WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services
WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services
Director: | Prof. Angela LEUNG |
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Deputy Director: | Dr Ivy ZHAO |
Communications Manager: | Miss Helen HSU |
The team of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services (WHO CC), School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is composed of a group of prominent health professionals.
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WHO Resources
- WHO
http://www.who.int/en/ - WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
http://www.wpro.who.int/ - WHO Collaborating Centres Database
http://www.who.int/whocc/ - Global Advisory Group for Nursing & Midwifery (Western Pacific region)
http://www.who.int/hrh/nursing_midwifery/networks/en/ - Emergency Advice (Western Pacific Region)
https://www.who.int/westernpacific/emergencies/emergency-advice - Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (GOARN)
http://www.who.int/csr/outbreaknetwork/en/
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Ageing & Health
Enquiry:
Dr Kitty Huang
3400 8192
kitty.huang@polyu.edu.hk
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16 Aug 2024 | Prof. Liwei JING | Analyzing Bowel and Bladder Disorders and Their Influencing Factors in Elderly Patients: Insights from the CHARLS Database | ||
16 Aug 2024 | Dr Ivy Yan ZHAO | The Presence of Home-based Social Robot for Older People | ||
21 June 2024 | Dr Wayne CHAN | Preventing falls in older adults with dementia through exercise and rehabilitation | ||
21 June 2024 |
Dr Andy HO | The Arts for Ageing Well | ||
19 Apr 2024 | Prof. Doris YU | An evidence-based care model based on WHO-ICOPE to increase the preparedness for healthy aging |
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19 Apr 2024 | Dr Vivien WU | Community-based e-Health Program to empower Older Adults on Self-management of Chronic Conditions |
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23 Feb 2024 | Prof. Janelle YORKE | Implementation of e-PROMs into routine clinical care: experience from a UK comprehensive cancer centre |
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23 Feb 2024 | Dr Kasia BAIL | Healthy Ageing Research: Exploring Dignity of Risk and Supported Decision Making
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18 Aug 2023 | Dr Pei-Lee Teh | Get Young People’s Feet Wet: Enhancing Empathy toward Aging |
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18 Aug 2023 | Dr Rose Lin | Embracing Golden Years: Cultivating Positive Emotions and Preserving Cognitive Vitality in Aging |
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16 June 2023 | Dr Can Gu | Palliative care in Community: opportunities and challenges in China |
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16 June 2023 | Dr Yan Liu | Make Your Favorite Music Curative: Artificial Intelligence Generated Music for Anxiety Reduction |
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21 Apr 2023 |
Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM) and Elderly Health in Malaysia |
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21 Apr 2023 |
Bedroom privacy and social networks in a long-term care facility for Hong Kong older adults: a spatio-social network analysis approach |
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17 Feb 2023 |
Understanding of Dementia Prevention among Chinese Older Adults |
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17 Feb 2023 |
The missing puzzle in long ‐term care: Financial literacy and health literacy | |||
18 Nov 2022 | Dr Karen Cheung | What can be learnt from Hong near-centenarians and centenarians ? Comparison of "successful agers" between 2011 and 2021/22 | ||
18 Nov 2022 | Dr Nan Zhang | Grandparenting and later life mental and cognitive outcomes: A cross-country comparison study | ||
16 Sep 2022 | Dr Carol Ma | Gerontological education in Singapore: A response to rapid changes in population | ||
16 Sep 2022 | Dr Nattaya Suwankruhasn | Development of Caring Model for Elderly Persons with Chronic Illness by Volunteers in Community | ||
15 July 2022 | Dr Patrick Kor | Supporting the family caregivers of older people | ||
15 July 2022 | Dr Yurun Cai
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Unraveling age-related sensorimotor changes and their connections with physical and cognitive functioning | ||
20 May 2022 | Dr Wenru Wang | Development and pilot testing of a Salutogenic theory-based health resource program to promote healthy ageing among senior-only households in Singapore | ||
20 May 2022 | Prof. Patricia Davidson | Moving from pandemic to endemic: proceed with caution | ||
18 Mar 2022 |
Prof. Angela Leung | COVID and aged care: Gamification of infection control training | ||
18 Mar 2022 | Dr Minhui LIU | Promoting aging-in-place: The case of an evidence-based disability prevention program | ||
19 Nov 2021 | Dr El-Shadan TAUTOLO | Fostering connections and engaging older Pacific adults in a collaborative research partnership | ||
19 Nov 2021 | Prof. Renli DENG | Promotion of Advanced Care Planning in China | ||
15 Oct 2021 |
Dr Erwin William A. LEYVA | Examining resilience in later life: implications for the care of older persons facing multiple challenges | ||
15 Oct 2021 |
Dr Mimi TSE | Being peer volunteers among older adults: opportunities and experiences | ||
17 Sep 2021 | Dr Victor LUI | Assessing mental capacity for older persons in Hong Kong | ||
17 Sep 2021 | Prof. Frances WONG | Transitional Care can reduce readmissions and contain costs | ||
20 Aug 2021 | Prof. Yun-Hee JEON | The right to live independently and to be included in the community: Rehabilitation in dementia care and human rights approach | ||
20 Aug 2021 | Dr. Edward M F LEUNG | Issues on end-of-life care in long-term care settings | ||
16 Jul 2021 | Dr Cindy JONES | Enhancing Care & Well-Being of Older Adults via Socially Assistive Robotics | ||
16 Jul 2021 | Dr Daphne CHEUNG
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Integrating technology to support therapeutic interventions for people with dementia | ||
18 Jun 2021 | Dr Kathryn Lizbeth L. SIONGCO | Health and utilization inequalities among older adults in the Philippines | ||
18 Jun 2021 | Dr Jingjing SU | Palliative care for bedridden patients after stroke from caregiver's perspective: A qualitative study | ||
21 May 2021 | Dr Jed MONTAYRE | Ageing in a foreign land: case studies from Australia and New Zealand | ||
21 May 2021 | Dr Justina LIU | The role of nutrition in healthy ageing: what is the evidence so far? | ||
16 Apr 2021 | Prof. Sunghee H TAK | End-of-life care competencies of nurses in Korea | ||
16 Apr 2021 | Dr Stefanos TYROVOLAS | Epidemiology of frailty in WPRO countries: The impact of health care services and sociodemopgrafic factors | ||
19 Mar 2021 | Prof. Maw Pin TAN | Picking Up Fallers - The Malaysian Perspective | ||
19 Mar 2021 | Dr Simon LAM | Chinese specific-N95 respirator for the coming and future respiratory infectious outbreak: Development, licensing, patent and manufacturing | ||
19 Feb 2021 | Dr Ayumi IGARASHI | Community-based participatory approach to build collaborative relationships with convenience stores for supporting community-dwelling older adults | ||
19 Feb 2021 | Prof. Angela LEUNG | Loneliness in old age: what we can do? | ||
15 Jan 2021 | Prof. Noriko YAMAMOTO-MITANI | Long-term care facilities/services in COVID-19 pandemic in Japan | ||
15 Jan 2021 | Dr Claudia KY LAI | Situating the Care of Older Adults in the Global Health Context: Thoughts and Deliberations | ||
18 Dec 2020 | Dr Suparb AREE-UE | Ageing in Thailand: H.O.P.E | ||
18 Dec 2020 | Dr Rick KWAN |
A target for healthy ageing: Cognitive frailty | ||
20 Nov 2020 | Dr Hiromasa OKAYASU | Regional Action Plan on Ageing in Western Pacific | ||
20 Nov 2020 | Prof. Alex MOLASIOTIS | Factors associated with longevity in WPRO countries |
- Bowers, B., Thomspon, R., Noriko, Leung, A. Y. M., Sharew, N. T., Lepore, M. Chu, C.,Wu, B., Brunkert, T., Mateos, J., Mcgilton, K. (2021) What COVID-19 innovations can teach us about improving quality of life in long-term care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), 22(5), 929-932. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2021.03.018. (Impact Factor: 4.367)
- Xu, X. Y., Kwan, R., Leung, A. Y. M. (2021). Telephone-based Behavioral Activation for improving sleep quality in family caregivers of people with dementia: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Behavior Therapy. (Impact Factor: 4.183)
- Molassiotis, A., Kwok, S.W.H., Leung, A.Y.M., Tyrovolas, S. (2021) Associations between sociodemographic factors, health spending, disease burden, and life expectancy of older adults (70+ years old) in 22 countries in the Western Pacific Region, 1995- 2019 : Estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019. Geroscience (Impact Factor: 7.713)
- Tang, J. Y. M., Chui, C. H. K., Lou, V. W. Q., Chiu, R., Kwok, R., Tse, M., Leung, A. Y. M., Chau, P., Lum, T. (2021). The contribution of sense of community to the association between age-friendly built environment and health in a high-density city: a cross-sectional study of older adults in Hong Kong. Journal of Applied Gerontology. doi: 10.1177/0733464821991298. (Impact Factor: 2.144)
- Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M., Leung, A. Y. M., Rosário, R., Darlington, E., Rathmann, K. (2021). Digital health literacy and online information seeking in times of COVID-19. A cross-sectional survey among university students in Germany. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), 23(1), e24097. https://www.jmir.org/2021/1/e24097 (Impact factor: 5.03)
- Lin, B., Zhang, Z., Guo, Y., Wang, W., Mei, Y., Wang, S., Tong, Y., Shuaib, N., Cheung, D.S.K. (2021). Perceptions of recurrence risk and behavioral changes among first-ever and recurrent stroke survivors: A qualitative analysis. Health Expectations. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13335 (Q1, Impact Factor: 3.377)
- Zhao I. Y., Ma Y. X., Yu, M. W. C., Liu, J., Dong, W. N., Pang, Q., Lu, X.Q., Molassiotis, A., Holroyd, E. & Wong, C. W. W. (2021). Ethics, Integrity, and Retributions of Digital Detection Surveillance Systems for Infectious Diseases: Systematic Literature Review. J Med Internet Res, 23(10):e32328. doi: 10.2196/32328 (Impact Factor: 5.43)
- Montayre, J., Saravanakumar, P., Zhao, I. Y., Holroyd, E., Adams, J., & Neville, S. (2021). Holding on and letting go: Views about filial piety among adult children living in New Zealand. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 00, 1– 8. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16098 (Impact Factor: 3.036)
- Zhao, I. Y., Holroyd, E., Garrett, N., Wright-St Clair, V. A., & Neville, S. (2021). Chinese latelife immigrants’ loneliness and social isolation in host countries: An integrative review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 00, 1– 10. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16134 (Impact Factor: 3.036)
- William K. Pan, Daniel Fernández, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Giné-Vázquez Iago, Rishav Raj Dasgupta, Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Paul M. Lantos and Christopher W. Woods. Heterogeneity in the Effectiveness of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions During the First SARS-CoV2 Wave in the United States. Front. Public Health, 29 November 2021 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.754696 (Impact Factor: 3.709)
- Tyrovolas, S., Tyrovola, D., Giné-Vázquez, I., Koyanagi, A., Bernabe-Ortiz, A., Rodriguez-Artalejo, F., Haro, J. M., Pan, W. K., Miranda, J. J., & Panagiotakos, D. (2021). Global, regional, and national burden of aortic aneurysm, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, zwab015. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwab015 (Impact Factor: 7.804)
- Molassiotis, A., Tyrovolas, S., Giné-Vázquez, I., Yeo, W., Aapro, M., & Herrstedt, J. (2021). Organized breast cancer screening not only reduces mortality from breast cancer but also significantly decreases disability-adjusted life years: analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study and screening programme availability in 130 countries. ESMO open, 6(3), 100111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100111 (Impact Factor: 6.540)
- Tyrovolas, S., Giné-Vázquez, I., Fernández, D., Morena, M., Koyanagi, A., Janko, M., Haro, J. M., Lin, Y., Lee, P., Pan, W., Panagiotakos, D., & Molassiotis, A. (2021). Estimating the COVID-19 Spread Through Real-time Population Mobility Patterns: Surveillance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(6), e22999. https://doi.org/10.2196/22999 (Impact Factor: 5.03)
- Su, J. J., & Yu. DSF (2021). Effects of a nurse-led eHealth cardiac rehabilitation program on health outcomes of patients with coronary heart disease: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104040 (Impact Factor: 5.837)
- Leung, A. Y. M.,* Molassiotis, A., Carino, D. (2021). A challenge to healthy ageing: limited social participation in old age. Ageing and Disease, 12(5). DOI: 10.14336/AD.2021.02018 (Impact Factor: 5.402)
- Molassiotis, A., Leung, A. Y. M., Zhao, I. Y. (2021). Call for urgent actions in societies and health systems in the Western Pacific Region to implement the WHO Regional Action Plan on Healthy Ageing. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1–4. doi. 10.1111/jgs.17196 (Impact Factor: 4.180)
- Bowers, B., Thomspon, R., Noriko, Leung, A. Y. M., Sharew, N. T., Lepore, M. Chu, C., Wu, B., Brunkert, T., Mateos, J., Mcgilton, K. (accepted on 24 March 2021) What COVID-19 innovations can teach us about improving quality of life in long-term care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), 22(5), 929-932. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.03.018. (Impact Factor: 4.367)
- Molassiotis A., Guo C., Abu-Odah H., West C. and Loke A.Y. (2021). Evolution of disaster nursing research in the past 30 years (1990 -2019): A bibliometric and mapping analysis. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 58:102230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102230 (Impact Factor: 4.320)
- Guo C.*, Li S.* and Chan S.S.S. (2021). Long-tern effects of disaster exposure on health care workers’ resilience: A comparison of the Wenchuan earthquake-exposed and unexposed groups. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 67: 102658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102658 (Impact Factor: 4.32)
- Li, Y., Bressington, D., Wang, S., Leung, S.F., Mak, Y.W. (2021). Relationship between Parental psychological control and optimism among 9244 Hong Kong adolescents: the mediating role of self-mastery. Current Psychology, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02312-3 (Q1, Impact Factor: 4.297)
Event Calendar
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16 Aug 2024 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Ivy Yan ZHAO and Prof. Liwei JIN |
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21 Jun 2024 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Andy HO and Dr Wayne CHAN |
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19 Apr 2024 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Vivien WU and Prof. Doris YU |
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23 Feb 2024 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Kasia BAIL and Prof. Janelle YORKE |
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18 Aug 2023 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Pei-Lee Teh and Dr Rose Lin |
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16 June 2023 | Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Advocating Emotional Support and Palliative Care Watch the webinar: Dr Yan Liu and Dr Can Gu
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21 Apr 2023 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Cheng Soon Goh and Dr Aria Yang |
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17 Feb 2023 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Prof. Angela Y.M Leung and Dr Dan Song |
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18 Nov 2022 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Nan Zhang and Dr Karen Cheung |
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16 Sep 2022 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Carol Ma and Dr Nattaya Suwankruhasn |
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15 July 2022 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Yurun Cai and Dr Patrick Kor |
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20 May 2022 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Promoting healthy ageing during the pandemic Watch the webinar: Prof. Patricia Davidson and Dr Wenru Wang |
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9 Apr 2022 |
Webinar for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong: COVID-19 vaccination: should I go for vaccination? Watch the webinar: Dr Dauda Salihu |
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2 Apr 2022 |
Webinar for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong: How to reduce stress and maintain healthy life during COVID-19 Watch the webinar: Dr Stephanie Szeto |
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26 Mar 2022 |
Webinar for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong: Rapid Antigen Test (RAT): when and how to conduct the test? Watch the webinar: Dr Margaret O’Donoghue |
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23 Mar 2022 |
Webinar for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong: |
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19 Mar 2022 | Webinar for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong: COVID-19 symptoms and it’s effect on health Watch the webinar: Prof. Alex Molasiotis |
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18 Mar 2022 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Minhui Liu and Prof. Angela Leung |
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Nov 2021 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr El-Shadan TAUTOLO and Prof. Renli DENG |
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Oct 2021 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Erwin William A. LEYVA and Dr Mimi TSE |
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Sep 2021 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Victor LUI and Prof. Frances WONG |
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Aug 2021 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Prof. Yun-Hee JEON and Dr. Edward M F LEUNG. |
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Jul 2021 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Cindy JONES and Dr Daphne CHEUNG. |
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Jun 2021 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Kathryn Lizbeth L. SIONGCO and Dr Jingjing SU. |
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May 2021 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Jed MONTAYRE and Dr Justina LIU. |
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Apr 2021 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Prof. Sunghee H TAK and Dr Stefanos TYROVOLAS. |
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Mar 2021 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Prof. Maw Pin TAN and Dr Simon LAM. |
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Feb 2021 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Ayumi IGARASHI and Prof. Angela LEUNG. |
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Jan 2021 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the Webinar: Prof. Noriko YAMAMOTO-MITANI and Dr Claudia KY LAI. |
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Dec 2020 | Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Suparb AREE-UE and Dr Rick KWAN. |
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Nov 2020 |
Webinar for Embracing Ageing in the Western Pacific: Watch the webinar: Dr Hiromasa OKAYASU and Prof. Alex MOLASIOTIS |
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Jun 2020 | New COPE's Book: COVID-19, The book helps you stay safe and smiling during the Covid-19 pandemic. free download. | |
May 2020 | New COPE's Book: Cyclones, COPE teamed up with James Cook University to teach you how to be ready for Cyclones – Stay Safe! free download. |
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Dec 2019 | Redesigned by the World Health Organization and renamed as the WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services in Healthy Ageing, effective from 13 December 2019 to 13 December 2023. |
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Oct 2019 | New COPE’s Floods book: The Floods book, a new COPE’s global disaster children book that teaches children simple steps for disaster preparedness is out for free download. |
Date | Events | |
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4-5 Dec 2014 | Mental Health First Aid Course | |
21-23 Nov 2014 | Exhibition in the "PolyU Serves" Showcase | |
13-14 Nov 2014 | Attend the First Regional Forum of WHO Collaborating Centres in the Western Pacific on in Manila, the Philippines. | |
28 Oct 2014 | Pre-conference seminar of 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities | |
27-31 Oct 2014 | Short course on advanced child and adolescent health assessment by Prof. Patricia Jackson Allen, Professor of Nursing and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty Coordinator, Division of Primary Care from Yale School of Nursing, the US | |
24-26 Oct 2014 | The 2nd Biennial Regional School Health Congress, Macau (In collaboration with Nurses Association of Macau, The Hong Kong School Nurses Association, Hong Kong College of Paediatric Nursing, Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association, Hong Kong Paediatric Society) Website: http://2014rshc.com/ |
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24 Oct 2014 | Visited by Dr Howard Sobel, Regional Coordinator, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Director, Building Healthy Communities & Populations of the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Dr Erin Maughan, Director of Research, RWJF (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), Executive Nurse Fellow National Association of School Nurses, the US, and Dr Hye-A Yeom, Professor of College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea | |
24 Oct 2014 | Health Ambassador Scheme award ceremony | |
4-12 Aug 2014 | 2014 Summer Programme on HIV/AIDS: Public Health & Infection Control (In collaboration School of Nursing of Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Policy-Making and Quality Management and Beijing Ditan Hospital (BDH) WHO Collaborating Centre for Comprehensive Management of HIV Treatment and Care) Website: https://sn.polyu.edu.hk/chineseconsortium/sc/summer2014.htm |
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28-29 Jul 2014 | Attended the 17th General Meeting of the Global Network of WHO CCs for Nursing and Midwifery Development in Coimbra, Portugal | |
28 Jul 2014 | Meeting with WHO CCs for Nursing and Midwifery Development of Western Pacific Region in Coimbra, Portugal | |
26 Jul 2014 | Attended the Global Network of WHO CCs for Nursing and Midwifery Development Executive Committee Meeting in Coimbra, Portugal | |
23-25 Jul 2014 | Attended the 10th Conference of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres (WHO CCs) for Nursing and Midwifery in Coimbra, Portugal | |
8-9 Jul 2014 | Summer camp for health ambassadors | |
18 May 2014 | Disaster risk reduction first aid training course | |
24-25 Apr 2014 | Mental Health First Aid Course | |
20 Feb 2014 | Visited Dr Gulin Gedik and Dr Kenichiro Taneda of WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO), Manila, the Philippines |
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30 Dec 2013 | Mentorship programme for training health ambassadors | |
12-13 Dec 2013 | Mental Health First Aid Course | |
29 Nov 2013 | World AIDS Day Seminar: Fighting Zero (In collaboration with C.H.O.I.C.E.) |
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9 Oct 2013 | Distinguished Lecture Series #8: Advanced Nursing Practice: the Mistakes and the Opportunities (Online Lecture) | |
17-20 Sep 2013 | Participated in the APEDNN Core Working Group Meeting and the 7th Meeting of the APEDNN in Bangkok, Thailand | |
22 Jul – 2 Aug 2013 | Mental Health Nursing Summer Programme 2013 (In collaboration with School of Nursing, Capital Medical University, Beijing) Website: https://sn.polyu.edu.hk/chineseconsortium/sc/summer2013.htm |
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28 May 2013 | WHO CC meeting | |
17 - 25 May 2013 | Mental Health First Aid Course (2 classes) | |
16 Apr 2013 | Visited by the Delegation of School of Nursing, Shandong University, China | |
19 Mar 2013 | Visited by the WHO WPRO-supported participants of the "20th Infection Control Course for Health Care Professionals" | |
Jan – Feb 2013 | Train-the-trainer Course for Management of Violence and Aggression (10 sessions) (In collaboration with Institute of Advanced Nursing Studies, Hospital Authority) |
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Nov 2012 - Feb 2013 | Disaster Nursing Training Course (14 sessions) | |
30 Nov 2012 |
World AIDS Day Seminar: Walk with Love (In collaboration with C.H.O.I.C.E.) |
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5 Nov 2012 |
Visited by Professor John Daly, Director of the WHO CC for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) |
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31 Oct 2012 | Visited by the Delegation of Ministry of Health, Singapore | |
3-5 Oct 2012 | Participated in the APEDNN 2012 Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
23 Jul - 3 Aug 2012 |
Summer Programme 2012: Disaster and global health challenges (In collaboration with School of Nursing, Xinjiang Medical University) Website: https://sn.polyu.edu.hk/chineseconsortium/sc/summer2012.htm |
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30 Jun - 1 Jul 2012 | Attended the 9th International Conference with the Global Network of WHO CCs for Nursing and Midwifery Development in Kobe, Japan | |
28-29 Jun 2012 | Attended the 16th General Meeting of the Global Network of WHO CCs for Nursing and Midwifery Development in Kobe, Japan | |
27 Jun 2012 | Attended the Global Network of WHO CCs for Nursing and Midwifery Development Executive Committee Meeting in Kobe, Japan | |
2 May 2012 | Visited by the Official and the delegation of Dongfeng West Road Primary School, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China | |
29-30 Mar 2012 | The First 'Creating Synergy for School Nurses Across the Region' Symposium and Seminar | |
Jan – Feb 2012 |
Train-the-trainer Course for Management of Violence and Aggression
(10 sessions) (In collaboration with Institute of Advanced Nursing Studies, Hospital Authority) |
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16-17 Jan 2012 |
Management of Violence Refresher Course (In collaboration with Institute of Advanced Nursing Studies, Hospital Authority) |
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1 Dec 2011 | World AIDS Day Chinese Opera Concert (In collaboration with C.H.O.I.C.E.) |
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30 Nov 2011 | "World AIDS Day" Education Talk (In collaboration with C.H.O.I.C.E.) |
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29-30 Nov 2011 | Participated in the Informal Consultative Meeting on Antimicorbial Resistance (AMR) Prevention and Control in Emergencies / Disasters in Manila, Philippines | |
16 Nov 2011 | Visited by the delegation of the Rotary Club of Peninsula | |
24 Oct 2011 | Visited by Prof. Lidia Mayner, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Director of Flinders University Research Programme for Disaster Nursing, Deputy Director of Flinders University Disaster Research Centre, Flinders University, Australia | |
21-24 Oct 2011 | Participated in the APEDNN 2011 Meeting and the 3rd International Disaster Nursing Conference in Seoul and Daejeon, South Korea | |
26-29 Jul 2011 | The 16th Biennial School Nurses International Conference 2011, Hong Kong (In collaboration with School Nurses International, The Hong Kong School Nurses Association, & WHO, WPRO) Website: http://sn.polyu.edu.hk/whocc/sni2011conf/ |
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26 Jul 2011 | Regional School Nurses Network Meeting in Hong Kong | |
18-28 Jul 2011 | Summer Programme 2011: Fundamentals of Chinese Medicinal Nursing (In collaboration with School of Health Sciences, Macao Polytechnic Institute) Website: https://sn.polyu.edu.hk/chineseconsortium/sc/summer2011.htm |
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24 May 2011 | Visited by delegation of WHO Collaborating Centre for Comprehensive Management of HIV Treatment and Care, Beijing Ditan Hospital | |
6 May 2011 | Attended the General Meeting of the Global Network of WHO CCs for Nursing and Midwifery Development in Malta | |
15 Apr 2011 | "Effective Communication Skills and School Health Promotion Skills" Workshop Guest speaker: Dr. Patanjali Dev Nayar, Technical Officer, Child & Adolescent Health & Development, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office | |
12-13 Apr 2011 | Workshop on Small Group Teaching Methodologies Guest speaker: Dr. Patanjali Dev Nayar, Technical Officer, Child & Adolescent Health & Development, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office |
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4-6 Apr 2011 | Participated in the Meeting on an Action Framework for the Regional Strategy on Human Resources for Health | |
2 Apr 2011 | "Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine" Workshop (In collaboration with Hong Kong School Health Enhancement Consortium and Hong Kong School Nurses Association) |
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23-25 Mar 2011 | Attended at the Expert Consultation on Adolescents and Substance Use in the Western Pacific Region in Manila, Philippines | |
22-24 Feb 2011 | Participated in the Regional Meeting on Strengthening Deployment of Public Health Nurses in Support of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Bangkok, Thailand | |
Dec 2010 - Feb 2011 | Train-the-trainer Course for Control and Restraint (10 sessions) (In collaboration with Institute of Advanced Nursing Studies, Hospital Authority) |
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26 Jan 2011 | Visited by the delegation of Institute on Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University (Mr, Wang Jian Min, Deputy Director; Prof. Long En Shen, Associate Director; Ms. Fan Ling, Director of Admin. Office) | |
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29 Nov 2010 | Visited by delegates of International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (Tobacco control) from China | |
27 Nov 2010 | "Stop AIDS; Keep the promise" Workshop (In collaboration with C.H.O.I.C.E.) |
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15-20 Nov 2010 | Bi-regional Infection Control Training Course (In collaboration with The WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Training and Outbreak Response in Infection Control, Hong Kong Hospital Authority & the Squina International Centre for Infection Control, FHSS, PolyU) |
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6-8 Nov 2010 | Participated in the APEDNN 2010 Meeting and Capacity-building workshops in Auckland, New Zealand | |
16 Aug 2010 | Visited by Prof. Julian Gold, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Capacity Building and Health Care Worker Training in HIV/AIDS Care, Treatment and Support; Director, Senior Staff Specialist and Professor, Albion Street Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney | |
9-21 Aug 2010 | Summer course : WHO Adolescent Health and Development (In collaboration with WHO Western Pacific Region office and School of Nursing, Soochow University) Website: https://sn.polyu.edu.hk/chineseconsortium/sc/summer2010.htm |
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4-7 Aug 2010 | Workshop: WHO Adolescent Health and Development TOT Training (In collaboration with WHO Western Pacific Region office and School of Nursing, Soochow University) Website: https://sn.polyu.edu.hk/chineseconsortium/sc/summer2010.htm |
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27-28 Jul 2010 | Participated in the 15th Global Network of WHO Nursing & Midwifery Collaborating Centres meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
5 Apr 2010 | Wuhan Nursing Professional Workshops 2010
(In collaboration with Department of Nursing, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology) Website: http://sn.polyu.edu.hk/wuhan2010/workshop |
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3-4 Apr 2010 | Wuhan International Conference 2010
"Community Engagement: Paving the Way to Optimal Health" (In collaboration with Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan Public Health Bureau) Website: http://sn.polyu.edu.hk/wuhan2010 |
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12 Mar 2010 | Seminar on Removing Stigmatization of HIV/AIDS of Health Care Professionals
(In collaboration with C.H.O.I.C.E.) |
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8 Jan 2010 | Visited by Dr. Shin Young-soo, Regional Director for Western Pacific, WHO and Dr. Linda Milan, Director of Building Healthy Communities & Populations, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office, together with Ms. Sheila Purves, Project Director of WHO Collaborating Centre for Rehabilitation | |
6 Jan 2010 | Visited by the WHO "Community Health Nursing" project team members (Prof. Du Xueping, Ms. Wang Yongli, Ms. Ding Lan from the Yue Tan Community Health Service Center of Fu Xing Hospital-Affiliate of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R.C. and Prof. Hau Shuxiao from the School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing, P.R.C) |
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24-26 Nov 2009 | Participated in the "Consultation on the Strengthening of the WHO Network for HIV and Health in the Western Pacific Region" in Manila, Philippines | |
21-24 Nov 2009 | Adolescent Health & Development Training-Of-Trainers Workshop
Guest speaker: Dr. Patanjali Dev Nayar, Technical Officer, Child & Adolescent Health, Western Pacific region, WHO |
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18-20 Nov 2009 | Participated in the "Meeting of WHO Collaborating Centres on Reproductive Health and Making Pregnancy Safer in the Western Pacific Region" in Shanghai, China | |
20 Oct 2009 | The first Advisory Committee Meeting of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services, School of Nursing, PolyU The Inauguration Ceremony of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services, School of Nursing, PolyU Website: http://sn.polyu.edu.hk/whocc/opening A Memorandum of Understanding signing with The Asia Pacific Council of Optometry on collaboration to foster the promotion of visual welfare of the people in the Western Pacific region For detail, pls. click |
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28 Sep – 1 Oct 2009 | Participated in the "APEDNN 2009 Meeting and Capacity-Building Workshops", and "Emergencies & Health in the Tropics Conference" in Cairns, Australia | |
7 Sep 2009 | Visited by Prof. David Halton, Vice-Chancellor, University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom and the Delegation | |
26 Aug 2009 | Visited by Ms. Louise Hicks, Associate Dean and Ms. Cathy O'Sullivan, Chief Operation Officer, School of Community and Health Sciences, City University London, United Kingdom | |
Aug – Dec 2009 |
Community Health Workshop Series 2009 Website: http://sn.polyu.edu.hk/whocc/workshop/Adolescent Health & Development Workshop Guest speaker: Dr. Patanjali Dev Nayar, Technical Officer, Child & Adolescent Health, Western Pacific region, WHO |
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4-6 Aug 2009 | Coordinated the Informal Consultation on Community Health Nursing: China at the Maryknoll House, Stanley, Hong Kong | |
27 Jul 2009 | Agreement signing with Wuhan Mayor and the Delegation on the collaboration of International Conference at Wuhan, China in April 2010 | |
27 Jul 2009 | Visited by Prof. Margaret Grey, Dean & Annie Goodrich Professor, School of Nursing, Yale University, U.S.A | |
9 Jun 2009 | Visited by Dr. Courtney H. Lyder, Dean & Professor of School of Nursing, and Prof. Adeline Nayamathi, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), U.S.A | |
3 Jun 2009 | Visited by Dr. Courtney H. Lyder, Dean & Professor of School of Nursing, and Prof. Adeline Nayamathi, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), U.S.A A Memorandum of Understanding signing with the Wuhan Health Department for setting up an experimental ground on developing a sustainable model of community health services in Wuhan, China | |
1 Jun 2009 | Visited by the representatives (Dr. Chen Jie, Dr. Li Xuehan, Dr. Zhang Yueheng & Mr. Sun Shikai) from the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centre, Daxing District, Beijing, P.R.C. together with the Centre Manager and Project Officer of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Rehabilitation | |
2-3 Apr 2009 | Participated in the Global Alliance Nursing and Midwifery (GANM) steering committee meeting at the School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, USA | |
17 Feb 2009 | Visited by Dr. Antonio Carlos Gerbase, Department of HIV/AIDS, WHO Headquarters, Dr. Massimo N Ghidinelli, Regional Adviser in HIV/AIDS and STI, and Ms. Gaik Gui Ong, Technical Officer, HIV/AIDS and STI from the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific |
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21-22 Oct 2008 | Visited by Professor Jean Yan, Coordinator Health Professions Networks, Chief Scientist, Nursing & Midwifery, Department of Human Resources for Health, WHO | |
16-20 Oct 2008 | Participated in the WHO Asian Pacific Emergency and Disaster Nursing Network and Health Emergency Partners meeting in Shandong, China | |
9-11 Oct 2008 | Visited by Professor Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, Secretary-General of Global Network of WHOCC Nursing Midwifery Development | |
4-5 Jul 2008 |
A seminar and a series of workshops on "Capacity building for post-disaster care" Website: http://sn.polyu.edu.hk/seminar |
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23-24 Jun 2008 | Participated in the Global Network of WHO Nursing & Midwifery Collaborating Centres meeting in Bangkok, Thailand |
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