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Selected Bibliography (published in English)

Books

  1. Michinobu R: Lives in Transition: The Influence of Northern Thailand’s Economic and Cultural Change on Young Factory Women’s Sexual Behavior and HIV Risk. Center for Health Policy Studies, Mahidol University, Nakorn Pathom, 2005

Journal Articles

  1. Michinobu R, Yamamoto M, Igarashi K, Sakai Y, Akane Y, Yamamoto D, Takebayashi A, Mikami T, Tsutsumi H, Tsugawa T. Children’s cognition and attitudes during long-term cancer treatment: an ethnographic study. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2024;8:e002405. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002405
  2. Michinobu R, Igarashi K, Iesato K, Takebayashi A, Mikami T, Sakai Y, Hori T, Tsutsumi H, Yamamoto M. Long-lasting relationships among parents and their sense of solidarity in pediatric cancer treatment for their children: A longitudinal observational study on shared decision-making. Journal of Center for Medical Education, Sapporo Medical University, 2024, in press.
  3. Sato K, Michinobu R, Kusaba T. Perceptions of family medicine among long-term patients of a family medicine clinic in Japan: a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open. 2024 Jan 24;14(1):e079726. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079726. PMID: 38267246.
  4. Michinobu R, Yamamoto M, Sakai Y, Mikami T, Igarashi K, Iesato K, Takebayashi A, Hori T, Tsutsumi H, Tsugawa T. Parental Decision-Making in Cancer Therapy: A Long-Term Observational Study. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 Jan 20:99228221150606. doi: 10.1177/00099228221150606. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36680345.
  5. Michinobu R, Yamamoto M, Igarashi K, Iesato K, Takebayashi A, Sakai Y, Mikami T, Hori T, Tsutsumi H, Tsugawa T: Children’s behavior of making themselves strong and healthy: Toward creating a booklet that promotes children’s decision-making in pediatric oncology Pediatric Blood & Cancer 69(55):409, 2022a
  6. Michinobu R, Yamamoto M, Hori T, Mikami T, Igarashi K, Iesato K, Takebayashi A, Tsugawa T, Kawasaki Y, Tsutsumi H. Children’s decision making in cancer therapy: A long-term observational study. Pediatric International, 64(1):e14700 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ped.14700
  7. Michinobu R: A Prospective Policy Analysis of HIV/AIDS Policies and Measures in Japanese Multinational Corporations. Bulletin of School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, 6: 17-33, 2015
  8. Michinobu R: A Systematic Review of HIV/AIDS Workplace Policies in Asian Society. Bulletin of School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, 1-10, 2006
  9. Michinobu R: “HIV is irrelevant to our company”: Everyday practices and the logic of relationships in HIV/AIDS management by Japanese multinational corporations in northern Thailand. Social Science & Medicine, 68: 941–948, 2009.
  10. Michinobu R: Reproductive Health Management in Japanese Multinational Companies in Northern Thailand. The Japanese Journal of Health Behavioral Science, 23: 41-58, 2008
  11. Michinobu R: Reproductive Health Management in Oversea Enterprises in Thailand: Between Focused and Comprehensive Approaches. Bulletin of School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, 10: 41-47, 2008
  12. Michinobu R: Multiple Perceptions and Practices of HIV Prevention among Northern Thai Female Factory Workers: Implications for Alternative HIV Prevention. The Japanese Society for AIDS Research, 7 (3): 193-203, 2005
  13. Michinobu R: Configuring an Ideal Self through Maintaining a Family Network: Northern Thai Factory Women in an Industrializing Society. Southeast Asian Studies. 42(1): 26-45, 2004
  14. Michinobu R: Changing Cultural Context of Reproduction/Sexuality in Thailand: Effects of the State-organized Reproductive and Sexual Health Policies. Medical Science Report, Sapporo Medical University Foundation for Promotion of Medical Science, vol.12: 270-275, 2004
  15. Michinobu R: HIV Risk and Condom Promotion Campaigns aimed at Young Single Factory Women in Northern Thailand. The Japanese Journal of Health Behavioral Science. 18: 101-121, 2003
  16. Michinobu R: Framing Desire and Identity: A Search for Alternative Sexual Norms among Young Factory Women in Northern Thailand. Supercourse-Japan HIV/AIDS. pp.1-16, 2002.
  17. Michinobu R: Conceiving a New Sexual Morality: Factory Women’s Sexuality and HIV Risk in Northern Thailand. The Japanese Journal of Health Behavioral Science. 15: 145-163, 2000

International Conference Proceedings

  1. Michinobu R, Yamamoto M, Sakai Y, Igarashi K, Mikami T, Iesato K, Takebayashi A, Tsutsumi H, Tsugawa T. Cognitions and attitudes of children with cancer during long-term cancer treatment: Implications for shared decision making in pediatric oncology. The 54th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) in Barcelona, 2022, 9
  2. Michinobu R, Yamamoto M, Hori T, Tsutsumi H, Igarashi K, Iesato K, Takebayashi A, Kawasaki Y. A Shared Promise: Children’s participation in shared medical care decisions in a pediatric cancer ward in Japan. The 22nd World Congress of Psycho-Oncology & Psychosocial Academy in Kyoto. 2021, 5
  3. Michinobu R, Igarashi K, Iesato K, Takebayashi A, Mikami T, Sakai Y, Hori T, Tsutsumi H. Yamamoto M: Examining the long-lasting relationships among parents and their sense of solidarity in shared decision-making concerning pediatric cancer treatment for their children. 2021 Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Norfolk. 2021, 3
  4. Michinobu R, Hori T, Yamamoto M, Igarashi K, Iesato K, Takebayashi A, Tsutsumi H, Kawasaki Y. Camaraderie in Liminality: Intersectional Approach to Promoting Shared Decision-making in Children’s Oncology. The Society for Applied Anthropology 80th Annual Meeting in Albuquerque. 2020, 3 ( https://www.appliedanthro.org/annual-meeting/online-program/paper-abstracts).
  5. Hasegawa M, Aohda T, Michinobu R, Kijima T, Toriya M. Holistic Care for Patients with Risk of Delirium in Acute Care Hospitals in Japan. The 6th International Nursing Research Conference of World Academy of Nursing Science in Osaka, Japan. 2020 2.
  6. Michinobu R: Relational Sense of Self: Children’s Shared Decision-making in Cancer Wards. The Society for Applied Anthropology 79th Annual Meeting in Portland. 2019, 3.
  7. Michinobu R: The wellbeing of children and the community: Interactions between children and the natural environment on a remote Japanese island. 15th Congress of the International Society of Ethno­biology, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, 2016, 8, Proceedings in press.
  8. Michinobu R: Body, Health, and Medicine through the Eyes of School Children in Japan. The Society for Applied Anthropology 2014 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque. 2014, 3. Paper abstracts: 177, 2014
  9. Michinobu R: Sexual Health Risks among Factory Workers in Multinational Companies in Northern Thailand. The 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Atlanta. 2004, 12. Abstracts: 337, 2004
  10. Michinobu R: HIV Risk among Factory Women in Northern Thailand. The Society for Applied Anthropology 2000 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. 2000, 3. Proceedings: 141, 2003.
  11. Michinobu R: Declining Birth Rate and Emerging Sexual Health Problems among Factory Women in Northern Thailand. The XVth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences in Florence. 2002, 7. Abstract book, vol.1: 229, 2003.
  12. Michinobu R: Developing Sexual Health Education Programs for Young Factory Workers in Northern Thailand. The Society for Applied Anthropology 2003 Annual Meeting in Portland. 2003, 3. Paper abstracts: 114, 2003
  13. Michinobu R: Making Modernity Work: Ethnographic Approaches to Local Transformation. The Society for Applied Anthropology 2003 Annual Meeting in Portland. 2003, 3. Session abstracts: 53, 2003
  14. Michinobu R: Presenting an Ideal Self in HIV Prevention: Northern Thai Factory Women’s HIV Prevention Practices. Inter-Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences in Tokyo. 2002, 9. Program & Abstracts: 108, 2002
  15. Michinobu R: Framing Desire and Identity: A Search for Alternative Sexual Norms among Young Factory Women in Northern Thailand. 8th International Conference of Thai Studies in Nakhom Phanom. 2002, 1. Proceedings on the theme of cultural crisis: 38-58, 2002.
  16. Michinobu R:　Exploring the Cultural Context of HIV Risk: Taking Behaviors among Young, Single Factory Workers in Northern Thailand during Industrial Transition. 4th International Conference for Health Behavioral Science 2001 in Kobe. 2001, 7. Proceedings: 91-97, 2001.
  17. Michinobu R: Sexuality and the Risk of AIDS among Factory Women in Northern Thailand. 7th International Conference on Thai Studies in Amsterdam. 1999, 7. Book of Abstracts: 27-28, 1999
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