Qiuyan Liao
Biographic Data
| ID | 4417165 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Qiuyan Liao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Qiuyan |
| FAMILY NAME | Liao |
| SIGNATURE | LIAO Q |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1105-6857 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
How to do (or not to do)… asset mapping in community health
Public health asset mapping involves working in a community partnership to form a systematic inventory of a local community’s health-promoting features. Assets include physical amenities such as parks or fitness centers, community clinics, welfare agencies, health-promoting non-governmental organizations, and businesses. A curated list of these resources constitutes an asset map that can be shared to promote better health and better health polici…
Unravelling disparity in age-specific acceptance of Covid-19 vaccination
BACKGROUND: High COVID-19 vaccination uptake rates across all age groups are important for achieving herd immunity. However, age disparity in vaccination acceptance was consistently identified. OBJECTIVE: Taking cues from tenets of socioemotional selectivity theory, this study examined how the contextual and psychosocial factors contributed to age-specific COVID-19 vaccination acceptance. METHOD: = 3527). Participants' vaccination acceptance, tru…
Investigating the role of top-down regulation and bottom-up cues in eating styles transitions
Shaping sustainable healthy diets discourse on Facebook
Community vulnerability to the Covid-19 pandemic
Background: We aimed to conduct a narrative synthesis of components and indicators of community vulnerability to a pandemic and discuss their interrelationships from an ecological perspective. Methods: We searched from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Scopus (updated to November 2021) for studies focusing on community vulnerability to a pandemic caused by novel respiratory viruses on a geographic unit basis . Studies that reported th…
Why Do Chinese Older Adults in Hong Kong Delay or Refuse Covid-19 Vaccination? A Qualitative Study Based on Grounded Theory
Interventions to address vaccine hesitancy in older adults should focus on addressing attitude roots and strengthening the connectivity of older adults with family, doctors, and government to engage older adults in the vaccination decision making. Risk communication should shift to provide more personal relevant information in a caring style, meet older adults' preference for peripheral information processing, and address their existing mispercep…
Barriers to preventive care utilization among Hong Kong community‐dwelling older people and their views on using financial incentives to improve preventive care utilization
BACKGROUND: Financial incentive is increasingly used as a mean to promote preventive care utilization (PCU), but the current Elderly Health Care Voucher Scheme (EHCVS) in Hong Kong is ineffective for encouraging PCU. OBJECTIVE: To explore the older people's barriers to PCU and their views on financial incentive, including EHCVS, for improving private PCU. DESIGN AND SETTING: Focus-group discussions were conducted in community elderly centres loca…
Mental Health, Risk Factors, and Social Media Use During the Covid-19 Epidemic and Cordon Sanitaire Among the Community and Health Professionals in Wuhan, China
BACKGROUND: The mental health consequences of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, community-wide interventions, and social media use during a pandemic are unclear. The first and most draconian interventions have been implemented in Wuhan, China, and these countermeasures have been increasingly deployed by countries around the world. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine risk factors, including the use of social media, for proba…
Impact assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions against coronavirus disease 2019 and influenza in Hong Kong
Background A range of public health measures have been implemented to suppress local transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hong Kong. We examined the effect of these interventions and behavioural changes of the public on the incidence of COVID-19, as well as on influenza virus infections, which might share some aspects of transmission dynamics with COVID-19. Methods We analysed data on laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, influen…
Public Engagement and Government Responsiveness in the Communications About Covid-19 During the Early Epidemic Stage in China
Background Effective risk communication about the outbreak of a newly emerging infectious disease in the early stage is critical for managing public anxiety and promoting behavioral compliance. China has experienced the unprecedented epidemic of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an era when social media has fundamentally transformed information production and consumption patterns. Objective This study examined public engagement and government…
Occupational Stress among Field Epidemiologists in Field Epidemiology Training Programs from the Public Health Sector
Despite the high-demand work environment for field epidemiologists in field epidemiology training programs, little is known about their occupational stress. To identify occupational stress and its related factors, the occupational stress among trainees in field epidemiology training programs in Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions from 2016 to 2018 was examined using six subscales: Role Overload, Role Insufficiency, Role Ambiguity, Role Bou…
Avian influenza A/H7N9 risk perception, information trust and adoption of protective behaviours among poultry farmers in Jiangsu Province, China
Poultry farmers perceive A/H7N9 as a personally-irrelevant risk. Interventions designed to enhance perceived response efficacy, particularly among lower educated respondents may effectively motivate adoption of PPBs. Informal information may be an important resource for enhancing response efficacy
Psychometric assessment of the C hinese version of the decisional conflict scale in C hinese women making decision for breast cancer surgery
OBJECTIVE: The decisional conflict scale (DCS) measures the perception of uncertainty in choosing options, factors contributing to decision conflict and effective decision making. This study examined the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the DCS in Hong Kong Chinese women deciding breast cancer (BC) surgery. METHOD: A Chinese version of the 16-item DCS was administered to 471 women awaiting initial consultation for BC diagnosis. …
Chinese immigrant parents’ vaccination decision making for children
Social norms play a key role influencing parental vaccination decision-making. Insight gained from this study will help inform healthcare providers in vaccination communication and policymakers in future vaccination programme
Community Psychological and Behavioral Responses through the First Wave of the 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic in Hong Kong
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the community psychological and behavioral responses to influenza pandemics. METHODS: Using random digit dialing, we sampled 12,965 Hong Kong residents in 13 cross-sectional telephone surveys between April and November 2009, covering the entire first wave of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic. We examined trends in anxiety, risk perception, knowledge on modes of transmission, and preventive behaviors. RESULTS: R…
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Community Psychological and Behavioral Responses through the First Wave of the 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic in Hong Kong
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the community psychological and behavioral responses to influenza pandemics. METHODS: Using random digit dialing, we sampled 12,965 Hong Kong residents in 13 cross-sectional telephone surveys between April and November 2009, covering the entire first wave of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic. We examined trends in anxiety, risk perception, knowledge on modes of transmission, and preventive behaviors. RESULTS: R…
Chinese immigrant parents’ vaccination decision making for children
Social norms play a key role influencing parental vaccination decision-making. Insight gained from this study will help inform healthcare providers in vaccination communication and policymakers in future vaccination programme
Psychometric assessment of the C hinese version of the decisional conflict scale in C hinese women making decision for breast cancer surgery
OBJECTIVE: The decisional conflict scale (DCS) measures the perception of uncertainty in choosing options, factors contributing to decision conflict and effective decision making. This study examined the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the DCS in Hong Kong Chinese women deciding breast cancer (BC) surgery. METHOD: A Chinese version of the 16-item DCS was administered to 471 women awaiting initial consultation for BC diagnosis. …
Avian influenza A/H7N9 risk perception, information trust and adoption of protective behaviours among poultry farmers in Jiangsu Province, China
Poultry farmers perceive A/H7N9 as a personally-irrelevant risk. Interventions designed to enhance perceived response efficacy, particularly among lower educated respondents may effectively motivate adoption of PPBs. Informal information may be an important resource for enhancing response efficacy
Occupational Stress among Field Epidemiologists in Field Epidemiology Training Programs from the Public Health Sector
Despite the high-demand work environment for field epidemiologists in field epidemiology training programs, little is known about their occupational stress. To identify occupational stress and its related factors, the occupational stress among trainees in field epidemiology training programs in Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions from 2016 to 2018 was examined using six subscales: Role Overload, Role Insufficiency, Role Ambiguity, Role Bou…
Mental Health, Risk Factors, and Social Media Use During the Covid-19 Epidemic and Cordon Sanitaire Among the Community and Health Professionals in Wuhan, China
BACKGROUND: The mental health consequences of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, community-wide interventions, and social media use during a pandemic are unclear. The first and most draconian interventions have been implemented in Wuhan, China, and these countermeasures have been increasingly deployed by countries around the world. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine risk factors, including the use of social media, for proba…
Impact assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions against coronavirus disease 2019 and influenza in Hong Kong
Background A range of public health measures have been implemented to suppress local transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hong Kong. We examined the effect of these interventions and behavioural changes of the public on the incidence of COVID-19, as well as on influenza virus infections, which might share some aspects of transmission dynamics with COVID-19. Methods We analysed data on laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, influen…
Public Engagement and Government Responsiveness in the Communications About Covid-19 During the Early Epidemic Stage in China
Background Effective risk communication about the outbreak of a newly emerging infectious disease in the early stage is critical for managing public anxiety and promoting behavioral compliance. China has experienced the unprecedented epidemic of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an era when social media has fundamentally transformed information production and consumption patterns. Objective This study examined public engagement and government…
Barriers to preventive care utilization among Hong Kong community‐dwelling older people and their views on using financial incentives to improve preventive care utilization
BACKGROUND: Financial incentive is increasingly used as a mean to promote preventive care utilization (PCU), but the current Elderly Health Care Voucher Scheme (EHCVS) in Hong Kong is ineffective for encouraging PCU. OBJECTIVE: To explore the older people's barriers to PCU and their views on financial incentive, including EHCVS, for improving private PCU. DESIGN AND SETTING: Focus-group discussions were conducted in community elderly centres loca…
Community vulnerability to the Covid-19 pandemic
Background: We aimed to conduct a narrative synthesis of components and indicators of community vulnerability to a pandemic and discuss their interrelationships from an ecological perspective. Methods: We searched from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Scopus (updated to November 2021) for studies focusing on community vulnerability to a pandemic caused by novel respiratory viruses on a geographic unit basis . Studies that reported th…
Why Do Chinese Older Adults in Hong Kong Delay or Refuse Covid-19 Vaccination? A Qualitative Study Based on Grounded Theory
Interventions to address vaccine hesitancy in older adults should focus on addressing attitude roots and strengthening the connectivity of older adults with family, doctors, and government to engage older adults in the vaccination decision making. Risk communication should shift to provide more personal relevant information in a caring style, meet older adults' preference for peripheral information processing, and address their existing mispercep…
Unravelling disparity in age-specific acceptance of Covid-19 vaccination
BACKGROUND: High COVID-19 vaccination uptake rates across all age groups are important for achieving herd immunity. However, age disparity in vaccination acceptance was consistently identified. OBJECTIVE: Taking cues from tenets of socioemotional selectivity theory, this study examined how the contextual and psychosocial factors contributed to age-specific COVID-19 vaccination acceptance. METHOD: = 3527). Participants' vaccination acceptance, tru…
Investigating the role of top-down regulation and bottom-up cues in eating styles transitions
Shaping sustainable healthy diets discourse on Facebook
How to do (or not to do)… asset mapping in community health
Public health asset mapping involves working in a community partnership to form a systematic inventory of a local community’s health-promoting features. Assets include physical amenities such as parks or fitness centers, community clinics, welfare agencies, health-promoting non-governmental organizations, and businesses. A curated list of these resources constitutes an asset map that can be shared to promote better health and better health polici…
Medicine (13 works) · Public health (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (5 works) · COVID-19 epidemiological studies (4 works) · Pandemic (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (4 works)