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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Awards/ Honors
Publications
The list of public health research
Timeline
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TOMOKO HATTORI

Kensington,California

Summary

Over 20 years of professional experience in health care, 14 years in global health. Master of Public Health (MPH) majoring in International Health (USA) Registered Nurse (RN) and Public Health Nurse (PHN) licensed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Japan Multilingual (Japanese, English, Spanish, Indonesian, and Bislama) Areas of specialization: Community Health, Maternal and Child Health (MCH), Health HR Development Key Skills: Project Management, Public Health Research, Strategic Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience
8
8
Certifications

Work History

Community Health Advisor, MCH Project (Indonesia)

JICA, Japan
03.2022 - 11.2024

Certified Nursing Assistant

Advanced Medical Personnel, CA, USA
07.2015 - 03.2020

Project officer (Vietnam, Congo DR, Angola, and South Pacific States)

NPO HANDS (Health and Development Services), Tokyo, Japan
11.2009 - 06.2015

Chief advisor, MCH Project (Indonesia)

JICA, Japan
10.2006 - 09.2009

MCH advisor (Aceh, Indonesia)

Save the Children, USA
10.2005 - 09.2006

Foreign Patients Customer Care at a clinic

SOS International (Indonesia)
06.2005 - 09.2005

Community Health Advisor, MCH Project (Indonesia)

JICA, Japan
01.2000 - 09.2003

MCH advisor, MCH and Family Planning Project (Mexico)

JICA, Japan
04.1996 - 04.1998

Volunteer in Rural Health Clinic as an RN (Solomon Islands)

JOCV/JICA, Japan
12.1993 - 12.1995

Public Health Nurse, Community Health Center

District Kita, Tokyo, Japan
04.1992 - 08.1993

Clinical Nurse (ER, CCU, Ward)

St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
04.1989 - 03.1992

Education

Master of Science -

Merritt College
Oakland, CA, USA
10.2025

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Management Services of Health (MSH)
Boston, USA
12.2000

Master of Public Health - undefined

Boston University
MA, USA
09.2000

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Hokkaido Prefectural School of Hygiene
Sapporo, Japan
03.1999

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Tokyo Metropolitan Ebara School of Nursing
Tokyo, Japan
03.1998

Skills

Project Management

Certification

2020 Acute Care Certified Nursing Assistant, USA – Qual Ed, CA, USA

Awards/ Honors

2025 Phi Theta Kappa

Publications

  • Hattori Tomoko, Muhammad Yusuf, Odira Elsa, Lekorere Merina, Osaki Keiko. “Use of the Global Template in a Knowledge Sharing Program to Strengthen the Implementation of MCH Handbook in Nine Countries.” Technical Brief no.46, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Jun. 2024. https://www.jica.go.jp/english/activities/issues/health/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/06/21/technical_brief_46_1.pdf
  • Hattori Tomoko, Toda Akemi, Yoko Masaki, Hasegawa Aya, Laila Mahmudah, Osaki Keiko. “INDONESIA: Support for caregivers using Little Baby Handbook together with MCH Handbook.” Technical Brief no.48, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Jun. 2025. https://www.jica.go.jp/english/activities/issues/health/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2025/06/25/technical_brief_48.pdf
  • Nindrea, Rivcan Dana, Hattori Tomoko, et al. “Little Baby Handbook: Introducing Care for Small Babies in the Indonesian Community.” Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, vol. 35, no. 8, Nov. 2023, pp. 592–93. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395231201936.
  • Osaki, Keiko, Hattori Tomoko, Seowarta Kosen, et al. “Factors Affecting the Utilisation of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Services in Indonesia: The Role of the Maternal and Child Health Handbook.” Public Health, vol. 129, no. 5, May 2015, pp. 582–86. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2015.01.001.
  • Osaki, K., Tomoko Hattori, Seowarta Kosen, et al. “Investment in Home-Based Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Records Improves Immunization Coverage in Indonesia.” Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 103, no. 8, Aug. 2009, pp. 846–48. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.03.011.
  • Osaki Keiko, Tomoko Hattori, Seowarta Kosen. “The Role of Home-Based Records in the Establishment of a Continuum of Care for Mothers, Newborns, and Children in Indonesia.” Global Health Action, vol. 6, no. 1, Dec. 2013, p. 20429. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.20429.
  • Osaki Keiko, Hattori Tomoko, Toda Akemi, et al. “Maternal and Child Health Handbook Use for Maternal and Child Care: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Study in Rural Java, Indonesia.” Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England), vol. 41, no. 1, Mar. 2019, pp. 170–82. PubMed, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx175.
  • Toda Akemi, Hattori Tomoko, Kawakita Tsunehiko, Osaki Keiko. “INDONESIA: Antenatal group learning and the role of the MCH handbook.” Technical Brief no. 17, Japan International Cooperation Agency, May 2017, http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/1000023953_07.pdf
  • -Japanese Publication-
  • Hattori Tomoko, “Achieving Health Equity - A Message to International Health NGOs.” Japan Society for International Health and Medicine. “Career Navigation for International Health and Medicine.” Nanzando, Dec. 2016. DOI.org (CSL JSON), https://doi.org/10.15104/9784525183011. (Japanese Publication)
  • Hattori Tomoko, Toda Akemi, Osaki Keiko. “Utilization of the Indonesian Maternal and Child Health Handbook: The Challenge of Strengthening the Quality of the Continuum of Care for Maternal and Child Health.” Health Science, vol. 65, 674-681, Oct. 2023. (Japanese Publication)
  • Hattori Tomoko, The Maternal and Child Health Handbook in Indonesia, Clinical Pediatrics, vol. 62(5), 849-861, 2009 (Japanese Publication)
  • Hattori Tomoko. Maternal and Child Health in Indonesia, Maternal and Child Health, vol.3, 2005 (Japanese Publication)
  • Hattori Tomoko. Primary Health Care and Community Participation, Maternal and Child Health, 1999 (Japanese Publication)
  • Osaki Keiko, Ueyama Mika, Hattori Tomoko, Kosen Seowarta, Sawada Yasuyuki. (2011). O-52 Maternal and Child Health handbook in Indonesia as a tool for continuum of care. Journal of International Health, 26(3), 190–191. (Japanese Publication)
  • Toda Akemi, Hattori Tomoko, Syafiq Ahmad, Fikawati Sandra, & Osaki Keiko. (2011). O-51 Efforts for safe delivery in Central Lombok district, West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. Journal of International Health, 26(3), 190–190. (Japanese Publication)
  • Wada Tomoyo, Aiko Hiroshi, Hattori Tomoko. “Series: From the Field Around the World—Health Promotion is Borderless, Part 13: Pilot Implementation for the Mexican Version of the Maternal and Child Health Handbook.” No. 8, Igaku-Shoin Ltd. pp. 700-703, 10 Aug. 2000. DOI.org (CSL JSON), https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1662902247. (Japanese Publication)
  • Satellite session “Investing in our future: supporting caregivers, children and adolescents through scheduled contacts to optimize health, development and wellbeing in the first two decades of life”, the 8th Global Conference of Health System Research, Nagasaki, Nov 2024
  • Poster Presentation, Impact of the Integrated Child Health Check-Up Program on Enhancing Caregivers' Knowledge of nurturing care, the 8th Global Conference of Health System Research, Nagasaki, Nov 2024
  • Poster Presentation, A Pilot Project of Little Baby Handbook in Indonesia Using Mixed Method Study, the 8th Global Conference of Health System Research, Nagasaki, Nov 2024
  • Oral Presentation, Implementation of Integrated Child Health Check-Up in Indonesia, Annual Conference 2024 Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association, Tokyo, Aug 2024
  • Oral Presentation, The Implementation Study of Little Baby Handbook in Indonesia Using Mixed Method: A Pilot Project, WHO South East Asia Region (SEARO) HSR 2024 Preconference, Jan 2024
  • Poster Presentation, A Situation Analysis of Care of Preterm or Low Birth Weight Infants in the Community in Indonesia -Preliminary Survey for the Introduction of the Little Baby Handbook, International Maternal Neonatal Health Conference (IMNHC), Oct 2023

The list of public health research

  • Evaluation study on the pilot Implementation of the Integrated Child Health Check-up in Indonesia, JICA, 2022-2024
  • Evaluation study on the pilot Implementation of the Little Baby Handbook in Indonesia, JICA, 2022-2024
  • Evaluation study on the pilot use of the MCH handbook
  • In Luanda, Angola, JICA, 2014
  • Impact study on introduction of “Supervision and Coaching” for community health nurses working in remote areas in Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, JICA, 2011-2013
  • Impact study on the use of the MCH handbook in West Java, Indonesia, JICA, 2006-2009
  • Needs assessment for the revision of the MCH handbook in Indonesia, JICA, 2003 and 2008
  • Evaluation study on the implementation of “Mothers’ class” in Indonesia, JICA 2006-2009
  • Needs assessment for implementation of “Mothers’ class” in Lombok, Indonesia, JICA 2006
  • Baseline assessment on the MCH program in Aceh, Indonesia, Save the Children, 2006
  • Baseline assessments for the Malaria Program
  • Situational analysis of customer services for Japanese patients, SOS International, 2005
  • Re-analysis of evaluation studies on the MCH handbook use in Central Java and East Java, JICA, 2003
  • Retrospective study for the improvement of the effectiveness of project implementation, MSH, 2000
  • Evaluation study on the pilot use of the MCH handbook in Veracruz, Mexico, JICA, 1997-1998
  • Situation analysis on physical & mental health among local government employees, Tokyo, 1995
  • Evaluation study on the application of cold compress for the prevention of hair loss during chemotherapy, St. Luke’s International Hospital, 1993

Timeline

Community Health Advisor, MCH Project (Indonesia)

JICA, Japan
03.2022 - 11.2024

Certified Nursing Assistant

Advanced Medical Personnel, CA, USA
07.2015 - 03.2020

Project officer (Vietnam, Congo DR, Angola, and South Pacific States)

NPO HANDS (Health and Development Services), Tokyo, Japan
11.2009 - 06.2015

Chief advisor, MCH Project (Indonesia)

JICA, Japan
10.2006 - 09.2009

MCH advisor (Aceh, Indonesia)

Save the Children, USA
10.2005 - 09.2006

Foreign Patients Customer Care at a clinic

SOS International (Indonesia)
06.2005 - 09.2005

Community Health Advisor, MCH Project (Indonesia)

JICA, Japan
01.2000 - 09.2003

MCH advisor, MCH and Family Planning Project (Mexico)

JICA, Japan
04.1996 - 04.1998

Volunteer in Rural Health Clinic as an RN (Solomon Islands)

JOCV/JICA, Japan
12.1993 - 12.1995

Public Health Nurse, Community Health Center

District Kita, Tokyo, Japan
04.1992 - 08.1993

Clinical Nurse (ER, CCU, Ward)

St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
04.1989 - 03.1992

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Management Services of Health (MSH)

Master of Public Health - undefined

Boston University

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Hokkaido Prefectural School of Hygiene

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Tokyo Metropolitan Ebara School of Nursing

Master of Science -

Merritt College
TOMOKO HATTORI