Clw Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4508374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clw Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clw |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3334-4104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 81 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 169 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 81 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Validation of the UCSD Performance-Based Skills Assessment (Upsa) for functional evaluation of people with severe mental illness in Hong Kong
BACKGROUND/HYPOTHESIS: This study aims to translate and adapt the University of California San Diego Performance-Based Skills Assessment Extended Range (UPSA-2-ER) to Chinese for assessing independent living skills of people with severe mental illness in Hong Kong. STUDY DESIGN: An expert panel was conducted to evaluate the translation, content validity, and cultural relevance. The UPSA-2ER (HK) was administered to 30 Hong Kong Chinese with sever…
Multiple Roads to Success
Notwithstanding the oldest-old cohort being the fastest-growing population in most ageing societies, characterizing successful ageing in adults of advanced age, such as nonagenarians and centenarians, remains challenging. This study investigated the successful ageing subphenotypes using the data from Hong Kong Centenarian Study 2. Between April 2021 and September 2022, 146 family caregivers of community-dwelling older adults aged 95 or above were…
Longitudinal impact of caregiver transition and family caregiving on psychiatric symptoms and psychosocial functioning among persons with schizophrenia in rural China
This study examines the 21‐year longitudinal impacts and predictive effects of family caregiver transition and the presence of family caregiving on the clinical status of persons with schizophrenia (PwSs) in a rural area of China. Using panel data derived from the Chengdu Mental Health Project (CMHP), 250 dyads of PwSs and their family caregivers were investigated in 1994 and 2015. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Global A…
Knowledge, contact and stigma of mental illness
BACKGROUND: It remains unknown what the impacts of multiple dimensions of contact (e.g. level, quantity and quality) are on the stigma of mental illness. AIMS: To explore the relationship between the multiple dimensions of contact and stigma of mental illness among family members (FM), mental health workers (MHW) and community residents (CR) in Hong Kong. METHODS: The stigma, contact and knowledge were measured in FM, MHW and CR in Hong Kong. Mul…
Affiliate stigma of mental illness in family caregivers of persons with mental illness in Hong Kong
BACKGROUND: Affiliate stigma of family caregivers may severely influence family caregiving, early treatment, and recovery of people with mental illness (PMI), and it may be impacted by the knowledge of mental illness and contact with PMI. However, little is known about the correlation between affiliate stigma of family caregivers of PMI and contact in Hong Kong. AIMS: This study aimed to investigate affiliate stigma and its influencing factors am…
Generativity and Gendered Pathways to Health
Generativity has recently received increasing attention as a key contributor to healthy aging. Personal resources and social expectations are shown to influence the desire to be generative and that generativity affects later-life health. However, whether generativity has a mediating role in linking its driving factors and health, and how gender may affect these pathways, is underexplored. Cross-sectional online data from 1085 Hong Kong residents …
The mediating role of knowledge on the contact and stigma of mental illness in Hong Kong
BACKGROUND: Although knowledge is a crucial component in contact theory delineating how prejudice changes toward out-groups with stigmatized conditions, little is known about the mediating role of knowledge on contact, stigmatizing attitudes, and behaviors toward mental illness. AIM: This study aimed to examine the mechanism underlie contact and stigma change by knowledge. METHODS: A total of 366 participants including family members (FM), mental…
Change of poverty and outcome of persons with severe mental illness in rural China, 1994-2015
Background: It is unknown whether and how poverty influences the long-term outcome of persons with severe mental illness (SMI). Aims: To explore the change of poverty status in persons with SMI from 1994 to 2015 and examine the impact of poverty status on patients’ outcome in rural China. Method: Two mental health surveys using identical methods and International Classification of Disease (ICD-10) were conducted in 1994 and 2015 in the same six t…
Peer-to-peer contact, social support and self-stigma among people with severe mental illness in Hong Kong
BACKGROUND: Self-stigma exerts a range of adversities for persons with severe mental illness (SMI), however, little is known about the association between peer contact, social support and self-stigma. AIMS: This study aimed to explore the mediating role of social support on the relationship between peer contact and self-stigma among persons with SMI in Hong Kong. METHODS: A total of 159 persons with SMI (schizophrenia and mood disorder) in commun…
Resilience in the Storm
Studies have shown individuals with chronic illnesses tend to experience poorer mental health compared to their counterparts without a chronic illness under the COVID-19 pandemic. The pervasive disruption on daily lifestyles due to social distancing could be a contributing factor. In this study, we collaborated with local patient support groups to explore the psychological adjustment among a group of community-dwelling individuals with chronic il…
A Strength-Based Online Community Intervention (Soci) for promoting resilience among adults in Hubei province, China, during Covid-19 lockdown
During COVID-19 pandemic, people experienced lockdown and associated distress. As face-to-face intervention was unfeasible, an 8-week Strength-based Online Community Intervention (SOCI) was developed and evaluated with a quasi-experimental design in Hubei Province, China from February to April 2020. Participants (N = 150) self-elected to join either the SOCI group or a casual discussion control group. Pre-/post-measures on post-traumatic stress, …
Risk perception as a double-edged sword in policy compliance in Covid-19 pandemic? A two-phase evaluation from Hong Kong
The emphasis of risk has been recognized as a crucial component to effective and successful policy compliance amidst a crisis. Yet, during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the impact of risk may fluctuate with the severity of the prolonged pandemic, and that the public consider not only public health factors when they choose but also whether to follow a COVID-19-related policy, perceived risk may not always lead to policy compliance. Two cross-section…
Self-Compassion Buffers the Adverse Mental Health Impacts of Covid-19-Related Threats
COVID-19 has brought tremendous and abrupt threats to various aspects of our daily lives, from school and work to interpersonal relationships. Self-compassion is put forth as a salutogenic perspective on oneself that buffers the adverse mental health impacts of these threats. During the peak of a local outbreak in Hong Kong in Spring 2020, 761 participants completed questionnaires on self-compassion, perceived threats, as well as perceived benefi…
Effect of holistic relapse prevention intervention among individuals with alcohol dependence
Present study examined effectiveness of Integrative Body Mind Spirit (I-BMS) intervention among individuals with alcohol dependence. A 2-group single blind RCT design was used, comparing I-BMS to treatment as usual (TAU) on drinking and psychological outcomes. One hundred participants diagnosed with alcohol dependent syndrome were randomly assigned to receive 7 sessions of I-BMS or TAU. Measurements done by a registered nurse who was blinded to t…
Efficacy of Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Group Intervention for Parents of Children With Eczema
Objectives: This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effects of a psychosocial intervention developed based on the Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit (IBMS) model that aimed to enhance the well-being of parents of children with eczema. Methods: Ninety-one families were randomly allocated to either the six-session intervention group ( n = 48) or the wait-list control group ( n = 43) and completed the randomized trial. For both groups, a range of p…
Disease-related stressors of caregiving burden among different types of family caregivers of persons with schizophrenia in rural China
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the impacts of schizophrenia on different types of caregiving burden. AIM: This study aims to examine how the severity of schizophrenia, social functioning and aggressive behavior are associated with caregiving burden across different kinship types. METHOD: The analytic sample included 300 dyads of persons with schizophrenia and their family caregivers in Xinjin, Chengdu, China. The 10th edition of the Internatio…
Internalized stigma in people with severe mental illness in rural China
BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether there are differences in self-stigma among persons with different types of severe mental illness (SMI) in rural communities. AIM: This study was to examine the differences of self-stigma and its correlates in persons with schizophrenia, major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder in a rural community in China. METHODS: A total of 453 persons with schizophrenia, major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder in a…
Mothers’ Grief Experiences of Losing Their Only Child in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
The purpose of this study is to explore bereaved mothers' 2-year experiences of losing their only child in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Taking an interpretative phenomenological approach, this study interviewed six bereaved mothers four times (6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months) in Dujiangyan area in Sichuan Province. The findings suggest that these mothers' personal grief experiences evolved: initially, anger toward the cause of their…
Association Between Spirituality and Depression Among Depressive Disorder Patients in India
This study examined the association between spirituality and depression among depressive disorder patients in India an eastern country. Methods: This study included 120 Hindu and Muslim adult depressive disorder patients from an urban hospital-based outpatient department of psychiatry at Karnataka, India. Participants were assessed for depression and spirituality. Results: Participants with mild depression scored significantly higher on the spiri…
Fate control and well-being in Chinese rural people living with HIV
Fate control has been often misconceptualized as a superstitious belief and overlooked in health psychology. It is not known how this cultural belief might impact the well-being of Chinese people living with HIV. This study examined the protective role of fate control for well-being and the potential mediation effect of resilience. Participants in this study were rural patients who contracted HIV via commercial blood donation. In this cross-secti…
The family economic status and outcome of people with schizophrenia in Xinjin, Chengdu, China
BACKGROUND: Little is known about whether family economic status might influence the long-term (e.g. over 10 years) outcome of persons with schizophrenia in the community. AIM: To examine the differences in outcome at 14-year follow-up of persons with schizophrenia from high versus low family economic status backgrounds in a Chinese rural area. METHOD: A prospective 14-year follow-up study was conducted in six townships in Xinjin County, Chengdu,…
Mothers Coping With Bereavement in the 2008 China Earthquake
The purpose of this study is to explore the grief experiences of mothers after they lost their children in the 2008 China earthquake. Informed by the Dual Process Model, this study conducted in-depth interviews to explore how six bereaved mothers coped with such grief over a 2-year period. Right after the earthquake, these mothers suffered from intensive grief. They primarily coped with loss-oriented stressors. As time passed, these mothers began…
The buffering effect of child-caregiver relationships
Parental emotional warmth and identity integration among Chinese migrant adolescents
Literature has established that migration processes have significant effects on the mental and psychological health of migrant children and adolescents. Yet, little is known of the effects of family dynamics and individual characteristics on rural-to-urban migrant adolescents’ psychological adjustment in the context of China. Using a cross-sectional questionnaire-based research design, this article examines the relationship between perceived pare…
Resilience and vulnerability
Spousal bereavement is closely linked to prolonged grief, that is, significant adjustment symptoms that last for more than six months after the loss. This article focused on potential risk and protective factors that may influence bereavement outcomes. Participants in this study were surviving spouses of individuals who died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). These participants were themselves living with human immunodeficiency syndro…
Enduring Violence and Staying in Marriage
Divorce has been used by battered women as a way to end their abusive experiences in many countries. However, in China, divorce has been controlled strictly by the government and social norms. It is not common for battered women in China to use divorce as a way out of an abusive relationship. This article explores how and why “enduring violence” has become a main coping strategy for battered women in rural China. The findings indicate that social…
The Experience of Chinese Bereaved Persons
This study explores the bereavement process of Chinese persons in Hong Kong, with the focus on how they make meaning of the death as well as how they maintain a bond with the deceased. A review of video- and audiotapes of 52 bereaved persons in bereavement counseling pointed to how these concepts are reflected in key themes that appeared throughout these interviews. The way this bereaved population found meaning in the death was reflected in how …
Subjective well‐being amongst migrant children in China
These results highlight the need for policymakers and practitioners alike to address individual factors pertaining to psychological adjustments, as well as social determinants of subjective wellbeing in the context of migration
Chinese culture, social work education and research
English In the development of indigenous social work knowledge in China, the power relationship between teacher and student can act as a barrier to the development of scientific knowledge and practice research. Social work education and practice research in Chinese societies should focus on the empowerment of social work students, methodological pluralism and the development of a culturally specific practice research model. French Dans le dévelop…
Development and Validation of the Chinese Making Sense of Adversity Scale
Objective: The objective of this study is to develop and validate the Chinese Making Sense of Adversity Scale (CMSAS) to measure the cognitive coping strategies that Chinese people adopt to make sense of adversity. Method: A 12-item CMSAS was developed by in-depth interview and item analysis. The scale was validated with a sample of 627 Chinese international students in Australia and Mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong. Results: Exploratory fa…
Meaning of life as a protective factor of positive affect in acculturation
The Blessings and the Curses of Filial Piety on Dignity at the End of Life
This study critically examines the evolving nature of filial piety and the role that it plays in the contemporary experience of “living and dying with dignity” among Hong Kong Chinese families facing the end of life. Meaning-oriented interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 15 adult-children caregivers, ages 30 to 62, to elicit their narratives and stories in caring for a dying elderly parent. Qualitative content analysis reveals that…
Risk perception as a double-edged sword in policy compliance in Covid-19 pandemic? A two-phase evaluation from Hong Kong
The emphasis of risk has been recognized as a crucial component to effective and successful policy compliance amidst a crisis. Yet, during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the impact of risk may fluctuate with the severity of the prolonged pandemic, and that the public consider not only public health factors when they choose but also whether to follow a COVID-19-related policy, perceived risk may not always lead to policy compliance. Two cross-section…
Social Sharing of Bereavement Experience by Chinese Bereaved Persons in Hong Kong
Contrary to the belief that the Chinese do not share emotionally intense experiences, findings from a cross-sectional study of 292 respondents who lost either a spouse or a parent in the previous 2 years in Hong Kong indicated that only 10% did not share their bereavement experiences with another person. The physical health and emotional state of non-sharers was found to be no different to those who shared. In addition, the Chinese are believed t…
Group Debriefing for People with Chronic Diseases During the Sars Pandemic
Dignity Amidst Liminality
This study critically examines the concepts of dignity and liminality at the end-of life, in an effort to better understand the processes of healing within suffering among Chinese terminal cancer patients receiving palliative care services in Hong Kong. Meaning-oriented interviews were conducted with 18 Chinese terminal patients, aged 44 to 98, to elicit the narratives and stories of their illness experience. All interviews were analyzed using gr…
Utilizing Eastern Spirituality in Clinical Practice
Drawing on the empirical findings of a qualitative study on Chinese women with breast cancer, this article presents the women's experience of spirituality and discusses the implications of culturally competent practice that addresses spirituality. Following the constructivist research approach, in-depth interviews were conducted with 26 Chinese women with breast cancer. The findings reveal their spirituality is manifested through (1) experiencing…
The Social Work Practitioner-Researcher-Educator
Teaching, practice and research are the three integral missions of social work educators. This article uses examples of the empowerment curriculum and problem-based learning to illustrate how social work teachers can play the role of a practitioner-researcher-educator to promote social justice and anti-discrimination in the globalization process
Evaluating an Empowerment Group for Divorced Chinese Women in Hong Kong
Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a Body-Mind-Spirit empowerment group for divorced Chinese women in Hong Kong. Method: A pretest and posttest comparison was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the group intervention by comparing perceived level of stress and sense of empowerment among 67 divorced women participants. Results: Compared to data obtained before intervention, the participants reported significant changes in their…
Social Networks and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Chinese Older Adults With Vision Impairment
Previous studies have emphasized the importance of family network, whereas this study finds that friendship network correlates more strongly with HRQOL measures among Chinese visually impaired older adults. This suggests a need to expand intervention beyond the family system
Social workers’ conceptions of the relationship between theory and practice in an organizational context
The research studies the relationship between theory and practice in the context of an agency. Eight social workers from an agency were recruited for in-depth interviews. Results showed that the conception of theory and practice was influenced by the self, the client and the agency
A Strength-Based Online Community Intervention (Soci) for promoting resilience among adults in Hubei province, China, during Covid-19 lockdown
During COVID-19 pandemic, people experienced lockdown and associated distress. As face-to-face intervention was unfeasible, an 8-week Strength-based Online Community Intervention (SOCI) was developed and evaluated with a quasi-experimental design in Hubei Province, China from February to April 2020. Participants (N = 150) self-elected to join either the SOCI group or a casual discussion control group. Pre-/post-measures on post-traumatic stress, …
Evaluating Compassion–Mindfulness Therapy for Recurrent Anxiety and Depression
Objective: To evaluate the effects of compassion–mindfulness therapy (C-MT), an adapted version of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy that integrates compassion training. Method: Individuals aged 17–69 with recurrent depressive and anxiety symptoms were recruited from a community mental health service unit. Half of the participants were randomized to an 8-week C-MT program ( n = 41) and the other half to a wait-list control condition ( n = 41). …
Sustaining Engagement Through Work in Postdisaster Relief and Reconstruction
After the devastating 2008 earthquake in China, grass-roots government officials were the main local force in postquake relief and reconstruction. Like other survivors, many officials were severely bereaved. Their psychological well-being was at stake. We conducted 25 semistructured interviews to investigate sources of stress at work and their coping experiences. We coded interviews using the content analysis method. Misunderstandings and assault…
The Assessment of Grief Among Hong Kong Chinese
This is a preliminary report of a study that examined the clinical usefulness of the Chinese Grief Reaction Assessment Form (GRAF). The validity, reliability, and factor structure of the form were also explored. We administered the GRAF to 180 bereaved individuals during intake interview for bereavement counseling. The GRAF has obtained good internal Cronbach's alpha reliability of .89 and showed its validity in being able to discriminate between…
Social Support of Cancer Patients in Hong Kong
This article reports the significant findings of an empirical investigation of 60 Chinese cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in Hong Kong. Taking into consideration its multi-faceted characteristics, social support was operationalized in social network analysis, subjective perception of social support and the natural helping behaviour. It was found that cancer patients trusted their spouse and their parents most: Emotional support and sociall…
The buffering effect of child-caregiver relationships
An Exploratory Study of Social Capital and Cancer Survivorship
Previous research suggests that sociodemographic characteristics as well as social environment assessment of individual social capital can support cancer survivorship. It is in this context that the current study was undertaken. The aim of this study was to explore the social capital of Hong Kong Chinese who live with a diagnosis of cancer. An exploratory analysis was undertaken of 20 patients diagnosed with cancer in the Queen Mary Hospital in H…
The Effects of a Positive Death Education Group on Psycho-Spiritual Outcomes for Chinese with Chronic Illness
Traditionally, death is a taboo subject in Chinese culture. However, very few studies examine the effects of death education program on the psycho-spiritual outcomes among Chinese patients. This article reports on a quasi-experimental study on Chinese patients with chronic diseases who participated in a psycho-education group on positive death preparation. Findings revealed that participants in the intervention group (n = 81) reported significant…
Diagnostic Ambiguity and Psychosocial Distress among Chinese Women with Idiopathic and Non-Idiopathic Infertility
The aim of this study is to investigate how women with different diagnoses on their cause of infertility—non-idiopathic (female, male, mixed), or idiopathic (unknown causes)—display different levels of psychosocial well-being prior to their IVF treatment. Women who attended an assisted reproduction clinic were recruited to fill out a set of questionnaire about 3 months before the start of their first IVF treatment cycle (valid N = 330). Measures …
Social tolerance for crime and deviance
An exploratory analysis was conducted with the use of a quota sample of 486 college students and nonstudent community residents, in order to determine variation in social tolerance by sex, race, and student‐nonstudent status. The study demonstrated that social tolerance can be a theoretically useful concept for studying variations in reactions to criminal and deviant behavior among social groups. Implications of the findings for future research i…
New challenges to the forms of welfare provision in China after a decade of economic reform
Social Support of Cancer Patients in Hong Kong
This article reports the significant findings of an empirical investigation of 60 Chinese cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in Hong Kong. Taking into consideration its multi-faceted characteristics, social support was operationalized in social network analysis, subjective perception of social support and the natural helping behaviour. It was found that cancer patients trusted their spouse and their parents most: Emotional support and sociall…
Contribution of Self-help to the Mental Health of Laryngectomees in Hong Kong
‘Helping people to help themselves’ has always been a motto of social work intervention. This paper reviews existing literature on the contribution of self-help groups. The case example of the ‘New Voice Club’ in Hong Kong, a self-help organization for laryngectomees, will be used to illustrate how self-help organizations can contribute to the mental health of chronically ill patients. Self-help groups can offer patients suffering from chronic il…
Urban neighborhood mobilization and community care for the elderly in the People's Republic of China
Women and Market Societies
Consumption and women's politics - past experiences modernizing domestic spaces - liberating women? cultural representations and resistances crisis in Western market societies problematic transitions to market societies in the East
Empowering Chinese Cancer Patients
Many Chinese cancer patients encounter a high degree of anxiety, but lack the vocabulary to express themselves emotionally. This is an attempt to develop a culturally sensitive psycho-social intervention for Chinese cancer patients in Hong Kong. A seven-phase model of emotional responses to cancer was developed from interviews with patients and focus group discussions with professionals. Based on an understanding of the local culture and what wor…
Enduring Violence and Staying in Marriage
Divorce has been used by battered women as a way to end their abusive experiences in many countries. However, in China, divorce has been controlled strictly by the government and social norms. It is not common for battered women in China to use divorce as a way out of an abusive relationship. This article explores how and why “enduring violence” has become a main coping strategy for battered women in rural China. The findings indicate that social…
Enhancing Resilience and Family Health in the Asian Context
Social workers can facilitate the formation of a new form of resilience to cope with the ever-changing social context of individuals and families. The resilience can be established through a new form of 'Body,Mind-Spirit Transformation Therapy'. Through working with chronic patients, dying patients, bereaved families, infertile couples, divorced women and disadvantaged children, the authors have developed a new intervention approach of Transforma…
Medical Social Services in Accident and Emergency Departments of Hospitals in Hong Kong
Medical social service units of six acute hospitals participated in this study to examine the utilisation patterns, functions, and outcomes of medical social services provided to patients visiting Accident and Emergency Departments (AEDs) in Hong Kong. The results showed that, contrary to the conventional view, patients most frequently referred included both those who were involved in crises and urgent cases, such as battered spouses and death on…
Evaluating an Empowerment Group for Divorced Chinese Women in Hong Kong
Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a Body-Mind-Spirit empowerment group for divorced Chinese women in Hong Kong. Method: A pretest and posttest comparison was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the group intervention by comparing perceived level of stress and sense of empowerment among 67 divorced women participants. Results: Compared to data obtained before intervention, the participants reported significant changes in their…
The Assessment of Grief Among Hong Kong Chinese
This is a preliminary report of a study that examined the clinical usefulness of the Chinese Grief Reaction Assessment Form (GRAF). The validity, reliability, and factor structure of the form were also explored. We administered the GRAF to 180 bereaved individuals during intake interview for bereavement counseling. The GRAF has obtained good internal Cronbach's alpha reliability of .89 and showed its validity in being able to discriminate between…
The mediating role of optimism on post-radiation quality of life in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Cultural Divergence in Cross-border Marriage in Hong Kong
The social phenomenon of cross-border marriages between Hong Kong men and Chinese women has contributed to the steady incoming immigrant women from the Mainland for family reunion. Despite the fact that both Hong Kong and the Mainland are Chinese societies, there exist a number of subtle differences in cultural practices and characteristics due to their different social, economic and political development. This paper would delineate the sources o…
Posttraumatic growth in chinese cancer survivors
To investigate the dimensions and determinants of posttraumatic growth among Chinese cancer survivors, 188 participants were asked to complete a Chinese posttraumatic growth inventory, translated from the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI; J Trauma Stress 1996; 9 : 455–471), together with the Chinese versions of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, the Mini‐Mental Adjustment to Cancer scale, and the General Health Questionnaire. Confirma…
Social workers’ conceptions of the relationship between theory and practice in an organizational context
The research studies the relationship between theory and practice in the context of an agency. Eight social workers from an agency were recruited for in-depth interviews. Results showed that the conception of theory and practice was influenced by the self, the client and the agency
The Social Work Practitioner-Researcher-Educator
Teaching, practice and research are the three integral missions of social work educators. This article uses examples of the empowerment curriculum and problem-based learning to illustrate how social work teachers can play the role of a practitioner-researcher-educator to promote social justice and anti-discrimination in the globalization process
The psychological impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak on healthcare workers in emergency departments and how they cope
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the present study were to examine the degree and the sources of mental distress and the coping strategies adopted by healthcare workers (HCW) of emergency departments (ED) in Hong Kong during the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). METHODS: Questionnaires were sent to all doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants (HCA) working in the ED of all public hospitals. The overall degree of mental distress …
Family-Based Mental Health Care in Rural China
Without a comprehensive system of mental health care, the Chinese government and mental health care professionals are being confronted with two crucial issues. The first issue is how China will provide mental health services for those who need it in China, the world’s most populous country. Many individuals with a severe mental disorder in China go untreated or receive psychiatric treatment long after the first onset of illness, especially in the…
The Experience of Chinese Bereaved Persons
This study explores the bereavement process of Chinese persons in Hong Kong, with the focus on how they make meaning of the death as well as how they maintain a bond with the deceased. A review of video- and audiotapes of 52 bereaved persons in bereavement counseling pointed to how these concepts are reflected in key themes that appeared throughout these interviews. The way this bereaved population found meaning in the death was reflected in how …
Chinese culture, social work education and research
English In the development of indigenous social work knowledge in China, the power relationship between teacher and student can act as a barrier to the development of scientific knowledge and practice research. Social work education and practice research in Chinese societies should focus on the empowerment of social work students, methodological pluralism and the development of a culturally specific practice research model. French Dans le dévelop…
Group Debriefing for People with Chronic Diseases During the Sars Pandemic
Death Preparation and Anxiety
This study reports the results of a survey on death preparation, death-related beliefs, and death anxiety in a Hong Kong sample. Respondents (N = 285) recruited from the community were asked if they have prepared for themselves a life insurance, a will, and a resting place (e.g. burial site, columbarium, etc.). Questions about their death-related cultural beliefs and anxiety were also asked. Results indicated that respondents who have thought of …
Social Sharing of Bereavement Experience by Chinese Bereaved Persons in Hong Kong
Contrary to the belief that the Chinese do not share emotionally intense experiences, findings from a cross-sectional study of 292 respondents who lost either a spouse or a parent in the previous 2 years in Hong Kong indicated that only 10% did not share their bereavement experiences with another person. The physical health and emotional state of non-sharers was found to be no different to those who shared. In addition, the Chinese are believed t…
Social Networks and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Chinese Older Adults With Vision Impairment
Previous studies have emphasized the importance of family network, whereas this study finds that friendship network correlates more strongly with HRQOL measures among Chinese visually impaired older adults. This suggests a need to expand intervention beyond the family system
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