Crystal Kwan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 327808 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Crystal Kwan |
| NOMBRES | Crystal |
| APELLIDO | Kwan |
| FIRMA | KWAN C |
| AFILIACIONES | Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4547-9786 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 3 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Navigating a Precarious Dual Transition
By 2030, older workers (55–64) will comprise a quarter of the global labour force, making their retirement a critical policy concern. Yet, a gap remains regarding how informal caregiving shapes early retirement for economically vulnerable “ALICE” (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed) populations. This qualitative descriptive study explores this intersection in Hong Kong through a theoretical framework integrating linked lives to highlight…
Enhancing fieldwork supervision
Fieldwork education quality hinges on skilled supervisors, but being a competent social worker does not automatically translate into effective supervision. Despite this, research on developing fieldwork supervisors’ competencies remains sparse. This pilot study evaluates ‘Together We Grow’—an innovative training and peer support programme for fieldwork supervisors in Hong Kong—using a mixed-method, quasi-experimental design with 27 supervisors an…
Professionalisation of social work in Asia
Impact of Online Flipped Classroom on Student Learning Experience
Using mixed quantitative and qualitative methods, the current study examined the efficacy of fully online flipped classroom. 250 Chinese undergraduate social work students, with 126 students experienced the conventional online teaching method and 124 students learned with the online flipped classroom approach, were involved. The quantitative analyses show that students who experienced online flipped classroom had a lower performance in lecture pa…
What do We Know About Men and Masculinities in Hong Kong? A Scoping Review and Content Analysis
In this review, we critically examine existing literature on men and masculinities in Hong Kong, focusing on Hong Kong Chinese masculinity. We employ a five-stage scoping review methodological framework, and analyzed twenty-five relevant studies. We identified themes such as breadwinner masculinity, work, family, social respectability, and manifestations of soft masculinity. The findings highlight the importance of masculinity for men’s well-bein…
Evaluating a Multimodal Intervention for Hong Kong's Older Informal and Precarious Workers
Purpose: This article evaluates the Pickers’ Link, a Hong Kong initiative enhancing older waste pickers’ bio-psycho-social well-being, addressing research and practice gaps for precarious workers. Methods: The study employed a mixed-methods approach, using qualitative analysis to assess program influences in 30 participants, and quantitative measures to evaluate changes in pain, cognition, and physical performance in 28 participants pre- and post…
Evaluating the portfolio as a social work capstone project
Capstone experiences can be an important rite of passage for students. The portfolio has been discussed in social work education discourse as a valuable pedagogic method for a capstone project. However, there are only a small number of studies evaluating the actual impacts of portfolio use in a social work program. This article addresses this gap, describing and evaluating the use of portfolios as capstone projects in a social work program in Hon…
Shifts in patterns of help-seeking during the Covid-19 pandemic
Shifts in the younger generation's patterns of help-seeking may be an early warning signal to invest additional resources in facilitating help-seeking among the younger generation. Findings also serve as a reminder that public health restrictions may have inadvertent mental health implications that should be considered in future scenarios
Conducting Life History Interviews With Older Adults With Lived Experiences of Poverty
The life history approach, a common interviewing method within the social sciences, involves collecting longitudinal data retrospectively by seeking an individual's account of their life over different periods of time. The exploratory, in-depth and narrative nature of life history interviews make it a compelling narrative method that can illicit rich and in-depth data and understanding (of the 'other' and self). At the same time, this attribute r…
What If I Die and No One Notices?” A Qualitative Study Exploring How Living Alone and in Poverty Impacts the Health and Well-Being of Older People in Hong Kong
Despite the growing number of older people who live alone and in poverty, the intersection of these two social risk factors and the impacts on older adults' health and well-being have not been widely examined. This qualitative study explores the challenges and strengths of 47 older people who live alone and in poverty in Hong Kong. Thematic analysis was used to identify eight themes related to challenges: (i) social isolation and loneliness, (ii)…
Leaving No One behind in Healthy Ageing
The older adult population in Hong Kong is large and diverse. The "Cardboard Grannies" in Hong Kong are informal waste pickers (IWPs) who represent a unique sub-group that is often forgotten in society. This group has unique social and economic conditions and contributions that are not monitored and recognized. Leaving no one behind in healthy ageing requires an understanding of the needs and contributions of those on the margins of society, like…
Youth Bullying and Suicide
Bullying is closely associated with suicide. This study validates mixed evidence on whether young bullies, victims, bully-victims, and those uninvolved in bullying differ in suicidality, risk, protective factor profiles, and predictors of suicide. A total of 2004 Hong Kong adolescents and young adults completed the Hong Kong Online Survey on Youth Mental Health and Internet Usage in 2018. Bullies, victims, and bully victims, as opposed to the uni…
Toward an inclusive digital economy for all
The digital global economy is increasingly becoming the economy. The current pandemic has accelerated the digitization of the economy as offline economic activities are suspended, and ‘going digital’ is touted as a survival strategy for economic sectors worldwide. In this conceptual article, I argue that this emerging economy is (re)producing social inequalities. Social workers need to be knowledgeable about the digital global economy and engage …
Factors and processes in the pre-disaster context that shape the resilience of older women in poverty
Co-producing Knowledge Through Documentary Film
Despite the increased recognition of older adult homelessness in research, policy, and practice, few studies have considered the potential to co-produce knowledge using community-based participatory research (CBPR) filmmaking with older adults with homeless histories. This project redresses this gap. Using walk along and drive along interviews the documentary focused on the older adults’ experiences of finding home after homelessness. In this art…
Ethical Issues in Conducting Community-Based Participatory Research
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a methodology increasingly used within the social sciences. CBPR is an umbrella term that encompasses a variety of research methodologies, including participatory research, participatory action research, feminist participatory research, action research, and collaborative inquiry. At its core, they share five key attributes: (i) community as a unit of identity; (ii) an approach for the vulnerable an…
Climate change adaptation in low-resource countries
Climate change research requires integrative and collaborative research from multiple disciplines because of its complexity and sizeable consequences. Eco-social work has an important role to play. Relatively new, scholarship on eco-social work is growing and identifying ways in which the discipline’s unique values, theories, perspectives and practices can contribute to this body of research. The aim of this article is twofold: (a) to contribute …
Shifts in patterns of help-seeking during the Covid-19 pandemic
Shifts in the younger generation's patterns of help-seeking may be an early warning signal to invest additional resources in facilitating help-seeking among the younger generation. Findings also serve as a reminder that public health restrictions may have inadvertent mental health implications that should be considered in future scenarios
Conducting Life History Interviews With Older Adults With Lived Experiences of Poverty
The life history approach, a common interviewing method within the social sciences, involves collecting longitudinal data retrospectively by seeking an individual's account of their life over different periods of time. The exploratory, in-depth and narrative nature of life history interviews make it a compelling narrative method that can illicit rich and in-depth data and understanding (of the 'other' and self). At the same time, this attribute r…
Climate change adaptation in low-resource countries
Climate change research requires integrative and collaborative research from multiple disciplines because of its complexity and sizeable consequences. Eco-social work has an important role to play. Relatively new, scholarship on eco-social work is growing and identifying ways in which the discipline’s unique values, theories, perspectives and practices can contribute to this body of research. The aim of this article is twofold: (a) to contribute …
Climate change adaptation in low-resource countries
Climate change research requires integrative and collaborative research from multiple disciplines because of its complexity and sizeable consequences. Eco-social work has an important role to play. Relatively new, scholarship on eco-social work is growing and identifying ways in which the discipline’s unique values, theories, perspectives and practices can contribute to this body of research. The aim of this article is twofold: (a) to contribute …
Ethical Issues in Conducting Community-Based Participatory Research
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a methodology increasingly used within the social sciences. CBPR is an umbrella term that encompasses a variety of research methodologies, including participatory research, participatory action research, feminist participatory research, action research, and collaborative inquiry. At its core, they share five key attributes: (i) community as a unit of identity; (ii) an approach for the vulnerable an…
Factors and processes in the pre-disaster context that shape the resilience of older women in poverty
Co-producing Knowledge Through Documentary Film
Despite the increased recognition of older adult homelessness in research, policy, and practice, few studies have considered the potential to co-produce knowledge using community-based participatory research (CBPR) filmmaking with older adults with homeless histories. This project redresses this gap. Using walk along and drive along interviews the documentary focused on the older adults’ experiences of finding home after homelessness. In this art…
Toward an inclusive digital economy for all
The digital global economy is increasingly becoming the economy. The current pandemic has accelerated the digitization of the economy as offline economic activities are suspended, and ‘going digital’ is touted as a survival strategy for economic sectors worldwide. In this conceptual article, I argue that this emerging economy is (re)producing social inequalities. Social workers need to be knowledgeable about the digital global economy and engage …
What If I Die and No One Notices?” A Qualitative Study Exploring How Living Alone and in Poverty Impacts the Health and Well-Being of Older People in Hong Kong
Despite the growing number of older people who live alone and in poverty, the intersection of these two social risk factors and the impacts on older adults' health and well-being have not been widely examined. This qualitative study explores the challenges and strengths of 47 older people who live alone and in poverty in Hong Kong. Thematic analysis was used to identify eight themes related to challenges: (i) social isolation and loneliness, (ii)…
Leaving No One behind in Healthy Ageing
The older adult population in Hong Kong is large and diverse. The "Cardboard Grannies" in Hong Kong are informal waste pickers (IWPs) who represent a unique sub-group that is often forgotten in society. This group has unique social and economic conditions and contributions that are not monitored and recognized. Leaving no one behind in healthy ageing requires an understanding of the needs and contributions of those on the margins of society, like…
Youth Bullying and Suicide
Bullying is closely associated with suicide. This study validates mixed evidence on whether young bullies, victims, bully-victims, and those uninvolved in bullying differ in suicidality, risk, protective factor profiles, and predictors of suicide. A total of 2004 Hong Kong adolescents and young adults completed the Hong Kong Online Survey on Youth Mental Health and Internet Usage in 2018. Bullies, victims, and bully victims, as opposed to the uni…
Evaluating the portfolio as a social work capstone project
Capstone experiences can be an important rite of passage for students. The portfolio has been discussed in social work education discourse as a valuable pedagogic method for a capstone project. However, there are only a small number of studies evaluating the actual impacts of portfolio use in a social work program. This article addresses this gap, describing and evaluating the use of portfolios as capstone projects in a social work program in Hon…
Shifts in patterns of help-seeking during the Covid-19 pandemic
Shifts in the younger generation's patterns of help-seeking may be an early warning signal to invest additional resources in facilitating help-seeking among the younger generation. Findings also serve as a reminder that public health restrictions may have inadvertent mental health implications that should be considered in future scenarios
Conducting Life History Interviews With Older Adults With Lived Experiences of Poverty
The life history approach, a common interviewing method within the social sciences, involves collecting longitudinal data retrospectively by seeking an individual's account of their life over different periods of time. The exploratory, in-depth and narrative nature of life history interviews make it a compelling narrative method that can illicit rich and in-depth data and understanding (of the 'other' and self). At the same time, this attribute r…
Impact of Online Flipped Classroom on Student Learning Experience
Using mixed quantitative and qualitative methods, the current study examined the efficacy of fully online flipped classroom. 250 Chinese undergraduate social work students, with 126 students experienced the conventional online teaching method and 124 students learned with the online flipped classroom approach, were involved. The quantitative analyses show that students who experienced online flipped classroom had a lower performance in lecture pa…
What do We Know About Men and Masculinities in Hong Kong? A Scoping Review and Content Analysis
In this review, we critically examine existing literature on men and masculinities in Hong Kong, focusing on Hong Kong Chinese masculinity. We employ a five-stage scoping review methodological framework, and analyzed twenty-five relevant studies. We identified themes such as breadwinner masculinity, work, family, social respectability, and manifestations of soft masculinity. The findings highlight the importance of masculinity for men’s well-bein…
Evaluating a Multimodal Intervention for Hong Kong's Older Informal and Precarious Workers
Purpose: This article evaluates the Pickers’ Link, a Hong Kong initiative enhancing older waste pickers’ bio-psycho-social well-being, addressing research and practice gaps for precarious workers. Methods: The study employed a mixed-methods approach, using qualitative analysis to assess program influences in 30 participants, and quantitative measures to evaluate changes in pain, cognition, and physical performance in 28 participants pre- and post…
Professionalisation of social work in Asia
Navigating a Precarious Dual Transition
By 2030, older workers (55–64) will comprise a quarter of the global labour force, making their retirement a critical policy concern. Yet, a gap remains regarding how informal caregiving shapes early retirement for economically vulnerable “ALICE” (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed) populations. This qualitative descriptive study explores this intersection in Hong Kong through a theoretical framework integrating linked lives to highlight…
Enhancing fieldwork supervision
Fieldwork education quality hinges on skilled supervisors, but being a competent social worker does not automatically translate into effective supervision. Despite this, research on developing fieldwork supervisors’ competencies remains sparse. This pilot study evaluates ‘Together We Grow’—an innovative training and peer support programme for fieldwork supervisors in Hong Kong—using a mixed-method, quasi-experimental design with 27 supervisors an…
Psychology (12 obras) · Sociology (12 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Medicine (8 obras) · Qualitative research (6 obras) · Social science (6 obras) · Gerontology (5 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 obras) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 obras) · Thematic analysis (4 obras)