Clarence Ong
Biographic Data
| ID | 5224129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clarence Ong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clarence |
| FAMILY NAME | Ong |
| SIGNATURE | ONG C |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-2397-9137 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Role of PrEP Initiation on Depression Severity, HIV-Related Anxiety, HIV Stigma, and PrEP Stigma Among Sexual Minority Men in Singapore
This longitudinal concurrent mixed-methods study examined the impact of initiating HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) on depression severity and HIV- and PrEP-related stigma among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Singapore. A cohort of 53 HIV-negative, GBMSM was followed over 12 months, utilizing repeated quantitative assessments and in-depth qualitative interviews to explore psychosocial outcomes and lived experienc…
Piecing together the narrative of #longcovid
Objective: To characterize the public conversations around long COVID, as expressed through X (formerly Twitter) posts from May 2020 to April 2023. Methods: Using X as the data source, we extracted tweets containing #long-covid, #long_covid, or "long covid," posted from May 2020 to April 2023. We then conducted an unsupervised deep learning analysis using Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT). This method allowed us to pr…
Hype or hope? Ketamine for the treatment of depression
In summary, the public's multifaceted perception leans towards a hopeful stance on ketamine's therapeutic potential for depression
What is said about #donateliver or #liverdonor? Reflexive thematic analysis of Twitter (X) posts from 2012 to 2022
The multifaceted experiences of individuals involved in the transplantation process, both recipients and donors, should be further studied in our efforts to improve the critical shortage of liver donors
Covid-19 and the shifting organisation of sex work markets in Singapore
While past studies have sought to capture how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on the health and sexual lives of sex workers internationally, less attention has been paid to the reorganisation of sex markets as a result of COVID-19. We conducted a sequential exploratory mixed methods study using in-depth interviews, cyber ethnography and surveyor-administered structured surveys among sex workers. We report two key findings on how the pandemic h…
Association between sexual orientation acceptance and suicidal ideation, substance use, and internalised homophobia amongst the pink carpet Y cohort study of young gay, bisexual, and queer men in Sing…
Greater levels of early intervention and efforts are required to reduce the heightened experience of minority stress resulting from communal and institutional hostilities. Areas of improvement may include community-based counselling and psychological support for GBQ men, while not forsaking greater education of the social and healthcare sectors. Most importantly, disrupting the stigma narrative of a GBQ 'lifestyle' is paramount in establishing an…
The Impact of the Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) on the Health and Social Needs of Sex Workers in Singapore
We evaluated the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the sex work industry and assessed how it has impacted the health and social conditions of sex workers in Singapore. We conducted a sequential exploratory mixed methods study amidst the COVID-19 pandemic from April to October 2020, including in-depth interviews with 24 stakeholders from the sex work industry and surveyor-administered structured surveys with 171 sex workers. COVID-19…
The Impact of the Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) on the Health and Social Needs of Sex Workers in Singapore
We evaluated the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the sex work industry and assessed how it has impacted the health and social conditions of sex workers in Singapore. We conducted a sequential exploratory mixed methods study amidst the COVID-19 pandemic from April to October 2020, including in-depth interviews with 24 stakeholders from the sex work industry and surveyor-administered structured surveys with 171 sex workers. COVID-19…
Association between sexual orientation acceptance and suicidal ideation, substance use, and internalised homophobia amongst the pink carpet Y cohort study of young gay, bisexual, and queer men in Sing…
Greater levels of early intervention and efforts are required to reduce the heightened experience of minority stress resulting from communal and institutional hostilities. Areas of improvement may include community-based counselling and psychological support for GBQ men, while not forsaking greater education of the social and healthcare sectors. Most importantly, disrupting the stigma narrative of a GBQ 'lifestyle' is paramount in establishing an…
The Impact of the Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) on the Health and Social Needs of Sex Workers in Singapore
We evaluated the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the sex work industry and assessed how it has impacted the health and social conditions of sex workers in Singapore. We conducted a sequential exploratory mixed methods study amidst the COVID-19 pandemic from April to October 2020, including in-depth interviews with 24 stakeholders from the sex work industry and surveyor-administered structured surveys with 171 sex workers. COVID-19…
Covid-19 and the shifting organisation of sex work markets in Singapore
While past studies have sought to capture how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on the health and sexual lives of sex workers internationally, less attention has been paid to the reorganisation of sex markets as a result of COVID-19. We conducted a sequential exploratory mixed methods study using in-depth interviews, cyber ethnography and surveyor-administered structured surveys among sex workers. We report two key findings on how the pandemic h…
Piecing together the narrative of #longcovid
Objective: To characterize the public conversations around long COVID, as expressed through X (formerly Twitter) posts from May 2020 to April 2023. Methods: Using X as the data source, we extracted tweets containing #long-covid, #long_covid, or "long covid," posted from May 2020 to April 2023. We then conducted an unsupervised deep learning analysis using Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT). This method allowed us to pr…
Hype or hope? Ketamine for the treatment of depression
In summary, the public's multifaceted perception leans towards a hopeful stance on ketamine's therapeutic potential for depression
What is said about #donateliver or #liverdonor? Reflexive thematic analysis of Twitter (X) posts from 2012 to 2022
The multifaceted experiences of individuals involved in the transplantation process, both recipients and donors, should be further studied in our efforts to improve the critical shortage of liver donors
The Role of PrEP Initiation on Depression Severity, HIV-Related Anxiety, HIV Stigma, and PrEP Stigma Among Sexual Minority Men in Singapore
This longitudinal concurrent mixed-methods study examined the impact of initiating HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) on depression severity and HIV- and PrEP-related stigma among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Singapore. A cohort of 53 HIV-negative, GBMSM was followed over 12 months, utilizing repeated quantitative assessments and in-depth qualitative interviews to explore psychosocial outcomes and lived experienc…
Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Public health (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Cohort (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Demography (2 works)