Ving Fai Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4430256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ving Fai Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ving Fai |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN V F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4968-7953 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A scoping review of theoretical and measurement approaches to women’s empowerment in low-and middle-income countries’ capacity-building interventions
Women's empowerment is critical for achieving gender equality and sustainable development in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). Capacity-building interventions, such as vocational training, microfinance, and digital literacy programmes, are frequently employed to foster empowerment. However, wide variation exists in how empowerment is defined, theorised, and measured, limiting comparability across studies. This scoping review mapped the con…
Experiences of older adults and widows with the government allowance programmes in rural Bangladesh
The Government of Bangladesh has digitised social safety net programmes to improve enrollment and allowance disbursement, yet the impact on rural beneficiaries remains unclear. This article examines the experiences of older adults and widows in Kurigram based on 68 semi‐structured interviews. At the administrative level, beneficiaries reported positive aspects such as support for enrollment and disbursement. However, challenges included delays du…
Depression, anxiety, stress symptoms and their determinants among secondary students with vision impairment in rural Northwestern China during the Covid-19 pandemic
Objective: The measures implemented to control the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could affect children's mental and vision health. Youth particularly from minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds were more likely to be impacted by these measures. This study aimed to examine the mental health of children with vision impairment and associated factors in North-western China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cro…
Caretakers’ stated willingness to pay for children’s spectacles in cross river state, Nigeria and its implication for a cross-subsidisation scheme
Combining our previous findings from marketing analysis, these findings provided a basis to plan for a children's spectacles cross-subsidisation scheme in CRS. Further research will be needed to determine the acceptability of the scheme and the actual WTP
Co-creating an arts-based eye health education strategy in Zanzibar
Introduction Published examples of health programme co-creation are scarce and we found none in the field of eye care. We described the outcomes and lessons learnt from the ZANZIbar Arts for Children’s Eyesight (ZANZI-ACE) eye health programme co-creation process. Methods We used a 2.5-day stakeholder workshop (number of participants=34) to develop the ZANZI-ACE intervention, which aimed to use music performances in eye health education to improv…
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Co-creating an arts-based eye health education strategy in Zanzibar
Introduction Published examples of health programme co-creation are scarce and we found none in the field of eye care. We described the outcomes and lessons learnt from the ZANZIbar Arts for Children’s Eyesight (ZANZI-ACE) eye health programme co-creation process. Methods We used a 2.5-day stakeholder workshop (number of participants=34) to develop the ZANZI-ACE intervention, which aimed to use music performances in eye health education to improv…
Caretakers’ stated willingness to pay for children’s spectacles in cross river state, Nigeria and its implication for a cross-subsidisation scheme
Combining our previous findings from marketing analysis, these findings provided a basis to plan for a children's spectacles cross-subsidisation scheme in CRS. Further research will be needed to determine the acceptability of the scheme and the actual WTP
Depression, anxiety, stress symptoms and their determinants among secondary students with vision impairment in rural Northwestern China during the Covid-19 pandemic
Objective: The measures implemented to control the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could affect children's mental and vision health. Youth particularly from minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds were more likely to be impacted by these measures. This study aimed to examine the mental health of children with vision impairment and associated factors in North-western China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cro…
Experiences of older adults and widows with the government allowance programmes in rural Bangladesh
The Government of Bangladesh has digitised social safety net programmes to improve enrollment and allowance disbursement, yet the impact on rural beneficiaries remains unclear. This article examines the experiences of older adults and widows in Kurigram based on 68 semi‐structured interviews. At the administrative level, beneficiaries reported positive aspects such as support for enrollment and disbursement. However, challenges included delays du…
A scoping review of theoretical and measurement approaches to women’s empowerment in low-and middle-income countries’ capacity-building interventions
Women's empowerment is critical for achieving gender equality and sustainable development in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). Capacity-building interventions, such as vocational training, microfinance, and digital literacy programmes, are frequently employed to foster empowerment. However, wide variation exists in how empowerment is defined, theorised, and measured, limiting comparability across studies. This scoping review mapped the con…
Medicine (4 works) · Cross-sectional study (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (2 works) · Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (2 works) · Allowance (engineering (1 works) · Anxiety (1 works)