selected scholarly activity
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books
- Global Health 2017
- Global Health 2012
- Ageing and Place 2004
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chapters
- Lifestyle-related factors in loneliness and social isolation of older persons. 104-117. 2023
- Death, Devastation, and Failure in Long-Term Care: The Need for a Geographical Reengagement with the Sector. 233-240. 2021
- Geographical Gerontology. 2078-2092. 2021
- Rural ageing in low- and middle-income countries. 79-92. 2021
- Epidemiological Transition. 265-273. 2020
- Asia-Pacific and global population ageing. 25-45. 2018
- A Clash of Colonialisms: Sports Culture in Hong Kong Under the Japanese Occupation. 245-278. 2018
- Exploring the age-friendliness of Hong Kong: Opportunities, initiatives and challenges in an ageing Asian city. 119-142. 2018
- Global ageing. 93-109. 2017
- Climate Change and the Health of Older People in Southeast Asia. Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research. 29-52. 2016
- Medical Geography (Routledge Revivals). 200-247. 2014
- China's Regional Development. 112-134. 2013
- International Initiatives in Technology and Aging. 201-221. 2013
- The impact of changing value systems on social inclusion: an Asia-Pacific perspective. 109-124. 2012
- Global Aging and Aging Workers 2012
- Overview of health and ageing issues in the Asia-Pacific region. 7-30. 2011
- Ageing in a Global Context: The Asia-Pacific Region. 430-446. 2010
- Ageing in East Asia. 138-160. 2009
- Ageing in Malaysia: Progress and prospects. 138-160. 2009
- Asia-Pacific Region. 29-54. 2009
- Epidemiological Transition. 571-579. 2009
- Epidemiological Transition. V3-571-V3-579. 2009
- Potential Consequences of Population Ageing for Social Development in China. 97-116. 2008
- An exploratory study of resilience among Hong Kong employees: Ways to happiness. 209-220. 2006
- An Exploratory Study of Resilience Among Hong Kong Employees: Ways to Happiness. 209-220. 2006
- Ageing and the urban environment. 147-163. 2004
- Geographical studies in ageing: Progress and connections to social gerontology. 7-12. 2004
- International demographic transitions. 36-60. 2004
- Geographical studies of atopic dermatitis. 71-84. 2000
- Social factors and atopic dermatitis. 139-147. 2000
- Demographic and Epidemiological Transition. 1-8.
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conferences
- Urbanization and human health. Parasitology. S93-S107. 1993
- Problems and potential of researching epidemiological transition: Examples from Southeast Asia. Social Science and Medicine. 395-404. 1991
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journal articles
- Meeting the WHO Physical Activity Guidelines is Associated With Lower Odds of Depression in Older Adults: Potential Psychosomatic Mechanisms. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 32:1105-1118. 2024
- More Movement, Less Bodily Pain? Findings From a Large, Representative Multi-District Aging Study in Ghana. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 25:105153-105153. 2024
- Later Life Food Insecurity and Social Isolation in Ghana: The Importance of Psychological Factors.. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 39:e6134. 2024
- Public expenditure on health care and the incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China from 2008 to 2018. Maturitas. 183:107963-107963. 2024
- Risk of Sleep Problems in Middle-Aged and Older Adults Experiencing Bodily Pains: Serial Multiple Mediation Estimates of Emotional Distress and Activity Limitations. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 32:1231-1243. 2024
- Social exclusion and health outcomes among empty nest and non-empty nest older people in China. Ageing and Society. 44:429-456. 2024
- Sleep and Happiness in Urban-Dwelling Older Adults in Ghana: A Serial Multiple Mediation Model of Generalized Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 31:953-964. 2023
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Ageing Happily in
Ghana : How Does Social Inclusion Contribute?. Psychogeriatrics. 23:821-830. 2023 - Bodily Pain in Physical Function and the Role of Physical Activity Among Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 50–69 Years in Ghana. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 78:1604-1611. 2023
- The perception and utilization of community care services by older persons in the new urban areas of Beijing, China: A cross‐sectional study. Health Science Reports. 6:e1094. 2023
- Provision and Utilisation of Community Care Services in Beijing, China. China Perspectives. 2023:19-29. 2023
- Physical activity and gender buffer the association of retirement with functional impairment in Ghana. Scientific Reports. 12:12832. 2022
- The effect-modification of physical activity on the association of pain with impaired physical function in aging adults. Experimental Gerontology. 163:111791-111791. 2022
- Loneliness and physical function impairment: Perceived health status as an effect modifier in community-dwelling older adults in Ghana. Preventive Medicine Reports. 26:101721-101721. 2022
- Association of Health Literacy and Socioeconomic Status with Oral Health Among Older Adults in Ghana: A Moderation Analysis of Social Capital. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 41:671-679. 2022
- Food insecurity and sleep quality among older adults: Findings from a population-based study in Ghana. Maturitas. 157:27-33. 2022
- Does social capital interact with economic hardships in influencing older adults’ health? A study from China. International Journal for Equity in Health. 20:207. 2021
- Athletic naturalisation, nationality and nationalism – Naturalised players in Hong Kong’s representative (national) football team. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 56:859-876. 2021
- Global Aging in a Comparative Context. The Gerontologist. 61:476-477. 2021
- Physical activity and predictors of loneliness in community-dwelling older adults: The role of social connectedness. Geriatric Nursing. 42:592-598. 2021
- How Far Is Inclusivity of Financial Services Associated With Food Insecurity in Later Life? Implications for Health Policy and Sustainable Development Goals. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 40:189-200. 2021
- Aging and the Rising Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa and other Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Call for Holistic Action. The Gerontologist. 60:806-811. 2020
- Risk of Psychological Distress Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults Experiencing Spousal Loss in Ghana. The Gerontologist. 60:416-427. 2020
- Demography, Socioeconomic Status and Health Services Utilisation among Older Ghanaians: Implications for Health Policy. Ageing International. 45:50-71. 2020
- Multidimensional Social Support and Health Services Utilization Among Noninstitutionalized Older Persons in Ghana. Journal of Aging and Health. 32:227-239. 2020
- The Role of a Health Protection Scheme in Health Services Utilization Among Community-Dwelling Older Persons in Ghana. Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 75:661-673. 2020
- Socio-demographic and behavioral correlates of health literacy: a gender perspective in Ghana. Women and Health. 60:123-139. 2020
- Explaining the gender gap in health services use among Ghanaian community-dwelling older cohorts. Women and Health. 59:1089-1104. 2019
- Financial Inclusion, Health-Seeking Behavior, and Health Outcomes Among Older Adults in Ghana. Research on Aging. 41:794-820. 2019
- Social support networks and psychological wellbeing in community-dwelling older Ghanaian cohorts. International Psychogeriatrics. 31:1047-1057. 2019
- Social exclusion, self-rated health and depression among older people in China: Evidence from a national survey of older persons. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics. Supplement. 82:238-244. 2019
- Understanding the Wellbeing of the Oldest-Old in China: A Study of Socio-Economic and Geographical Variations Based on CLHLS Data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16:601-601. 2019
- A geographical multivariable multilevel analysis of social exclusion among older people in China: Evidence from the China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey ageing study. Geographical Journal, The. 184:413-428. 2018
- Gender, self-rated health and functional decline among community-dwelling older adults. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics. Supplement. 77:174-183. 2018
- Health literacy and health: rethinking the strategies for universal health coverage in Ghana. Public Health. 159:40-49. 2018
- A study of housing typology and perceived age-friendliness in an established Hong Kong new town: A person-environment perspective. Geoforum. 88:17-27. 2018
- Strengthening the Referral System through Social Capital: A Qualitative Inquiry in Ghana. Healthcare (Switzerland). 5:80-80. 2017
- Health literacy and self-perceived health status among street youth in Kumasi, Ghana. Cogent Medicine. 4:1275091-1275091. 2017
- Challenges for the Aging Family in the People’s Republic of China. Canadian Journal on Aging. 34:290-304. 2015
- Comparing the Age-Friendliness of Different Neighbourhoods Using District Surveys: An Example from Hong Kong. PLoS ONE. 10:e0131526-e0131526. 2015
- Patterns of Residential Adjustment for Older Person: Who will Recover and How Do They Recover? A Study in Different Residential Environments in Hong Kong. Social Indicators Research. 119:295-319. 2014
- Intervention studies on enhancing work well-being, reducing burnout, and improving recovery experiences among Hong Kong health care workers and teachers.. International Journal of Stress Management. 21:69-84. 2014
- Life Events and Stress: Do Older Men and Women in Malaysia Cope Differently as Consumers?. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 28:195-210. 2013
- Incentives and barriers to adopting the family doctor model in Hong Kong: an in-depth qualitative study of the views, knowledge, and attitudes of patients.. Hong Kong Medical Journal. 17:25-27. 2011
- Role resources and work–family enrichment: The role of work engagement. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 77:470-480. 2010
- Rob Vos, José Antonio Ocampo, and Ana Luiza Cortez, eds. Ageing and Development. New York: Zed Books, 2008. Pp. xii+260. $98.95 (cloth); $33.95 (paper).. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 59:244-246. 2010
- David Reisman, Social Policy in an Ageing Society: Age and Health in Singapore, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2009, 320 pp., hbk £75, ISBN 13: 978 1 84844 094 4.. Ageing and Society. 30:553-555. 2010
- Person—Environment (P—E) Fit Models and Psychological Well-Being Among Older Persons in Hong Kong. Environment and Behavior. 42:221-242. 2010
- Work stress and depression: the direct and moderating effects of informal social support and coping. Stress and Health. 25:431-443. 2009
- A study of resiliency among Chinese health care workers: Capacity to cope with workplace stress. Journal of Research in Personality. 43:770-776. 2009
- Geographical Gerontology: Mapping a Disciplinary Intersection. Geography Compass. 3:1641-1659. 2009
- The correlates of cognitive ageing and adoption of defensive‐ageing strategies among older adults. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics. 21:294-305. 2009
- Empowerment Among Older Consumers in Malaysia. Hallym International Journal of Aging. 11:135-154. 2009
- Informal Social Support and Older Persons’ Psychological Well-Being in Hong Kong. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 23:39-55. 2008
- Older Consumers in Malaysia. International Journal of Ageing and Later Life. 2:85-117. 2007
- Geographical Gerontology: The constitution of a discipline. Social Science and Medicine. 65:151-168. 2007
- Sarah Harper, Ageing Societies: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities, Hodder Arnold, London, 2006, 358 pp., pbk £24.99, ISBN 0 340 51756 5.. Ageing and Society. 27:455-457. 2007
- Hyunsook Yoon and Jon Hendricks (eds), Handbook of Asian Aging, Baywood, Amityville, New York, 2006, 512 pp., cloth $74.50, ISBN 0 89503 316 X.. Ageing and Society. 26:818-819. 2006
- Diagnostic practise in nursing: A critical review of the literature. Nursing and Health Sciences. 8:57-65. 2006
- The impacts of dwelling conditions on older persons’ psychological well-being in Hong Kong: the mediating role of residential satisfaction. Social Science and Medicine. 60:2785-2797. 2005
- Petit bourgeois health care? The big small-business of private complementary medical practice. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 11:87-104. 2005
- Global Aging: The challenge of success. Population Bulletin. 60:3-40. 2005
- Constructing a Quality of Life Scale for Older Chinese People in Hong Kong (HKQoLOCP). Social Indicators Research. 69:279-301. 2004
- Quality of life in old age: An investigation of well older persons in Hong Kong. Journal of Community Psychology. 32:309-326. 2004
- Safety climate and safety performance among construction workers in Hong Kong. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 36:359-366. 2004
- Factors influencing older persons’ residential satisfaction in big and densely populated cities in asia: A case study in Hong Kong. Ageing International. 29:46-70. 2004
- Age differences in safety attitudes and safety performance in Hong Kong construction workers. Journal of Safety Research. 34:199-205. 2003
- STRESS, RESOURCES, AND LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN MALAYSIA. Hallym International Journal of Aging. 5:111-129. 2003
- A Study of Family Support, Friendship, and Psychological Well-Being among Older Women in Hong Kong. International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 55:299-319. 2002
- Changing local geographies of private residential care for older people 1983–1999: lessons for social policy in England and Wales. Social Science and Medicine. 55:63-78. 2002
- Persistence and challenges to filial piety and informal support of older persons in a modern Chinese society. Journal of Aging Studies. 16:135-153. 2002
- Book Reviews. Urban Studies. 39:565-580. 2002
- Atopic eczema and the home environment. British Journal of Dermatology. 145:730-736. 2001
- Research. Working with Older People. 5:31-34. 2001
- Moral dilemmas and the management of private residential homes: the impact of care in the community reforms in the UK. Ageing and Society. 20:599-622. 2000
- Private Residential Care for Older Persons: Local Impacts of Care in the Community Reforms in England and Wales. Social Policy and Administration. 34:206-222. 2000
- Is there a geographical variation in eczema prevalence in the U.K.? Evidence from the 1958 British birth cohort study. British Journal of Dermatology. 142:712-720. 2000
- Researching the geography of health and health care: Connecting with the third world. GeoJournal. 50:369-378. 2000
- The Role of Contact Requirements in Producer Services Location. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. 32:131-145. 2000
- Late stages of epidemiological transition: health status in the developed world. Health & Place. 5:209-222. 1999
- A Qualitative Study of the Professional Relationship between Family Physicians and Hospital Specialists. Professional Geographer. 51:274-282. 1999
- Inequalities in mortality and illness in Trent NHS region. Journal of Public Health. 21:81-87. 1999
- Ageing in rural China: impacts of increasing diversity in family and community resources.. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 14:153-168. 1999
- Design and implementation of a program quality assessment tool: three case studies of primary health services in developing countries. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management. 15:791-811. 1998
- The problem of atopic eczema: aetiological clues from the environment and lifestyles. Social Science and Medicine. 46:729-741. 1998
- Delhi: an Indian mega-city. Geography Review. 11:2-7. 1998
- Health, environment and development: Introduction to this issue of GeoJournal. GeoJournal. 44:95-95. 1998
- Health, environment and development: Issues in developing and transitional countries. GeoJournal. 44:97-102. 1998
- The Optimum Size of a Producer Service Firm Facing Uncertain Demand. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. 30:129-141. 1998
- Ageing and aged care in the People's Republic of China: national and local issues and perspectives. Health & Place. 3:149-159. 1997
- GP fundholding and prescribing in UK general practice: evidence from two rural, English Family Health Services Authorities.. Public Health. 111:321-325. 1997
- Policy issues in the private health sector: Examples from long-term care in the U.K.. Social Science and Medicine. 43:731-737. 1996
- Aging in the United Kingdom: a review of demographic trends, recent policy developments and care provision.. Development and Society. 24:181-195. 1995
- Aging trends-Singapore. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 10:349-356. 1995
- Islands, health and development. Health & Place. 1:195-197. 1995
- Regulating Residential Aged Care Homes in Hong Kong: Issues for the Asia-Pacific Region. The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. 17:231-247. 1995
- A MARKET COVERAGE MODEL FOR PRODUCER SERVICES. Papers in Regional Science. 74:389-399. 1995
- Aging trends-Hong Kong. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 10:257-265. 1995
- Teenage pregnancy: a comparative study of teenagers choosing termination of pregnancy or antenatal care.. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 88:384-388. 1995
- Pregnant teenagers' knowledge and use of emergency contraception. The BMJ. 310:1644-1644. 1995
- The IGU commission on health, environment and development: aims and activities. Health & Place. 1:65-67. 1995
- Family planning services in Devon, UK: Awareness, experience and attitudes of pregnant teenagers. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. 21:45-49. 1995
- Promotion of family planning services in practice leaflets. The BMJ. 309:927-928. 1994
- Epidemiological Transition: Implications for Health and Health Care Provision. Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography. 76:71-89. 1994
- Does epidemiological transition have utility for health planners?. Social Science and Medicine. 38:vii-x. 1994
- Hong Kong and China in 1997. Journal of Aging and Social Policy. 5:119-136. 1994
- Counseling and support for regional genetics centers in Great Britain. Medizinische Genetik. 6:230-235. 1994
- Epidemiological Transition: Implications for Health and Health Care Provision. Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography. 76:71-71. 1994
- Mishaps occurring during condom use, and the subsequent use of post-coital contraception. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. 19:218-220. 1993
- Optimum Producer-Service Location. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. 24:467-479. 1992
- A comparison of the use of traditional and modern medicine in primary health centres in Tamil Nadu. GeoJournal. 26:21-30. 1992
- East and South-East Asia: issues of ageing in the region. Ageing in East and South-East Asia. 1-21. 1992
- Hong Kong: demographic and epidemiological change and social care for elderly people. Ageing in East and South-East Asia. 45-64. 1992
- Medical geography in the United Kingdom: the role and function of the Institute of British Geographers Medical Geography Study Group in the 1980s and 1990s. Geographia Medica. 22:7-15. 1992
- Perspectives on health and development. GeoJournal. 26:5-6. 1992
- Book Review: Hong Kong's New Towns: A Selective Review ROGER BRISTOW, 1989. Urban Studies. 28:490-492. 1991
- Provision for elderly people in Hong Kong: some indicators for Asia's newly industrializing countries?. Geo-Eco-Trop. 13:5-19. 1991
- Activism for medical geographers: American, British and Canadian viewpoints. Social Science and Medicine. 30:173-177. 1990
- CURRENT TRENDS IN RESEARCH POLICY. Prometheus. 8:331-344. 1990
- Foreign investment and trade: impact on spatial structure of the economy. The geography of contemporary China. 224-248. 1990
- Health care delivery: methodological issues in medical geography. Memorie - Societa Geografica Italiana. 45:21-29. 1990
- Spatial patterns of use of health services in the Kingston Metropolitan Area, Jamaica. Social Science and Medicine. 30:1-12. 1990
- The future relevance of medical geography for health planning, health and development in the third world. GeoJournal. 19:129-134. 1989
- IGU commission health and development. GeoJournal. 19:84-84. 1989
- ATTITUDES TOWARDS SERVICE PROVISION IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND NEW TOWNS IN SINGAPORE. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 10:74-94. 1989
- Accommodation for Elderly Persons in Newly Industrializing Countries: The Hong Kong Experience. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services. 18:255-279. 1988
- Privatising residential care for elderly people: The geography of developments in Devon, England. Social Science and Medicine. 26:37-47. 1988
- The Provision of Housing and Social Services in China's Special Economic Zones. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 5:447-468. 1987
- Choice in Residential Care: Myths and Realities. Journal of Social Policy. 16:435-460. 1987
- Spatial Concentration of Residential Homes for the Elderly: Planning Responses and Dilemmas. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 12:73-73. 1987
- The development of private residential accommodation for the elderly: the case of Devon, England.. Espace-Populations-Societes. 1987-1:235-248. 1987
- The rhetoric of anti-racism in public housing allocation ( Tower Hamlets). Race and racism: essays in social geography. 212-237. 1987
- Hong Kong's edging towards local democracy.. Geography. 71:142-146. 1986
- Primary health care in the Philippines: Banking on the barangays?. Social Science and Medicine. 23:1105-1117. 1986
- Private Residential Accommodation for the Elderly: Geographical Aspects of Developments in Devon. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 11:155-155. 1986
- Special economic zones in China's modernization: changing policies and changing fortunes.. Quarterly Review - National Westminster Bank. 37-49. 1986
- Directions for medical geography in the 1980s: Some observations from the United Kingdom. Social Science and Medicine. 20:404-407. 1985
- Health care planning in Hong Kong: Achievements and constraints. Geographia Medica. NO. 15:234-235. 1985
- Hong Kong border-line.. Geographical Magazine. 114-115. 1985
- Iberia's smallest nation ( Andorra).. Geographical Magazine. 317-321. 1985
- Indians in Bradford, socio-economic profile and housing characteristics: 1971-1984.. Working Paper - University of Leeds, School of Geography. 433. 1985
- Accessibility and utilization: geographical perspectives on health care delivery.. Accessibility and utilization: geographical perspectives on health care delivery.. 1984
- Oil in Chinese waters.. Geographical Magazine. 444-445. 1984
- Public-sector housing in rural areas in England ( South Hams, Devon).. The changing countryside. Proc. 1st British-Dutch symposium on rural geography, Norwich, 1982. 327-338. 1984
- Rural Settlement Policies and Local Authority Housing: Observations from a Case-Study of South Hams, Devon. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. 15:501-513. 1983
- Changing attitudes to housing provision: BLISS in the Philippines?. Geography. 68:37-40. 1983
- China experiments with modernisation: the Shenzhen special economic zone.. Geography. 68:289-300. 1983
- Filipinos help themselves to housing.. Geographical Magazine. 55:154-159. 1983
- Medical geography in the United Kingdom, 1945-1982.. Geographical aspects of health. 33-52. 1983
- The social implications of rural housing policy: a review of developments in the past decade ( UK).. Countryside planning yearbook, volume 4/1983. 77-102. 1983
- Local authority housing and accessibility: evidence from the South Hams, Devon ( UK).. Transactions, Institute of British Geographers. 7:304-320. 1982
- Contemporary issues in the geography of health care ( UK).. Contemporary issues in the geography of health care ( UK).. 1981
- Spatial patterns of surgery attendance: some implications for the provision of primary health care.. British Journal of General Practice. 30:688-695. 1980
- New towns bring new hope for expanding Hong Kong.. Geographical Magazine. 53:180-187. 1980
- Spatial variations in attendance at general practitioner services. Social science & medicine. 13:169-181. 1979
- Public Attitudes to General Practitioner Services: A Reflection of an Inverse Care Law in Intraurban Primary Medical Care?. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. 11:815-824. 1979
- An ecological analysis of child medical emergency admissions to hospitals in West Glamorgan. Social science & medicine. 12:183-192. 1978