Anna Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3863440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8163-4088 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Legislating for Good Governance in the Pharmaceutical Sector through UN Convention Against Corruption (Uncac) Compliance
Pharmaceutical sector corruption undermines patient access to medicines by diverting public funds for private gain and exacerbating health inequities . This paper presents an analysis of UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) compliance in seven countries and examines how full UNCAC adoption may reduce corruption risks within four key pharmaceutical decision-making points: product approval, formulary selection, procurement, and dispensing. Coun…
Medicine donations
Different Roles of Academic Stress and Academic Expectation Stress in Emotional Problems and Internet Gaming Disorder Among Chinese Adolescents
A global social contract to ensure access to essential medicines and health technologies
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminates the need to move away from the current social contract, which focuses on the nation-state’s responsibility for protecting the health of its own population, including by providing essential medicines and health technologies. We argue for embracing a global social contract, which is a governance concept that lays the foundation for how states should act as members of the international community, as regulators of th…
Disclosure, transparency, and accountability
BACKGROUND: Weak governance over public sector pharmaceutical policy and practice limits access to essential medicines, inflates pharmaceutical prices, and wastes scarce health system resources. Pharmaceutical systems are technically complex and involve extensive interactions between the private and public sectors. For members of public sector pharmaceutical committees, relationships with the private sector can result in conflicts of interest, wh…
Valuing the impact of self-rated health and instrumental support on life satisfaction among the chinese population
This study is the first to derive the implicit monetary values of SRH and IS on individual's LS in a predominantly Chinese society, and it has implications for the cost-benefit assessment in wellbeing initiatives within the population
From the hidden to the obvious
Findings highlighted the need to approach student suicides in meaningfully differentiated ways. Gathering suicide report data and generating evidence that advances our knowledge of student suicide profiles are important steps towards early identification and intervention
Elephant genotypes reveal the size and connectivity of transnational ivory traffickers
Diffusing Innovation and Motivating Change
BACKGROUND: Research suggests that a whole-school approach to mental health promotion can be more effective than a compartmentalized approach. In particular, student-led initiatives have demonstrated a positive impact on students' mental health, though not without systemic and individual barriers. Factors that lead to successful implementation and sustaining of student-led initiatives are currently not well understood. METHODS: A case study is pr…
Intellectual property and access to medicines
BACKGROUND: Transparency and accountability are essential components at all stages of the trade negotiation process. This study evaluates the extent to which these principles were upheld in the United States' public consultation process during the negotiation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), with respect to public comments about the pharmaceutical sector and access to medicines. RESULTS: The public consultation process occurr…
Social capital and public health
Efavirenz use and neurocognitive performance among older people living with HIV who were on antiretroviral therapy
This study was to compare global and domain-specific neurocognitive performance between older people living with HIV (PLWH) taking/not taking efavirenz (EFV) and HIV-negative controls. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Yongzhou city, China. All PLWH older than 50 years listed on the registry of Centres for Disease Control and Prevention were invited to join the study. Frequency matching was used to sample HIV-negative controls according to…
Self-stigma, resilience, perceived quality of social relationships, and psychological distress among Filipina domestic helpers in Hong Kong
Information and communicative technology use enhances psychological well-being of older adults
OBJECTIVES: Information and communicative technology (ICT) use is a potential vehicle for improving the psychological well-being (PWB) of older people. We examined the roles of age, frailty, and social connectedness in the relationship between ICT use and PWB. METHOD: Telephone interviews were conducted in mid-2016 with 1201 participants aged 50 and above (55.7% female) residing in Hong Kong, China. The participants reported PWB, ICT use (frequen…
Illuminating the Psychological Experience of Elderly Loneliness from a Societal Perspective
Loneliness is a common experience among older people that is associated with health risks and negative well-being. As a psychological phenomenon, it has typically been defined in Western research literature as the discrepancy between desired and actual interpersonal relations. In our qualitative study in Hong Kong, we offer insight into ageing and loneliness in an urban environment of the non-Western world and propose to reconceptualise lonelines…
The Role of Gender and Ethnicity in Perceptions of Rape and Its Aftereffects
The Role of Gender and Ethnicity in Perceptions of Rape and Its Aftereffects
Illuminating the Psychological Experience of Elderly Loneliness from a Societal Perspective
Loneliness is a common experience among older people that is associated with health risks and negative well-being. As a psychological phenomenon, it has typically been defined in Western research literature as the discrepancy between desired and actual interpersonal relations. In our qualitative study in Hong Kong, we offer insight into ageing and loneliness in an urban environment of the non-Western world and propose to reconceptualise lonelines…
Information and communicative technology use enhances psychological well-being of older adults
OBJECTIVES: Information and communicative technology (ICT) use is a potential vehicle for improving the psychological well-being (PWB) of older people. We examined the roles of age, frailty, and social connectedness in the relationship between ICT use and PWB. METHOD: Telephone interviews were conducted in mid-2016 with 1201 participants aged 50 and above (55.7% female) residing in Hong Kong, China. The participants reported PWB, ICT use (frequen…
Social capital and public health
Efavirenz use and neurocognitive performance among older people living with HIV who were on antiretroviral therapy
This study was to compare global and domain-specific neurocognitive performance between older people living with HIV (PLWH) taking/not taking efavirenz (EFV) and HIV-negative controls. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Yongzhou city, China. All PLWH older than 50 years listed on the registry of Centres for Disease Control and Prevention were invited to join the study. Frequency matching was used to sample HIV-negative controls according to…
Self-stigma, resilience, perceived quality of social relationships, and psychological distress among Filipina domestic helpers in Hong Kong
Diffusing Innovation and Motivating Change
BACKGROUND: Research suggests that a whole-school approach to mental health promotion can be more effective than a compartmentalized approach. In particular, student-led initiatives have demonstrated a positive impact on students' mental health, though not without systemic and individual barriers. Factors that lead to successful implementation and sustaining of student-led initiatives are currently not well understood. METHODS: A case study is pr…
Intellectual property and access to medicines
BACKGROUND: Transparency and accountability are essential components at all stages of the trade negotiation process. This study evaluates the extent to which these principles were upheld in the United States' public consultation process during the negotiation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), with respect to public comments about the pharmaceutical sector and access to medicines. RESULTS: The public consultation process occurr…
A global social contract to ensure access to essential medicines and health technologies
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminates the need to move away from the current social contract, which focuses on the nation-state’s responsibility for protecting the health of its own population, including by providing essential medicines and health technologies. We argue for embracing a global social contract, which is a governance concept that lays the foundation for how states should act as members of the international community, as regulators of th…
Disclosure, transparency, and accountability
BACKGROUND: Weak governance over public sector pharmaceutical policy and practice limits access to essential medicines, inflates pharmaceutical prices, and wastes scarce health system resources. Pharmaceutical systems are technically complex and involve extensive interactions between the private and public sectors. For members of public sector pharmaceutical committees, relationships with the private sector can result in conflicts of interest, wh…
Valuing the impact of self-rated health and instrumental support on life satisfaction among the chinese population
This study is the first to derive the implicit monetary values of SRH and IS on individual's LS in a predominantly Chinese society, and it has implications for the cost-benefit assessment in wellbeing initiatives within the population
From the hidden to the obvious
Findings highlighted the need to approach student suicides in meaningfully differentiated ways. Gathering suicide report data and generating evidence that advances our knowledge of student suicide profiles are important steps towards early identification and intervention
Elephant genotypes reveal the size and connectivity of transnational ivory traffickers
Medicine donations
Different Roles of Academic Stress and Academic Expectation Stress in Emotional Problems and Internet Gaming Disorder Among Chinese Adolescents
Legislating for Good Governance in the Pharmaceutical Sector through UN Convention Against Corruption (Uncac) Compliance
Pharmaceutical sector corruption undermines patient access to medicines by diverting public funds for private gain and exacerbating health inequities . This paper presents an analysis of UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) compliance in seven countries and examines how full UNCAC adoption may reduce corruption risks within four key pharmaceutical decision-making points: product approval, formulary selection, procurement, and dispensing. Coun…
Medicine (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Public health (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)