Vivian Lin
Biographic Data
| ID | 285761 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vivian Lin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vivian |
| FAMILY NAME | Lin |
| SIGNATURE | LIN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4835-2772 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Prevalence, predictors, and patient-reported outcomes of long Covid in hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients from the city of São Paulo, Brazil
Background: Robust data comparing long COVID in hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients in middle-income countries are limited. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in Brazil, including hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients. Long COVID was diagnosed at 90-day follow-up using WHO criteria. Demographic and clinical information, including the depression screening scale (PHQ-2) at day 30, was compared between the groups. If the…
Public Health in Asia during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Because East and Southeast Asia did well during at least the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic, this was sometimes referred to as “Asian exceptionalism.” Many speculations, as well as studies, address individual behavior factors—memories of past pandemics, existing customs of wearing masks, greater compliance with societal norms—and the impacts on economy and society. Fewer address the social, economic, political, and other institutional resp…
Malaria elimination in the Asia‐Pacific
There has been good progress in the bid to eliminate malaria from the Asia-Pacific region by 2030. Malaria elimination has been certified by the World Health Organization in Sri Lanka and China, is expected to be certified in Malaysia, and is within reach in Bhutan and Timor-Leste. The countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion have also made good progress and reached many milestones of success. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened derail…
Introduction
Since the identification in late 2019 of a new coronavirus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (now widely known as Covid-19) the World Health Organization (WHO) has unsurprisingly been a focus of critical international attention Established in 1948 as a technical agency under the United Nations system, the WHO is ‘the directing and coordinating authority on international health work’ (WHO, 1948), with the power through the International He…
Beyond pandemic management
The challenge of making health services people-centred
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Room for improvement
CONTEXT: People with chronic conditions who are often in contact with the health-care system are well placed to reflect on how services meet their needs. Some research characterizes people who use complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) as a distinct group who opt out of the mainstream health system. However, many CAM users are people with chronic or terminal health conditions who concurrently use mainstream health-care services. The diffe…
Interface, interaction and integration
OBJECTIVES: To understand the extent to which conventional and complementary health care are integrated for CAM users with chronic conditions. METHODS: In-depth interviews and a self-administered questionnaire were used to collect data on care-seeking, self-management and CAM use among people with type 2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease living in Victoria, Australia. RESULTS: Many participants reported regular, frequent and long-term use of…
Governance and policy capacity in health development and implementation in Australia
This article examines policy capacity in the context of Australian health authorities in relation to the challenges confronting policy workers and senior managers in these agencies. The article reports the challenges identified by our informants in relation to political structures, roles and responsibilities of other portfolios and governments, interactions between policy officials and with the minister and the minister's office, whole of governm…
“Communicate to vaccinate”
BACKGROUND: Vaccination is a cost-effective public health measure and is central to the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality. However, childhood vaccination coverage remains sub-optimal in many settings. While communication is a key feature of vaccination programmes, we are not aware of any comprehensive approach to organising the broad range of communication interventions that can be delivered to parents and communities to imp…
Special issue on health system reform in Asia
Securing funds for health promotion
Worldwide, countries face the challenge of securing funds for health promotion. To address this issue, some governments have established health promotion foundations, which are statutory bodies with long-term and recurrent public resources. This article draws on experiences from Austria, Australia, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland to illustrate four lessons learned from the foundation model to secure funding for health promotion. These lessons ar…
Adverb classes and the nature of minimality
Network structures and their relevance to the policy cycle
Transformations in the healthcare system in China
In April 2009, the Chinese government announced comprehensive reforms to the health system following more than a decade of piecemeal reform efforts. Popular complaints about high healthcare costs and access difficulties eventually received political attention following the government administration change of 2002 and the SARS outbreak of 2003. However, policy differences between ministries resulted in several years of vigorous and open policy deb…
The development and pilot testing of a rapid assessment tool to improve local public health system capacity in Australia
This research indicates that it is possible to develop a tool for the systematic assessment of public health capacity at the local level. Piloting the tool revealed some concerns amongst participants, particularly about how the tool would be used. However there was also recognition that the areas covered by the tool were those considered relevant
Acupuncture, chiropractic and osteopathy use in Australia
There is substantial use of manipulative therapies by adult Australians, especially for back-related problems. Treatments incur considerable personal expenditure. In general, patient experience is positive. Referral by medical practitioners is a major determinant of use of these manipulative therapies
Managerial attitudes on the development of health promoting hospitals in Beijing
In 2002, the Beijing Committee for Disease Prevention launched guidelines based on the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion on health promoting hospitals (HPHs). HPH pilot projects were then initiated, on a voluntary basis, in 44 Beijing hospitals. Evaluations have been undertaken to assess the impacts of the pilot project. This article outlines this HPH project, its development and evaluation and reports on the attitudes and contribution of hospi…
Emerging Strategies for Healthy Urban Governance
Urban health promotion is not simply a matter of the right interventions, or even the necessary resources. Urban (and indeed global) health depends to an important extent on governance, the institutions and processes through which societies manage the course of events. This paper describes the concept of governance, distinguishing between reforms aimed at improving how government works and innovations that more fundamentally reinvent governance b…
Vision for a Global Registry of Anticipated Public Health Studies
In public health, the generation, management, and transfer of knowledge all need major improvement. Problems in generating knowledge include an imbalance in research funding, publication bias, unnecessary studies, adherence to fashion, and undue interest in novel and immediate issues. Impaired generation of knowledge, combined with a dated and inadequate process for managing knowledge and an inefficient system for transferring knowledge, mean a d…
Can scientists and policy makers work together
This paper addresses a fundamental question in evidence based policy making—can scientists and policy makers work together? It first provides a scenario outlining the different mentalities and imperatives of scientists and policy makers, and then discusses various issues and solutions relating to whether and how scientists and policy makers can work together. Scientists and policy makers have different goals, attitudes toward information, languag…
Possessors, Predicates and Movement in the Determiner Phrase
1. List of Contributors 2. Introduction (by Alexiadou, Artemis) 3. On the deficient/strong Opposition in Possessive Systems (by Cardinaletti, Anna) 4. Possessors, Articles and Definiteness (by Schoorlemmer, Maaike) 5. Possession in Germanic (by Delsing, Lars-Olof) 6. Attributive Genitive Constructions in German (by Lindauer, Thomas) 7. Case Underspecification in Morphology, Syntax and the Lexicon (by Gallmann, Peter) 8. Predicate Inversion in DP …
Health status differentials in the People's Republic of China
OBJECTIVES. This study sought to demonstrate that health status varies markedly in different parts of China. METHODS. The main source of data was statistics compiled by the Chinese Ministry for Public Health for 1978 to 1990 regarding causes of death. However, because mortality statistics in China are based on localities that have the capacity to provide data, they are not entirely representative. The international classification of disease categ…
Health and welfare and the labour process
Additional informationNotes on contributorsVivian Lin(The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and not necessarily the Department's
Productivity first
National development strategies in many Third-World countries in recent years have tended to emphasize a number of Japanese-pioneered patterns, among them management methods and export-oriented industrialization. Both have been seen as crucial to Japan's rise as an industrial power; and, during the past decade, export-oriented industrialization has been behind the rise of the Asian “Gang of Four”—South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore
Can scientists and policy makers work together
This paper addresses a fundamental question in evidence based policy making—can scientists and policy makers work together? It first provides a scenario outlining the different mentalities and imperatives of scientists and policy makers, and then discusses various issues and solutions relating to whether and how scientists and policy makers can work together. Scientists and policy makers have different goals, attitudes toward information, languag…
Emerging Strategies for Healthy Urban Governance
Urban health promotion is not simply a matter of the right interventions, or even the necessary resources. Urban (and indeed global) health depends to an important extent on governance, the institutions and processes through which societies manage the course of events. This paper describes the concept of governance, distinguishing between reforms aimed at improving how government works and innovations that more fundamentally reinvent governance b…
Governance and policy capacity in health development and implementation in Australia
This article examines policy capacity in the context of Australian health authorities in relation to the challenges confronting policy workers and senior managers in these agencies. The article reports the challenges identified by our informants in relation to political structures, roles and responsibilities of other portfolios and governments, interactions between policy officials and with the minister and the minister's office, whole of governm…
Health status differentials in the People's Republic of China
OBJECTIVES. This study sought to demonstrate that health status varies markedly in different parts of China. METHODS. The main source of data was statistics compiled by the Chinese Ministry for Public Health for 1978 to 1990 regarding causes of death. However, because mortality statistics in China are based on localities that have the capacity to provide data, they are not entirely representative. The international classification of disease categ…
Network structures and their relevance to the policy cycle
Adverb classes and the nature of minimality
Transformations in the healthcare system in China
In April 2009, the Chinese government announced comprehensive reforms to the health system following more than a decade of piecemeal reform efforts. Popular complaints about high healthcare costs and access difficulties eventually received political attention following the government administration change of 2002 and the SARS outbreak of 2003. However, policy differences between ministries resulted in several years of vigorous and open policy deb…
Vision for a Global Registry of Anticipated Public Health Studies
In public health, the generation, management, and transfer of knowledge all need major improvement. Problems in generating knowledge include an imbalance in research funding, publication bias, unnecessary studies, adherence to fashion, and undue interest in novel and immediate issues. Impaired generation of knowledge, combined with a dated and inadequate process for managing knowledge and an inefficient system for transferring knowledge, mean a d…
Productivity first
National development strategies in many Third-World countries in recent years have tended to emphasize a number of Japanese-pioneered patterns, among them management methods and export-oriented industrialization. Both have been seen as crucial to Japan's rise as an industrial power; and, during the past decade, export-oriented industrialization has been behind the rise of the Asian “Gang of Four”—South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore
Health and welfare and the labour process
Additional informationNotes on contributorsVivian Lin(The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and not necessarily the Department's
Health status differentials in the People's Republic of China
OBJECTIVES. This study sought to demonstrate that health status varies markedly in different parts of China. METHODS. The main source of data was statistics compiled by the Chinese Ministry for Public Health for 1978 to 1990 regarding causes of death. However, because mortality statistics in China are based on localities that have the capacity to provide data, they are not entirely representative. The international classification of disease categ…
Possessors, Predicates and Movement in the Determiner Phrase
1. List of Contributors 2. Introduction (by Alexiadou, Artemis) 3. On the deficient/strong Opposition in Possessive Systems (by Cardinaletti, Anna) 4. Possessors, Articles and Definiteness (by Schoorlemmer, Maaike) 5. Possession in Germanic (by Delsing, Lars-Olof) 6. Attributive Genitive Constructions in German (by Lindauer, Thomas) 7. Case Underspecification in Morphology, Syntax and the Lexicon (by Gallmann, Peter) 8. Predicate Inversion in DP …
Can scientists and policy makers work together
This paper addresses a fundamental question in evidence based policy making—can scientists and policy makers work together? It first provides a scenario outlining the different mentalities and imperatives of scientists and policy makers, and then discusses various issues and solutions relating to whether and how scientists and policy makers can work together. Scientists and policy makers have different goals, attitudes toward information, languag…
Managerial attitudes on the development of health promoting hospitals in Beijing
In 2002, the Beijing Committee for Disease Prevention launched guidelines based on the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion on health promoting hospitals (HPHs). HPH pilot projects were then initiated, on a voluntary basis, in 44 Beijing hospitals. Evaluations have been undertaken to assess the impacts of the pilot project. This article outlines this HPH project, its development and evaluation and reports on the attitudes and contribution of hospi…
Emerging Strategies for Healthy Urban Governance
Urban health promotion is not simply a matter of the right interventions, or even the necessary resources. Urban (and indeed global) health depends to an important extent on governance, the institutions and processes through which societies manage the course of events. This paper describes the concept of governance, distinguishing between reforms aimed at improving how government works and innovations that more fundamentally reinvent governance b…
Vision for a Global Registry of Anticipated Public Health Studies
In public health, the generation, management, and transfer of knowledge all need major improvement. Problems in generating knowledge include an imbalance in research funding, publication bias, unnecessary studies, adherence to fashion, and undue interest in novel and immediate issues. Impaired generation of knowledge, combined with a dated and inadequate process for managing knowledge and an inefficient system for transferring knowledge, mean a d…
Acupuncture, chiropractic and osteopathy use in Australia
There is substantial use of manipulative therapies by adult Australians, especially for back-related problems. Treatments incur considerable personal expenditure. In general, patient experience is positive. Referral by medical practitioners is a major determinant of use of these manipulative therapies
The development and pilot testing of a rapid assessment tool to improve local public health system capacity in Australia
This research indicates that it is possible to develop a tool for the systematic assessment of public health capacity at the local level. Piloting the tool revealed some concerns amongst participants, particularly about how the tool would be used. However there was also recognition that the areas covered by the tool were those considered relevant
Securing funds for health promotion
Worldwide, countries face the challenge of securing funds for health promotion. To address this issue, some governments have established health promotion foundations, which are statutory bodies with long-term and recurrent public resources. This article draws on experiences from Austria, Australia, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland to illustrate four lessons learned from the foundation model to secure funding for health promotion. These lessons ar…
Adverb classes and the nature of minimality
Network structures and their relevance to the policy cycle
Transformations in the healthcare system in China
In April 2009, the Chinese government announced comprehensive reforms to the health system following more than a decade of piecemeal reform efforts. Popular complaints about high healthcare costs and access difficulties eventually received political attention following the government administration change of 2002 and the SARS outbreak of 2003. However, policy differences between ministries resulted in several years of vigorous and open policy deb…
“Communicate to vaccinate”
BACKGROUND: Vaccination is a cost-effective public health measure and is central to the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality. However, childhood vaccination coverage remains sub-optimal in many settings. While communication is a key feature of vaccination programmes, we are not aware of any comprehensive approach to organising the broad range of communication interventions that can be delivered to parents and communities to imp…
Special issue on health system reform in Asia
Room for improvement
CONTEXT: People with chronic conditions who are often in contact with the health-care system are well placed to reflect on how services meet their needs. Some research characterizes people who use complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) as a distinct group who opt out of the mainstream health system. However, many CAM users are people with chronic or terminal health conditions who concurrently use mainstream health-care services. The diffe…
Interface, interaction and integration
OBJECTIVES: To understand the extent to which conventional and complementary health care are integrated for CAM users with chronic conditions. METHODS: In-depth interviews and a self-administered questionnaire were used to collect data on care-seeking, self-management and CAM use among people with type 2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease living in Victoria, Australia. RESULTS: Many participants reported regular, frequent and long-term use of…
Governance and policy capacity in health development and implementation in Australia
This article examines policy capacity in the context of Australian health authorities in relation to the challenges confronting policy workers and senior managers in these agencies. The article reports the challenges identified by our informants in relation to political structures, roles and responsibilities of other portfolios and governments, interactions between policy officials and with the minister and the minister's office, whole of governm…
The challenge of making health services people-centred
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Introduction
Since the identification in late 2019 of a new coronavirus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (now widely known as Covid-19) the World Health Organization (WHO) has unsurprisingly been a focus of critical international attention Established in 1948 as a technical agency under the United Nations system, the WHO is ‘the directing and coordinating authority on international health work’ (WHO, 1948), with the power through the International He…
Beyond pandemic management
Malaria elimination in the Asia‐Pacific
There has been good progress in the bid to eliminate malaria from the Asia-Pacific region by 2030. Malaria elimination has been certified by the World Health Organization in Sri Lanka and China, is expected to be certified in Malaysia, and is within reach in Bhutan and Timor-Leste. The countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion have also made good progress and reached many milestones of success. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened derail…
Public Health in Asia during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Because East and Southeast Asia did well during at least the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic, this was sometimes referred to as “Asian exceptionalism.” Many speculations, as well as studies, address individual behavior factors—memories of past pandemics, existing customs of wearing masks, greater compliance with societal norms—and the impacts on economy and society. Fewer address the social, economic, political, and other institutional resp…
Prevalence, predictors, and patient-reported outcomes of long Covid in hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients from the city of São Paulo, Brazil
Background: Robust data comparing long COVID in hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients in middle-income countries are limited. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in Brazil, including hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients. Long COVID was diagnosed at 90-day follow-up using WHO criteria. Demographic and clinical information, including the depression screening scale (PHQ-2) at day 30, was compared between the groups. If the…
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