CENTRE ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
| Researcher : Chan CHY |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.H.Y., An introduction to infertility counseling, Invited lecture by the Hong Kong Society for Reproductive Medicine, December 16, 2009, Hong Kong. 2009. |
| Chan C.H.Y., Dealing with clients with reproductive loss, Symposium on Supporting Bereaved Parents and Families with Perinatal Loss, Hospital Authority, October 15, 2009, Hong Kong. 2009. |
| Chan C.H.Y., Efficacy of spirituality-oriented group intervention for Chinese women undergoing in vitro fertilization: A prospective randomized controlled trial, 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development: The Agenda, June 10-14. 2010, Hong Kong. . 2010. |
| Chan C.H.Y., Good death? Dignified death!, CancerLink, October 31, 2009, Hong Kong. 2009. |
| Chan C.H.Y., Helping people facing terminally illness, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hospital Authority, May 28, 2010, Hong Kong. 2010. |
| Chan C.H.Y., Helping people facing terminally illness, Red Cross, June 12, 2010, Hong Kong. 2010. |
| Chan C.H.Y., When life and death crossover: Grieving reproductive loss, Hong Kong Social Workers Association, February, 2, 2010, Hong Kong. 2010. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 他和她的難題, 明報周刊, 2010, 2153: 79. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 屢敗屢戰, 明報周刊, 2010, 2154: 79. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 三個媽兩個爸, 明報周刊, 2010, 2155: 103. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 例行性事, 明報周刊, 2010, 2156: 95. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 試管嬰兒, 明報周刊, 2010, 2157: 95. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 多胞胎爭議, 明報周刊, 2010, 2158: 87. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 代孕媽媽, 明報周刊, 2010, 2159: 87. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 優生男女？, 明報周刊, 2010, 2167: 79. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 啞忍之苦, 明報周刊, 2010, 2161: 87. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 不孕輔導, 明報周刊, 2010, 2162: 87. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 孩子福祉, 明報周刊, 2010, 2163: 79. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 無形的失落, 明報周刊, 2010, 2164: 119. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 生育自由行, 明報周刊, 2010, 2165: 97. |
| Chan C.H.Y., 不孕是…, 明報周刊, 2010, 2166: 79. |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Tin A.F., Chow A.Y.M., Leung K.T., Leung P.P.Y. and Ng S.M., 2010 Communication Awards, In: www.enable.hk, International Award for Creative Output to the Project ENABLE Website. 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W. and Chan C.H.Y., East meets west in clinical practice: The foundations of Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Therapy, Symposium and Workshop on Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Therapy, July 10, 2009, Hong Kong. 2009. |
| Chan C.L.W. and Chan C.H.Y., Stress management beyond medication, Hong Kong Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors – East Meets West: Meet the Experts Symposium, March 20, 2010, Hong Kong. 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Tin A.F. and Chan W.C.H., 生命喝采：善終、善別及善生的自助旅程, Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Tin A.F. and Chan W.C.H., 為生命喝采：善終、善別及善生的自助旅程, Hong Kong, Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2010, 176. |
| Chan W.C.H., Tin A.F., Chan C.H.Y., Chan C.L.W. and Tang A.C.W., Introducing the 8A model in death education training: Promoting planning for end-of-life care for Hong Kong Chinese, Illness, Crisis and Loss. 2010, 18(1): 49-62. |
| Researcher : Chan CLW |
| Project Title: | Therapeutic group for women with infertility |
| Investigator(s): | Chan CLW, Chan Y, Ng EHY, Ho PC |
| Department: | Soc Work & Social Administration |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Other Funding Scheme |
| Start Date: | 06/1999 |
| Abstract: |
| To explore the psychosocial needs of infertile women; to develop a practice model for helping infertile women. |
| Project Title: | A meaning-oriented group-based preventive intervention study on the psychological impact of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): morbidity versus grow |
| Investigator(s): | Chan CLW, Chen RYL, Chan SSC, Lee AM |
| Department: | Soc Work & Social Administration |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Other Funding Scheme |
| Start Date: | 06/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To test usefulness of a cognitive behavioral and meaning-oriented preventive intervention programme to reduce psychological morbidity and promote post-SARS growth among chronic patients in Hong Kong. |
| Project Title: | The Impact of Family Strength and Filial Obligations on Bereavement Resilience amongst Chinese and Caucasian Older Adults Facing Conjugal Loss: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Study |
| Investigator(s): | Chan CLW, Ho AHY |
| Department: | Soc Work & Social Administration |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 06/2008 |
| Completion Date: | 05/2010 |
| Abstract: |
| Amongst the numerous mental stressors individuals will experience in the course of their lives, the death of a spouse - although being a natural and expected part of the aging process - had repeatedly been ranked as the most devastating and stressful life event (1). According to most Western literature in death-related research, an estimated 10-20% of individuals will experience chronic grief for years beyond the loss (2). The detrimental impact of prolonged and complicated grief are not limited to physical and psychological sufferance, but also elevated risks for suicide and mortality, posing much public health concerns (3). Despite the grim outcomes of chronic grief, there are clear differences in the length and severity of grief reactions amongst bereaved individuals. Apart from chronic grief marked by prolonged depression, as well as common grief marked by an initial increase in depression that would gradually decrease over time, Bonnanno and Kaltman (2) reported that about 45%-55% of bereaved individuals actually experienced only minimal levels of pre-and-post loss depression with high levels of coping efficacy leading to relatively stable emotional states and unaffected functional status. These individuals depict the presence of a resilient grief reaction. Bereavement literature provides numerous hypotheses about the possible antecedents of the various patterns of grief reactions. Bonanno et al. (4) integrated reviews of past literatures, identified, and thereafter confirmed four fundamental components of successful coping and bereavement resilience among a sample of 205 elders facing conjugal loss. These four components include: (a) Coping Resources, inclusive of self-efficacy of coping, perceived social support and instrumental support; (b) Meaning of Loss, including a worldview that is more accepting of death with lower levels of death anxiety; (c) Context of Loss, whereby the intensive spousal caregiving was not required; and (d) Qualities of Marital Relationships, such as good reported martial relationship and low level of dependency. The findings reported by Bonanno et al. (4) provided a framework for better understanding important Personal and Situational factors that may influence the coping efficacy and grieving experiences of a surviving spouse. However, familial factors, which play a crucial role in the preservation of individual well-being in the face of adversity (5), have yet been thoroughly investigated. According to the Family System Theory (6), the individual is part of a larger system made of interdependent individuals who constitute a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Therefore, an individuals’ ability to cope with adversity and loss is heavily dependent on his/her family functioning (5). In other words, individual resilience is contingent upon family resilience or the ability of the family to respond to, and eventually adapt to, the situations and crises encountered over the family life cycle (7). Within the Family Resiliency framework (7, 8), resilience is viewed as involving two distinguishable but related family processes: (a) Adjustment, which involves the influence of protective factors in facilitating the family's ability and efforts to maintain its integrity, functioning, and fulfill developmental tasks in the face of risk factors, and (b) Adaptation, which involves the function of recovery factors in promoting the family's ability to recover and adapt in family crisis situations. McCubbin et al. (8) integrated reviews of past literature, and amongst others, and identified 3 dominating resiliency factors of family strength for individuals and families to cope with crisis situations; they included Family Adaptation, Family Coping, and Communication. Given the pivotal role that the family plays in the preservation of individual well-being with interpersonal loss, there is an imperative need to thoroughly examine familial factors as another major component of coping efficacy to conjugal loss and bereavement resilience. Family has always been the driving force for the Asian Chinese population. In particular, the Chinese culture emphasizes the importance of interdependence and harmonious relationships within the family system as reflected by the highly praised traditional values of filial piety and family obligations (9, 10). These values and beliefs are still very evident in contemporary Chinese family structures. Thus, the role that the family plays in individuals’ grief reactions and experiences may be even more prominent for Asian Chinese. However, little concrete information is known about the bereavement process of this specific ethnic group as the majority of past bereavement research have focused strictly on the Western Caucasian population (11), ultimately making cross-cultural comparisons an impossibility. All of the aforesaid coupled with the growing consensus that traditional models of coping with loss and existing clinical interventions for bereavement are inadequate given our lack of understanding with regards to different patterns of grief reaction (12), pinpoints the need to establish a sound empirical foundation for a new conceptualization of grief and bereavement. More importantly, there is an imperative need to identify specific factors that facilitate bereavement resilience amongst people of different ethical backgrounds as such understanding would facilitate the development of more effective and culturally relevant treatment interventions for palliative care services. This proposed study is the first attempt to identify and compare the possible familial factors that facilitate coping efficacy to grief between the Western Caucasian population and the often underrepresented Asian Chinese population. Objectives (1) To compare the different mechanism that constitute bereavement resilience and related grief reactions among two samples of elderly populations of different ethnicity, including one sample of Caucasian elderly from Canada and one sample of Asian Chinese elderly from Hong Kong, so as to construct a culturally sensitive model for understanding the grieving process. (2) To identify and compare familial factors that facilitate coping efficacy to grief and bereavement resilience amongst the Chinese and Caucasian elderly population including family cohesion, adaptability, communication and filial obligations. |
| Project Title: | When there is no Meaning: A Meaning-Oriented Approach for Understanding and Helping Bereaved Victims of the Sichuan 512 Earthquake |
| Investigator(s): | Chan CLW, Leung PPY, Ho AHY |
| Department: | Soc Work & Social Administration |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Small Project Funding |
| Start Date: | 12/2008 |
| Abstract: |
| Although earthquakes are among the most common and devastating natural disasters, relatively little research has been conducted on the mental health consequences of survivors in developing nations, especially on the more vulnerable groups of victims who have lost a close family member. A recent review of 36 studies that looked at the aftermath of disasters in developing nations, Norris (1) reported that natural disasters tend to be more devastating when they occur in the developing worlds, producing severe consequences on the mental health status of the general public. Particularly, factors such as lower levels of socioeconomic status and social support, and higher levels of social embeddedness – economic life is embedded in social relations in traditional societies – were all significantly related to poorer mental health outcomes. The two most frequently reported psychological morbidities among survivors of natural disaster are posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression (2, 3). However, for victims of developing countries who have limited or no access to psychological support, especially those who lost a loved one and suffer from the feelings of grief and survivor guilt, the impact of disaster on their mental well-being may be much more intense and overwhelming. The looming outcomes of prolong and unresolved grief are the elevated risks for suicide and mortality (4). On the afternoon of May 12, 2008, an earthquake that measured 7.9 on the Richter scale hit the developing province of Sichuan in Mainland China. According to state official statistics, this devastating act of nature had caused a death toll of 69,181; 23,000 people reported missing, 373,606 injured, approximately 5 million left homeless, and more than 45 million people affected. During a recent site visit to Mianyang, one of the worst-hit cities which registered a death toll of 21,963, the research team had the opportunity to talk to a group of bereaved. The most common narrative derived from these interviews was, “It is meaningless”. The theme meaninglessness encompass an array of disheartening thoughts and emotions including multiple lost of life goals, hope, security, connectedness, sense of coherence and manageability in life, shattered world view, dismantled social network and interpersonal relationships. They could not make sense of their experiences, were caught in a state of confusion and trapped in a socio-emotional-existential vacuum; while some of them had even became incapacitated, lost the ability to articulate their loss and were frozen in a state of shock. Neimeyer (5) described in detailed about individuals’ innate need to find meaning when faced with the loss of their loved ones. The process of meaning reconstruction in bereavement support and counseling provides the platform for the bereaved person to make sense of their experience, to search for meaning of the trauma and especially on their losses, to find possible benefits and wisdoms from their pain, and to realign their priorities in order to reconstruct new goals and meaning in life. Berzoff (6) applied the psychodynamic theory on ego and object relations to further illuminate the important roles that narratives and meaning finding play in the transformation of self through grief. “Grief and bereavement can teach us lessons about living, and can offer us opportunities to make coherent what may have been incomprehensible before; grief can, under the best circumstances, change who we are, how we live and even the social conditions in which we live” (pp.126). The 512 earthquake had left behind countless bereaved victims devastated and lost in a search for meaning to enunciate their grief. In order to effectively address the needs of these victims living in the highly socially embedded context of Sichuan, a communal approach to healing is deemed more pertinent (1, 7). Moreover, in collectivistic China where personal and communal responsibility are based on reciprocity and the common good, it is of paramount importance for rebuilding communities and its people to be provided with the opportunity to express and recreate meaning while establishing a communal support structure (8). Such meaning-oriented foundation would pave the way for the development of both self-and-community efficacy, as well as the sense of dignified living after the ruin of established livelihood. However, a hasten introduction of such communal healing approach can be futile, if not dangerous without a thorough understanding of victim’s grieving experiences as well as their psychological states. Such effort is further complicated by the fact that the small clusters of mental health professionals in Sichuan and its neighborhood provinces, who are already facing great difficulties in serving the vast number of earthquake victims, have not received proper training and are ill-equipped to apply a communal or a meaning-oriented approach in their work. With all of the aforesaid, the current proposal entails an action-research project that applies a meaning-oriented approach for: 1) understanding the grieving experiences and psychological states of the bereaved victims of the Sichuan earthquake, and 2) helping the victims in point to make sense of their experiences and losses through narrations and meaning-reconstruction interviews. Concisely, 20 bereaved earthquake victims currently living in the resettlement site of DuJiangYan city will be recruited to participate in an in-dept qualitative interview comprising of 3 components: 1) a qualitative assessment of psychological functioning; 2) a narrative interview that facilitates meaning reconstruction to the experience of loss; and 3) an experiential exercise that capture metaphors on self conceptions - needs and aspirations - before and after the loss. The anticipated findings from this study will carry importance implications for developing a culturally-relevant Intervention Programme of Mass Trauma and Oral History Projects to be implemented on a communal level for helping much greater number of earthquake victims, while at the same time facilitating capacity building in Sichuan communities, and bolstering the entire disaster relief efforts. Objectives: 1) To understanding the grieving experiences and psychological states of the bereaved earthquake victims, 2) To help the bereaved victims in point to make sense of their losses through a meaning-oriented approach, 3) Apply results towards the development of a culturally-relevant Mass Trauma Intervention Programme that can be implemented on a communal level for helping greater number of Sichuan earthquake victims. |
| Project Title: | Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award 2008-2009 |
| Investigator(s): | Chan CLW |
| Department: | Soc Work & Social Administration |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award |
| Start Date: | 12/2009 |
| Abstract: |
| For recognizing, rewarding and encouraging exceptioal research achievements; and for strengthening the research culture of the University. |
| Project Title: | Living and Dying with Dignity: Development of an Empirical Model of Dignified Palliative End-of-Life Care from the Personal, Familial and Cultural Perspectives |
| Investigator(s): | Chan CLW, Ho AHY, Leung PPY |
| Department: | Soc Work & Social Administration |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 12/2009 |
| Abstract: |
| 1) To critically examine the concept of “living and dying with dignity” amongst Chinese patients with terminal cancer their family members; 2) To identify factors those enhance holistic palliative care provisions for improving the quality of care that preserves dignity amongst Chinese patients with terminal cancer and their families; and 3) Through the process of theory-building develop a culturally-specific model of dignity for the advancement of palliative care practices and theories for the Chinese population. |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W. and Chan C.H.Y., East meets west in clinical practice: The foundations of Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Therapy, Symposium and Workshop on Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Therapy, July 10, 2009, Hong Kong. 2009. |
| Chan C.L.W., Exercise for health – body mind intervention for colorectal cancer patients, Colorectal Symposium (2010) – Multidisciplinary management for colorectal cancer. 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., GET SET & GO in Bereavement, In: Keys, Sandra, Where Would You Like Your Dishwasher? My Story of Life, Love and Loss. Hong Kong, Haven Books, 2010, 226-242. |
| Chan C.L.W., Wang X., Shi Z.B., Fan F.M. and Chow A.Y.M., Grief therapy and transformation in post-quake areas. , 11th Beijing / Hong Kong Medical Exchange. 2009. |
| Chan C.L.W., Leung P.P.Y., Ng O.K.P., Wong P.Y. and Leung K.T., Integrative Eastern Body-mind-spirit healing - arts and science of acceptance and transformation of pain and suffering, Convergence and Collisions: Disease, Religion and Healing in Asia, Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 25-25 March, 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Wang X., Shi Z.B., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Chow A.Y.M., Wong P.Y., Lo P.H.Y. and Ng O.K.P., Local Professionals in Quake-hit Regions of Sichuan Province, China: Would They Still Be the Hope of Tomorrow if Their Psychological Well-being were Impaired? , International Conference on “Disaster Management and Social Work: Policy, Practice, and Research. 2009. |
| Chan C.L.W., Stress management beyond medication, Hong Kong Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors - East Meets West: Meet the Experts Symposium, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 20 March, 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W. and Chan C.H.Y., Stress management beyond medication, Hong Kong Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors – East Meets West: Meet the Experts Symposium, March 20, 2010, Hong Kong. 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., The Deadly Energy - Overcoming Death Denial and Anxieties in Chinese Societies., International Workshop on Death: Philosophy, Therapy, Medicine. Centre for the Humanities and Medicine. 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W. and Ho A.H.Y., The deadly energy: overcoming death denial and anxieties in Chinese societies., Symposium on Death: Philosophy, Therapy, Medicine. Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.. 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Wong P.Y., Ng O.K.P. and Chan T.H., 精神復康支援 - 照顧者身心靈健康概念與實務方針, 社區精神康復服務：新機遇. Richmond Fellowship of Hong Kong, 2009, 11-18. |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Tin A.F. and Chan W.C.H., 生命喝采：善終、善別及善生的自助旅程, Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Tin A.F. and Chan W.C.H., 為生命喝采：善終、善別及善生的自助旅程, Hong Kong, Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2010, 176. |
| Chan S.S.M., Chiu H.F.K., Chen E.Y.H., Chan W.S.C., Wong P.W.C., Chan C.L.W., Law Y.W. and Yip P.S.F., Population-attributable risk of suicide conferred by axis I psychiatric diagnoses in a Hong Kong Chinese population, Psychiatric Services. 2009, 60: 1135-1138. |
| Chan W.C.H., Epstein I., Reese D. and Chan C.L.W., Family predictors of psychosocial outcomes among Hong Kong Chinese cancer patients in palliative care: living and dying with the “support paradox”, In: Gary Rosenberg,, Social Work in Health Care. Routledge, 2009, 48: 519-532. |
| Chan W.C.H., Tin A.F., Chan C.H.Y., Chan C.L.W. and Tang A.C.W., Introducing the 8A model in death education training: Promoting planning for end-of-life care for Hong Kong Chinese, Illness, Crisis and Loss. 2010, 18(1): 49-62. |
| Chow A.Y.M., Tin A.F., Cheung G.Y.K., Chan C.L.W. and Chan W.C.H., From anxiety to appreciation: Journey in cultivating competence of social workers in working with dying and bereaved persons., The 11th Joint Social Work Education Conference with the 3rd UK Social Work Research Conference, 8-10 July.. 2009. |
| Ho A.H.Y. and Chan C.L.W., Dignity at the End-of-Life : From Palliative to Long-term Care, 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development: The Agenda. Hong Kong. . 2010. |
| Ho A.H.Y. and Chan C.L.W., Liberating Persons at the End-of-life and Bereaved Families from the Oppression of Death and Loss, International Conference on Promoting Chronic Care, The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation. . 2010. |
| Ho A.H.Y., Chan C.L.W., Chow A.Y.M., Pon A.K.L. and Ng S.M., Psychometric Properties Of The Chinese Version (c-dap-r) Of The Death Attitude Profile-revised, In: Neil Thompson, Illness, Crisis & Loss. Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 2010, 18(2): 95-110. |
| Ho A.H.Y. and Chan C.L.W., Psychosocial Impact of Disaster: Experience from the Sichuan 512 Earthquake. , Symposium on psychosocial impact and pain management in Musculoskeletal Problems, Chinese University of Hong Kong. . 2009. |
| Ho T.H., Potash J.S., Fu W., Wong K.P.L. and Chan C.L.W., Changes in Breast Cancer Patients after Psychosocial Intervention as Indicated in Drawings, Psycho-oncology. 2010, 19: 353-360. |
| Hsiao F...H..., Yang T...T..., Ho T.H., Jow G...M..., Ng S.M. and Chan C.L.W., The Self-perceived symptoms distress and health-related conditions associated with morning to evening diurnal cortisol patterns in outpatients with major depressive disorder, Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009, 35: 1275-1286. |
| Khng N.W.J., Chow A.Y.M. and Chan C.L.W., Sense of indebtedness to parents among Singaporean childhood cancer survivors: A protective factor?, 2010 World Congress of Social Work and Social Development – The Agenda. IFSW, IASSW, ICSW Joint World Congress, Hong Kong. 2010. |
| Lai J...C...L..., Chong A...M...L..., Oswarld S...O...T...S..., Chan C.L.W. and Ho T.H., Humor Attenuates the Cortisol Awakening Response in Healthy Older Men, Biological Psychology. 2010, 84: 375-380. |
| Lee A.M., Ho J.W.C. and Chan C.L.W., Efficacy of psychosocial intervention in improving quality of life and psychological well-being of Chinese patients with colorectal cancer: A randomised controlled trial, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2010, 16 (3): 20-24. |
| Lo P.H.Y., Chan C.L.W., Ho T.H. and Leung P.P.Y., A 3-year randomized controlled trial on the impact of brief psychosocial interventions on breast cancer survivorship, Society for Social Work and Research Conference 2010 Social Work Research: A World of Possibilities. San Francisco USA, 2010. |
| Lo P.H.Y., Chan J.S.M., Ho T.H., Cheung K.M., Lee A.M. and Chan C.L.W., Antecedents of prolonged anxiety and depression among breast and colorectal cancer survivors in Hong Kong: Implications for survivorship needs, International Conference on Promoting Chronic Care. Hong Kong, 2010. |
| Lo P.H.Y., Lee G.L. and Chan C.L.W., Effectiveness of school-based intervention programme: A longitudinal study on the development or orphaned children, The 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development. 10-14 June, 2010. Hong Kong. 2010. |
| Mao W.J., Yuan Y., Ran M.S., Kong D., Zhang T., Lou W., Wang X., Ho A.H.Y. and Chan C.L.W., Analysis of the mental health status of the victims after earthquake in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Medical Journal. 2009, 30(6): 970-972. |
| Ng S.M. and Chan C.L.W., Special issue on working with Chinese people in face of losses, Illness, Crisis and Loss. London, Baywood Publishing, 2010, 18(2): 93-182. |
| Wang C. and Chan C.L.W., Psychosocial adaptation status and health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults with visual disorders, Quality of Life Research. 2009, 18(7): 841-851. |
| Wang X., Shi Z.B., Ng S.M. and Chan C.L.W., Bereaved Government Officials in Quake-hit Areas: Resilience, The Association for Death Education and Counselling’s 32nd Annual Conference (ADEC). 2010. |
| Wang X., Shi Z.B., Ng S.M. and Chan C.L.W., Psychological Well-being of Grass-roots Cadres in the face of Bereavements and Meaningful but Challenging Post-quake Restoration Work in Sichuan China: Worsened or Sustained?, 31st Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM). 2010. |
| Wang X., Shi Z.B., Ng S.M. and Chan C.L.W., Psychological well-being of grass-roots cadres in the face of bereavements and meaningful but challenging postquake restoration work in Sichuan, China: Worsened or sustained?, Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2010, 39: s146. |
| Wang X., Shi Z.B., Ng S.M., Wang B. and Chan C.L.W., Sustaining engagement through work in postdisaster relief and reconstruction, Qualitative Health Research. 2010, Accepted, in press. |
| Woo M.H.I. and Chan C.L.W., Management of survival guilt by a Chinese widower through the use of continuing bonds, Mortality. 2010, 15(1): 38-46. |
| Zhu Z.H., Zong Y., Wang X.G., Tang S., Zhang T.M., Chen J., Yin H.L., Lam S.P.W., Chan C.L.W. and Kao H.S.R., Calligraphy treatment of PTSD children in 2008 China earthquakes, 31st Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Seattle Washington USA, Society for Behavioral Medicine, 2010. |
| Zong Y., Zhu Z.H., Wang X.G., Tang S., Zhang T.M., Yin H.L., Chen J., Lam S.P.W., Chan C.L.W. and Kao H.S.R., Special culture model of calligraphy therapy: A study on the PTSD interventions of primary school students after the 5.12 Sichuan earthquakes, Symposium on Calligraphy & Therapy. Taipei Taiwan, 2009. |
| Researcher : Chan JSM |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Lo P.H.Y., Chan J.S.M., Ho T.H., Cheung K.M., Lee A.M. and Chan C.L.W., Antecedents of prolonged anxiety and depression among breast and colorectal cancer survivors in Hong Kong: Implications for survivorship needs, International Conference on Promoting Chronic Care. Hong Kong, 2010. |
| Researcher : Chan TH |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W., Wong P.Y., Ng O.K.P. and Chan T.H., 精神復康支援 - 照顧者身心靈健康概念與實務方針, 社區精神康復服務：新機遇. Richmond Fellowship of Hong Kong, 2009, 11-18. |
| Researcher : Chan WCH |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Tin A.F. and Chan W.C.H., 生命喝采：善終、善別及善生的自助旅程, Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Tin A.F. and Chan W.C.H., 為生命喝采：善終、善別及善生的自助旅程, Hong Kong, Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2010, 176. |
| Chan W.C.H., Epstein I., Reese D. and Chan C.L.W., Family predictors of psychosocial outcomes among Hong Kong Chinese cancer patients in palliative care: living and dying with the “support paradox”, In: Gary Rosenberg,, Social Work in Health Care. Routledge, 2009, 48: 519-532. |
| Chan W.C.H., Tin A.F., Chan C.H.Y., Chan C.L.W. and Tang A.C.W., Introducing the 8A model in death education training: Promoting planning for end-of-life care for Hong Kong Chinese, Illness, Crisis and Loss. 2010, 18(1): 49-62. |
| Chow A.Y.M., Tin A.F., Cheung G.Y.K., Chan C.L.W. and Chan W.C.H., From anxiety to appreciation: Journey in cultivating competence of social workers in working with dying and bereaved persons., The 11th Joint Social Work Education Conference with the 3rd UK Social Work Research Conference, 8-10 July.. 2009. |
| Tin A.F. and Chan W.C.H., When helping professionals become helpless: Development of "Self Competence" in working with death, dying and bereavement, Palliative Care Symposium. 2009. |
| Researcher : Cheung KM |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Ho T.H., Cheung K.M. and Lo P.H.Y., Regaining Control of Emotional Expression: Dance Movement Therapy for Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors [Abstract of the American Dance Therapy Association 44th Annual Conference, Portland, OR, US. 8-10 Oct, 2009], American Journal of Dance Therapy. 2009, 32 (1): 36-37. |
| Lo P.H.Y., Chan J.S.M., Ho T.H., Cheung K.M., Lee A.M. and Chan C.L.W., Antecedents of prolonged anxiety and depression among breast and colorectal cancer survivors in Hong Kong: Implications for survivorship needs, International Conference on Promoting Chronic Care. Hong Kong, 2010. |
| Researcher : Chow AYM |
| Project Title: | Becoming Reflexive Social Workers: Developing an outcome-based course on Reflexivity for Social Work students. |
| Investigator(s): | Chow AYM, Lam DOB, Wong DFK, Leung GSM, Chan FP |
| Department: | Soc Work & Social Administration |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants |
| Start Date: | 01/2008 |
| Abstract: |
| Key Issues and Problems Reflexivity is a core competence of professional social workers. In examining our current curriculum for BSW students, we have not offered a course solely for the development of such a significant ability. A course that addresses this core issue is developed. It is a course with diverse learning experiences that include structured experiential learning in classroom and in campsite, as well as student-directed social problem analyses and presentations. A small group teaching mode will be adopted to increase the student-teacher interactions. As responsible teachers, we hope to examine the outcome of this course scientifically and systematically. A quasi-experimental design is adopted with a matched pair comparison group is included. The curriculum will be manualized so as to facilitate teaching skill transferal. This proposed study is aimed at developing an outcome based teaching course on reflexivity for social work students at the University. The rapid changing world Helping people in need and striving to address social problem are the primary missions of social workers (Social Worker Registration Board, October 3, 1998). The world is rapidly changing in the past decades and is expected to change exponentially in the coming future. Social problems are redefined and became fluid, instead of static, entities. Some of the social problems might be new and were not present in the previous generation. Social workers are expected to be sensitive to the changing environment, and be prepared to address these changing social problems. As social work educators, transferring knowledge on the existing social problems might not be adequately preparing the students. More importantly, we have to transfer skills to the students that facilitate critical reflection and generate sensitivity to the changing environment. Use of self in social work practice Social Work practice is carried out through interactions of individual social worker with the clients, families, organizations and the society. Individual social worker is an important element in this change process. Despite upholding the guiding principle of non-judgemental attitude (Biestek, 1961), individual social worker is inevitably shaped by their own experiences, upbringing and culture. Such influence, to an extreme extent, can impair the therapeutic relationship and competence of the social worker. The influence is exhibited as countertransference which is an unrealistic perception of or reaction to client, family organization or the society. Based on the past relationships with others, the social workers may transfer their feelings, wishes, and unconscious defensive patterns to people. These irrational reaction can be resolved through introspection, that includes analytical self-dialogue for gaining better understanding of one’s feelings, reactions, cognitions, and behaviors (Hepworth, Rooney, Rooney, Strom-Gottfried, & Larsen, 2006). Thus having self-awareness and self-understanding on the reactions towards different social issues pays a pivot role in social work practice. As social work educators, providing platform to cultivate such aspect of competence to social worker-to-be is important. Reflexivity D’Cruz, Gillingham and Melendez (2007) suggest that reflexivity is having more contribution in social work education, theory and research. In examining the different definitions of reflexivity, they suggest three variations in the conceptualization of the term reflexivity. Firstly, it can be considered as the individualistic reflection towards the social problems, which match with our earlier discussions on the rapid changing world. Secondly, it is considered as the reflection of dynamic relationship between the feelings and thoughts of the social worker. This echoes with our earlier discussions on countertransference. Thirdly, reflexivity involves reflections on how knowledge and theory about practice is generated. Instead of accepting the traditional knowledge without doubts, reflexive practitioners are expected to have more reflections. As social work educators, we have to be reflexive too. This proposed project is to set up a course in improving the reflexivity of the students, but at the same time, critically examining the effect of such course that is developed from the foundation of traditional knowledge. Goal and Objectives: The overall goal of this project is to develop an outcome-based and evidence-based course that can help to increase the students’ reflexivity. Specifically, we hope to 1. develop the content and teaching materials for the proposed course; 2. produce a teaching manual for the course, and 3. evaluate the effectiveness of the course. |
| Project Title: | 11th UK Joint Social Work Education conference with the 3rd UK Social Work research conference From anxiety to appreciation: Journey in cultivating competence of social workers in working with dying and bereaved persons |
| Investigator(s): | Chow AYM |
| Department: | Soc Work & Social Administration |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 07/2009 |
| Completion Date: | 07/2009 |
| Abstract: |
| N/A |
| Project Title: | The Development of a Best Practice Hospital-based Bereavement Care Model in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Chow AYM |
| Department: | Soc Work & Social Administration |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 03/2010 |
| Abstract: |
| End-of-life care does not terminate at the end of life of patients. According to World Health Organization (WHO, 2009), “Palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and families who face life-threatening illness … from diagnosis to the end of life and bereavement”. Bereavement care offered to the family members is one of the prescribed tasks of end-of-life care but its development is much slower than that of other areas of patient care. Though the family members are not the direct patients of hospitals, the challenge of bereavement on physical and psychological well being of the individual family members can bring them as patients in future. Development of appropriate bereavement care in hospices is not only perfecting the quality of care, but also acting as a preventive measure in addressing future health problems. Impact of Bereavement Bereaved persons are found to have poor physical health, which is measured by higher occurrence of complaints of physical symptoms, disruption of physiological functioning (Hall & Irwin, 2001), higher use of medical services, and medication. The mental health of bereaved persons is also found to be poorer than that of non-bereaved persons. They are more likely to have depressive symptoms (Clayton, 1990) and even mood disorders, including depression and anxiety disorders (Prudo, Brown, Harris, & Dowland, 1981; Harwood, 2001). Other problems include alcohol abuse, suicide ideation (Harwood, 2001), and sleep disturbance (Richardson, Lund, Caserta, Dudley, & Obray, 2003). In addition, excessive mortality rate of widowed persons is frequently found in different studies (Stroebe & Stroebe, 1993). Complicated Grief In the earlier studies of bereavement, outcomes were usually assessed by generic measures of psychiatric symptoms, mainly of depression and anxiety. In view of the presence of bereavement outcome that is distinct from bereavement-related depression and anxiety, Prigerson et al. (1995) coined the term complicated grief, which embraces the cluster of grief symptoms that predicts long-term functional impairment of bereaved persons. They introduced and validated a measurement tool, Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) for measuring this concept, and hoped to differentiate complicated grief from uncomplicated grief. Following their work, there is a movement of promoting the inclusion of complicated grief in the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) (Parkes, 2005). Diagnostic criteria have been proposed by Prigerson and Maciejewski (2005) and are undergoing empirical testing. The introduction of the concept of complicated grief facilitates the screening and selection of the needy target group for indicated intervention. One of the diagnostic criteria is the presence of persistent symptoms over 6 months. Bereaved persons, who are not yet diagnosed to have complicated grief, might not be offered any community-based bereavement care in the first six months after the death of their loved one. Probably, hospice- or hospital-based bereavement care can be the alternative. Moving Bereavement Care Upstream In Hong Kong, there were 41 800 deaths in 2008 (Census and Statistics Department, 2009) and most of them happened in hospitals. Among the 27 555 hospital beds at Hospital Authority, only 317 (1.15%) beds are for hospice care and 28 (0.1%) are in Bradbury Hospice, the only independent built hospice (Hospital Authority, 2008). Despite of the small number of beds, there were around 400 deaths per year in the in-patient care of Bradbury Hospice (Lo, 2009). Adding the patients served by the home-care and day care hospice services, the number should be much bigger. Hospice is a hub where a substantial group of bereaved-to-be gathers. Thus community-based bereavement care can be moved upstream to hospice or hospital, serving the function of early identification and prevention of complicated grief. In addition, bereavement care can be offered while the patients are still alive and receiving hospice care. This early intervention of bereavement care, for example the end-of-life communications with the dying patients, or working through the unfinished businesses, is irreplaceable by post death bereavement care. The goal of this project is to develop an empirically grounded and theoretical conceptualization of the needs of Chinese families whose members died in hospice. Ultimately, these pieces of evidence will be used as the foundation to design a best-practice hospice-based bereavement care model in Hong Kong. The specific research questions addressed in this proposed project are: 1. What are the needs of bereaved family members in the hospices? 2. What is the prevalence of complicated grief among bereaved family members in the hospices? 3. What are the risk factors of poor bereavement outcomes? 4. What strategies are effective in caring for the bereaved family members? |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W., Wang X., Shi Z.B., Fan F.M. and Chow A.Y.M., Grief therapy and transformation in post-quake areas. , 11th Beijing / Hong Kong Medical Exchange. 2009. |
| Chan C.L.W., Wang X., Shi Z.B., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Chow A.Y.M., Wong P.Y., Lo P.H.Y. and Ng O.K.P., Local Professionals in Quake-hit Regions of Sichuan Province, China: Would They Still Be the Hope of Tomorrow if Their Psychological Well-being were Impaired? , International Conference on “Disaster Management and Social Work: Policy, Practice, and Research. 2009. |
| Ho A.H.Y., Chan C.L.W., Chow A.Y.M., Pon A.K.L. and Ng S.M., Psychometric Properties Of The Chinese Version (c-dap-r) Of The Death Attitude Profile-revised, In: Neil Thompson, Illness, Crisis & Loss. Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 2010, 18(2): 95-110. |
| Researcher : Fong TCT |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Ng S.M., Fong T.C.T. and Wang X., A Hong Kong Perspective, In: N. Thompson & J. Bates, Promoting workplace well being. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 174-188. |
| Ng S.M., Fong T.C.T., Au-Yeung F.S.W. and Law K.Y., Cultivating holistic care culture and normalization values against job burnout among staff of rehabilitation services - A longitudinal cohort study, Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development. Hong Kong, 2010. |
| Researcher : Ho AHY |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Tin A.F., Chow A.Y.M., Leung K.T., Leung P.P.Y. and Ng S.M., 2010 Communication Awards, In: www.enable.hk, International Award for Creative Output to the Project ENABLE Website. 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Wang X., Shi Z.B., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Chow A.Y.M., Wong P.Y., Lo P.H.Y. and Ng O.K.P., Local Professionals in Quake-hit Regions of Sichuan Province, China: Would They Still Be the Hope of Tomorrow if Their Psychological Well-being were Impaired? , International Conference on “Disaster Management and Social Work: Policy, Practice, and Research. 2009. |
| Chan C.L.W. and Ho A.H.Y., The deadly energy: overcoming death denial and anxieties in Chinese societies., Symposium on Death: Philosophy, Therapy, Medicine. Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.. 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Sha W., Li J., Ho A.H.Y., Wang X., Chow A.Y.M. and Leung P.P.Y., Transforming Bitterness into Enlightenment - Community Engagement and Empowerment Intervention in Sichuan after the 5.12 Earthquake, In: Fu Dan University, Keynote Address in the Symposium on Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery. 2009. |
| Chan C.L.W., Sha W., Li J., Ho A.H.Y., Wang X., Chow A.Y.M. and Leung P.P.Y., Transforming bitterness into Enlightenment – Community Engagement and Empowerment Intervention in Sichuan after the 5.12 Earthquake, Symposium on Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery. Shanghai, China, 5 December. 2009. |
| Ho A.H.Y. and Chan C.L.W., Dignity at the End-of-Life : From Palliative to Long-term Care, 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development: The Agenda. Hong Kong. . 2010. |
| Ho A.H.Y. and Chan C.L.W., Liberating Persons at the End-of-life and Bereaved Families from the Oppression of Death and Loss, International Conference on Promoting Chronic Care, The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation. . 2010. |
| Ho A.H.Y., Chan C.L.W., Chow A.Y.M., Pon A.K.L. and Ng S.M., Psychometric Properties Of The Chinese Version (c-dap-r) Of The Death Attitude Profile-revised, In: Neil Thompson, Illness, Crisis & Loss. Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 2010, 18(2): 95-110. |
| Ho A.H.Y. and Chan C.L.W., Psychosocial Impact of Disaster: Experience from the Sichuan 512 Earthquake. , Symposium on psychosocial impact and pain management in Musculoskeletal Problems, Chinese University of Hong Kong. . 2009. |
| Liu X.F. and Ho A.H.Y., The Profiles: China’s disadvantaged terminal cancer patients. Best Poster Award (2nd Place), International Palliative Care Network Poster Exhibition 2009., Palliative Care Network Community. 2009. |
| Mao W.J., Yuan Y., Ran M.S., Kong D., Zhang T., Lou W., Wang X., Ho A.H.Y. and Chan C.L.W., Analysis of the mental health status of the victims after earthquake in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Medical Journal. 2009, 30(6): 970-972. |
| Sha W., Chan C.L.W., Leung P.P.Y. and Ho A.H.Y., The meaning and continuing bond with the diseased – A study of bereaved parents on the lost of their children , In: Fu Dan University, Symposium on Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery. 2009. |
| Researcher : Ho TH |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Tin A.F., Chow A.Y.M., Leung K.T., Leung P.P.Y. and Ng S.M., 2010 Communication Awards, In: www.enable.hk, International Award for Creative Output to the Project ENABLE Website. 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Wang X., Shi Z.B., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Chow A.Y.M., Wong P.Y., Lo P.H.Y. and Ng O.K.P., Local Professionals in Quake-hit Regions of Sichuan Province, China: Would They Still Be the Hope of Tomorrow if Their Psychological Well-being were Impaired? , International Conference on “Disaster Management and Social Work: Policy, Practice, and Research. 2009. |
| Lo P.H.Y., Chan C.L.W., Ho T.H. and Leung P.P.Y., A 3-year randomized controlled trial on the impact of brief psychosocial interventions on breast cancer survivorship, Society for Social Work and Research Conference 2010 Social Work Research: A World of Possibilities. San Francisco USA, 2010. |
| Lo P.H.Y., Chan J.S.M., Ho T.H., Cheung K.M., Lee A.M. and Chan C.L.W., Antecedents of prolonged anxiety and depression among breast and colorectal cancer survivors in Hong Kong: Implications for survivorship needs, International Conference on Promoting Chronic Care. Hong Kong, 2010. |
| Researcher : Leung KT |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Tin A.F., Chow A.Y.M., Leung K.T., Leung P.P.Y. and Ng S.M., 2010 Communication Awards, In: www.enable.hk, International Award for Creative Output to the Project ENABLE Website. 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Leung P.P.Y., Ng O.K.P., Wong P.Y. and Leung K.T., Integrative Eastern Body-mind-spirit healing - arts and science of acceptance and transformation of pain and suffering, Convergence and Collisions: Disease, Religion and Healing in Asia, Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 25-25 March, 2010. |
| Leung K.T., 教師身心健康與學生學習－NLP及ACT在學校中的應用, Hong Kong Teachers' Association. 2010. |
| Leung K.T., 今日香港青少年的生命的需要, Hong Kong Teachers' Association. 2010. |
| Leung K.T., Ng O.K.P. and Wong P.Y., 彩繪人生:提升生命的七種素質, Hong Kong, 春華發行代理有限公司, 2009. |
| Leung K.T. and Wong P.Y., 安然風雨裡．游乎得失間, Hong Kong, Centre on Behavioral Health, HKU, 2009, 58. |
| Researcher : Lo PHY |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W., Wang X., Shi Z.B., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Chow A.Y.M., Wong P.Y., Lo P.H.Y. and Ng O.K.P., Local Professionals in Quake-hit Regions of Sichuan Province, China: Would They Still Be the Hope of Tomorrow if Their Psychological Well-being were Impaired? , International Conference on “Disaster Management and Social Work: Policy, Practice, and Research. 2009. |
| Ho T.H., Cheung K.M. and Lo P.H.Y., Regaining Control of Emotional Expression: Dance Movement Therapy for Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors [Abstract of the American Dance Therapy Association 44th Annual Conference, Portland, OR, US. 8-10 Oct, 2009], American Journal of Dance Therapy. 2009, 32 (1): 36-37. |
| Lo P.H.Y., Chan C.L.W., Ho T.H. and Leung P.P.Y., A 3-year randomized controlled trial on the impact of brief psychosocial interventions on breast cancer survivorship, Society for Social Work and Research Conference 2010 Social Work Research: A World of Possibilities. San Francisco USA, 2010. |
| Lo P.H.Y., Chan J.S.M., Ho T.H., Cheung K.M., Lee A.M. and Chan C.L.W., Antecedents of prolonged anxiety and depression among breast and colorectal cancer survivors in Hong Kong: Implications for survivorship needs, International Conference on Promoting Chronic Care. Hong Kong, 2010. |
| Lo P.H.Y., Lee G.L. and Chan C.L.W., Effectiveness of school-based intervention programme: A longitudinal study on the development or orphaned children, The 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development. 10-14 June, 2010. Hong Kong. 2010. |
| Researcher : Ng OKP |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W., Leung P.P.Y., Ng O.K.P., Wong P.Y. and Leung K.T., Integrative Eastern Body-mind-spirit healing - arts and science of acceptance and transformation of pain and suffering, Convergence and Collisions: Disease, Religion and Healing in Asia, Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 25-25 March, 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Wang X., Shi Z.B., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Chow A.Y.M., Wong P.Y., Lo P.H.Y. and Ng O.K.P., Local Professionals in Quake-hit Regions of Sichuan Province, China: Would They Still Be the Hope of Tomorrow if Their Psychological Well-being were Impaired? , International Conference on “Disaster Management and Social Work: Policy, Practice, and Research. 2009. |
| Chan C.L.W., Wong P.Y., Ng O.K.P. and Chan T.H., 精神復康支援 - 照顧者身心靈健康概念與實務方針, 社區精神康復服務：新機遇. Richmond Fellowship of Hong Kong, 2009, 11-18. |
| Leung K.T., Ng O.K.P. and Wong P.Y., 彩繪人生:提升生命的七種素質, Hong Kong, 春華發行代理有限公司, 2009. |
| Ng O.K.P., Leung P.P.Y., Chan C.L.W. and Lui J.Y.M., Let the dying shine: Are they lessons of dying or lessons of living? Meaning making of patients with terminal cancer in Chinese cultural context, The 16th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, Hong Kong, 5-7 November. 2009. |
| Ng O.K.P., 得失也自在, Hong Kong, 春華發行代理有限公司, 2009. |
| Researcher : Ng SM |
| Project Title: | Study on the efficacy of psychoeducational group for children suffering from asthma and their parents |
| Investigator(s): | Ng SM |
| Department: | Centre on Behavioral Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Other Funding Scheme |
| Start Date: | 06/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To develop evidence-based psychoeducational groups for children suffering from asthma, and a parallel group for the parents; to evaluate the efficacy of these groups. Outcome measures will include: (a) on the children - adjustment behavioral checklist, lung function, and relapse rate, (b) on the parents - physical symptoms checklist, social and functional competence, emotional well being, and spiritual health. |
| Project Title: | Development and validation of the Chinese Functional Bowel Disorders Questionnaire basing on the Rome II criteria for functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders |
| Investigator(s): | Ng SM, Chan CLW |
| Department: | Centre on Behavioral Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Mentorship Programme |
| Start Date: | 09/2005 |
| Abstract: |
| To develop and validate a Chinese questionnaire for diagnosing/screening functional bowel disorders basing on the Rome II criteria for functional GI disorders |
| Project Title: | A survey of stagnation among Hong Kong Chinese adults in the community |
| Investigator(s): | Ng SM, Chan CLW, Ho TH, Yip PSF |
| Department: | Centre on Behavioral Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 01/2009 |
| Abstract: |
| 1) The proposed research aims to survey stagnation among Hong Kong Chinese adults in the community, with specific objectives of examining: i. the prevalence of stagnation, ii. its demographic characteristics, iii. symptoms profile and iv. impacts on physical and mental health |
| Project Title: | The 6th World Congress of Chinese Medicine Chinese medicine psychology for somatoform disorders - A strategic-holistic approach |
| Investigator(s): | Ng SM |
| Department: | Soc Work & Social Administration |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 12/2009 |
| Completion Date: | 12/2009 |
| Abstract: |
| N/A |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Ho A.H.Y., Chan C.L.W., Chow A.Y.M., Pon A.K.L. and Ng S.M., Psychometric Properties Of The Chinese Version (c-dap-r) Of The Death Attitude Profile-revised, In: Neil Thompson, Illness, Crisis & Loss. Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 2010, 18(2): 95-110. |
| Yiu Y.M. and Ng S.M., Efficacy study of Chinese medicine hot pad for chronic fatigue syndrome, The 6th World Congress of Chinese Medicine. 2009, 145-148. |
| Researcher : Pon AKL |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Ho A.H.Y., Chan C.L.W., Chow A.Y.M., Pon A.K.L. and Ng S.M., Psychometric Properties Of The Chinese Version (c-dap-r) Of The Death Attitude Profile-revised, In: Neil Thompson, Illness, Crisis & Loss. Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 2010, 18(2): 95-110. |
| Researcher : Tang ACW |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan W.C.H., Tin A.F., Chan C.H.Y., Chan C.L.W. and Tang A.C.W., Introducing the 8A model in death education training: Promoting planning for end-of-life care for Hong Kong Chinese, Illness, Crisis and Loss. 2010, 18(1): 49-62. |
| Researcher : Tin AF |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Tin A.F., Chow A.Y.M., Leung K.T., Leung P.P.Y. and Ng S.M., 2010 Communication Awards, In: www.enable.hk, International Award for Creative Output to the Project ENABLE Website. 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Tin A.F. and Chan W.C.H., 生命喝采：善終、善別及善生的自助旅程, Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Chan C.H.Y., Tin A.F. and Chan W.C.H., 為生命喝采：善終、善別及善生的自助旅程, Hong Kong, Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2010, 176. |
| Chan W.C.H., Tin A.F., Chan C.H.Y., Chan C.L.W. and Tang A.C.W., Introducing the 8A model in death education training: Promoting planning for end-of-life care for Hong Kong Chinese, Illness, Crisis and Loss. 2010, 18(1): 49-62. |
| Chow A.Y.M., Tin A.F., Cheung G.Y.K., Chan C.L.W. and Chan W.C.H., From anxiety to appreciation: Journey in cultivating competence of social workers in working with dying and bereaved persons., The 11th Joint Social Work Education Conference with the 3rd UK Social Work Research Conference, 8-10 July.. 2009. |
| Tin A.F. and Chan W.C.H., When helping professionals become helpless: Development of "Self Competence" in working with death, dying and bereavement, Palliative Care Symposium. 2009. |
| Researcher : Wang C |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Wang C. and Hui E.C., Ethical, legal and social implications of prenatal and preimplantation genetic testing for cancer susceptibility, Reproductive Bio Medicine Online. 2009, Vol 19, Suppl 2: 23-33. |
| Wang C. and Chan C.L.W., Psychosocial adaptation status and health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults with visual disorders, Quality of Life Research. 2009, 18(7): 841-851. |
| Researcher : Wang X |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W., Sha W., Li J., Ho A.H.Y., Wang X., Chow A.Y.M. and Leung P.P.Y., Transforming Bitterness into Enlightenment - Community Engagement and Empowerment Intervention in Sichuan after the 5.12 Earthquake, In: Fu Dan University, Keynote Address in the Symposium on Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery. 2009. |
| Chan C.L.W., Sha W., Li J., Ho A.H.Y., Wang X., Chow A.Y.M. and Leung P.P.Y., Transforming bitterness into Enlightenment – Community Engagement and Empowerment Intervention in Sichuan after the 5.12 Earthquake, Symposium on Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery. Shanghai, China, 5 December. 2009. |
| Jiang X.H., Wang Z., Wang X. and Shi K., Reliability and validity of the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) in High School Students in Wenchuan earthquake area, Chinese Mental Health Journal. 2010, 24: 137-144. |
| Mao W.J., Yuan Y., Ran M.S., Kong D., Zhang T., Lou W., Wang X., Ho A.H.Y. and Chan C.L.W., Analysis of the mental health status of the victims after earthquake in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Medical Journal. 2009, 30(6): 970-972. |
| Ng S.M., Fong T.C.T. and Wang X., A Hong Kong Perspective, In: N. Thompson & J. Bates, Promoting workplace well being. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 174-188. |
| Researcher : Wong KPL |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Ho T.H., Potash J.S., Fu W., Wong K.P.L. and Chan C.L.W., Changes in Breast Cancer Patients after Psychosocial Intervention as Indicated in Drawings, Psycho-oncology. 2010, 19: 353-360. |
| Researcher : Wong PY |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan C.L.W., Leung P.P.Y., Ng O.K.P., Wong P.Y. and Leung K.T., Integrative Eastern Body-mind-spirit healing - arts and science of acceptance and transformation of pain and suffering, Convergence and Collisions: Disease, Religion and Healing in Asia, Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 25-25 March, 2010. |
| Chan C.L.W., Wang X., Shi Z.B., Ho T.H., Ho A.H.Y., Chow A.Y.M., Wong P.Y., Lo P.H.Y. and Ng O.K.P., Local Professionals in Quake-hit Regions of Sichuan Province, China: Would They Still Be the Hope of Tomorrow if Their Psychological Well-being were Impaired? , International Conference on “Disaster Management and Social Work: Policy, Practice, and Research. 2009. |
| Chan C.L.W., Wong P.Y., Ng O.K.P. and Chan T.H., 精神復康支援 - 照顧者身心靈健康概念與實務方針, 社區精神康復服務：新機遇. Richmond Fellowship of Hong Kong, 2009, 11-18. |
| Leung K.T., Ng O.K.P. and Wong P.Y., 彩繪人生:提升生命的七種素質, Hong Kong, 春華發行代理有限公司, 2009. |
| Leung K.T. and Wong P.Y., 安然風雨裡．游乎得失間, Hong Kong, Centre on Behavioral Health, HKU, 2009, 58. |