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Biography

Dr. Wendy Zhang is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies. Before joining HKMU, she was the Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong. She received her PhD in women’s health from the University of Hong Kong and was trained in the economic evaluation of healthcare programmes at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, and Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA), University of Glasgow. She was also awarded Glasgow/HKU Early Career Mobility Funds 2019-20 to visit HEHTA and conduct the collaboration project. 

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Mental health promotion
• Building resilience in vulnerable groups
• Risky sexual behaviors
• Economic evaluation of healthcare programmes
• Technology-based intervention

Selected Publications

Books

• 張靜平，毛婷，張雯等（2017）. 《高等醫藥院校網絡教育護理學“十三五”規劃教材 ---- 內科護理學》. 湖南：中南大學出版社.

Journal Articles

• Wang, A., Wu, F., Lin, C., Jia, S., Guo, Y., Zhang, W.*, & Huang, F. (2023). An online 5-week professional identity program for nursing student in clinical rotation practice during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: A two-arm randomized trial. Nurse Education in Practice, 68, 103598.
• Chu, BL., Zhang,W.*(2022). Impact of transient and chronic loneliness on progression and reversion of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: four-year follow-up. BMC Geriatrics 22, 642. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03283-1
• Zhang, W., Wang, T., Wang, A.(2022). Impact of physical activity intensity on longitudinal trajectories of cognitive function and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: Eight-year prospective study. Journal of Affective Disorder. 315,64-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.07.012.
• Wang, A., Guo, Y., Cross, W., Lam, L., Plummer, V., Zhang, W., & Zhang, J. (2022). “Resisting social identity threat and maintaining resilience”: A qualitative study of Chinese parents following the loss of an only child. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. doi: 10.1037/tra0001262
• Fung, J.T.C., Zhang, W., Yeung, M.N., Pang, M.T. H., Lam, V.S.F., Chan, B.K.Y., & Wong, J.Y.H. (2021). Evaluation of students' perceived clinical competence and learning needs following an online virtual simulation education programme with debriefing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing Open, 8, 3045– 3054. doi:10.1002/nop2.1017
• Zhang, W., Wong, J.Y.H, Wang, T., & Fong, D.Y. T(2021). University-based behavioral interventions to promote safer sex practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of American College Health, 1-12. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1947835
• Wong, J.Y.H., Zhang, W., Wu, Y., Choi, E.P.H., Lo, H.H.M., Wong, W., … & Fong, D. Y. T. (2021). An interactive web-based sexual health literacy program for safe sex practice for female Chinese university students: Multicenter randomized controlled trial. Journal of medical Internet research, 23(3), e22564. doi: 10.2196/22564
• Zhang, W., Choi, E.P.H., Fong, D.Y.T., & Wong, J.Y.H. (2021). A Moderated Mediation Analysis of Condom Negotiation and Sexual Orientation on the Relationship Between Sexual Coercion and Condom Use in Chinese Young Women: Cross-Sectional Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7(1), e24269. doi: 10.2196/24269
• Wang, A. N., Zhang, W., Zhang, J.P., Huang, F.F., Ye, M., Yao, S. Y., ... & Su, P. (2017). Latent classes of resilience and psychological response among only‐child loss parents in China. Stress and Health, 33(4), 397-404. doi: 10.1002/smi.2715
• Zhang, W., Wang, A.N., Yao, S. Y., Luo, Y.H., Li, Z.H., Huang, F.F., ... & Zhang, J.P. (2016). Latent profiles of posttraumatic growth and their relation to differences in resilience among only-child-lost people in China. PLoS One, 11(12), e0167398. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167398

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