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Introduction
I am a researcher based at the University of Hong Kong. I am a PhD student at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, and a Research Assistant at the HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention.
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August 2022 - present
October 2020 - May 2022
Education
September 2023
September 2021 - November 2022
September 2016 - June 2020
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses particular challenges for migrant workers around the world. This study explores the unique experiences of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong, and how COVID-19 impacted their health and economic wellbeing. Interviews with FDWs (n = 15) and key informants (n = 3) were conducted between...
There is a growing consensus that teachers’ social-emotional competence (T-SEC) is crucial for their own well-being and students’ social and emotional learning (SEL). However, the literature lacks comprehensive, psychometrically sound, and practical measures of T-SEC. Moreover, the existing literature on T-SEC is predominantly grounded in Western c...
Teaching is widely recognized as one of the most emotionally demanding and high-stress professions worldwide. In China, these challenges are particularly pronounced due to unrealistically high expectations for teachers, excessive workloads, and intense pressure on students’ academic performance imposed by both the educational system and societal ex...
Background and Purpose: Gender is one of the most commonly studied predictors of social-emotional competence (SEC). Children and adolescents develop their SEC over time under the influence of gender-based cultural practices. While previous literature observed an overall gender difference in SEC, typically favoring girls, there are limitations to no...
Background: Timely monitoring of suicide trends is a difficult task because suicide surveillance research often relies on data published by the government or health authorities, which are usually delayed due to investigative and administrative processes. The practice of nowcasting using recently published media reports to predict real-time trends p...
This study seeks to characterise the effects of migration on the population development of Hong Kong where there has been rapid population transition due to extremely low fertility and uncertainties in migration flows. We explore actual historical trends during the period 2011–2021, and how these trends could shape the future demographic distributi...
Learning Objective: School-based mental health training programmes for suicide prevention have the potential to be effective if they recognise the perspectives of students and can be well-integrated with existing school efforts.
Background: Suicide Help Intervention through Education and Leadership Development for Students (S.H.I.E.L.D.S.) was a l...
Sodium nitrite is commonly used as a food preservative, but over the past year, it has garnered increasing attention as a novel method for suicide. Despite being previously unknown to most of the public, interest in the substance rose following high-profile news reports of a man accused of distributing sodium nitrite online with the purpose of aidi...
Background: Marriage has long been considered protective against suicide, but shifting social norms since 2000 in Hong Kong raise doubts regarding whether this is still the case. The aim of the study was to investigate the changing association between suicide and marital status.
Methods: Official suicide data for 2002–2020 in Hong Kong were obtain...
Suicide Help Intervention through Education and Leadership Development for Students (S.H.I.E.L.D.S.) is an ongoing leadership training programme for secondary school students in Hong Kong that aims to strengthen peer support for students in distress or crisis. By empowering selected students to become proactive gatekeepers and lay leaders in mental...
Background: Suicide is a complex and multifaceted issue, and suicidal behaviors are often driven by multiple, interacting factors. It has been challenging to identify reasons for suicide using existing scientific methodologies. This study aims to identify critical reasons for suicide and suicidal behaviors through the application of novel network s...
Purpose
Marriage has long been considered protective against suicide, but shifting social norms since 2000 in Hong Kong raise doubts regarding whether this is still the case. This study investigates the changing association between suicide and marital status in Hong Kong between 2002 and 2020.
Methods
Suicide death case reports issued between Janu...
Background: Suicide is a complex and multifaceted issue, and suicidal behaviors are often driven by multiple, interacting factors. It has been challenging to identify critical reasons for suicide using existing scientific methodologies.
Aim: To identify critical reasons for suicide through novel network science methods to understand suicides and s...
Recognition of the differential effects of COVID-19 on women has led to calls for greater application of gender-based analysis within policy responses. Beyond pointing out where such policies are implemented, there is little analysis of the effects of efforts to integrate gender-based analysis into the COVID-19 response. Drawing on interviews infor...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses particular challenges for migrant workers around the world. This study explores the unique experiences of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong, and how COVID-19 impacted their health and economic wellbeing. Interviews with FDWs (n = 15) and key informants (n = 3) were conducted between...
