L M Ho
Biographic Data
| ID | 160677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L M Ho |
| GIVEN NAMES | L M |
| FAMILY NAME | Ho |
| SIGNATURE | HO L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2709-927X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Comprehensive school-based sexuality education: Outcome evaluation results from Hong Kong
This study evaluated the effects of a comprehensive school-based sexuality education programme in enhancing sexual health knowledge and understanding among adolescents, parents and school personnel in six secondary schools in Hong Kong. Study outcomes were evaluated through pre- and post-tests. A total of 1588 students, 40 parents and 271 school personnel participated. Baseline student knowledge scores were highest among younger students, with si…
A Community-Based Lifestyle-Integrated Physical Activity Intervention to Enhance Physical Activity, Positive Family Communication, and Perceived Health in Deprived Families: A Cluster Randomized Contr…
Background: Zero-time exercise (ZTEx) is an approach integrating simple strength- and stamina-enhancing physical activity into daily life. The study evaluated the effectiveness of a community-based lifestyle-integrated physical activity intervention using ZTEx to enhance participants’ physical activity, family communication, perceived health and happiness, and family harmony. Methods: A parallel group, cluster randomised controlled trial was cond…
Mental Health Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on International University Students, Related Stressors, and Coping Strategies
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted university teaching globally. The mental health impacts on international university students have been overlooked. Aims: This study examined the differences in COVID-19-related stressors and mental health impacts between international university students studying in the UK or USA who returned to their home country or region (returnees) and those who stayed in their institu…
Living with Smoker(s) and Smoking Cessation in Chinese Adult Smokers: Cross-Sectional and Prospective Evidence from Hong Kong Population Health Survey
Background : Results on the environmental influence on unassisted quitting are scarce. We investigated the associations of living with smoker(s) with quitting in Chinese adult smokers. Methods : We examined both cross-sectional and prospective data in the Hong Kong Population Health Survey recruited participants in 2003/04, and followed up to 2006. Unconditional logistic regression yielded adjusted odds ratios (AORs) of (i) planning to quit, (ii)…
A profile of the online dissemination of national influenza surveillance data
Appropriate dissemination of surveillance data is important to maximize the utility of collected data. There may be room for improvement in the style and content of the dissemination of influenza data to health care professionals and the general public
Early life second-hand smoke exposure and serious infectious morbidity during the first 8 years: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort
Household SHS exposure in early infancy increases severe infectious morbidity requiring hospital admission. Reducing SHS exposure in infants and particularly in more vulnerable infants will lower the bed-days burden due to infectious causes
Does Smoking Affect Hospital Use Before Death: A Comparison of Ever- and Never-Smokers in the Last Years of Life
BACKGROUND: Given the apparent greater use of health care services by smokers and predictions of higher costs for a never-smoking population, we aimed in this study to determine whether the acute hospital costs in the last years of life of never- and ever-smokers differed before death using a database of the decedents in 1 year in Hong Kong. OBJECTIVES: To compare the acute hospital use of ever- and never-smoker decedents. METHODS: The data on ca…
Cost of tobacco-related diseases, including passive smoking, in Hong Kong
The health costs of tobacco use are high and represent a net loss to society. Passive smoking increases these costs by at least a quarter. This quantification of the costs of tobacco provides strong motivation for legislative action on smoke-free areas in the Asia Pacific Region and elsewhere
Promoting Smoking Cessation Among the Elderly: What Are the Predictors of Intention to Quit and Successful Quitting
The study identified several predictors of successful quitting that could help improve the provision of current smoking cessation services. Population-based smoking cessation programs, especially those targeted to elderly, should take these predictors into consideration in the design of interventions
Non-attendance and effective equity of access at four public specialist outpatient centers in Hong Kong
Longitudinal Assessment of Community Psychobehavioral Responses During and After the 2003 Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong
BACKGROUND: In previous literature, the stability and temporal evolution of psychobehavioral responses to an outbreak remained undefined, because of the exclusively cross-sectional nature of such study designs. METHODS: Using random-digit dialing, we sampled 4481 Hong Kong residents in 6 population-based surveys that were conducted at different times during and after the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). RESULTS: Responde…
Secondhand smoke and respiratory ill health in current smokers
SHS exposure is strongly associated with increased acute respiratory symptoms and recent outpatient service utilisation in current smokers. If the association is causal, public health action to limit SHS exposure could also benefit smokers
Depressive Symptoms Among Hong Kong Adolescents: Relation to Atypical Sexual Feelings and Behaviors, Gender Dissatisfaction, Pubertal Timing, and Family and Peer Relationships
Suicidality and cultural values among Hong Kong adolescents
The economic burden of environmental tobacco smoke in the first year of life
Objectives: To assess public attitudes toward the tobacco industry and its products, and to identify predictors of attitudes supportive of tobacco industry denormalisation. Design: Population based, cross
The Effects of Schooling on Gender Differences
The study on which this article is based examined the gender differences in educational achievements based on a longitudinal sample of more than 45,000 secondary school students in Hong Kong who took a public examination in 1997. The results coincided with the findings from recent British studies that boys did less well than girls in all areas of the school curriculum. The multilevel analyses of the effects of schooling, after controlling for ini…
Timing of Pubertal Maturation and Heterosexual Behavior Among Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents
Symptom Patterns in Depression and "Subthreshold" Depression among Adolescents in Hong Kong and the United States
This study compared the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.) Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) diagnostic interview information from a representative, stratified sample of 85 (selected from 2,212) Hong Kong and 1,706 age- and sex-matched U.S. adolescents. Current prevalence rates (Hong Kong: 2.2%, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 1.3% to 3.1%; United States: 2.2%, 95% CI = 1.6% to 3.0%) were similar in the two cultures. Mor…
Contract medicine arrangements in Hong Kong: An Example of Risk-Bearing Provider Networks in an Unregulated Environment
Timing of Pubertal Maturation and Heterosexual Behavior Among Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents
Suicidality and cultural values among Hong Kong adolescents
The Effects of Schooling on Gender Differences
The study on which this article is based examined the gender differences in educational achievements based on a longitudinal sample of more than 45,000 secondary school students in Hong Kong who took a public examination in 1997. The results coincided with the findings from recent British studies that boys did less well than girls in all areas of the school curriculum. The multilevel analyses of the effects of schooling, after controlling for ini…
Symptom Patterns in Depression and "Subthreshold" Depression among Adolescents in Hong Kong and the United States
This study compared the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.) Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) diagnostic interview information from a representative, stratified sample of 85 (selected from 2,212) Hong Kong and 1,706 age- and sex-matched U.S. adolescents. Current prevalence rates (Hong Kong: 2.2%, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 1.3% to 3.1%; United States: 2.2%, 95% CI = 1.6% to 3.0%) were similar in the two cultures. Mor…
Depressive Symptoms Among Hong Kong Adolescents: Relation to Atypical Sexual Feelings and Behaviors, Gender Dissatisfaction, Pubertal Timing, and Family and Peer Relationships
Contract medicine arrangements in Hong Kong: An Example of Risk-Bearing Provider Networks in an Unregulated Environment
Non-attendance and effective equity of access at four public specialist outpatient centers in Hong Kong
Contract medicine arrangements in Hong Kong: An Example of Risk-Bearing Provider Networks in an Unregulated Environment
The Effects of Schooling on Gender Differences
The study on which this article is based examined the gender differences in educational achievements based on a longitudinal sample of more than 45,000 secondary school students in Hong Kong who took a public examination in 1997. The results coincided with the findings from recent British studies that boys did less well than girls in all areas of the school curriculum. The multilevel analyses of the effects of schooling, after controlling for ini…
Timing of Pubertal Maturation and Heterosexual Behavior Among Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents
Symptom Patterns in Depression and "Subthreshold" Depression among Adolescents in Hong Kong and the United States
This study compared the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.) Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) diagnostic interview information from a representative, stratified sample of 85 (selected from 2,212) Hong Kong and 1,706 age- and sex-matched U.S. adolescents. Current prevalence rates (Hong Kong: 2.2%, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 1.3% to 3.1%; United States: 2.2%, 95% CI = 1.6% to 3.0%) were similar in the two cultures. Mor…
The economic burden of environmental tobacco smoke in the first year of life
Objectives: To assess public attitudes toward the tobacco industry and its products, and to identify predictors of attitudes supportive of tobacco industry denormalisation. Design: Population based, cross
Depressive Symptoms Among Hong Kong Adolescents: Relation to Atypical Sexual Feelings and Behaviors, Gender Dissatisfaction, Pubertal Timing, and Family and Peer Relationships
Suicidality and cultural values among Hong Kong adolescents
Longitudinal Assessment of Community Psychobehavioral Responses During and After the 2003 Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong
BACKGROUND: In previous literature, the stability and temporal evolution of psychobehavioral responses to an outbreak remained undefined, because of the exclusively cross-sectional nature of such study designs. METHODS: Using random-digit dialing, we sampled 4481 Hong Kong residents in 6 population-based surveys that were conducted at different times during and after the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). RESULTS: Responde…
Secondhand smoke and respiratory ill health in current smokers
SHS exposure is strongly associated with increased acute respiratory symptoms and recent outpatient service utilisation in current smokers. If the association is causal, public health action to limit SHS exposure could also benefit smokers
Cost of tobacco-related diseases, including passive smoking, in Hong Kong
The health costs of tobacco use are high and represent a net loss to society. Passive smoking increases these costs by at least a quarter. This quantification of the costs of tobacco provides strong motivation for legislative action on smoke-free areas in the Asia Pacific Region and elsewhere
Promoting Smoking Cessation Among the Elderly: What Are the Predictors of Intention to Quit and Successful Quitting
The study identified several predictors of successful quitting that could help improve the provision of current smoking cessation services. Population-based smoking cessation programs, especially those targeted to elderly, should take these predictors into consideration in the design of interventions
Non-attendance and effective equity of access at four public specialist outpatient centers in Hong Kong
Early life second-hand smoke exposure and serious infectious morbidity during the first 8 years: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort
Household SHS exposure in early infancy increases severe infectious morbidity requiring hospital admission. Reducing SHS exposure in infants and particularly in more vulnerable infants will lower the bed-days burden due to infectious causes
Does Smoking Affect Hospital Use Before Death: A Comparison of Ever- and Never-Smokers in the Last Years of Life
BACKGROUND: Given the apparent greater use of health care services by smokers and predictions of higher costs for a never-smoking population, we aimed in this study to determine whether the acute hospital costs in the last years of life of never- and ever-smokers differed before death using a database of the decedents in 1 year in Hong Kong. OBJECTIVES: To compare the acute hospital use of ever- and never-smoker decedents. METHODS: The data on ca…
A profile of the online dissemination of national influenza surveillance data
Appropriate dissemination of surveillance data is important to maximize the utility of collected data. There may be room for improvement in the style and content of the dissemination of influenza data to health care professionals and the general public
Living with Smoker(s) and Smoking Cessation in Chinese Adult Smokers: Cross-Sectional and Prospective Evidence from Hong Kong Population Health Survey
Background : Results on the environmental influence on unassisted quitting are scarce. We investigated the associations of living with smoker(s) with quitting in Chinese adult smokers. Methods : We examined both cross-sectional and prospective data in the Hong Kong Population Health Survey recruited participants in 2003/04, and followed up to 2006. Unconditional logistic regression yielded adjusted odds ratios (AORs) of (i) planning to quit, (ii)…
A Community-Based Lifestyle-Integrated Physical Activity Intervention to Enhance Physical Activity, Positive Family Communication, and Perceived Health in Deprived Families: A Cluster Randomized Contr…
Background: Zero-time exercise (ZTEx) is an approach integrating simple strength- and stamina-enhancing physical activity into daily life. The study evaluated the effectiveness of a community-based lifestyle-integrated physical activity intervention using ZTEx to enhance participants’ physical activity, family communication, perceived health and happiness, and family harmony. Methods: A parallel group, cluster randomised controlled trial was cond…
Mental Health Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on International University Students, Related Stressors, and Coping Strategies
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted university teaching globally. The mental health impacts on international university students have been overlooked. Aims: This study examined the differences in COVID-19-related stressors and mental health impacts between international university students studying in the UK or USA who returned to their home country or region (returnees) and those who stayed in their institu…
Comprehensive school-based sexuality education: Outcome evaluation results from Hong Kong
This study evaluated the effects of a comprehensive school-based sexuality education programme in enhancing sexual health knowledge and understanding among adolescents, parents and school personnel in six secondary schools in Hong Kong. Study outcomes were evaluated through pre- and post-tests. A total of 1588 students, 40 parents and 271 school personnel participated. Baseline student knowledge scores were highest among younger students, with si…
Medicine (16 works) · Demography (10 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Population (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Demography (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works)