Yu-Tien Hsu

Biographic Data

ID9020582
NAMEYu-Tien Hsu
GIVEN NAMESYu-Tien
FAMILY NAMEHsu
SIGNATUREHSU Y
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Associations of smoking and second-hand smoke exposure with obesity and obstructive sleep apnoea risk in Tuvalu

    Open AccessChia-Chen Lin, Chia‐Chen Lin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2026

    Background: Tobacco use and second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure remain highly prevalent in Pacific Island nations, but evidence on their health consequences is limited. We aim to describe the prevalence of smoking and SHS exposure in Tuvalu, their associations with body measurements and sleep-related outcomes, and the heterogeneity by island of residence and age group. Methods: COMmunity-based Behaviour and Attitude surveys were conducted in Tuvalu …

  • Associations between home gardening and obstructive sleep apnoea

    Open AccessChia-Chen Lin, Chia‐Chen Lin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: Tuvalu, like many Pacific Island nations, is facing a severe obesity epidemic, which is strongly associated with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) - a condition linked to multiple health complications and a growing public health burden. Lifestyle interventions such as home gardening have emerged as potential strategies to address obesity and its related conditions. We investigated the association between home gardening and OSA risk in Tu…

  • Exploring the link between home garden use and severe obesity

    Open AccessPo-Jen Lin, Tai-Lin I Lee et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2023

    Background: Obesity is prevalent and increasing but understudied across Pacific Islanders. Tuvalu is a South Pacific country with a high obesity rate and faces multiple threats of food insecurity. Home garden serves as a sustainable food source and can be a possible intervention for the obesity pandemic in Tuvalu. This study investigated Tuvaluans' home garden use and obesity, and explored factors associated with increased use of home gardens. Me…

  • Risk of Sars-CoV-2 Infection Among Essential Workers in a Community-Based Cohort in the United States

    Open AccessChih-Fu Wei, Chih‐Fu Wei et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Objectives: The objective of this paper is to identify the risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection that are related to occupation type as well as workplace conditions. Identifying such risk factors could have noteworthy implications in workplace safety enhancement and emergency preparedness planning for essential workers. Methods: , 2020, for individuals between 14 and 65 years of age. Nasopharyngeal swab specimen, medical review, and self-administ…

  • Does one size fit all? Differences between islands in Tuvalu and ecological perspectives

    Open AccessPo-Jen Lin, Tai-Lin I Lee et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2022

    UNIQUE CHALLENGES FOR TUVALUANS REGARDING NUTRITION AND FOOD Tuvalu is a South Pacific Ocean nation consisting of nine atolls (Funafuti, Nanumea, Nanumaga, Niutao, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Nui, Nukulaelae and Niulakita) and is one of the countries impacted the most by climate change [1]. Due to scarcities of fertile farmland and fresh water, agricultural activities are limited [...]

  • Validation of the EQ-5D in Taiwan using item response theory

    Open AccessTzu‐Hung Liu, Andrew D Ho et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The EQ-5D scale shows promise for use in the general population. The IRT model informs our interpretation of the EQ-5D scores. Given the time constraints in clinical settings, we suggest using the first three items in EQ-5D to measure the health-related quality of life for patients with chronic diseases