Publishing Date: A PR bulletin produced especially for the foreign residents of City 2020 No. 59 January 1 1

Published by: Multicultural Society Promotion Division, Regional Promotion Department, Shinjuku City Shinjuku City information can now be transmitted in Japanese, 1-4-1 Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 160-8484 Tel: 03-5273-3504 Fax: 03-5273-3590 English, Chinese and Korean! Website http://www.foreign.city.shinjuku.lg.jp/en/

Public Health Centers are facilities that protect This Is the Place for Health Consultations! the health of city residents. Specialized staff— including public health nurses, nutritionists and dental hygienists—are available for advice concerning the health of everyone from infants to the elderly. If you ever you have a health problem Shinjuku Public Health Centers or feel you need some help, please visit your local Do you have any of the following Public Health Center. questions, issues or problems? I feel irritable and quickly run out of energy these days. I want to stop smoking but can’t. Are there effective diets to help me I want to know where the lose weight? nearest clinic is. I don’t know which medical I want to learn more about department to go to. breast cancer. I think I may be pregnant. I’m tired of raising my children. When I think of going to school, I get headaches and feel nauseated. I can’t put my smartphone/ mobile phone down. I was told that I have high blood pressure; what should I be careful about? I want to receive medical treatment and nursing care I want to exercise regularly services at my home. for health reasons.

Shinjuku City has four Public Health Centers Please ask your local Public Health Center concerning the various types of health consultation services and their schedules (in Japanese). Consultation hours Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except for national holidays and during the year-end/New Year’s holidays)

Ochiai Public Health Center Tozai Subway Line Public Health Center Iidabashi Location: 4-6-7 Shimo-Ochiai, Shimo-OchiaiTakadanobaba Nishi- Waseda Location: 50 Benten-cho, Shinjuku-ku Waseda Shinjuku-ku Nakai Ushigome- Tel: 03-3260-6231 Kagurazaka Tel: 03-3952-7161 Toei Oedo Line Ushigome- Yanagicho Ichigaya Wakamatsu- Shin-Okubo Kawada Okubo Namboku Subway Line Higashi-ShinjukuFukutoshin Subway Line Seibu- Yotsuya Public Health Center Higashi-Shinjuku Public Health Center Shinjuku Shinjuku Yotsuya Nishiguchi Shinjuku Gyoenmae 3-chome Location: 10-16 Yotsuya-San-ei-cho, Location: 7-26-4 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Marunouchi Subway Line Nishi-Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku Tel: 03-3200-1026 Tochomae

N Tel: 03-3351-5161 Nishi-Shinjuku 5-chome

We Asked a Public malignant diseases and mental illnesses. Please say a word to potential users of Health Nurse these health consultation services. Do foreign residents use these services? Exercise, nutrition and rest are the basic keys for If so, what type of consultation services maintaining good health. At the Public Health Centers, Who uses health consultation services do they receive? we have specialists such as public health nurses, the most? Foreign residents often use services related to health nutritionists and dental hygienists. Various health services Many people visit Public Health Centers to have their programs for mother-and-child health, such as the health are available to help people in the community maintain a infants and toddlers receive health checkups and for checkups for infants and toddlers, as well as mother’s/ healthy lifestyle. Please take care of your family’s health by related health consultation services. They also receive parents’ classes. If communication is a problem, the Public having your children undergo health checkups and receive health consultation services concerning lifestyle illnesses Health Center staff can