Xiaohui Hou

Biographic Data

ID3710601
NAMEXiaohui Hou
GIVEN NAMESXiaohui
FAMILY NAMEHou
SIGNATUREHOU X
AFFILIATIONSWorld Bank Group
ORCID0000-0002-7713-2808
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS11
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Elevated peripheral glutamate and upregulated expression of NMDA receptor NR1 subunit in insomnia disorder

    Open AccessJingjing Lin, Xiaohui Hou et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2024

    Glutamatergic neurotransmission was abnormal in ID patients. Additionally, the mRNA expression levels of the NMDAR NR1 subunit appeared to have potential as a clinical biomarker for ID. However, the sample size of our study was limited, and future studies with larger sample sizes are needed to further validate and explore the mechanisms involved and to assess the reliability of the biomarker

  • Reduced left dorsolateral prefrontal activation in problematic smartphone users during the Stroop task

    Open AccessMing-Qiang Xiang, Long Lin et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2023

    These results provide first behavioral and neuroscientific evidence using event-related fNIRS method, to our knowledge, that college students with PSPU may have a deficit in inhibitory control associated with lower cortical activation in the left-DLPFC

  • Lifestyle behaviors and stress are risk factors for overweight and obesity in healthcare workers

    Open AccessXinyue Guo, Shaoqing Gong et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The overweight/obesity rate of Chinese HCWs is rather high, which might be directly associated with lifestyle behaviors. However, these behaviors fundamentally originated from persistent stress and/or recurrent anxiety/depression, mediated by lifestyle behaviors. Substantial measures should be taken for stress reduction and mental health promotion for overweight/obesity prevention and control among HCWs

  • A socio-ecological approach to inclusive physical education in China

    Open AccessXiao Liang, Minghui Li et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

  • Can higher spending on primary healthcare mitigate the impact of ageing and non-communicable diseases on health expenditure

    Open AccessXiaohui Hou, Lingrui Liu et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    INTRODUCTION: Financing healthcare for ageing populations has become an increasingly urgent policy concern. Primary healthcare (PHC) has been viewed as the cornerstone of health systems. While most research has examined the effects of PHC on population health, there is still a relative paucity of analysis on the effects of PHC on health expenditures, particularly, in low-income and middle-income countries. Knowledge on PHC's potential role in mit…

  • The Heterogeneous Effects of a Food Price Crisis on Child School Enrolment and Labour

    Xiaohui Hou, Seo Yeon Hong et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies2016

    Using a panel survey, this paper investigates how food price increases in Pakistan in 2008–2010 affect children’s school enrolment and labour. The causal identification relies on the geographical variations in food (wheat) price. The results show that the negative impacts of food price increase on school enrolment differ by gender, economic status and the presence of siblings. The negative effects on school do not directly correspond to the incre…

  • Determinants of Tobacco Consumption in P apua N ew G uinea

    Open AccessXiaohui Hou, Xiaochen Xu et al.ARTICLEAsia & the Pacific Policy Studies2015

    This article analyses smoking prevalence and smoking behaviours in P apua N ew G uinea ( PNG ). Using the 2009–2010 PNG Household Income and Expenditure Survey, the article analyses the determinants of tobacco use and tobacco choices in PNG . The results show adults (18 years and above) in the poorest quartile are more likely to smoke. Tobacco consumption imposes a large financial burden to poor households. Tobacco consumption accounts for about …

  • The effect of women's decision-making power on maternal health services uptake

    Open AccessXiaohui Hou, Ning MaARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2013Cited by: 10References: 27

    A large body of research has explored the links between women's decision making and their uptake of maternal health services, but the evidence so far is inconclusive. This study uses the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey to examine the influence of household decision making on women's uptake of maternal health services. We find that women's decision-making power has a significant positive correlation with maternal health ser…

  • Wealth

    Xiaohui HouARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies2010

    This study uses cross-sectional time-series data to examine the relationship between wealth and child labour and schooling in Pakistan and finds that wealth is crucial in determining a child's activities, but is far from being a sufficient condition to enrol a child in school. This is particularly the case for rural girls. Nonparametric analysis shows a universal increase in school enrolment for rural girls from 1998–2006 and this increase is ind…

  • Can Drought Increase Total Calorie Availability? The Impact of Drought on Food Consumption and the Mitigating Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program

    Xiaohui HouARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…2010Cited by: 1References: 29

    This study uses the panel data of a randomized experiment from the Mexican PROGRESA program to evaluate the impact of drought on total calorie availability and the mitigating effects of PROGRESA on food consumption in periods of drought. Drought reduced total expenditures and total food expenditures but increased the total availability of calories. This paradox can be explained by the impact of drought on the composition of calories; that is, it …