Ying-Chih Chuang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3928905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ying-Chih Chuang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ying-Chih |
| FAMILY NAME | Chuang |
| SIGNATURE | CHUANG Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ying-Chih Chuang is assistant professor in the Graduate Institute of Public Health at Taipei Medical University, Taiwan. She is primarily interested in contextual influences on health, theoretical and methodological issues concerning health behaviors, minority health, and adolescent health risk behaviors. Her current research utilizes multilevel methods to assess the relationship between residential context and personal health behaviors |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 106 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Social Capital and Health-Protective Behavior Intentions in an Influenza Pandemic
Health-protective behaviors, such as receiving a vaccine, wearing a face mask, and washing hands frequently, can reduce the risk of contracting influenza. However, little is known about how social capital may influence health-protective behavior in the general population. This study examined whether each of the social capital dimensions (bonding, bridging, and linking) contributed to the intention to adopt any of the health-protective behaviors i…
Social cohesion matters in health
This study is an innovative effort to incorporate different aspects of social cohesion. This study suggests that social cohesion was associated with individual self-rated after controlling individual characteristics. To achieve further advancement in population health, developed countries should consider policies that would foster a society with a high level of social inclusion, social capital, and social diversity. Future research could focus on…
A longitudinal ecological study of the influences of political, economic, and health services characteristics on under-five mortality in less-developed countries
Political and economic characteristics as moderators of the relationship between health services and infant mortality in less-developed countries
BACKGROUND: Few studies have addressed how political and economic contexts shape the effects of health services and environment, such that a politically and economically unstable society, despite having sufficient health professionals and facilities, finds it difficult to transfer health resources into actual population health performance. We examined whether political and economic characteristics moderate the effects of health services on infant…
Welfare state regimes, infant mortality and life expectancy: Integrating evidence from East Asia
Relationships of Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental and Peer Behaviors with Cigarette and Alcohol Use in Different Neighborhood Contexts
Neighborhood Effects on an Individual’s Health Using Neighborhood Measurements Developed by Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis
Gender differences in relationships between social capital and individual smoking and drinking behavior in Taiwan
A multilevel analysis of neighborhood and individual effects on individual smoking and drinking in Taiwan
The findings of this study show new evidence for the effects of neighborhood characteristics on individual smoking and drinking in Taiwan, suggesting that more studies are needed to understand neighborhood effects in Asian societies
Effects of neighbourhood socioeconomic status and convenience store concentration on individual level smoking
Objectives: To assess the effects of neighbourhood level socioeconomic status (SES) and convenience store concentration on individual level smoking, after consideration of individual level characteristics. Design: Individual sociodemographic characteristics and smoking were obtained from five cross sectional surveys (1979–1990). Participants’ addresses were geocoded and linked with census data for measuring neighbourhood SES and with telephone ye…
Neighborhood Influences on Adolescent Cigarette and Alcohol Use: Mediating Effects through Parent and Peer Behaviors
The influence of neighborhoods on adolescent behaviors has received increasing research attention. In the present study, we use structural equation models to specify pathways from neighborhoods to adolescent cigarette and alcohol use through parental closeness, parental monitoring, parent substance use, and peer substance use. We use a national sample with 959 adolescents 12 to 14 years of age whose residential addresses were matched with 1990 Ce…
Effects of neighbourhood socioeconomic status and convenience store concentration on individual level smoking
Objectives: To assess the effects of neighbourhood level socioeconomic status (SES) and convenience store concentration on individual level smoking, after consideration of individual level characteristics. Design: Individual sociodemographic characteristics and smoking were obtained from five cross sectional surveys (1979–1990). Participants’ addresses were geocoded and linked with census data for measuring neighbourhood SES and with telephone ye…
Neighborhood Influences on Adolescent Cigarette and Alcohol Use: Mediating Effects through Parent and Peer Behaviors
The influence of neighborhoods on adolescent behaviors has received increasing research attention. In the present study, we use structural equation models to specify pathways from neighborhoods to adolescent cigarette and alcohol use through parental closeness, parental monitoring, parent substance use, and peer substance use. We use a national sample with 959 adolescents 12 to 14 years of age whose residential addresses were matched with 1990 Ce…
Gender differences in relationships between social capital and individual smoking and drinking behavior in Taiwan
Relationships of Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental and Peer Behaviors with Cigarette and Alcohol Use in Different Neighborhood Contexts
Neighborhood Effects on an Individual’s Health Using Neighborhood Measurements Developed by Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis
A longitudinal ecological study of the influences of political, economic, and health services characteristics on under-five mortality in less-developed countries
Effects of neighbourhood socioeconomic status and convenience store concentration on individual level smoking
Objectives: To assess the effects of neighbourhood level socioeconomic status (SES) and convenience store concentration on individual level smoking, after consideration of individual level characteristics. Design: Individual sociodemographic characteristics and smoking were obtained from five cross sectional surveys (1979–1990). Participants’ addresses were geocoded and linked with census data for measuring neighbourhood SES and with telephone ye…
Neighborhood Influences on Adolescent Cigarette and Alcohol Use: Mediating Effects through Parent and Peer Behaviors
The influence of neighborhoods on adolescent behaviors has received increasing research attention. In the present study, we use structural equation models to specify pathways from neighborhoods to adolescent cigarette and alcohol use through parental closeness, parental monitoring, parent substance use, and peer substance use. We use a national sample with 959 adolescents 12 to 14 years of age whose residential addresses were matched with 1990 Ce…
A multilevel analysis of neighborhood and individual effects on individual smoking and drinking in Taiwan
The findings of this study show new evidence for the effects of neighborhood characteristics on individual smoking and drinking in Taiwan, suggesting that more studies are needed to understand neighborhood effects in Asian societies
Neighborhood Effects on an Individual’s Health Using Neighborhood Measurements Developed by Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis
Gender differences in relationships between social capital and individual smoking and drinking behavior in Taiwan
Relationships of Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental and Peer Behaviors with Cigarette and Alcohol Use in Different Neighborhood Contexts
Welfare state regimes, infant mortality and life expectancy: Integrating evidence from East Asia
Social cohesion matters in health
This study is an innovative effort to incorporate different aspects of social cohesion. This study suggests that social cohesion was associated with individual self-rated after controlling individual characteristics. To achieve further advancement in population health, developed countries should consider policies that would foster a society with a high level of social inclusion, social capital, and social diversity. Future research could focus on…
A longitudinal ecological study of the influences of political, economic, and health services characteristics on under-five mortality in less-developed countries
Political and economic characteristics as moderators of the relationship between health services and infant mortality in less-developed countries
BACKGROUND: Few studies have addressed how political and economic contexts shape the effects of health services and environment, such that a politically and economically unstable society, despite having sufficient health professionals and facilities, finds it difficult to transfer health resources into actual population health performance. We examined whether political and economic characteristics moderate the effects of health services on infant…
Social Capital and Health-Protective Behavior Intentions in an Influenza Pandemic
Health-protective behaviors, such as receiving a vaccine, wearing a face mask, and washing hands frequently, can reduce the risk of contracting influenza. However, little is known about how social capital may influence health-protective behavior in the general population. This study examined whether each of the social capital dimensions (bonding, bridging, and linking) contributed to the intention to adopt any of the health-protective behaviors i…
Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Socioeconomic status (4 works) · Economics (3 works)