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Chia-Wen Wang

Chia-Wen Wang

Research Fellow, PhD (Medicine) Kyoto University; MSc (Public Health) National Taiwan University

cwwang@nus.edu.sg

Dr Chia-Wen Wang joined IPUR in 2023 as a Research Fellow in the Health and Lifestyle research pillar. She also holds a joint appointment as a Research Fellow at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at NUS. Before joining IPUR, Dr Wang was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Taiwan University. Her research covers health behaviours and mental health in adolescents by using a mixed-methods approach. Her current research focuses on risk attitudes and mental illness.

She received her PhD in Medicine from Kyoto University in Japan, and her master’s degree in Public Health from the National Taiwan University in Taiwan.

published papers

  1. Dadras, O., & Wang, C. W. (2023). Suicidal behaviours and their correlates in school-going Lebanese adolescents: findings from a national survey. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 17(1), 89. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00642-7
  2. Wang, C. W., de Jong, E. P., Faure, J. A., Ellington, J. L., Chen, C. H. S., & Chan, C. C. (2022). A matter of trust: a qualitative comparison of the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Taiwan, the United States, the Netherlands, and Haiti. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 18(5), 2050121. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2050121
  3. Wang, C. W., Chen, D. R., Chan, C. C., Yeh, Y. P., & Chen, H. H. (2022). ‘I Knew I Should Stop, but I Couldn’t Control Myself’: a qualitative study to explore the factors influencing adolescents’ consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and sugary snacks from a socio-ecological perspective. Public Health Nutrition, 25(9), 2465-2474. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022001185
  4. Faure, J. A., Wang, C. W., Chen, C. H. S., & Chan, C. C. (2022, July). Assessment of the Functional Capacity and Preparedness of the Haitian Healthcare System to Fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review. In Healthcare(Vol. 10, No. 8, p. 1428). MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081428
  5. Wang, C. W., & Chen, D. R. (2022). Associations of sugar-sweetened beverage knowledge, self-efficacy, and perceived benefits and barriers with sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in adolescents: A structural equation modeling approach. Appetite, 168, 105663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105663
  6. Tsai, Y.F., Kuan, C.I., Cheng, S.H., Wang, C.W. (2021). Telephonic responses to the National Health Insurance medication duplication reminder letter: a qualitative analysis of factors related to medication duplication. Taiwan Gong Gong Wei Sheng Za Zhi, 40(2), 176-186. https://doi.org/10.6288/TJPH.202104_40(2).109141
  7. Ongosi, A. N., Wilunda, C., Musumari, P. M., Techasrivichien, T., Wang, C. W., Ono-Kihara, M., Serrem, C., Kihara, M. & Nakayama, T. (2020). Prevalence and risk factors of elevated blood pressure and elevated blood glucose among residents of Kajiado County, Kenya: A population-based cross-sectional survey. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(19), 6957. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196957
  8. Wang, C.W., Musumari, P.M., Techasrivichien, T., Suguimoto, S.P., Tateyama, Y., Chan, C.C., Ono-Kihara, M., Kihara, M. and Nakayama, T., 2019. Overlap of traditional bullying and cyberbullying and correlates of bullying among Taiwanese adolescents: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 19(1), pp.1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-8116-z
  9. Wang, C. W., Musumari, P. M., Techasrivichien, T., Suguimoto, S. P., Chan, C. C., Ono-Kihara, M., Kihara, M & Nakayama, T. (2019). “I felt angry, but I couldn’t do anything about it”: a qualitative study of cyberbullying among Taiwanese high school students. BMC public health, 19(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7005-9
  10. Wang, C. W., Cheng, Y., & Hsu, J. H. (2011). The association between precarious employment and health status among employees in Taiwan. Taiwan Gong Gong Wei Sheng Za Zhi, 30(3), 217-227. https://doi.org/10.6288/TJPH2011-30-03-03
  11. Wang, C. W., Cheng, Y., Lee, Y.S. & Hsu, J. H. (2010). An International Overview of National Surveys for Psychosocial Hazards at Work. Taiwan Gong Gong Wei Sheng Za Zhi, 29(6), 551-560. https://doi.org/10.6288/TJPH2010-29-06-09

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