Healthy Macau Project

Healthy Macau Project

Peel back the layers of this “Casino town” and take a deeper look at the underlying issues driving population health. This multiple year mixed methods research program is designed to identify key health conditions and understand their risk factors and prevalence. We also endeavor to quantify the health system and ways it might be improved. This research aims to develop evidence-based intervention programs, grounded in the community’s needs, that can be scaled to reach the population.

 

Publications:
  • Chang, A., Schulz, P., Schirato, T., & Hall, B.J. (2018). Implicit Messages Regarding Unhealthy Foodstuffs in Chinese Television Advertisements: Increasing the Risk of Obesity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Impact Factor: 2.101. Scopus journal rank: Q2.
  • Hall, B.J., Lam, A., *Wu, E., Hou, K., Latkin, C., & Galea, S. (in press). The epidemiology of current depression in Macau, China: Towards a plan for mental health action. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Impact Factor: 2.922. Scopus journal rank: Q1.
  • Hu, S. X. & Lei, W. I., Chao, K.K., Hall, B.J., Chung, S.F. (2016). Common chronic health problems and life satisfaction among Macau elderly people. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 3, 367-370. Scopus journal rank: Q4
  • *Wu, T.L, Hall, B.J., Canham, Sarah, & Lam, A.I.F (2016). The Association Between     Social Capital and Depression Among Chinese Older Adults Living in Public Housing. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 204, 764-769. Impact Factor: 1.860. Scopus journal rank: Q1.
Presentations:
  • *Guo, X., *Chou, U. I., Sou, K.,*Xiong, P., *Shen, Z., & Hall, B. J. (July, 2017). The influence of a low-intensity mindfulness intervention on university students’ depression, stress, and anxiety. Paper presented at the STAR conference 2017, Hong Kong SAR, China.
  • *Chou, U. I., *Guo X., Sou, K. L., *Xiong, P., *Shen, Z. Z., & Hall, B. J. (2017, July). A mobile health reminder enhanced mindfulness intervention adherence in university setting. Poster presented at the STAR conference 2017, Hong Kong SAR, China.
  • Hall, B. J. & Lam, A.I.F. (July, 2016). Correlates of depression in Macau (SAR), China: Results from the first epidemiological study of depression in Macau. Paper accepted for presentation at the 31st Annual International Congress of Psychology, Diversity in Harmony: Insights from Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.
  • *Wu, T. L., Hall, B. J., & Lam, A. I. F. (July, 2016). The population prevalence of depression in Macau (SAR), China. Poster accepted for presentation at the 31st Annual International Congress of Psychology, Diversity in Harmony: Insights from Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.
  • Hall, B. J., Lam, A. I. F., & *Wu, T. L (January, 2016). The population prevalence of depression in Macau (SAR), China. Poster accepted for presentation at the Bhealth Conference, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of China.
  • **Wu, T.L., Lam, A.I.F., & Hall, B.J. (March, 2015) Exploring the relationship between community and family support on elderly depression in Macau. Paper presented at the 5thASEAN Regional Union of Psychological Societies Congress, Singapore.    **Winner of Student Research Award