Search Results - "Sun, Kai Sing"
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Adolescent Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Healthy Eating: Findings of Qualitative Interviews among Hong Kong Families
Published in Nutrients (12-07-2022)“…To tackle unhealthy eating among adolescents, it is crucial to understand the dietary knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) on which adolescent eating…”
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Family Facilitators of, Barriers to and Strategies for Healthy Eating among Chinese Adolescents: Qualitative Interviews with Parent-Adolescent Dyads
Published in Nutrients (27-01-2023)“…Healthy eating is vital in preventing obesity and long-term non-communicable diseases. This study explores potential family facilitators of, barriers to and…”
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Social Support, Resilience, and Mental Health Among Three High-Risk Groups in Hong Kong: A Mediation Analysis
Published in International journal of public health (2024)“…To compare the prevalence of anxiety/depression, resilience, and social support among nurses, foreign domestic helpers (FDHs), and residents living in…”
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Screening Hesitancy of a Universal Voluntary-based Rapid Antigen Test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) During Omicron Wave in Hong Kong
Published in Journal of infection and public health (01-08-2023)“…The Hong Kong government distributed rapid antigen test (RAT) kits to households across the city and called for a universal voluntary testing exercise for…”
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Changes in residents’ hygiene awareness and behaviors in public toilets before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hangzhou, China: a two-round cross-sectional study
Published in BMC public health (06-09-2022)“…Abstract Background Hygiene behaviors in public toilets are important to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases, especially during the pandemic. All…”
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Effectiveness of different types and levels of social distancing measures: a scoping review of global evidence from earlier stage of COVID-19 pandemic
Published in BMJ open (11-04-2022)“…ObjectiveSocial distancing is one of the main non-pharmaceutical interventions used in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic. This scoping review aims to…”
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A mixed-methods study on toilet hygiene practices among Chinese in Hong Kong
Published in BMC public health (10-12-2019)“…Public toilets are a common transmission vector of infectious diseases due to environmental contamination. Research on Chinese people's hygiene practices in…”
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Treatment of Chinese adolescents with anorexia nervosa in Hong Kong: The gap between treatment expectations and outcomes
Published in PloS one (09-05-2019)“…Anorexia nervosa (AN) is one of the most difficult-to-treat psychiatric disorders. AN is associated with individual vulnerability, societal and family factors…”
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Parental self-medication with antibiotics for children promotes antibiotic over-prescribing in clinical settings in China
Published in Antimicrobial resistance & infection control (07-09-2020)“…Self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) is one of the most dangerous inappropriate antibiotic use behaviors. This study aims to investigate the impact of…”
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Perceptions of Chinese Towards Dementia in Hong Kong-Diagnosis, Symptoms and Impacts
Published in International journal of environmental research and public health (05-01-2019)“…The increasing prevalence of dementia has become a public health issue worldwide including China. This study aims to explore the perception of Chinese in Hong…”
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Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake among Chinese in Hong Kong: barriers, enablers and vaccination rates
Published in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics (02-07-2020)“…Low influenza vaccination rates were observed in Asian countries including China. This study investigated the updated seasonal influenza vaccination rates…”
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Primary care physicians’ views on the factors for enhancing patients’ trust in rural areas of Zhejiang province, China: a cross-sectional study
Published in BMJ open (27-07-2021)“…ObjectivesTo examine primary care physicians’ (PCPs) perception of patients’ trust and associated factors for enhancing perceived trust in rural China.DesignA…”
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Help-seeking behaviours for psychological distress amongst Chinese patients
Published in PloS one (02-10-2017)“…The stepped care model for psychological distress has been promoted in recent years, leading to the enhancing roles of primary care professionals and…”
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Barriers of Chinese primary care attenders to seeking help for psychological distress in Hong Kong
Published in Journal of affective disorders (15-05-2016)“…Abstract Background Most of the previous studies on help seeking for psychological distress were derived from Western countries. This study investigated the…”
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Patients' Coping Behaviors to Unavailability of Essential Medicines in Primary Care in Developed Urban China
Published in International journal of health policy and management (01-01-2021)“…China rolled out the national essential medicines policy (NEMP) in primary care in 2009 and led to some unintended consequences including unavailability of…”
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The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Healthy Eating Questionnaire: a pilot validation study in Chinese families
Published in Frontiers in public health (17-07-2024)“…Identifying the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) gaps of healthy eating can inform the design of effective interventions. This study aimed to test the…”
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Identifying and articulating the student experience in the Intercalated Enrichment Year
Published in BMC medical education (04-04-2022)“…Benefits of intercalation during an undergraduate medical degree are well-recognized. The University of Hong Kong implemented a compulsory Enrichment Year (EY)…”
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Five-year outcomes of western mental health training for Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners
Published in BMC psychiatry (26-10-2016)“…There are increasing expectations for primary care practitioners to deal with mental health problems. In Hong Kong, 15 % of the general public consult…”
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Choices between Chinese and Western medicine in Hong Kong – interactions of institutional environment, health beliefs and treatment outcomes
Published in Complementary therapies in clinical practice (01-08-2017)“…Abstract Background About 15–20% of the general public in Hong Kong consult TCM practitioners. This study explored the decision making process involved in Hong…”
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Factors that facilitate recognition and management of domestic violence by primary care physicians in a Chinese context - a mixed methods study in Hong Kong
Published in BMC family practice (30-07-2020)“…Abstract Background Domestic violence is common in the community. Many of its victims present to primary care physicians (PCPs) but are not being recognized…”
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