Social Determinants of Health in Non-communicable Diseases

• Social determinants of health (SDHs)
• Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
• Healthy ageing
• Socio-economic status
• Social epidemiology
• Public health in Japan
• Open Access

• Professor of Social Epidemiology and Health Policy, Department of Social Preventive Medical Sciences, Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

  Katsunori Kondo

Katsunori Kondo is Professor of Social Epidemiology and Health Policy, Center for Preventive Medical Sciences and the Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan. He is also the Head of Department of Gerontological Evaluation at the Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology. He is the Principal Investigator of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) Project, which is one of the first prospective cohort studies to investigate the influence of social determinants of health and community social capital on health outcomes among older people. He is the author of the bestselling book, Health Gap Society—What is Undermining Mind and Health? Igaku-Shoin, 2005, which was awarded in 2006 by The Society for the Study of Social Policy. Dr. Kondo also wrote Beyond ‘Healthcare Crisis’—Future of Health and Long-Term Care in the UK and Japan, Igaku-Shoin, 2012; Prescriptions for Health Gap Society, Igaku-Shoin, 2017; and edited and wrote Health Inequalities in Japan: An Empirical Study of the Older People, Trans Pacific Press, Melbourne, 2010; and Social Determinants of Health—Reviews of ‘Health Disparities’ in Non-Communicable Diseases, Japan Public Health Association, 2013.