Newsletter of Health Communication Week Organization

Seemania No.4

Japanese Association of Health Communication、Japanese Health Literacy Association、Japanese Association of Medical Communication、Japan Society for Healthcare Interpreting Studies、Japanese Association of Health Marketing、Japanese Association of Medical ScienceCommunication、Japanese Association of Healthcare Communication、Japan Association of Nursing Communication、Japanese Associationof Communication in Dentistry

Contents

1.WCHO Activity Report

Akira Miyahara (Former President of HCWO/ Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Seinan Gakuin University)
1p

2.HCWO Awards

1)Remarks by the HCWO Awards Selection Committee Chair:

Akira Miyahara (Former President of HCWO/ Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Seinan Gakuin University)
2p

2)Comments from the Best Book Award Winner:

Takeo Nakayama (School of Public Health, Kyoto University)
4p

3)Comments from the Best Paper Award Winner:

Shiho Koizumi (School of Public Health, Kyoto University)
5p

4)Encouragement Award:

Remarks by the Selection Committee Chair:Akira Miyahara (Former President of HCWO/ Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Seinan Gakuin University
6p

Comments from the Award Winner:Akiko Yamaguchi (Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing,Shiga University of Medical Science)
7p

3.Health Communication Week Reports

1)HCW2025

President of HCW2025: Takahiro Kiuchi (Department of Health Communication, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo)
8p

2)The 5th Annual Meeting of Japanese Health Literacy Association

Conference Chair, Japanese Health Literacy Association
Yuki Sugimori (Department of Nursing, Faculty of Sports and Health Science, Daito Bunka University)
9p

3)The 5th Annual Meeting of Japanese Association of Medical Communication

Conference Chair, Japanese Association of Medical Communication
Hiroshi Okada (Kyoto University School of Public Health)
10p

4)The 4th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Healthcare Interpreting Studies

Conference Chair, Japan Society for Healthcare Interpreting Studies
Naoko Ono (Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University)
11p

5)The 4th Annual Meeting of Japanese Association of Health Marketing

Conference Chair, Japanese Association of Health Marketing
Masaaki Matoba (Showa University Graduate School of Health Sciences)
12p

6)The 4th Annual Meeting of Japanese Association of Medical Science Communication

Conference Chair, Japanese Association of Medical Science Communication
Takahiro Kiuchi (Department of Health Communication, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo)
13p

7)The 4th Annual Meeting of Japanese Association of Healthcare Communication

Conference Chair, Japanese Association of Healthcare Communication
Ikuko Noro (Japanese, Human Science,The Jikei University School of Medicine)
15p

8)The 2nd Annual Meeting of Japan Association of Nursing Communication

Conference Chair, Japan Association of Nursing Communication
Kazuhiko Fujisaki (Medical Education Development Center, Gifu University)
16p

9)The 2nd Annual Meeting of Japanese Association of Communication in Dentistry

Conference Chair, Japanese Association of Communication in Dentistry
Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (Department of General Dentistry, Hiroshima University Hospital)
17p

4.HCW2025 Awards

1)Comments from the Best Presentation Award Winner:

Rina Miyawaki (Meiji University)
18p

2)Comments from the Best Poster Award Winner:

Masayuki Omura Teikyo University / Merck & Co)
19p

5.My Journey in Research

1)Takahiro Kiuchi (Department of Health Communication, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo)
20p

2)Keiko Abe (Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kinjo Gakuin University)
26p

6.Minutes of the Board of Directors and the Representative Assembly

30p

7.Changes in the HCWO membership

39p

8.Colophon

40p