e0292377-e0292377
Yokoya S, Suzuki K, Sai A, Yamauchi T. Exploring the Barriers and Coping Strategies Faced by Male Nursing Students in Japanese Nursing Education. Asian Nursing Research. 2023
Sato K, Hamidah U, Sai A, Ikemi M, Ushijima K, Sintawardani N, Yamauchi T. The Impact of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Menstrual Education on Menstrual Hygiene Management Practices in an Urban Slum of Indonesia. Sanitation. 2023
Sai A, Konishi T, Nishiyama H, Yamazaki M, Hao M, Yamauchi T, Yamauchi T. The Physical and Mental Health Status of the Homeless in a Cold Region of Japan: Alcohol Intake, Diet and Psychosocial Distress. International Journal on Homelessness. 2023. 2. 2. 1-17
Sunazawa F, Sai A, Yamauchi T. Menstrual attitude and knowledge of schoolgirls in the slum area of Bandung, Indonesia. Sanitation. 2023. 7. 3. 23
Kakiyama K, Sai A, Yamauchi T. Point-of-care-testing evaluated from a medical perspective to achieve sanitation improvements - A narrative review. Sanitation. 2023. 7. 3. 24
Michinaka M, Sai A, Yamauchi T. Fear of COVID-19 and its associated risks among people experiencing homelessness in Japan. Sanitation. 2023. 7. 3. 25
Rifqi MA, Hamidah U, Sai A, Sintawardani N, Yamauchi T. Knowledge, awareness, and behaviour of handwashing during the Covid-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study among urban slum students in Indonesia. Sanitation. 2023. 7. 3. 12-13
Yamauchi T, Nambe S, Sai A. Preface to the Proceedings of the Annual Conference 2022 of International Society for Sanitation Studies (ISSS). Sanitation. 2023. 7. 3. 1-2
15 Years of Sanitation in Kiaracondong, Bandung
"The Sanitation Value Chain: Designing Sanitation Systems as Eco-Community Value System" Project at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature 2022 ISBN:9784906888924
Indigeneity in Cameroon: Hygiene attitude and a sense of belonging among Baka hunter-gatherers
(International Cameroon & Japan Workshop: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in urban and semi-urban slums in Cameroon 2024)
Assessing malnutrition in urban slum children: The influence of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and dietary intake during the COVID-19 pandemic
(International Society for Sanitation Studies Annual Conference 2023 2023)
2015 - 2019 Kyoto University Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies Division of Southeast Asian Area Studies
2013 - 2015 Kyoto University Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies Division of Southeast Asian Area Studies
2009 - 2013 Meiji University School of Law
Professional career (1)：
Ph.D. (Area Studies) (Kyoto University)
Work history (7)：
2023/08 - 現在 Hokkaido University Center for Environmental and Health Sciences Assistant Professor
2022/04 - 現在 Hokkaido University Graduate School of Health Sciences Assistant Professor
2022/04 - 現在 Hokkaido University Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education Global Station for Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity Assistant Professor
2022/04 - 現在 Hokkaido University Center for Ainu & Indigenous Studies Assistant Professor
2022/01 - 2022/03 Hokkaido University Faculty of Health Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow
2019/04 - 2022/03 Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Sanitation Project Visiting Researcher
2019/04 - 2021/12 Hokkaido University Faculty of Health Sciences Research Fellow
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Committee career (1)：
2022/04 - 現在 Future Earth Japan Global Hub Science Officer
Awards (3)：
2021/10 - The 5th International Symposium on Green Technology for Value Chains Best Presentation Award The outcomes by Japan-Indonesia joint research team over the past five years and challenges ahead on sanitation value chain in Kiaracondong, Bandung
2020/12 - Online International Symposium Sanitation Value Chain 2020 Best Presentation Award Physical and mental health of sanitation workers in an urban slum of Indonesia: Personal hygiene and the construction of self-esteem in waste-handling
2013/10 - Kyoto University Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies (supported by MEXT) - GSS Fellowship
Association Membership(s) (5)：
The Society for Ecological Anthropology
, International Society for Sanitation Studies
, Japan Association for African Studies
, The Japanese Society of Health and Human Ecology
, Japan Society for Oceanic Studies
