Selected Publications and Presentations
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2025
- Competencies Required for Hospital-Based Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses to Provide Pressure Injury Care in Home Care in Japan: A Mixed-Methods Study
Tomoe Yokono, Junko Sugama, Aya Saitoh, Hansani Madushika Abeywickrama, Hiromi Sanada
Journal of Advanced Nursing, November 24, 2025 - A Pilot Study on the Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing for Nursing Students
The 28th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS 2025), February 13-14, 2025 - Behavioral Changes Following Active Learning Incorporating Health Communication among Children and Students: A Scoping Review
The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Yogo Teacher Education, 2025 - A Survey of Fathers Who Took Childcare Leave: Understanding the Current Situation and Its Characteristics
The 45th Annual Meeting of the Japan Academy of Nursing Science, 2025 - Activities One Year after Completion of the Certified Nurse Program in Infection Control (Program B) Incorporating Training for Specified Medical Acts
The 45th Annual Meeting of the Japan Academy of Nursing Science, 2025 - A Survey of the Timing of Preoperative Orientation by Ward Nurses, Patient Anxiety, and the Occurrence of Postoperative Delirium among Older Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
The 17th Annual Meeting of the Niigata Nursing Care Research Society, 2025 - Educational Effects of the Certified Nurse Program in Infection Control (Program B) Incorporating Training for Specified Medical Acts: A Comparison of Competency Acquisition between Admission and Completion
The 17th Annual Meeting of the Niigata Nursing Care Research Society, 2025
2024
- Saitoh, Aya, and Yugo Shobugawa. 2024. “Parental vaccine hesitancy toward routine childhood immunizations and COVID-19 vaccines in Japan: A cross-sectional study.” BMC Public Health 24, 3303. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20845-7
- Saitoh, Aya, Hiromi Oku, Tomohiro Katsuta, Hajime Kamiya, Yoichi Ishikawa, Mayumi Takaku, and Akihiko Saitoh. 2024. “Vaccination Education Deficits and Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Students in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study.” Vaccines 12, no. 12: 1310. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12121310
- Saitoh, Aya, et al. “Perspectives of Nursing Students on Hybrid Simulation-Based Learning Clinical Experience: A Text-Mining Analysis.” Nursing Reports 14.2 (2024): 988-999.
- Yamada, Mai, Tomoko Sumiyoshi, Nao Seki, Aya Saitoh, and Makiko Tsubokawa. 2024. “Reliability and Validity of the Japanese Version of the Pediatric Epilepsy Medication Self-management Questionnaire (PEMSQ) Caregiver Version.” Japanese Journal of Hygiene 79: 24004.
- The Priority Shelter for Pregnant Women and Mothers with Babies During Disasters
Yukari Igarashi, Hiromi Oku, Miyuki Oka, Toshiko Yoshida, Aya Saitoh
The 27th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS 2024), March 6-7, 2024 - Current Status of Vaccination Education and Vaccine Hesitancy among Healthcare Students in Japan
Aya Saitoh, Hiromi Oku, Tomohiro Katsuta, Hajime Kamiya, Yoichi Ishikawa, Mayumi Takaku, Akihiko Saitoh
The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Public Health, October 30, 2024 - Educational Outcomes of the Certified Nurse Program in Infection Control (Program B) Incorporating Training for Specified Medical Acts
Mio Tanaka, Tomoe Yokono, Aya Saitoh, Taichi Narita, Mieko Uchiyama
The 16th Annual Meeting of the Niigata Nursing Care Research Society, October 26, 2024 - Current Status and Challenges of Yogo Teachers in Areas with Scattered Populations of Foreign Children
Miki Hondo, Aya Saitoh
The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Yogo Teacher Education, December 7, 2024 - A Literature Review of Loneliness and Related Factors among Parents with Preschool Children
Mayumi Takaku, Aya Saitoh
The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Academy of Nursing Science, December 8, 2024 - A Survey on the Educational Effects of the Certified Nurse Program in Infection Control (Program B) Incorporating Training for Specified Medical Acts
Tomoe Yokono, Aya Saitoh, Mio Tanaka, Taichi Narita, Mieko Uchiyama
The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Academy of Nursing Science, December 8, 2024
2023
- Saitoh, Aya, et al. “A Comparative Study of Face-to-Face and Online Interprofessional Education Models for Nursing Students in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Survey.” Education Sciences 13.9 (2023): 937.
- Hansani Madushika Abeywickrama, Mieko Uchiyama, Momoe Sakagami, Aya Saitoh, Tomoe Yokono, and Yu Koyama. “Post-Migration Changes in Dietary Patterns and Physical Activity among Adult Foreign Residents in Niigata Prefecture, Japan: A Mixed-Methods Study.” Nutrients 15.16 (2023): 3639.
- Saitoh, Aya, et al. “Literature Review on Shelters Specialized for Pregnant Women and Mothers with Children: Understanding the Needs of Disaster Victims and Challenges for Support Providers.” Journal of Japan Society of Disaster Nursing 24.3 (2023): 7-21.
- Baseline Survey on Evacuation of Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Mothers with Children for the Establishment of a Priority Shelter
Yukari Igarashi, Hiromi Oku, Aya Saitoh, Toshiko Yoshida, Miyuki Oka
Journal of Japan Society of Disaster Nursing 25(1): 156-156, August 2023 - A Literature Review on the Current Status of Mental Health Literacy Education by Junior High School Yogo Teachers
Michika Uruma, Aya Saitoh
The 31st Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Yogo Teacher Education, December 10, 2023 - Changes in Intention to Receive the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine: Factors Related to Vaccination Behavior among Nursing Students
Manami Funayama, Aya Saitoh
The 15th Annual Meeting of the Niigata Nursing Care Research Society, October 7, 2023 - Baseline Survey on Evacuation of Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Mothers with Children for the Establishment of a Priority Shelter
Yukari Igarashi, Hiromi Oku, Toshiko Yoshida, Aya Saitoh, Miyuki Oka
The 25th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Disaster Nursing, September 2, 2023
2022
- Saitoh, Aya, Mayumi Takaku, and Akihiko Saitoh. “High rates of vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Japan.” Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 18.5 (2022): 2064686.
- Saitoh, Aya, et al. “Pilot Study of Evaluating Attitudes toward Childhood Immunization among Healthcare Workers in Japan.” Vaccines 10.7 (2022): 1055.
- Saitoh, Aya, et al. “Evaluation of the first Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program as a second career in Japan.” Nurse Education Today 111 (2022): 105275.
- Do Thi Thuy Nga, Phung Thi Bich Thuy, Akira Ainai, Ikuyo Takayama, Do Thu Huong, Aya Saitoh, Satoshi Nakagawa, Tran Minh Dien, Noriko Nakajima, and Akihiko Saitoh. “Association Between Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Cycle Threshold Value and Clinical Severity in Neonates and Infants Infected With Bordetella pertussis.” The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 41.5 (2022): 388-393.
- A Survey of Continuous Primary Nursing in Advance Care Planning Practice for Patients with Recurrent Gynecologic Cancer Who Experience Repeated Hospitalization and Discharge
Haruna Hisaka, Karin Ogawa, Aya Saitoh
The 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Cancer Nursing (Web), 2022