Lincoln Lau
Biographic Data
| ID | 3581168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lincoln Lau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lincoln |
| FAMILY NAME | Lau |
| SIGNATURE | LAU L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7386-4104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Examining intersectoral collaboration among community health workers providing integrated maternal-child health and social care in resource-constrained settings in the Philippines
Background: Reducing maternal-child health disparities in resource-constrained communities requires meaningful collaboration between different sectors to deliver integrated care. Community health workers (CHWs) are uniquely positioned within their communities, typically as volunteers, to act as an intersectoral bridge and catalyst for collaborative efforts to improve maternal and child health and care outcomes. While CHWs are widely recognized as…
Vaccine equity implementation
The findings highlight the urgent need for LMICs to strengthen their health system resilience and sustainability and use multilevel strategies to build public trust to improve vaccine uptake and coverage. Moreover, each LMIC must be attentive to its unique contextual factors to develop tailored implementation strategies to promote equitable vaccine distribution
The contributions of religious leaders in addressing food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Philippines
To address the unintended consequences of public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., emergency food insecurity, income loss), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have partnered with diverse actors, including religious leaders, to provide humanitarian relief in resource-constrained communities. One such example is the Rapid Emergencies and Disasters Intervention (REDI), which is an NGO-led program in the Philippines that leverage…
Caring in crisis
To respond to the unintended consequences of prevention measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission, individuals and groups, including religious leaders, have collaborated to provide care to those negatively impacted by these measures. Amid these various efforts and interventions, there is a need to deepen our understanding of diverse expressions of care across various geographical and social contexts. To address this need, the objective of this stu…
Dramatic increases in knowledge, attitudes and practices of Covid-19 observed among low-income households in the Philippines
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted populations globally, and knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) surrounding the virus have necessarily evolved. This study was conducted in partnership with International Care Ministries (ICM), a Philippine-based non-governmental organization that runs the "Transform" poverty alleviation program. The main objective of this study was to describe the changes in COVID-19 KAPs among househol…
Limits to Transformational Potential
Despite serving as the Philippines’ main social protection strategy, debate continues surrounding the ability of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to meet its long-term goal of breaking cycles of intergenerational poverty. To engage with this debate, this study brings together the constructs of entitlement and agency to analyse how different actors associated with 4Ps understand and experience the program. Drawing on forty-three semi-…
Navigating fear and care
Codevelopment of Covid-19 infection prevention and control guidelines in lower-middle-income countries
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has required the rapid development of comprehensive guidelines to direct health service organisation and delivery. However, most guidelines are based on resources found in high-income settings, with fewer examples that can be implemented in resource-constrained settings. This study describes the process of adapting and developing role-specific guidelines for comprehensive COVID-19 infection prevention and contr…
Who benefits from network intervention programs? TERGM analysis across ten Philippine low-income communities
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Covid-19 among income-poor households in the Philippines
BACKGROUND: The presence of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is raising important concerns about effective pandemic response and preparedness in the context of fragile health systems and the pervasiveness of misinformation. The objective of this study was to gain an understanding of how COVID-19 was perceived by households experiencing extreme poverty in the Philippines. METHODS: targeted towards extreme low-income households.…
Social trust and health seeking behaviours
These results suggest that social trust in family members could play a valuable role in addressing stigma and rejection, both cited as barriers to higher screening rates. It is recommended that ACF programs that target TB, or other diseases that are stigmatized, prioritize trust-building as an important component of their intervention
Covid-19 response strategies
Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has been uncharted territory, and countries and governments have faced the challenge of implementing response strategies to manage local transmission. High-income settings have the resources to devote significant resources to testing, isolation, and contact tracing. Lower-income settings are pressured to emulate such initiatives, but often lack the resources and infrastructure to do so. We highlight the impact of t…
The relationship between social capital and self-rated health
The results from this study has shown that building social capital can influence the way people perceive their own health, which can be facilitated by intervention programs which seek to create bonding and bridging relationships. Transform's intentional design to learn in community could be relevant to program planners as they develop and evaluate community-based programs, making adaptations as necessary to achieve organisation-specific goals whi…
Limits to Transformational Potential
Despite serving as the Philippines’ main social protection strategy, debate continues surrounding the ability of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to meet its long-term goal of breaking cycles of intergenerational poverty. To engage with this debate, this study brings together the constructs of entitlement and agency to analyse how different actors associated with 4Ps understand and experience the program. Drawing on forty-three semi-…
Navigating fear and care
The relationship between social capital and self-rated health
The results from this study has shown that building social capital can influence the way people perceive their own health, which can be facilitated by intervention programs which seek to create bonding and bridging relationships. Transform's intentional design to learn in community could be relevant to program planners as they develop and evaluate community-based programs, making adaptations as necessary to achieve organisation-specific goals whi…
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Covid-19 among income-poor households in the Philippines
BACKGROUND: The presence of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is raising important concerns about effective pandemic response and preparedness in the context of fragile health systems and the pervasiveness of misinformation. The objective of this study was to gain an understanding of how COVID-19 was perceived by households experiencing extreme poverty in the Philippines. METHODS: targeted towards extreme low-income households.…
Social trust and health seeking behaviours
These results suggest that social trust in family members could play a valuable role in addressing stigma and rejection, both cited as barriers to higher screening rates. It is recommended that ACF programs that target TB, or other diseases that are stigmatized, prioritize trust-building as an important component of their intervention
Covid-19 response strategies
Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has been uncharted territory, and countries and governments have faced the challenge of implementing response strategies to manage local transmission. High-income settings have the resources to devote significant resources to testing, isolation, and contact tracing. Lower-income settings are pressured to emulate such initiatives, but often lack the resources and infrastructure to do so. We highlight the impact of t…
Codevelopment of Covid-19 infection prevention and control guidelines in lower-middle-income countries
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has required the rapid development of comprehensive guidelines to direct health service organisation and delivery. However, most guidelines are based on resources found in high-income settings, with fewer examples that can be implemented in resource-constrained settings. This study describes the process of adapting and developing role-specific guidelines for comprehensive COVID-19 infection prevention and contr…
Who benefits from network intervention programs? TERGM analysis across ten Philippine low-income communities
Dramatic increases in knowledge, attitudes and practices of Covid-19 observed among low-income households in the Philippines
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted populations globally, and knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) surrounding the virus have necessarily evolved. This study was conducted in partnership with International Care Ministries (ICM), a Philippine-based non-governmental organization that runs the "Transform" poverty alleviation program. The main objective of this study was to describe the changes in COVID-19 KAPs among househol…
Limits to Transformational Potential
Despite serving as the Philippines’ main social protection strategy, debate continues surrounding the ability of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to meet its long-term goal of breaking cycles of intergenerational poverty. To engage with this debate, this study brings together the constructs of entitlement and agency to analyse how different actors associated with 4Ps understand and experience the program. Drawing on forty-three semi-…
Navigating fear and care
The contributions of religious leaders in addressing food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Philippines
To address the unintended consequences of public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., emergency food insecurity, income loss), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have partnered with diverse actors, including religious leaders, to provide humanitarian relief in resource-constrained communities. One such example is the Rapid Emergencies and Disasters Intervention (REDI), which is an NGO-led program in the Philippines that leverage…
Caring in crisis
To respond to the unintended consequences of prevention measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission, individuals and groups, including religious leaders, have collaborated to provide care to those negatively impacted by these measures. Amid these various efforts and interventions, there is a need to deepen our understanding of diverse expressions of care across various geographical and social contexts. To address this need, the objective of this stu…
Vaccine equity implementation
The findings highlight the urgent need for LMICs to strengthen their health system resilience and sustainability and use multilevel strategies to build public trust to improve vaccine uptake and coverage. Moreover, each LMIC must be attentive to its unique contextual factors to develop tailored implementation strategies to promote equitable vaccine distribution
Examining intersectoral collaboration among community health workers providing integrated maternal-child health and social care in resource-constrained settings in the Philippines
Background: Reducing maternal-child health disparities in resource-constrained communities requires meaningful collaboration between different sectors to deliver integrated care. Community health workers (CHWs) are uniquely positioned within their communities, typically as volunteers, to act as an intersectoral bridge and catalyst for collaborative efforts to improve maternal and child health and care outcomes. While CHWs are widely recognized as…
Medicine (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Poverty (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works)