22nd Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Ageing Communities (DIHAC) Study Cross-cultural Exchange Meeting

Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Ageing Communities (DIHAC) is a cross-cultural study primarily based on Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore and Thailand, and further expanded to India. DIHAC is expected to expand to several countries through collaboration and network. We organize bi-monthly cross-cultural meetings in order to make trans-disciplinary learning opportunity for researchers, professionals and students. Participants are multi-disciplinary researchers, global health researchers, epidemiologists, sociologists, economists, medical doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, NGOs, NPOs, and PhD students from Japan, ROK, Singapore, Thailand, Kenya, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, South Africa, Ukraine, the Netherlands, U.S.A and the UK.

The potential of the older population constitutes a powerful basis for the sustainable development of the country. Such potential can be achieved through addressing the health, rights, and well-being of older adults [Aung et al.,2019] In this 22nd Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Ageing Communities (DIHAC) Study Cross-cultural Exchange Meeting, we will explore the digitally inclusive cross-cultural approaches to workability and accessibility of assistive/ welfare technology for older adults in Japan and Thailand, the two fast ageing countries in Asia and the Pacific region.

Chairperson of the 22nd DIHAC meeting is Professor Malcolm Field, Ph.D., Professor, Kyorin University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Japan and Waseda University, Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Japan. Professor Field has chaired and presented at several DIHAC meetings and is one of the investigators and advisers for the DIHAC study. 

It is a great pleasure to announce the upcoming 22nd DIHAC meeting which will exchange evidence, initiatives and experiences from Japan and Thailand cross-culturally. We want to share this learning opportunity with our friends, colleagues, experts, scholars and researchers around the world.  We would like you to join us for an informative and engaging discussion.

Date and Time:

25th April 2024

18:30 to 19:50 JST (Tokyo, Seoul)

16:30 to 17:50 Bangkok 

in Zoom, by invitation or by registration

Meeting Access to register

(Please register by 24th April 2024 if you are interested! limited seats)

Program
Socializing (5 minutes) PI Associate Professor Myo Nyein Aung, Juntendo University, Department of Global Health Research, DIHAC study team and international participants

(5-10 min)

Presentation 1: Japan

Speaker:  Takeo Ogawa, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University and Yamaguchi University, Japan

Title – Promoting human rights of older persons of public accessibility of assistive/welfare technology in Japan

(20 minutes) 

Discussion 10 minutes

Presentation 2: Thailand

Speaker: Dr. Kongkiat Kespechara, M.D., Secretary-General of Sodsri-saridwongsa Foundation.

Title – Prototype of fit to work for Local Administrative Organization to seek  for the older adults’ job opportunity at the local level

(20 minutes)

Discussion and conclusion (15 minutes)

Chairperson: Malcolm Field, Ph.D., Professor, Kyorin University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Japan and Waseda University, Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Japan