Wei-Ti Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 130790 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wei-Ti Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wei-Ti |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2342-045X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cross-lagged panel model of depressive mood and influencing factors in high-risk perinatal depression
This study among high-risk women with PND found that late-pregnancy depression was prospectively associated with higher postpartum cognitive reactivity, perceived stress, and depressive symptoms, and with poorer family function, mindfulness, and sleep quality. These findings advance understanding of the dynamic interplay between perinatal psychological and interpersonal factors and highlight the need for early intervention during pregnancy. Clini…
Mental Health and ART Adherence in a Multisite International Study
ART adherence, essential to preventing disease progression for people living with HIV (PLHIV), remains challenged by factors like poor mental health condition, insufficient social support, and substance use. This study investigates the roles of social support and substance use as mediators in the relationship between mental health and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among PLHIV in a multisite, international context. Cross-sectional data fr…
The strength and weakness of Mongolian healthcare
Mongolia, the world's second-largest landlocked country, has a healthcare system shaped by Soviet and Chinese influences. While its capital, Ulaanbaatar, houses nearly half of the population with well-developed medical facilities, rural and remote areas, including the Gobi region, face significant disparities in healthcare access. Urban migration to Ulaanbaatar is driven by better economic opportunities, healthcare services, and infrastructure. T…
Global Measures of HIV Care Accessibility Across Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas
Despite advances in HIV treatment, disparities in healthcare access remain across low-income (LIC), middle-income (MIC), and high-income (HIC) countries, limiting access to clinical care, antiretroviral therapy, and viral load testing. This study developed the HIV Care Access Index (HIV-CAI) to measure and compare HIV care service access across countries and within geographic regions and examined associations with economic and health indicators. …
Translating Open-Ended Questions in Cross-Cultural Qualitative Research
INTRODUCTION: Globalization has increased the importance of multicultural research to address health disparities and improve healthcare outcomes for underrepresented communities. The International Nursing Network for HIV Research (The Network) serves as a platform for researchers to collaborate on cross-cultural and cross-national HIV studies. This article discusses the Network's approach to overcoming barriers in multicultural and multinational …
Can social support mediate stigma and perceived stress in people live with human immunodeficiency virus
Stigma has heavily impacted People Living with HIV (PLWH). Limited studies report on how social support affects HIV-related stigma and perceived stress, especially in Myanmar. During first seven months of 2020, a random sample of 248 eligible PLWH were contacted from a private, closed Facebook group with more than 18,000 Myanmar people, where 90% of the members were PLWH. Variables collected included demographics data, perceived stress, social su…
Myanmar migrants living along the Thailand-Myanmar border
This study presented the difficulties experienced by Myanmar migrants currently living along the Thailand-Myanmar border. The reasons for leaving Myanmar included health and safety. Suspending education during the pandemic caused more school dropouts due to teenage pregnancy/marriage. Additionally, behavioral changes in children, a diminished quality of education, barriers to receiving COVID-19 vaccines and access to other health care services we…
Lost in Translation
Language barriers are major obstacles that Asian American immigrants face when accessing health care in the USA. This study was conducted to explore the impact of language barriers and facilitators on the health care of Asian Americans. Qualitative, in-depth interviews and quantitative surveys were conducted with 69 Asian Americans (Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and mixed Asian backgrounds) living with HIV (AALWH…
Coping strategies following the diagnosis of a fetal anomaly
Introduction Many women experience severe emotional distress (such as grief, depression, and anxiety) following a diagnosis of fetal anomaly. The ability to cope with stressful events and regulate emotions across diverse situations may play a primary role in psychological wellbeing. This study aims to present coping strategies after disclosing a fetal anomaly to pregnant women. Methods This is a scoping review based on the Preferred Reporting Ite…
Infrastructure collapsed, health care access disrupted, Myanmar people with chronic diseases are in danger
The situation in Myanmar is getting worse. As civil war and military strikes erupt in many locations inside Myanmar, cities in nearby countries such as Thailand, Bangladesh, and India, report more wounded and internally displaced people (IDP) from Myanmar in their local clinics and hospitals [1]. Many IDP came both from nearby regions of Myanmar [...]
Relationships between spirituality and mental stress in people living with HIV in China
There are limited reports on the relationship between spirituality and mental stress in PLWH in China, who may be subject to anti-religious pressures from the government. In this study, we aimed to understand whether spirituality influences Chinese PLWH's mental stress and, if so, at what level. We recruited 200 PLWHs from Beijing's Ditan Hospital to complete a cross-sectional survey inquiring about their practice of spirituality as well as their…
Fear of Covid and Physical Health Among People Living with HIV in China
The COVID-19 pandemic has uniquely impacted people living with HIV (PLWH) worldwide. The negative impacts on PLWH's mental health from fear of COVID-19 are labeled as "a double stress." The association between fear of COVID-19 and HIV (internalized) stigma has been found among PLWH. Studies that explore the relationships between fear of COVID-19 and physical health outcomes are few, especially among PLWH. In this study, we explored the relationsh…
Influencing factors of cancer prevention and control among urban and rural adults in Fujian, China
Objective Cancer burden can be reduced when the population's knowledge of cancer prevention and control measures is increased. However, current epidemiological research investigating cancer prevention and control knowledge in China is limited. This study aimed to examine the core knowledge levels of cancer prevention and control measures as well as its influencing factors among adults in Fujian, China. Study design A cross-sectional study. Method…
Longitudinal trajectory of the association between quality of life and depression among people living with HIV in China
Although depression has been associated with low QOL, limited research has quantified the change of depression to improvement of QOL among naïve PLHIV using ART in Shanghai, China. This study examined the association between depression symptoms and QOL among Chinese PLWH in a six-month longitudinal study. Data were collected from 111 people living with HIV at baseline, 3rd month and 6th month after initiating ART, using the WHOQOL-HIV BREF and th…
Care engagement with healthcare providers and symptom management self-efficacy in women living with HIV in China
This study demonstrated the positive effect of engagement with HCPs on WLWHs' symptom management self-efficacy as well as the negative effect of internalized stigma on symptom management self-efficacy. Future research can further test the relationship between the three key concepts, as well as explore interventions to decrease internalized stigma
Physical symptoms and sleep disturbances activate coping strategies among HIV-infected Asian Americans
0.24). Interventions designed to decrease sleep disturbances and physical symptoms should be developed to enhance adaptive coping and reduce maladaptive coping among Asian Americans with HIV
Adaptation and validation of a culturally adapted HIV stigma scale in Myanmar
The psychometric properties of the 35-item Myanmar version of the HIV stigma scale support it as a measure of stigma among PLWHA in Myanmar. This instrument could help healthcare providers to better understand how stigma operates in PLWHA and to develop tailored stigma-reduction interventions in Myanmar
Tobacco use and HIV symptom severity in Chinese people living with HIV
Exposure to nicotine among people living with HIV (PLWH) may impact physical health as indicated by experienced symptoms. Yet, the empirical evidence documenting the relations between tobacco use and symptom experiences among PLWH remains limited. This study aims to assess the relationships between tobacco use and HIV symptoms through a cross-sectional survey conducted in Beijing and Shanghai. The WHO ASSIST screening test was used for frequency …
Depression and anxiety among HIV-positive men who have sex with men and men who have sex with women in China
China is experiencing an emerging HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM). Minority stress theory posits that marginalized populations experience additional stress, which influences experiences of psychological distress and health outcomes. This study aimed to understand psychological distress of MSM relative to men who have sex with women (MSW) in an urban Chinese setting. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from 162 HIV-positi…
Acculturation, HIV-Related Stigma, Stress, and Patient-Healthcare Provider Relationships Among HIV-Infected Asian Americans
Incidence of hypertension among persons living with HIV in China
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00872417 registered on 31 March, 2009, and NCT01844297 registered on 1 May, 2013
Quality of life in HIV-infected Chinese women and their family caregivers
China is experiencing a rapid increase in the number of HIV-infected women. In this study, we describe the development and preliminary evaluation of an intervention tailored for Chinese HIV-infected women and caregivers to improve their self- and family management, with goals of enhancing their physical quality of life (QOL) and decreasing their depressive symptomatology. Forty-one HIV-infected women and their caregivers were recruited from two p…
A structural equation model of patient-healthcare provider relationships and HIV-infected patient outcomes in Chinese populations
Obtaining maximum antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence is critical for maintaining a high CD4 count and strong immune function in PLWHA. Key factors for achieving optimum adherence include good medication self-efficacy, decreased medication-taking difficulties, and positive patient-healthcare provider (HCP) relationships. Limited studies have analyzed the correlation of these factors and ART adherence in Chinese population. In this paper, struc…
Life priorities in the HIV-positive Asians
HIV/AIDS is one of the most urgent and challenging public health issues, especially since it is now considered a chronic disease. In this project, we used text mining techniques to extract meaningful words and word patterns from 45 transcribed in-depth interviews of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) conducted in Taipei, Beijing, Shanghai, and San Francisco from 2006 to 2013. Text mining analysis can predict whether an emerging field will become…
A Mixed-Methods Study Supporting a Model of Chinese Parental HIV Disclosure
Lost in Translation
Language barriers are major obstacles that Asian American immigrants face when accessing health care in the USA. This study was conducted to explore the impact of language barriers and facilitators on the health care of Asian Americans. Qualitative, in-depth interviews and quantitative surveys were conducted with 69 Asian Americans (Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and mixed Asian backgrounds) living with HIV (AALWH…
Research Strategies
Given the increasing population of Asian Americans in the United States, there is an urgent need for culturally and linguistically sensitive and appropriate research to validate research findings, particularly with respect to health care. Although increasing attention is being focused on ethnic minority-group studies, few research reports concentrate on research strategies with respect to Asian American populations. This article describes the imp…
A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial of a Nurse-Delivered Medication Adherence Intervention Among HIV-Positive Outpatients Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Beijing, China
In sickness and in health
In China, there are currently an estimated 180,000 women between 16 and 45 years of age living with HIV. However, we know very little about their lived experiences. Given the spread of the AIDS epidemic in China and the burden it exerts on quality of life, there is an urgent need to understand how HIV affects Chinese women, particularly in the context of their marriages. How do they negotiate the extreme stigma of their illness in making decision…
A cross-sectional description of social capital in an international sample of persons living with HIV/Aids (PLWH)
This is the first report to describe levels of total social capital in an international sample of PLWH and to describe its relationship to self-reported health in this population
Use of a brief version of the self-compassion inventory with an international sample of people with HIV/Aids
The objective of this study was to extend the psychometric evaluation of a brief version of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS). A secondary analysis of data from an international sample of 1967 English-speaking persons living with HIV disease was used to examine the factor structure, and reliability of the 12-item Brief Version Self-Compassion Inventory (BVSCI). A Maximum Likelihood factor analysis and Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization confirmed a t…
Associations between the legal context of HIV, perceived social capital, and HIV antiretroviral adherence in North America
Treatment approaches offer clear advantages in controlling HIV and reducing HIV transmission at the population level. These advantages, however, will have limited benefit for adherence to treatments without also addressing the social and structural challenges that allow HIV to continue to spread among society's most vulnerable populations
Acculturation and perceived stress in HIV+ immigrants
Asians and Pacific Islanders (API) are among the fastest growing minority groups within the USA, and this growth has been accompanied by an increase in HIV incidence. Between 2000 and 2010, the API HIV infection rate increased from 4.5% to 8.7%; however, there is a paucity of HIV-related research for this group, and even less is known about the prevalence and correlates of antiretroviral therapy adherence behavior, quality of life, impact of stre…
Factor analyses of a social support scale using two methods
A Mixed-Methods Study Supporting a Model of Chinese Parental HIV Disclosure
Life priorities in the HIV-positive Asians
HIV/AIDS is one of the most urgent and challenging public health issues, especially since it is now considered a chronic disease. In this project, we used text mining techniques to extract meaningful words and word patterns from 45 transcribed in-depth interviews of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) conducted in Taipei, Beijing, Shanghai, and San Francisco from 2006 to 2013. Text mining analysis can predict whether an emerging field will become…
Quality of life in HIV-infected Chinese women and their family caregivers
China is experiencing a rapid increase in the number of HIV-infected women. In this study, we describe the development and preliminary evaluation of an intervention tailored for Chinese HIV-infected women and caregivers to improve their self- and family management, with goals of enhancing their physical quality of life (QOL) and decreasing their depressive symptomatology. Forty-one HIV-infected women and their caregivers were recruited from two p…
A structural equation model of patient-healthcare provider relationships and HIV-infected patient outcomes in Chinese populations
Obtaining maximum antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence is critical for maintaining a high CD4 count and strong immune function in PLWHA. Key factors for achieving optimum adherence include good medication self-efficacy, decreased medication-taking difficulties, and positive patient-healthcare provider (HCP) relationships. Limited studies have analyzed the correlation of these factors and ART adherence in Chinese population. In this paper, struc…
Tobacco use and HIV symptom severity in Chinese people living with HIV
Exposure to nicotine among people living with HIV (PLWH) may impact physical health as indicated by experienced symptoms. Yet, the empirical evidence documenting the relations between tobacco use and symptom experiences among PLWH remains limited. This study aims to assess the relationships between tobacco use and HIV symptoms through a cross-sectional survey conducted in Beijing and Shanghai. The WHO ASSIST screening test was used for frequency …
Depression and anxiety among HIV-positive men who have sex with men and men who have sex with women in China
China is experiencing an emerging HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM). Minority stress theory posits that marginalized populations experience additional stress, which influences experiences of psychological distress and health outcomes. This study aimed to understand psychological distress of MSM relative to men who have sex with women (MSW) in an urban Chinese setting. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from 162 HIV-positi…
Acculturation, HIV-Related Stigma, Stress, and Patient-Healthcare Provider Relationships Among HIV-Infected Asian Americans
Incidence of hypertension among persons living with HIV in China
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00872417 registered on 31 March, 2009, and NCT01844297 registered on 1 May, 2013
Physical symptoms and sleep disturbances activate coping strategies among HIV-infected Asian Americans
0.24). Interventions designed to decrease sleep disturbances and physical symptoms should be developed to enhance adaptive coping and reduce maladaptive coping among Asian Americans with HIV
Adaptation and validation of a culturally adapted HIV stigma scale in Myanmar
The psychometric properties of the 35-item Myanmar version of the HIV stigma scale support it as a measure of stigma among PLWHA in Myanmar. This instrument could help healthcare providers to better understand how stigma operates in PLWHA and to develop tailored stigma-reduction interventions in Myanmar
Influencing factors of cancer prevention and control among urban and rural adults in Fujian, China
Objective Cancer burden can be reduced when the population's knowledge of cancer prevention and control measures is increased. However, current epidemiological research investigating cancer prevention and control knowledge in China is limited. This study aimed to examine the core knowledge levels of cancer prevention and control measures as well as its influencing factors among adults in Fujian, China. Study design A cross-sectional study. Method…
Longitudinal trajectory of the association between quality of life and depression among people living with HIV in China
Although depression has been associated with low QOL, limited research has quantified the change of depression to improvement of QOL among naïve PLHIV using ART in Shanghai, China. This study examined the association between depression symptoms and QOL among Chinese PLWH in a six-month longitudinal study. Data were collected from 111 people living with HIV at baseline, 3rd month and 6th month after initiating ART, using the WHOQOL-HIV BREF and th…
Care engagement with healthcare providers and symptom management self-efficacy in women living with HIV in China
This study demonstrated the positive effect of engagement with HCPs on WLWHs' symptom management self-efficacy as well as the negative effect of internalized stigma on symptom management self-efficacy. Future research can further test the relationship between the three key concepts, as well as explore interventions to decrease internalized stigma
Coping strategies following the diagnosis of a fetal anomaly
Introduction Many women experience severe emotional distress (such as grief, depression, and anxiety) following a diagnosis of fetal anomaly. The ability to cope with stressful events and regulate emotions across diverse situations may play a primary role in psychological wellbeing. This study aims to present coping strategies after disclosing a fetal anomaly to pregnant women. Methods This is a scoping review based on the Preferred Reporting Ite…
Infrastructure collapsed, health care access disrupted, Myanmar people with chronic diseases are in danger
The situation in Myanmar is getting worse. As civil war and military strikes erupt in many locations inside Myanmar, cities in nearby countries such as Thailand, Bangladesh, and India, report more wounded and internally displaced people (IDP) from Myanmar in their local clinics and hospitals [1]. Many IDP came both from nearby regions of Myanmar [...]
Relationships between spirituality and mental stress in people living with HIV in China
There are limited reports on the relationship between spirituality and mental stress in PLWH in China, who may be subject to anti-religious pressures from the government. In this study, we aimed to understand whether spirituality influences Chinese PLWH's mental stress and, if so, at what level. We recruited 200 PLWHs from Beijing's Ditan Hospital to complete a cross-sectional survey inquiring about their practice of spirituality as well as their…
Fear of Covid and Physical Health Among People Living with HIV in China
The COVID-19 pandemic has uniquely impacted people living with HIV (PLWH) worldwide. The negative impacts on PLWH's mental health from fear of COVID-19 are labeled as "a double stress." The association between fear of COVID-19 and HIV (internalized) stigma has been found among PLWH. Studies that explore the relationships between fear of COVID-19 and physical health outcomes are few, especially among PLWH. In this study, we explored the relationsh…
Medicine (28 works) · Psychology (23 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (22 works) · Clinical Psychology (15 works) · Family medicine (15 works) · Psychiatry (15 works) · Psychological intervention (15 works) · Nursing (14 works) · Gerontology (12 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (12 works)