Roger Yat-Nork Chung
Biographic Data
| ID | 1321387 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger Yat-Nork Chung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger Yat-Nork |
| FAMILY NAME | Chung |
| SIGNATURE | CHUNG R Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4407-8208 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Lessons from li
This paper asks how bioethics navigates, and should navigate, value pluralism in the increasingly global spaces in which bioethics operates. We juxtapose the ethical approaches suggested by East Asian societies, drawing primarily on Confucian ethics, with approaches more prevalent in Western societies, especially North America and Western Europe. Drawing on the Confucian virtue of li (禮) (ritual propriety and decorum), we argue for greater tolera…
Female migrant domestic worker experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
During the COVID-19 pandemic, international migrant workers were often at risk of increased hardships due to disrupted employment, insecure residency status, and stringent government pandemic policies. Migrant domestic workers (MDW) who are typically required to live in the home of their employer, away from social support networks, may face additional stressors and vulnerabilities. This study seeks to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemi…
The Role of Stress and Perceived Social Support in the Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health Among Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong
International migrant workers often face discrimination and poor work conditions that may negatively affect their mental health. Female migrant domestic workers (MDW), who often must reside in their place of work, may face additional daily stressors and discrimination compared with other international migrant workers. To address the stresses from discrimination and other challenges faced by MDWs, use of social support networks are often encourage…
Social and health service-related factors associated with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus– a population-based survey in a highly urbanized Chinese setting
Compared to individuals without diabetes or IDM cases, economically active males, males without regular check-ups and males with lower household income had a higher risk of UDM. Targeted active DM screening can reduce UDM. However, further research on the benefits of different types of physical activity is needed
Online learning problems, academic worries, social interaction, and psychological well-being among secondary school students in Hong Kong during the Covid-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous schools halted face-to-face teaching and instead resorted to online classes. The impact of online learning on students’ academic worries, social relationships, and psychological well-being has received growing attention. Based on a sample of 1095 students aged 14–16 in 12 secondary schools in Hong Kong, structural equation modeling was used to investigate the association between online learning problems, aca…
Employment conditions and mental health of overseas female migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong
The findings call for increased scrutiny of employment conditions and mental well-being of MDWs
Perceived discrimination and mental health among female migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong
Increased availability to mental health services should be considered. To improve MDW mental health, policymakers may also regulate maximum weekly working hours and ensure minimum standards for living environments. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Socioeconomic inequality in the worsening of psychosocial wellbeing via disrupted social conditions during Covid-19 among adolescents in Hong Kong
Background: Adolescents, especially the socioeconomically disadvantaged, are facing devastating psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic during their critical developmental period. This study aims to (i) examine the socioeconomic patterning of the worsening of psychosocial wellbeing, (ii) delineate the underlying mediating factors (i.e., overall worry about COVID-19, family's financial difficulty, learning problems, and loneliness), and (iii)…
The mediating role of individual-level social capital among worries, mental health and subjective well-being among adults in Hong Kong during the Covid-19 pandemic
Experience of South and Southeast Asian minority women in Hong Kong during Covid-19 pandemic
Even when COVID-19 incidence rate is relatively low in Hong Kong, the pandemic made life even more challenging for SAs and SEAs, which is a community already struggling with language barriers, financial woes, and discrimination. This in turn could have led to greater health inequalities. Government and civil organizations should take the social determinants of health inequalities into account when implementing COVID-19-related public health polic…
Pre-Covid-19 cognitive social capital and peri-Covid-19 depression
The impact of trust in government on pandemic management on the compliance with voluntary Covid-19 vaccination policy among adolescents after social unrest in Hong Kong
Background: The launch of COVID-19 vaccines among students provides an opportunity to re-open schools safely. Nonetheless, under the voluntary vaccination policy, the lack of trust in government since the unprecedented massive social unrest in Hong Kong may hinder the vaccination progress. This study aims to assess the impact of trust in government regarding pandemic management on the willingness, uptake, and intention of COVID-19 vaccination amo…
First‐ and second‐hand alcohol‐related harms among urban Chinese
‘This can’t be the new norm’
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the university sector globally. This article reports on the Australian findings from a large-scale survey of academic staff and their experiences and predictions of the impact of the pandemic on their wellbeing. We report the perceptions of n=370 Australian academics and accounts of their institutions’ responses to COVID-19, analysed using self-determination theory. Respondents report work-related str…
Caregivers’ Experience of End-of-Life Stage Elderly Patients
These findings increase our understanding of caregivers' in-depth experience over time that arise within the structural context of end-of-life care. Our data highlights the need for end of life related knowledge and information, provision of a caring atmosphere and communication, and professional-led detachment in creating caregiving-friendly service in healthcare system, thus as to provide support and alleviate stress for caregivers with their c…
Inequalities in Psychiatric Morbidity in Hong Kong and Strategies for Mitigation
This study explores the social gradient of psychiatric morbidity. The Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey (HKMMS), consisting of 5719 Chinese adults aged 16 to 75 years, was used. The Chinese version of the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R) was employed for psychiatric assessment of common mental disorders (CMD). People with a less advantaged socioeconomic position (lower education, lower household income, unemployment, small living area …
Determinants of Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake among Female Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong
Globally, minority groups and non-citizens may not be sufficiently included in the COVID-19 vaccine coverage. This study seeks to understand determinants of vaccine uptake among female foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong. We conducted a cross-sectional study of female FDWs ( n = 581) from June to August 2021. Respondents completed an online survey obtaining sociodemographic, employment, and health status information. Based upon the socio…
Public Rental Housing and Obesogenic Behaviors among Adults in Hong Kong
Public rental housing (PRH) for low-income families has been shown in several studies to be associated with poor health status and obesity. However, the causes of this health disparity are controversial, and the associations and pathways between PRH and obesogenic behaviors remain unknown. Using cross-sectional survey data of 1977 adults living in Hong Kong (aged or over 18) together with multi-source GIS-based environmental data, we examined the…
Differential Impacts of Multimorbidity on Covid-19 Severity across the Socioeconomic Ladder in Hong Kong
The severity of COVID-19 infections could be exacerbated by the epidemic of chronic diseases and underlying inequalities in social determinants of health. Nonetheless, there is scanty evidence in regions with a relatively well-controlled outbreak. This study examined the socioeconomic patterning of COVID-19 severity and its effect modification with multimorbidity in Hong Kong. 3074 local COVID-19 cases diagnosed from 5 July to 31 October 2020 wer…
Measuring health-related social deprivation in small areas
Our newly developed SDI is a valid and routinely available measurement of social deprivation in small areas and is useful in resource allocation and policy-making for public health purpose in communities. There is a potential large improvement in cancer mortality by offering relevant policies and interventions to reduce health-related deprivation. Further studies can be done to design strategies to reduce the expanding health inequalities between…
Differential educational patterning of cardiometabolic risks between women and men among community-dwelling Chinese adults in Hong Kong
Objectives: Educational inequalities in cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) are globally recognised; nonetheless, the evidence on potential explanatory mechanisms and effective strategies for CMD prevention and inequality reduction is relatively scarce in Asia. Therefore, the current study examined the extent and potential mediators of the association of education level with CMD conditions (i.e., hypertension and diabetes) in an advanced economy in As…
Covid-19 related health inequality exists even in a city where disease incidence is relatively low
BACKGROUND: We examined whether COVID-19 could exert inequalities in socioeconomic conditions and health in Hong Kong, where there has been a relatively low COVID-19 incidence. METHODS: 752 adult respondents from a previous random sample participated in a telephone survey from 20 April to 11 May 2020. We examined demographic and socioeconomic factors, worry of COVID-19, general health, economic activity, and personal protective equipment (PPE) an…
Deprivation is associated with anxiety and stress. A population-based longitudinal household survey among Chinese adults in Hong Kong
Background Mental illness is a major disease burden in the world and disproportionately affects the socially disadvantaged, but studies on the longitudinal association of poverty with anxiety and stress are rare, especially in Asia. Using data from Hong Kong, we aimed to (1) assess the cross-sectional association of poverty with anxiety and stress at baseline, and (2) to examine whether baseline poverty and change in poverty status over time are …
Pandemia’
Universities in the UK, and in other countries like Australia and the USA, have responded to the operational and financial challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic by prioritising institutional solvency and enforcing changes to the work-practices and profiles of their staff. For academics, an adjustment to institutional life under COVID-19 has been dramatic and resulted in the overwhelming majority making a transition to prolonged remote-wor…
Impact of Covid-19 on loneliness, mental health, and health service utilisation
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the psychological health and health service utilisation of older adults with multimorbidity, who are particularly vulnerable. AIM: To describe changes in loneliness, mental health problems, and attendance to scheduled medical care before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN AND SETTING: Telephone survey on a pre-existing cohort of older adults with multimorbidity in primary care. METH…
Physical and Mental Health of Live-In Female Migrant Domestic Workers
There has been a rising trend of labor migration globally. Given their alien status within the legal framework of the host countries, migrant domestic workers (MDWs) are especially vulnerable to poor employment conditions that may affect their health status, yet there is still a lack of quantitative evidence in this population hitherto. Using randomly sampled data from a cross-sectional survey of 2,017 live-in female MDWs in Hong Kong, a setting …
Data Collection for Migrant Live-In Domestic Workers
This article discusses an innovative method of collecting survey data on a special population, migrant live-in domestic workers, for which it is difficult to define an appropriate sampling framework. These migrant workers, however, have regular gatherings in public spaces within a certain period of time during the weekends. In this article, we present the method of collecting data on this group of domestic workers and the procedures for implement…
Housing affordability effects on physical and mental health
Housing affordability affects physical and mental health, partially through deprivation, suggesting that housing policies targeting deprived individuals may help reduce health inequality in addition to targeting the housing affordability problem
Pandemia’
Universities in the UK, and in other countries like Australia and the USA, have responded to the operational and financial challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic by prioritising institutional solvency and enforcing changes to the work-practices and profiles of their staff. For academics, an adjustment to institutional life under COVID-19 has been dramatic and resulted in the overwhelming majority making a transition to prolonged remote-wor…
Association of living density with anxiety and stress
This study aims to enrich the comprehension of the effect of living density on anxiety and stress among adults in a global city. A random sample of 1,978 Hong Kong adults was interviewed in a cross-sectional population study in 2014-2015. Descriptive statistics and logistic regressions were used to investigate the association between housing variables and mental health indicators, namely, anxiety and stress. Logistic regression analysis results h…
Pre-Covid-19 cognitive social capital and peri-Covid-19 depression
Deprivation is associated with anxiety and stress. A population-based longitudinal household survey among Chinese adults in Hong Kong
Background Mental illness is a major disease burden in the world and disproportionately affects the socially disadvantaged, but studies on the longitudinal association of poverty with anxiety and stress are rare, especially in Asia. Using data from Hong Kong, we aimed to (1) assess the cross-sectional association of poverty with anxiety and stress at baseline, and (2) to examine whether baseline poverty and change in poverty status over time are …
P2-271 Socioeconomic development and sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality. An age-period-cohort analysis of the Hong Kong Chinese
Introduction An epidemic of premature ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in men usually emerges with economic development. The Hong Kong Chinese population experienced abrupt macro-environmental change generated by mass migration in the late 1940s from pre-industrial China to economically developing Hong Kong. We took advantage of this natural experiment to test whether a “step-change” in living conditions in early life had sex-specific cohort effects…
P1-515 Patterns of infection-related cancers in a rapidly developed Chinese population. An age-period-cohort analysis
Introduction With economic development, non-communicable diseases replace infectious diseases as the leading cause of death; how such transition occurs for infectious diseases with long latency has rarely been considered. We took advantage of a Chinese population with rapid economic development in the mid-20th century to study changing patterns of infection-related cancers. Methods We used sex-specific Poisson regression to estimate age, period a…
Inequalities in health status among rural residents
This study suggests that the singles and the people with lower education levels are high-risk groups for poorer health status in the Chinese rural population. The findings from this study warrant further investigation
The diminishing socioeconomic disparity in obesity in a Chinese population with rapid economic development
The impact of gradient in food attainment and occupational physical activity across the SES levels may wear off with further economic development, while factors such as health awareness, diet pattern and leisure activity may become increasingly important in driving the disparity. Our findings suggest that health education should focus on the disadvantaged populations on health awareness for adopting healthier diet pattern and increasing physical …
Deprivation is associated with worse physical and mental health beyond income poverty
Poverty affects access to regular source of primary care among the general population in Hong Kong
A territory‐wide two‐stage stratified random sample of 2,282 community‐dwelling Hong Kong adults were surveyed between 2014 and 2015 to investigate the association between poverty and regular source of primary care utilization. Poverty was operationalized by income‐poverty and deprivation. About 94% of our sample reported having regular source of primary care (Western and/or Chinese medical practitioner) and about 69% among them were in private s…
Impact of Covid-19 on loneliness, mental health, and health service utilisation
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the psychological health and health service utilisation of older adults with multimorbidity, who are particularly vulnerable. AIM: To describe changes in loneliness, mental health problems, and attendance to scheduled medical care before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN AND SETTING: Telephone survey on a pre-existing cohort of older adults with multimorbidity in primary care. METH…
Examining the Gaps and Issues of End-of-Life Care among Older Population through the Lens of Socioecological Model—A Multi-Method Qualitative Study of Hong Kong
End-of-life (EOL) care for terminal illness and life-limiting conditions is a sector in the health service spectrum that is drawing increased attention. Despite having the world's longest life expectancy and an ever-escalating demand for long-term care, Hong Kong's EOL care was underdeveloped. The current study aims to provide a holistic picture of gaps and issues to EOL care in Hong Kong. Data collection was conducted using a multi-method qualit…
Scoping Review
We explore the intergenerational pattern of resource transfer and possible associated factors. A scoping review was conducted of quantitative, peer-reviewed, English-language studies related to intergenerational transfer or interaction. We searched AgeLine, PsycINFO, Social Work Abstracts, and Sociological Abstracts for articles published between Jane 2008 and December 2018. Seventy-five studies from 25 countries met the inclusion criteria. The s…
Quality of Palliative and End-Of-Life Care in Hong Kong
Integration of palliative and end-of-life care is an important pillar of healthcare service to improve quality of life by addressing patients' values, wishes and preference, and assist their family to handle challenges at the end stage of life. Further improvements to the service framework would be required, specifically in the political framework, multidisciplinary approach, and readiness and competence in healthcare workers and community. These…
Perceived poverty and health, and their roles in the poverty-health vicious cycle
The poverty-health vicious cycle has remained a great challenge in Hong Kong despite its economic prosperity. To break the cycle, potential policy directions include the adoption of proportionate universalism, social integration and the strengthening of medical-social collaboration
Association of time to diagnosis with socioeconomic position and geographical accessibility to healthcare among symptomatic Covid-19 patients
Association of living density with anxiety and stress
This study aims to enrich the comprehension of the effect of living density on anxiety and stress among adults in a global city. A random sample of 1,978 Hong Kong adults was interviewed in a cross-sectional population study in 2014-2015. Descriptive statistics and logistic regressions were used to investigate the association between housing variables and mental health indicators, namely, anxiety and stress. Logistic regression analysis results h…
Equitable exit strategy is required
The impact of social inequalities on people’s vulnerability to COVID-19, especially by non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), has been widely discussed.1 2 However, recent resurgence of community outbreaks in Hong Kong clearly warns us that, without taking social inequalities into account when planning exit strategies, the pandemic may stage a comeback and spread even more rampantly. Hong Kong is currently undergoing the ‘third wave’ of local o…
Housing affordability effects on physical and mental health
Housing affordability affects physical and mental health, partially through deprivation, suggesting that housing policies targeting deprived individuals may help reduce health inequality in addition to targeting the housing affordability problem
Data Collection for Migrant Live-In Domestic Workers
This article discusses an innovative method of collecting survey data on a special population, migrant live-in domestic workers, for which it is difficult to define an appropriate sampling framework. These migrant workers, however, have regular gatherings in public spaces within a certain period of time during the weekends. In this article, we present the method of collecting data on this group of domestic workers and the procedures for implement…
Physical and Mental Health of Live-In Female Migrant Domestic Workers
There has been a rising trend of labor migration globally. Given their alien status within the legal framework of the host countries, migrant domestic workers (MDWs) are especially vulnerable to poor employment conditions that may affect their health status, yet there is still a lack of quantitative evidence in this population hitherto. Using randomly sampled data from a cross-sectional survey of 2,017 live-in female MDWs in Hong Kong, a setting …
Differential Impacts of Multimorbidity on Covid-19 Severity across the Socioeconomic Ladder in Hong Kong
The severity of COVID-19 infections could be exacerbated by the epidemic of chronic diseases and underlying inequalities in social determinants of health. Nonetheless, there is scanty evidence in regions with a relatively well-controlled outbreak. This study examined the socioeconomic patterning of COVID-19 severity and its effect modification with multimorbidity in Hong Kong. 3074 local COVID-19 cases diagnosed from 5 July to 31 October 2020 wer…
Measuring health-related social deprivation in small areas
Our newly developed SDI is a valid and routinely available measurement of social deprivation in small areas and is useful in resource allocation and policy-making for public health purpose in communities. There is a potential large improvement in cancer mortality by offering relevant policies and interventions to reduce health-related deprivation. Further studies can be done to design strategies to reduce the expanding health inequalities between…
Differential educational patterning of cardiometabolic risks between women and men among community-dwelling Chinese adults in Hong Kong
Objectives: Educational inequalities in cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) are globally recognised; nonetheless, the evidence on potential explanatory mechanisms and effective strategies for CMD prevention and inequality reduction is relatively scarce in Asia. Therefore, the current study examined the extent and potential mediators of the association of education level with CMD conditions (i.e., hypertension and diabetes) in an advanced economy in As…
Covid-19 related health inequality exists even in a city where disease incidence is relatively low
BACKGROUND: We examined whether COVID-19 could exert inequalities in socioeconomic conditions and health in Hong Kong, where there has been a relatively low COVID-19 incidence. METHODS: 752 adult respondents from a previous random sample participated in a telephone survey from 20 April to 11 May 2020. We examined demographic and socioeconomic factors, worry of COVID-19, general health, economic activity, and personal protective equipment (PPE) an…
Deprivation is associated with anxiety and stress. A population-based longitudinal household survey among Chinese adults in Hong Kong
Background Mental illness is a major disease burden in the world and disproportionately affects the socially disadvantaged, but studies on the longitudinal association of poverty with anxiety and stress are rare, especially in Asia. Using data from Hong Kong, we aimed to (1) assess the cross-sectional association of poverty with anxiety and stress at baseline, and (2) to examine whether baseline poverty and change in poverty status over time are …
Pandemia’
Universities in the UK, and in other countries like Australia and the USA, have responded to the operational and financial challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic by prioritising institutional solvency and enforcing changes to the work-practices and profiles of their staff. For academics, an adjustment to institutional life under COVID-19 has been dramatic and resulted in the overwhelming majority making a transition to prolonged remote-wor…
The impact of trust in government on pandemic management on the compliance with voluntary Covid-19 vaccination policy among adolescents after social unrest in Hong Kong
Background: The launch of COVID-19 vaccines among students provides an opportunity to re-open schools safely. Nonetheless, under the voluntary vaccination policy, the lack of trust in government since the unprecedented massive social unrest in Hong Kong may hinder the vaccination progress. This study aims to assess the impact of trust in government regarding pandemic management on the willingness, uptake, and intention of COVID-19 vaccination amo…
First‐ and second‐hand alcohol‐related harms among urban Chinese
Medicine (34 works) · Environmental health (22 works) · Population (21 works) · Sociology (20 works) · Political science (19 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Demography (18 works) · Gerontology (16 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (16 works) · Mental health (14 works)