Research Fellow

WANG Chia-Wen

Dr.Wang is currently a Research Fellow at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. She also holds a joint appointment at NUS IPUR. Her research covers health behaviors and mental health in adolescents by using a mixed-methods approach. Her current research focuses on risk attitudes and mental illness.

Affiliation

  • NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Primary)
  • Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (Joint)

Research Areas

  • Adolescent Health
  • Bullying
  • Cyberbullying
  • Risk Attitudes and Mental Illness
  • Mixed Methods Research
  • Qualitative Research

Academic/Professional Qualifications

  • Ph.D. (Medicine), Kyoto University
  • M.S. (Public Health), National Taiwan University
  • B.Ed. (Health Promotion and Health Education), National Taiwan Normal University

Career History

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Innovation and Policy Centre for Population Health and Sustainable Environment (Population Health Research Centre, PHRC), College of Public Health, National Taiwan University

Selected Publications

  • 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. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2050121
  • 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. doi: 1017/S1368980022001185
  • 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). doi: 10.3390/healthcare10081428
  • 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. doi: 1016/j.appet.2021.105663
  • 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. doi:10.6288/TJPH.202104_40(2).109141
  • 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. doi: 3390/ijerph17196957
  • 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. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-8116-z
  • 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. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7005-9
  • 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. doi: 10.6288/TJPH2011-30-03-03
  • 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. doi: 10.6288/TJPH2010-29-06-09
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