Rosaleen Ow
Biographic Data
| ID | 288840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rosaleen Ow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rosaleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Ow |
| SIGNATURE | OW R |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Platforms for the Development and Sustainability of Practice Research in Social Work: An International Cross-Case Analysis
Purpose: This paper presents an institutional and organizational comparative case analysis of practice research platforms in social work, which are institutionally embedded partnerships of university-based research centers, organizations delivering social services and healthcare, and other knowledge intermediaries that connect social work practice and research. Methods: An institutional and organizational comparative case analysis is presented co…
Perceived needs and wellbeing of Vietnamese parents caring for children with disability
Wellbeing and experiences of Chinese and Vietnamese carers of people with mental illness in Australia
Many studies show that carers of people with mental illness experience a negative impact on their wellbeing. Given the growing number of people relocating to Australia every year, there are limited studies examining the experience of carers of people with mental illness from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia. Using cultural safety as a conceptual framework, this exploratory study recruited 14 carers of Chinese and Vie…
Well‐being and needs of Malay carers of people with mental illness in Singapore
Despite the importance of carers supporting the lives of people with mental illness, there are limited studies investigating the well-being and needs of Malay carers in multicultural Singapore. The Malays consist of 13.4% of Singapore's population. A mixed methods qualitative dominant research approach was used to explore the well-being and needs of Malay carers in a voluntary welfare organisation. The Kessler-10, Friendship Scale and Carers' and…
The Hong Kong Statement on Practice Research 2017: Contexts and Challenges of the Far East
This statement on social work practice research highlights the contributions of scholars, practitioners, and conference participants in the Fourth International Conference on Practice Research (ICPR) in 2017, hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in May 2017. It focuses on the contexts and challenges of carrying out practice research in the Far East and beyond as well as raises pertinent questions about the development of practice resear…
Death of a child: Perspective of Chinese mothers in Singapore
The grief of Chinese mothers is examined in a phenomenological exploratory study. Grieving for the deceased child is moderated by diverse Chinese religious beliefs intertwined with cultural practices. Five aspects of grieving include giving meaning to the child’s life and death, quality and assurance of the afterlife, the function of crying, and a continuing bond. Extrapolating from the mothers’ grieving are questions related to the implications …
Understanding the psychosocial, behavioural and environmental factors behind frequent hospital admissions
Introduction: Increasing numbers of hospital admissions is a complex issue of significant concern to health systems around the world, as a significant cost driver of healthcare is inpatient cost[i]. In Singapore, patients who are frequently admitted to hospitals, although comprising a small number, account for a disproportionately high use of scarce healthcare resources. While national efforts are currently underway to provide care planning and c…
Malay Muslim Worldviews: Some Thoughts for Social Work Practice in Singapore
Singapore is a multicultural society with a population of about 5.1 million comprising mainly of people with Chinese, Malay, and Indian descent. This article focuses on a review of literature on the interface of religion and ethnic worldviews of the Malay-Muslim community in Singapore. In addition, it will utilize practice examples to show how these worldviews have implications for social work practice with the Malay-Muslim community particularly…
Development of a Research Proposal to Explore Needs and Service Utilization among the Conjugally Bereaved in Singapore Lessons Learnt from a Pilot Study
Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
Do Caregiver Beliefs Matter? An Exploratory Study of Palliative Caregiving Decisions in Singapore
The purpose of this study was to explore how the death and dying-related beliefs of caregivers influence their actual caregiving behavior, and to explore factors that may prevent them from translating these beliefs into functional behavior. Using a biopsychosocial-spiritual- environmental framework, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with three primary caregivers of patients diagnosed with terminal illness. Caregiving behavior was…
Poor Hemodialysis Outcome Identifying Social Risk Factors in Elderly and Non-elderly Patients in Singapore
Little is known about the social determinants that predispose hemodialysis patients to poor treatment outcome. Using a clinical data mining method, this study aims to identify differences in social risk factors for hospitalization between elderly and non-elderly patients. The sample consists of 100 elderly and 219 non-elderly patients who started hemodialysis at the National Kidney Foundation from October 2007 to September 2008 and were followed …
Negotiating Challenges: Social Development in Asia
This is a thought paper reflecting on the issues that give rise to prominent concerns in social development in Asia. However, the linkages between local concerns in Asia and global concerns are inevitable. Some examples from Asian countries are used as illustrations. The author's conclusion is that social development involves more than government initiatives, social philanthropy, and professional social work. Social work's involvement in social d…
Meeting healthcare costs: The case of childhood cancer in Singapore
Social security in Singapore is met by a compulsory personal savings scheme under the Central Provident Fund. Part of these savings go towards the individual's healthcare needs which are met through a spectrum of three schemes – Medisave, Medishield and Medifund, or the ‘3Ms’. This study examines the effectiveness of the ‘3Ms’ in making healthcare services affordable to families with cancer-stricken children. The extent to which the ‘3Ms’ support…
Towards a Cultural Accommodation Model for Effective Cross Counselling in Asia
This article uses the Cultural Accommodation Model developed by Leong and his colleagues as a theoretical framework for analysing different approaches to cross cultural counselling that has been described by the various articles in this special issue. Based on the tripartite model of the Universal, Group, and Individual dimensions to human personality and identity, the cultural accommodation model proposes that an integration of all three dimensi…
Issues and Challenges of Cross Cultural Counselling in Singapore
Singapore is a multicultural society comprising mainly of people with Chinese, Malay or Indian origin. This article examines the worldviews of the Chinese and Malay Muslim Singaporean from the perspective of how values and beliefs arising from different religious and cultural background impact on perceptions about social behaviours, life goals, problem-definition and problem-solving. The implications for cross cultural counselling at three levels…
Worldviews and Resilience in Children of Divorced Families
A qualitative study, involving face-to-face interviews and focused group discussion on the interaction of individual, family and social factors associated with resilience of Malay-Muslim children in divorced families. The sense of coherence reflecting an Islamic worldview provides the framework for understanding life and coping positively despite stressful conditions. Implications for social work practice with children in divorced families are di…
Permanency Planning: Families of Children with Intellectual Disability
A qualitative study of 17 families with a child with intellectual disability in Singapore covering propensity towards permanency planning and systemic or individual factors that influenced the process are discussed. In a collectivistic society, the familial network is expected to assume long-term care of the child with disability at the disablement or demise of elderly parents. Several systemic and perceptual factors seemed to work against this i…
Social work in a multicultural context
Social work practice and education are a reflection of the historical, social, economic and political context of the society the profession seeks to serve. This paper is a discussion of recent developments in multicultural Singapore in social service provisions for the elderly, the family and those with very low income, and the involvement of the social work discipline. The emphasis is on the fine balance in providing services which meet broad so…
Community Development and Social Support Networks of Families in Singapore
Mental Health Care: The Singapore Context
This article describes the remedial and preventive mental health care available in Singapore, with special emphasis on how world-views and other social-cultural factors influence the diagnosis and psychosocial treatment of the mentally ill. Certain behavioural concepts typical of the local population and significant in help-seeking therapy, especially in the area of family counselling and support, are included in the discussion on in-patient and …
Families with Intellectually Disabled Children
Families with an intellectually disabled member experience many social, emotional and practical difficulties. In this article their short-term and long-term needs and service provisions are reviewed during the life cycle of the intellectually disabled person. Ultimately the focus should not be linear with services directed only at training the person with the impairment for functional skills. A systemic approach involving help for the parents and…
The Hong Kong Statement on Practice Research 2017: Contexts and Challenges of the Far East
This statement on social work practice research highlights the contributions of scholars, practitioners, and conference participants in the Fourth International Conference on Practice Research (ICPR) in 2017, hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in May 2017. It focuses on the contexts and challenges of carrying out practice research in the Far East and beyond as well as raises pertinent questions about the development of practice resear…
Wellbeing and experiences of Chinese and Vietnamese carers of people with mental illness in Australia
Many studies show that carers of people with mental illness experience a negative impact on their wellbeing. Given the growing number of people relocating to Australia every year, there are limited studies examining the experience of carers of people with mental illness from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia. Using cultural safety as a conceptual framework, this exploratory study recruited 14 carers of Chinese and Vie…
Social work in a multicultural context
Social work practice and education are a reflection of the historical, social, economic and political context of the society the profession seeks to serve. This paper is a discussion of recent developments in multicultural Singapore in social service provisions for the elderly, the family and those with very low income, and the involvement of the social work discipline. The emphasis is on the fine balance in providing services which meet broad so…
Perceived needs and wellbeing of Vietnamese parents caring for children with disability
Negotiating Challenges: Social Development in Asia
This is a thought paper reflecting on the issues that give rise to prominent concerns in social development in Asia. However, the linkages between local concerns in Asia and global concerns are inevitable. Some examples from Asian countries are used as illustrations. The author's conclusion is that social development involves more than government initiatives, social philanthropy, and professional social work. Social work's involvement in social d…
Families with Intellectually Disabled Children
Families with an intellectually disabled member experience many social, emotional and practical difficulties. In this article their short-term and long-term needs and service provisions are reviewed during the life cycle of the intellectually disabled person. Ultimately the focus should not be linear with services directed only at training the person with the impairment for functional skills. A systemic approach involving help for the parents and…
Families with Intellectually Disabled Children
Families with an intellectually disabled member experience many social, emotional and practical difficulties. In this article their short-term and long-term needs and service provisions are reviewed during the life cycle of the intellectually disabled person. Ultimately the focus should not be linear with services directed only at training the person with the impairment for functional skills. A systemic approach involving help for the parents and…
Community Development and Social Support Networks of Families in Singapore
Mental Health Care: The Singapore Context
This article describes the remedial and preventive mental health care available in Singapore, with special emphasis on how world-views and other social-cultural factors influence the diagnosis and psychosocial treatment of the mentally ill. Certain behavioural concepts typical of the local population and significant in help-seeking therapy, especially in the area of family counselling and support, are included in the discussion on in-patient and …
Social work in a multicultural context
Social work practice and education are a reflection of the historical, social, economic and political context of the society the profession seeks to serve. This paper is a discussion of recent developments in multicultural Singapore in social service provisions for the elderly, the family and those with very low income, and the involvement of the social work discipline. The emphasis is on the fine balance in providing services which meet broad so…
Permanency Planning: Families of Children with Intellectual Disability
A qualitative study of 17 families with a child with intellectual disability in Singapore covering propensity towards permanency planning and systemic or individual factors that influenced the process are discussed. In a collectivistic society, the familial network is expected to assume long-term care of the child with disability at the disablement or demise of elderly parents. Several systemic and perceptual factors seemed to work against this i…
Worldviews and Resilience in Children of Divorced Families
A qualitative study, involving face-to-face interviews and focused group discussion on the interaction of individual, family and social factors associated with resilience of Malay-Muslim children in divorced families. The sense of coherence reflecting an Islamic worldview provides the framework for understanding life and coping positively despite stressful conditions. Implications for social work practice with children in divorced families are di…
Towards a Cultural Accommodation Model for Effective Cross Counselling in Asia
This article uses the Cultural Accommodation Model developed by Leong and his colleagues as a theoretical framework for analysing different approaches to cross cultural counselling that has been described by the various articles in this special issue. Based on the tripartite model of the Universal, Group, and Individual dimensions to human personality and identity, the cultural accommodation model proposes that an integration of all three dimensi…
Issues and Challenges of Cross Cultural Counselling in Singapore
Singapore is a multicultural society comprising mainly of people with Chinese, Malay or Indian origin. This article examines the worldviews of the Chinese and Malay Muslim Singaporean from the perspective of how values and beliefs arising from different religious and cultural background impact on perceptions about social behaviours, life goals, problem-definition and problem-solving. The implications for cross cultural counselling at three levels…
Meeting healthcare costs: The case of childhood cancer in Singapore
Social security in Singapore is met by a compulsory personal savings scheme under the Central Provident Fund. Part of these savings go towards the individual's healthcare needs which are met through a spectrum of three schemes – Medisave, Medishield and Medifund, or the ‘3Ms’. This study examines the effectiveness of the ‘3Ms’ in making healthcare services affordable to families with cancer-stricken children. The extent to which the ‘3Ms’ support…
Negotiating Challenges: Social Development in Asia
This is a thought paper reflecting on the issues that give rise to prominent concerns in social development in Asia. However, the linkages between local concerns in Asia and global concerns are inevitable. Some examples from Asian countries are used as illustrations. The author's conclusion is that social development involves more than government initiatives, social philanthropy, and professional social work. Social work's involvement in social d…
Development of a Research Proposal to Explore Needs and Service Utilization among the Conjugally Bereaved in Singapore Lessons Learnt from a Pilot Study
Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
Do Caregiver Beliefs Matter? An Exploratory Study of Palliative Caregiving Decisions in Singapore
The purpose of this study was to explore how the death and dying-related beliefs of caregivers influence their actual caregiving behavior, and to explore factors that may prevent them from translating these beliefs into functional behavior. Using a biopsychosocial-spiritual- environmental framework, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with three primary caregivers of patients diagnosed with terminal illness. Caregiving behavior was…
Poor Hemodialysis Outcome Identifying Social Risk Factors in Elderly and Non-elderly Patients in Singapore
Little is known about the social determinants that predispose hemodialysis patients to poor treatment outcome. Using a clinical data mining method, this study aims to identify differences in social risk factors for hospitalization between elderly and non-elderly patients. The sample consists of 100 elderly and 219 non-elderly patients who started hemodialysis at the National Kidney Foundation from October 2007 to September 2008 and were followed …
Malay Muslim Worldviews: Some Thoughts for Social Work Practice in Singapore
Singapore is a multicultural society with a population of about 5.1 million comprising mainly of people with Chinese, Malay, and Indian descent. This article focuses on a review of literature on the interface of religion and ethnic worldviews of the Malay-Muslim community in Singapore. In addition, it will utilize practice examples to show how these worldviews have implications for social work practice with the Malay-Muslim community particularly…
Death of a child: Perspective of Chinese mothers in Singapore
The grief of Chinese mothers is examined in a phenomenological exploratory study. Grieving for the deceased child is moderated by diverse Chinese religious beliefs intertwined with cultural practices. Five aspects of grieving include giving meaning to the child’s life and death, quality and assurance of the afterlife, the function of crying, and a continuing bond. Extrapolating from the mothers’ grieving are questions related to the implications …
Understanding the psychosocial, behavioural and environmental factors behind frequent hospital admissions
Introduction: Increasing numbers of hospital admissions is a complex issue of significant concern to health systems around the world, as a significant cost driver of healthcare is inpatient cost[i]. In Singapore, patients who are frequently admitted to hospitals, although comprising a small number, account for a disproportionately high use of scarce healthcare resources. While national efforts are currently underway to provide care planning and c…
The Hong Kong Statement on Practice Research 2017: Contexts and Challenges of the Far East
This statement on social work practice research highlights the contributions of scholars, practitioners, and conference participants in the Fourth International Conference on Practice Research (ICPR) in 2017, hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in May 2017. It focuses on the contexts and challenges of carrying out practice research in the Far East and beyond as well as raises pertinent questions about the development of practice resear…
Well‐being and needs of Malay carers of people with mental illness in Singapore
Despite the importance of carers supporting the lives of people with mental illness, there are limited studies investigating the well-being and needs of Malay carers in multicultural Singapore. The Malays consist of 13.4% of Singapore's population. A mixed methods qualitative dominant research approach was used to explore the well-being and needs of Malay carers in a voluntary welfare organisation. The Kessler-10, Friendship Scale and Carers' and…
Wellbeing and experiences of Chinese and Vietnamese carers of people with mental illness in Australia
Many studies show that carers of people with mental illness experience a negative impact on their wellbeing. Given the growing number of people relocating to Australia every year, there are limited studies examining the experience of carers of people with mental illness from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia. Using cultural safety as a conceptual framework, this exploratory study recruited 14 carers of Chinese and Vie…
Perceived needs and wellbeing of Vietnamese parents caring for children with disability
Platforms for the Development and Sustainability of Practice Research in Social Work: An International Cross-Case Analysis
Purpose: This paper presents an institutional and organizational comparative case analysis of practice research platforms in social work, which are institutionally embedded partnerships of university-based research centers, organizations delivering social services and healthcare, and other knowledge intermediaries that connect social work practice and research. Methods: An institutional and organizational comparative case analysis is presented co…
Medicine (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Social Work (7 works) · Context (archaeology (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)