Po‐Huang Chiang
Biographic Data
| ID | 6678817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Po‐Huang Chiang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Po‐Huang |
| FAMILY NAME | Chiang |
| SIGNATURE | CHIANG P H |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Health Research Institutes |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Household and schooling rather than diet offset the adverse associations of height with school competence and emotional disturbance among Taiwanese girls
Objective: Short stature may reflect health in early life and be an enduring disability. How birth weight, gender, household, elementary schooling and diet play a role in associations between stature and overall school competence (OSC) have been assessed. Design: The 2001–2002 Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (NAHSIT) for elementary schoolchildren ( n 2274, 52·1 % boys) was linked to birth records. It provided sociodemographic, dietary quali…
Spatial Analysis of Ambient PM2.5 Exposure and Bladder Cancer Mortality in Taiwan
Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is an air pollutant that is receiving intense regulatory attention in Taiwan. In previous studies, the effect of air pollution on bladder cancer has been explored. This study was conducted to elucidate the effect of atmospheric PM 2.5 and other local risk factors on bladder cancer mortality based on available 13-year mortality data. Geographically weighted regression (GWR) was applied to estimate and interpret th…
A flow-based statistical model integrating spatial and nonspatial dimensions to measure healthcare access
Assessing access to healthcare for an entire healthcare system involves accounting for demand, supply, and geographic variation. In order to capture the interaction between healthcare services and populations, various measures of healthcare access have been utilized, including the popular two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method. However, despite the many advantages of 2SFCA, the problems, such as inappropriate assumption of healthcare dem…
Increased Risk of Respiratory Mortality Associated with the High-Tech Manufacturing Industry
Global high-tech manufacturers are mainly located in newly industrialized countries, raising concerns about adverse health consequences from industrial pollution for people living nearby. We investigated the ecological association between respiratory mortality and the development of Taiwan's high-tech manufacturing, taking into account industrialization and socioeconomic development, for 19 cities and counties-6 in the science park group and 13 i…
Spatial Clustering and Local Risk Factors of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality has been steadily increasing in Taiwan since 2009. In order to understand where the hotspot areas are and what the local risk factors are, we integrated an ecological and a case-control study. We used a two-stage approach to identify hotspots and explore the possible risk factors for developing COPD. The first stage used the annual township COPD mortality from 2000 to 2012 and applied the ret…
Addressing Health Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease
According to the official health statistics, Taiwan has the highest prevalence of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in the world. Each year, around 60,000 ESRD patients in Taiwan consume 6% of the national insurance budget for dialysis treatment. The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been climbing during 2008-2012. However, the spatial disparities and clustering of CKD at the public health level have rarely been discussed. The aims of t…
Spatio-temporal analysis on enterovirus cases through integrated surveillance in Taiwan
Local public health professionals can monitor the temporal and spatial trends plus spatio-temporal clusters and isolation rate of EV-71 in mild and severe EV cases in a community when virus transmission is high, to provide early warning signals and to prevent subsequent severe epidemics
Dietary Quality of Elders and Children Is Interdependent in Taiwanese Communities
Dietary quality may exhibit intergenerational associations in Taiwanese communities. Nutrition and Health Surveys in Taiwan (NAHSIT) for children and elders (1999-2002) were mapped for coincident locality and ethnicity with Geo-Gadget. Communities were characterized ecologically. Dietary quality was assessed by the Youth Healthy Eating Index-Taiwan (YHEI-TW) for children and Overall Dietary Index-Revised (ODI-R) for elders. Hierarchical regressio…
A GIS-Aided Assessment of the Health Hazards of Cadmium in Farm Soils in Central Taiwan
A geostatistical method was developed to examine the correlation, or lack of it, between the levels of cadmium (Cd) detected in farm soils and those detected in the human specimens collected from residents around the contaminated areas in Changhua County where cadmium contamination of staple rice has been documented. We used the Taiwan EPA environment data in 2002 and human data which were generated by the National Health Research Institutes duri…
Fast-food outlets and walkability in school neighbourhoods predict fatness in boys and height in girls
Objective There is increasing evidence that the school food environment contributes to childhood obesity and health in various locations. We investigated the influence of fast-food stores and convenience food stores (FS and CS, respectively) on growth and body composition in a range of residential densities for North-east Asian food culture. Design Anthropometrics and birth weight of schoolchildren were obtained. Geocoded mapping of schools and f…
A flow-based statistical model integrating spatial and nonspatial dimensions to measure healthcare access
Assessing access to healthcare for an entire healthcare system involves accounting for demand, supply, and geographic variation. In order to capture the interaction between healthcare services and populations, various measures of healthcare access have been utilized, including the popular two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method. However, despite the many advantages of 2SFCA, the problems, such as inappropriate assumption of healthcare dem…
A GIS-Aided Assessment of the Health Hazards of Cadmium in Farm Soils in Central Taiwan
A geostatistical method was developed to examine the correlation, or lack of it, between the levels of cadmium (Cd) detected in farm soils and those detected in the human specimens collected from residents around the contaminated areas in Changhua County where cadmium contamination of staple rice has been documented. We used the Taiwan EPA environment data in 2002 and human data which were generated by the National Health Research Institutes duri…
Fast-food outlets and walkability in school neighbourhoods predict fatness in boys and height in girls
Objective There is increasing evidence that the school food environment contributes to childhood obesity and health in various locations. We investigated the influence of fast-food stores and convenience food stores (FS and CS, respectively) on growth and body composition in a range of residential densities for North-east Asian food culture. Design Anthropometrics and birth weight of schoolchildren were obtained. Geocoded mapping of schools and f…
Addressing Health Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease
According to the official health statistics, Taiwan has the highest prevalence of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in the world. Each year, around 60,000 ESRD patients in Taiwan consume 6% of the national insurance budget for dialysis treatment. The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been climbing during 2008-2012. However, the spatial disparities and clustering of CKD at the public health level have rarely been discussed. The aims of t…
Spatio-temporal analysis on enterovirus cases through integrated surveillance in Taiwan
Local public health professionals can monitor the temporal and spatial trends plus spatio-temporal clusters and isolation rate of EV-71 in mild and severe EV cases in a community when virus transmission is high, to provide early warning signals and to prevent subsequent severe epidemics
Dietary Quality of Elders and Children Is Interdependent in Taiwanese Communities
Dietary quality may exhibit intergenerational associations in Taiwanese communities. Nutrition and Health Surveys in Taiwan (NAHSIT) for children and elders (1999-2002) were mapped for coincident locality and ethnicity with Geo-Gadget. Communities were characterized ecologically. Dietary quality was assessed by the Youth Healthy Eating Index-Taiwan (YHEI-TW) for children and Overall Dietary Index-Revised (ODI-R) for elders. Hierarchical regressio…
Spatial Clustering and Local Risk Factors of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality has been steadily increasing in Taiwan since 2009. In order to understand where the hotspot areas are and what the local risk factors are, we integrated an ecological and a case-control study. We used a two-stage approach to identify hotspots and explore the possible risk factors for developing COPD. The first stage used the annual township COPD mortality from 2000 to 2012 and applied the ret…
Increased Risk of Respiratory Mortality Associated with the High-Tech Manufacturing Industry
Global high-tech manufacturers are mainly located in newly industrialized countries, raising concerns about adverse health consequences from industrial pollution for people living nearby. We investigated the ecological association between respiratory mortality and the development of Taiwan's high-tech manufacturing, taking into account industrialization and socioeconomic development, for 19 cities and counties-6 in the science park group and 13 i…
Spatial Analysis of Ambient PM2.5 Exposure and Bladder Cancer Mortality in Taiwan
Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is an air pollutant that is receiving intense regulatory attention in Taiwan. In previous studies, the effect of air pollution on bladder cancer has been explored. This study was conducted to elucidate the effect of atmospheric PM 2.5 and other local risk factors on bladder cancer mortality based on available 13-year mortality data. Geographically weighted regression (GWR) was applied to estimate and interpret th…
A flow-based statistical model integrating spatial and nonspatial dimensions to measure healthcare access
Assessing access to healthcare for an entire healthcare system involves accounting for demand, supply, and geographic variation. In order to capture the interaction between healthcare services and populations, various measures of healthcare access have been utilized, including the popular two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method. However, despite the many advantages of 2SFCA, the problems, such as inappropriate assumption of healthcare dem…
Household and schooling rather than diet offset the adverse associations of height with school competence and emotional disturbance among Taiwanese girls
Objective: Short stature may reflect health in early life and be an enduring disability. How birth weight, gender, household, elementary schooling and diet play a role in associations between stature and overall school competence (OSC) have been assessed. Design: The 2001–2002 Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (NAHSIT) for elementary schoolchildren ( n 2274, 52·1 % boys) was linked to birth records. It provided sociodemographic, dietary quali…
Medicine (9 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 works) · Statistics (4 works) · Global Health Care Issues (3 works) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (2 works)