Timothy Sim
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5822668 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Timothy Sim |
| PRENOMES | Timothy |
| SOBRENOME | Sim |
| ASSINATURA | SIM T |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7478-474X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 76 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Fevered Cities
From storytelling to resilience
An integrative review on the reintegration challenges for family members of formerly incarcerated individuals
Introducing ‘society work
This study focuses on current discussions around the newly-built Society Work Department in China. It argues that ‘society work’ helps to clarify the internationally recognized concept of ‘social work’ and this institutional reform promotes development of the social work profession and discipline, it also helps to decolonize social work in China
The Citizen as a Public Health Actor
In 1986, the World Health Organization heralded Singapore as a model for the control of dengue fever, a viral disease spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Between 1965 and 1985, public health officials successfully employed educational campaigns and mandatory home inspections to convince citizens to guard against mosquito breeding at home. Although this story appears to recapitulate standard narratives of top-down progress in Singapore, this pap…
Structural Family Therapy with Chinese Families in After-Violence Context
This article aims to apply structural family therapy to working with family and intimate partner violence in after-violence context, where risks and safety issues have been addressed. This practice research study uses case analyses based on the work done with a Chinese couple and a Chinese family in Singapore, respectively. It identifies the salient therapeutic focus and healing processes in after-violence context with Chinese families. Reflectio…
Core competencies in disaster management for social workers in China
A modified e-Delphi study was conducted to identify the core competencies required by social workers for disaster management in China. A list of competencies was compiled through an integrative review and in-depth interviews. We then conducted a three-round e-Delphi survey with 25 experts including social work practitioners and academics, government officials and other professionals. After a 4-month period of data collection and analysis, we prop…
The Melbourne Statement on Practice Research in Social Work
Roles and Tasks of Social Workers in Chinese Disaster Management
Although social workers are often deeply involved in disaster management, their distinct roles and tasks in its various phases have not been adequately recognised. This may impede social work training and practice in disaster contexts and particularly in China, which regularly experiences disasters. In this study, we investigated the unique roles and tasks of Chinese social workers in disaster management. We conducted thirty-two in-depth intervie…
Informal social support and disaster preparedness
Social work competence in disaster management
This integrative review provides an overview of the core competencies (i.e. knowledge, values and skills) of social workers in each phase of disaster management (i.e. mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery), using the core competency framework for social work practice. A total of 183 items, including 77 journal articles, 97 book chapters, 8 editorials and 1 dissertation, were retrieved from seven academic databases and their content anal…
Safe uncertainty
This reflection focuses on the salient racial, cultural and political processes in the response to COVID-19, particularly in Hong Kong and Singapore, using a framework that examines safety and certainty or the lack of it. It begins by examining the awful racism internationally toward Chinese and the unique Chinese culinary practices that has become a contentious focus in this pandemic. It will then reflect on the meaning and impact of political c…
Adolescents' and Parents' Perspectives
Objective This study aimed to understand useful components and mechanisms in treating adolescent gaming disorder. Background Although video gaming has become a pervasive part of adolescents' daily life that can lead to educational, physical, psychological, and social problems, there is ongoing debate as to whether this is an addiction, and there is little evidence about treatment effectiveness. Method This process research used a case study desig…
Disaggregated validation of disaster-resilience indicators using household survey data
Individual Disaster Preparedness in Drought-and-Flood-Prone Villages in Northwest China
Rural communities are generally more vulnerable to natural hazards when compared to urban communities. Moreover, rural communities are diverse and unique in their place, population, agricultural production and culture, which make it challenging for different rural settings to prepare for disasters. There is a little comparison made about the individual disaster preparedness among rural communities with different geographic landforms. In this stud…
Social Work Core Competencies in Disaster Management Practice
Purpose: Though social workers are increasingly engaged in the disaster management, there has been a lack of professional guidelines for social work practice and training in this emerging field. This study aims to develop a rudimentary social work competence framework to plug this gap. Method: We conducted an integrative review of 183 international empirical studies and practice reflections, comprising a systematic search, selection, review, and …
Impact of information seeking, disaster preparedness and typhoon emergency response on perceived community resilience in Hong Kong
Creating an earthquake scenario in China
Psychosocial Well-Being of School-Aged Children Born to Bereaved (Shidu) Families
Parents who lost their only child in the 12 May 2018 Wenchuan earthquake came to be known as the “shidu” (loss of an only child) parents. After the earthquake, they were beneficiaries of free reproductive health services, and most had another child. This study focuses on the psychosocial well-being of those children born to the shidu parents, and explores factors associated with mothers’ quality of life (QoL) and their involvement with their chil…
Evaluation of risk perception, knowledge, and preparedness of extreme storm events for the improvement of coastal resilience among migrants
The severity, intensity, and frequency of extreme storm events facing coastal areas are increasing due to climate change and urban sprawl. Migrant populations are particularly vulnerable in extreme storm events due to resource deficits, a lack of preparedness, and social isolation. Empirical knowledge is needed to help develop comprehensive guidelines to improve coastal resilience for the prevention of adverse impacts from extreme storm events, w…
East Meets West
A review of social work practice research in Hong Kong identified 969 articles published over 50 years. Four main areas of their content were analyzed: (a) authorship, (b) practice area, (c) target clientele, and (d) research method. Our results showed that academics had produced most of the research publications (81%). The most common practice areas were children and youth (20%), mental health (19%), family (19%), and the elderly (11%). Youth (2…
Marital satisfaction among girls with early marriage in Iran
201909 bcrc
Contextualising the development of practice research in Asia
Debate and advocacy for practice research in social work have mostly taken place in Europe and the United States of America. It is apparent there is a lack of dialogue between researchers and practitioners on practice research within Asia and with their Western counterparts. The Fourth International Conference on Practice Research (ICPR) was hosted in Hong Kong 22 to 24 May 2017. This provided a strategic opportunity for practitioners, academics …
The Hong Kong Statement on Practice Research 2017
This statement on social work practice research highlights the contributions of scholars, practitioners, and conference participants in the Fourth International Conference on Practice Research (ICPR) in 2017, hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in May 2017. It focuses on the contexts and challenges of carrying out practice research in the Far East and beyond as well as raises pertinent questions about the development of practice resear…
The Emergence of Social Work Practice Research in the Peoples’ Republic of China
Objective: In China where social work is a fledgling profession, practice research is still a novelty. This article aims to provide an overview of the development of social work practice research in mainland China. Methods: This review analyzes the content of 206 Chinese journal articles published in the Peoples’ Republic of China since 1915 using the China National Knowledge Infrastructure database, with a focus on the question “who published wh…
The New York Statement on the Evolving Definition of Practice Research Designed for Continuing Dialogue
This Statement on Practice Research is a work in progress. It emerges out of deliberations from three international conferences on defining and operationalizing practice research. It seeks to capture both a process and outcome in which practitioners, researchers, service users, and educators collectively engage in a negotiated process of inquiry. One of the goals of this form of research is to place equal emphasis on improving practice and improv…
The Emergence of Social Work Practice Research in the Peoples’ Republic of China
Objective: In China where social work is a fledgling profession, practice research is still a novelty. This article aims to provide an overview of the development of social work practice research in mainland China. Methods: This review analyzes the content of 206 Chinese journal articles published in the Peoples’ Republic of China since 1915 using the China National Knowledge Infrastructure database, with a focus on the question “who published wh…
The Hong Kong Statement on Practice Research 2017
This statement on social work practice research highlights the contributions of scholars, practitioners, and conference participants in the Fourth International Conference on Practice Research (ICPR) in 2017, hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in May 2017. It focuses on the contexts and challenges of carrying out practice research in the Far East and beyond as well as raises pertinent questions about the development of practice resear…
Rising to the occasion
The fifth year since the deadly Wenchuan earthquake that killed more than 87,000 people will be commemorated in 2013. This article critically reviews the development and charts the direction of disaster social work in China, since the fateful 2008 Wenchuan earthquake jump-started it dramatically. While disaster social work publications, social work projects and organizations surged, young Chinese social workers felt challenged by poor professiona…
Social Work Core Competencies in Disaster Management Practice
Purpose: Though social workers are increasingly engaged in the disaster management, there has been a lack of professional guidelines for social work practice and training in this emerging field. This study aims to develop a rudimentary social work competence framework to plug this gap. Method: We conducted an integrative review of 183 international empirical studies and practice reflections, comprising a systematic search, selection, review, and …
International Practice Research Conference (ICPR) Moving East
I had the privilege of joining other practice-research advocates in attending the First International Conference on Practice Research (ICPR) held in idyllic Salisbury, situated in the south of England, on June 24–27, 2008. One of the primary aims of this relatively small, international forum was to draft an initial statement on practice research in social work to provide a platform for its further development (Southampton Practice Research Initia…
The Melbourne Statement on Practice Research in Social Work
Contextualising the development of practice research in Asia
Debate and advocacy for practice research in social work have mostly taken place in Europe and the United States of America. It is apparent there is a lack of dialogue between researchers and practitioners on practice research within Asia and with their Western counterparts. The Fourth International Conference on Practice Research (ICPR) was hosted in Hong Kong 22 to 24 May 2017. This provided a strategic opportunity for practitioners, academics …
Roles and Tasks of Social Workers in Chinese Disaster Management
Although social workers are often deeply involved in disaster management, their distinct roles and tasks in its various phases have not been adequately recognised. This may impede social work training and practice in disaster contexts and particularly in China, which regularly experiences disasters. In this study, we investigated the unique roles and tasks of Chinese social workers in disaster management. We conducted thirty-two in-depth intervie…
East Meets West
A review of social work practice research in Hong Kong identified 969 articles published over 50 years. Four main areas of their content were analyzed: (a) authorship, (b) practice area, (c) target clientele, and (d) research method. Our results showed that academics had produced most of the research publications (81%). The most common practice areas were children and youth (20%), mental health (19%), family (19%), and the elderly (11%). Youth (2…
Post-disaster school relocation
This article reports on the results of a survey of 540 Chinese school children’s adjustment in temporary school relocation after the Wenchuan earthquake. The overall results depicted a positive picture of functioning. The findings were contrary to expectations, as earlier observational reports suggested that pupils had adjustment difficulties
Crossing the river stone by stone
This paper chronicles and consolidates my personal experience and professional journey in China in the past one year after the 512 Sichuan earthquake erupted on 12 May 2008.Several summer children projects I helped to organize had evolved into an expanded school mental health network. As I critically reflect on the pertinent issues in developing professional school social work practice in Sichuan, I shall also outline the challenges and opportuni…
Social work competence in disaster management
This integrative review provides an overview of the core competencies (i.e. knowledge, values and skills) of social workers in each phase of disaster management (i.e. mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery), using the core competency framework for social work practice. A total of 183 items, including 77 journal articles, 97 book chapters, 8 editorials and 1 dissertation, were retrieved from seven academic databases and their content anal…
Evaluation of risk perception, knowledge, and preparedness of extreme storm events for the improvement of coastal resilience among migrants
The severity, intensity, and frequency of extreme storm events facing coastal areas are increasing due to climate change and urban sprawl. Migrant populations are particularly vulnerable in extreme storm events due to resource deficits, a lack of preparedness, and social isolation. Empirical knowledge is needed to help develop comprehensive guidelines to improve coastal resilience for the prevention of adverse impacts from extreme storm events, w…
Health Risk Behaviours of Foreign-Born Adolescents in Singapore
This study explored the prevalence of health risk behaviours among foreign-born adolescents in Singapore, and the effects of migration-related risk factors on their health risk behaviours in comparison with Singapore-born adolescents. It also assessed whether the risk factors for foreign-born adolescents' health risk behaviours found in Western research are replicated in Singapore as an Asian context. Using a sample of 181 foreign-born and 1,308 …
Globalization, indigenization, and authentization in social work
(2006). Globalization, indigenization, and authentization in social work. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development: Vol. 16, Globilization, Indigenization, and Authentization in Social Work, pp. 1-5
Relationship Between the State and NGOs/NPOs
Black cat, white cat
Current thinking suggests that evidence‐based practice (EBP) is a key to unlocking the potential for social work development in mainland China. But Chinese social workers may be confronted by the challenges of EBP in using research evidence, exercising expert judgment, as well as considering client characteristics, as social work is a relatively new enterprise in China's unique social–economic–political context. There is little indigenous researc…
Crossing the river stone by stone
This paper chronicles and consolidates my personal experience and professional journey in China in the past one year after the 512 Sichuan earthquake erupted on 12 May 2008.Several summer children projects I helped to organize had evolved into an expanded school mental health network. As I critically reflect on the pertinent issues in developing professional school social work practice in Sichuan, I shall also outline the challenges and opportuni…
Health Risk Behaviours of Foreign-Born Adolescents in Singapore
This study explored the prevalence of health risk behaviours among foreign-born adolescents in Singapore, and the effects of migration-related risk factors on their health risk behaviours in comparison with Singapore-born adolescents. It also assessed whether the risk factors for foreign-born adolescents' health risk behaviours found in Western research are replicated in Singapore as an Asian context. Using a sample of 181 foreign-born and 1,308 …
Post-disaster school relocation
This article reports on the results of a survey of 540 Chinese school children’s adjustment in temporary school relocation after the Wenchuan earthquake. The overall results depicted a positive picture of functioning. The findings were contrary to expectations, as earlier observational reports suggested that pupils had adjustment difficulties
Rising to the occasion
The fifth year since the deadly Wenchuan earthquake that killed more than 87,000 people will be commemorated in 2013. This article critically reviews the development and charts the direction of disaster social work in China, since the fateful 2008 Wenchuan earthquake jump-started it dramatically. While disaster social work publications, social work projects and organizations surged, young Chinese social workers felt challenged by poor professiona…
Pathological video-gaming among youth
The primary aim of the study was to understand the phenomenon of pathological videogaming by identifying protective factors for its development, and examining the dynamic interplay between protective factors and pathological video-gaming within a framework of change. The study was a 2-year longitudinal study involving 3034 children and adolescents recruited from 6 elementary and 6 secondary schools. Controlling for initial levels of pathological …
Psychosocial Work
The New York Statement on the Evolving Definition of Practice Research Designed for Continuing Dialogue
This Statement on Practice Research is a work in progress. It emerges out of deliberations from three international conferences on defining and operationalizing practice research. It seeks to capture both a process and outcome in which practitioners, researchers, service users, and educators collectively engage in a negotiated process of inquiry. One of the goals of this form of research is to place equal emphasis on improving practice and improv…
The Emergence of Social Work Practice Research in the Peoples’ Republic of China
Objective: In China where social work is a fledgling profession, practice research is still a novelty. This article aims to provide an overview of the development of social work practice research in mainland China. Methods: This review analyzes the content of 206 Chinese journal articles published in the Peoples’ Republic of China since 1915 using the China National Knowledge Infrastructure database, with a focus on the question “who published wh…
International Practice Research Conference (ICPR) Moving East
I had the privilege of joining other practice-research advocates in attending the First International Conference on Practice Research (ICPR) held in idyllic Salisbury, situated in the south of England, on June 24–27, 2008. One of the primary aims of this relatively small, international forum was to draft an initial statement on practice research in social work to provide a platform for its further development (Southampton Practice Research Initia…
Marital satisfaction among girls with early marriage in Iran
201909 bcrc
Contextualising the development of practice research in Asia
Debate and advocacy for practice research in social work have mostly taken place in Europe and the United States of America. It is apparent there is a lack of dialogue between researchers and practitioners on practice research within Asia and with their Western counterparts. The Fourth International Conference on Practice Research (ICPR) was hosted in Hong Kong 22 to 24 May 2017. This provided a strategic opportunity for practitioners, academics …
The Hong Kong Statement on Practice Research 2017
This statement on social work practice research highlights the contributions of scholars, practitioners, and conference participants in the Fourth International Conference on Practice Research (ICPR) in 2017, hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in May 2017. It focuses on the contexts and challenges of carrying out practice research in the Far East and beyond as well as raises pertinent questions about the development of practice resear…
East Meets West
A review of social work practice research in Hong Kong identified 969 articles published over 50 years. Four main areas of their content were analyzed: (a) authorship, (b) practice area, (c) target clientele, and (d) research method. Our results showed that academics had produced most of the research publications (81%). The most common practice areas were children and youth (20%), mental health (19%), family (19%), and the elderly (11%). Youth (2…
Impact of information seeking, disaster preparedness and typhoon emergency response on perceived community resilience in Hong Kong
Creating an earthquake scenario in China
Psychosocial Well-Being of School-Aged Children Born to Bereaved (Shidu) Families
Parents who lost their only child in the 12 May 2018 Wenchuan earthquake came to be known as the “shidu” (loss of an only child) parents. After the earthquake, they were beneficiaries of free reproductive health services, and most had another child. This study focuses on the psychosocial well-being of those children born to the shidu parents, and explores factors associated with mothers’ quality of life (QoL) and their involvement with their chil…
Evaluation of risk perception, knowledge, and preparedness of extreme storm events for the improvement of coastal resilience among migrants
The severity, intensity, and frequency of extreme storm events facing coastal areas are increasing due to climate change and urban sprawl. Migrant populations are particularly vulnerable in extreme storm events due to resource deficits, a lack of preparedness, and social isolation. Empirical knowledge is needed to help develop comprehensive guidelines to improve coastal resilience for the prevention of adverse impacts from extreme storm events, w…
Safe uncertainty
This reflection focuses on the salient racial, cultural and political processes in the response to COVID-19, particularly in Hong Kong and Singapore, using a framework that examines safety and certainty or the lack of it. It begins by examining the awful racism internationally toward Chinese and the unique Chinese culinary practices that has become a contentious focus in this pandemic. It will then reflect on the meaning and impact of political c…
Adolescents' and Parents' Perspectives
Objective This study aimed to understand useful components and mechanisms in treating adolescent gaming disorder. Background Although video gaming has become a pervasive part of adolescents' daily life that can lead to educational, physical, psychological, and social problems, there is ongoing debate as to whether this is an addiction, and there is little evidence about treatment effectiveness. Method This process research used a case study desig…
Disaggregated validation of disaster-resilience indicators using household survey data
Individual Disaster Preparedness in Drought-and-Flood-Prone Villages in Northwest China
Rural communities are generally more vulnerable to natural hazards when compared to urban communities. Moreover, rural communities are diverse and unique in their place, population, agricultural production and culture, which make it challenging for different rural settings to prepare for disasters. There is a little comparison made about the individual disaster preparedness among rural communities with different geographic landforms. In this stud…
Social Work Core Competencies in Disaster Management Practice
Purpose: Though social workers are increasingly engaged in the disaster management, there has been a lack of professional guidelines for social work practice and training in this emerging field. This study aims to develop a rudimentary social work competence framework to plug this gap. Method: We conducted an integrative review of 183 international empirical studies and practice reflections, comprising a systematic search, selection, review, and …
Political science (25 obras) · Psychology (22 obras) · Sociology (18 obras) · Social Work (17 obras) · Social Work Education and Practice (17 obras) · Medicine (15 obras) · Public relations (12 obras) · Disaster Management and Resilience (11 obras) · Engineering (11 obras) · China (10 obras)