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Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong

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Research article
Published: 29 December 2020 in Child: Care, Health and Development
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Background Kinship care has become a favourable alternative care option for orphans and vulnerable children without adequate parental care in Ghana. However, kinship care practices in Ghana are considered informal cultural practices without formal regulations. The absence of formal regulations could have consequences on the health and development of children due to the lack of proper supervision and empirical assessment of children's needs. In line with recent policy discussions on mechanisms to regulate informal kinship care practices, this study aimed to identify how the State could be involved in improving kinship care experience for children. Methods Qualitative in‐depth interviews were conducted with 22 young persons (aged 18–23) who had been received into kinship care to share their experiences on how the State could be involved in improving kinship care experience for children. Narratives from the young people were analysed following the constructivist grounded theory approach. Results Introduction of a welfare scheme for kinship caregivers, policy on child care, provision of start‐up capital and training for caregivers, were measures suggested by the young people to improve kinship care practice. Providing start‐up capital to kinship caregivers was identified to mitigate caregivers' unemployment challenges, which could have ripple effects on the well‐being of children by escalating caregiver stress. Conclusion The study's findings suggest that the State has a significant role to ensure that caregivers are equipped with the needed resources to provide adequate care for children. Regulating kinship care practices should embrace a strength‐based empowerment model that builds on the capacity of the caregivers to ensure better outcomes for children. Studies that explore the views of policy makers and caregivers in a larger sample may yield promising results to complement the current findings.

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Alhassan Abdullah; Ebenezer Cudjoe; Susan Young; Anna W.M. Choi; Lucy P. Jordan; Marcus Y.L. Chiu; Clifton R. Emery. Regulating the traditional kinship care practice in Ghana: Reflections from young people with kinship care experience. Child: Care, Health and Development 2020, 1 .

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Alhassan Abdullah, Ebenezer Cudjoe, Susan Young, Anna W.M. Choi, Lucy P. Jordan, Marcus Y.L. Chiu, Clifton R. Emery. Regulating the traditional kinship care practice in Ghana: Reflections from young people with kinship care experience. Child: Care, Health and Development. 2020; ():1.

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Alhassan Abdullah; Ebenezer Cudjoe; Susan Young; Anna W.M. Choi; Lucy P. Jordan; Marcus Y.L. Chiu; Clifton R. Emery. 2020. "Regulating the traditional kinship care practice in Ghana: Reflections from young people with kinship care experience." Child: Care, Health and Development , no. : 1.

Review
Published: 09 November 2020 in Children and Youth Services Review
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Research shows that children whose parents have mental illness are an “invisible” or “hidden” population because their voices are not heard and mental health systems often do not know how to respond to their needs. Meanwhile, many of these children are at an increased risk of poor outcomes such as low academic performance, poor social relationships and poor mental health. Evidence indicates that these children have a chance of overcoming adversities when they understand their parent’s mental illness, its impact and how to deal with stressful situations. Therefore, this systematic review was conducted to examine children’s knowledge regarding parental mental illness. A search through online databases including Sociological Abstracts, Scopus, PsycINFO, MEDLINE and CINAHL yielded 15 studies after going through screening procedures. Results of the study were generated through thematic analysis procedures. A major finding across the studies is that children do not have an adequate understanding of what goes on with their parent’s mental illness. This often leads to confusion, anxiety, fear, guilt, isolation and frustration. Consequently, there was a general consensus among children and professionals regarding the need for children to be informed about parental mental illness, albeit with a few reservations from parents on the matter. What seems to be lacking is specific information that could be appropriate for children owing to their unique circumstances when there is parental mental illness. Professionals should synchronize their services to the needs of these children by first giving voices to the child.

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Ebenezer Cudjoe; Marcus Y.L. Chiu. What do children know about their parent’s mental illness? A systematic review of international literature on children in families with mental illness. Children and Youth Services Review 2020, 119, 105638 .

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Ebenezer Cudjoe, Marcus Y.L. Chiu. What do children know about their parent’s mental illness? A systematic review of international literature on children in families with mental illness. Children and Youth Services Review. 2020; 119 ():105638.

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Ebenezer Cudjoe; Marcus Y.L. Chiu. 2020. "What do children know about their parent’s mental illness? A systematic review of international literature on children in families with mental illness." Children and Youth Services Review 119, no. : 105638.

Article
Published: 15 July 2020 in Journal of Mental Health
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Most family carer support programs focus on supporting carers with caregiving-related knowledge and skills to help their family members who suffer from schizophrenia in their recovery process while carers’ inner resources and preferred identities are less emphasized in the existing studies. The present study uses collective narrative therapy groups (CNTG) to promote the inner strengths and agency of family carers and help them to explore their preferred identities while caring for family members with schizophrenia. To ensure an evidence-based intervention, 89 Chinese family carers of people with schizophrenia took part in this three-wave longitudinal program evaluation study using a randomized controlled trial design. Compared with the control group, family carers in CNTG reported better family relationships, a lesser caregiving burden, and more perceived inner resources. Repeated one-way ANOVA revealed that CNTG improved family relationships, the caregiving burden, the level of hope and inner resources in the posttest, and a statistically significantly better mental health condition in the follow-up. This study shows that collective narrative psychotherapy is effective in supporting family carers of people with schizophrenia in Hong Kong. Based on the research findings, we discuss the strengths of the program and its implications for practitioners.

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De-Hui Ruth Zhou; Marcus Chiu; Tak-Lam William Lo; Wai-Fan Alison Lo; Siu-Sing Wong; Chi Hoi Tom Leung; Chui-Kam Yu; Yuk Sing Geoffrey Chang; Kwok-Leung Luk. An unexpected visitor and a sword play: a randomized controlled trial of collective narrative therapy groups for primary carers of people with schizophrenia. Journal of Mental Health 2020, 1 -12.

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De-Hui Ruth Zhou, Marcus Chiu, Tak-Lam William Lo, Wai-Fan Alison Lo, Siu-Sing Wong, Chi Hoi Tom Leung, Chui-Kam Yu, Yuk Sing Geoffrey Chang, Kwok-Leung Luk. An unexpected visitor and a sword play: a randomized controlled trial of collective narrative therapy groups for primary carers of people with schizophrenia. Journal of Mental Health. 2020; ():1-12.

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De-Hui Ruth Zhou; Marcus Chiu; Tak-Lam William Lo; Wai-Fan Alison Lo; Siu-Sing Wong; Chi Hoi Tom Leung; Chui-Kam Yu; Yuk Sing Geoffrey Chang; Kwok-Leung Luk. 2020. "An unexpected visitor and a sword play: a randomized controlled trial of collective narrative therapy groups for primary carers of people with schizophrenia." Journal of Mental Health , no. : 1-12.

Research article
Published: 23 June 2020 in Qualitative Social Work
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Children are often the unintended victims of incarceration, and are frequently subjected to extreme hardship following the arrest of a parent, but their right to information is always compromised in the name of protection. Disclosure of incarceration can be equally challenging for both the family caregivers and the children. This paper presents the data from interviews about disclosure of incarceration, looking at how 10 caregiver–child dyadic pairs interacted and handled disclosure in the process. Disclosure is taken as a continuous process requiring the caregivers and the children to negotiate and make sense of it, rather than a static, one-off decision. Three dimensions of protection have been identified (i.e., protection from future blame, protection of the child, and protection of the inmate), together with the intent to use the disclosure for educational purposes. Although there was not a case where the children protested having limited or no information, they varied in their responses. A lack of interest in asking for essential information and intentional avoidance of the topic of parent’s incarceration have been observed in some children. Self-regulated submission by the child is a result of many factors, including a tacit demand to acknowledge parental authority and a caring intent not to add to the caregiver’s burdens. This article also highlights implications and recommendations for changing professional practice and policy guidelines to promote children’s rights and their healthy growth amidst the challenges of life.

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Marcus Yl Chiu; Roy Mh Lee; Reynard Xw Lye; Nithiamurugan S/o Ganapathy. A qualitative analysis of disclosure of parental incarceration to children in Singapore – Implications for best practice. Qualitative Social Work 2020, 1 .

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Marcus Yl Chiu, Roy Mh Lee, Reynard Xw Lye, Nithiamurugan S/o Ganapathy. A qualitative analysis of disclosure of parental incarceration to children in Singapore – Implications for best practice. Qualitative Social Work. 2020; ():1.

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Marcus Yl Chiu; Roy Mh Lee; Reynard Xw Lye; Nithiamurugan S/o Ganapathy. 2020. "A qualitative analysis of disclosure of parental incarceration to children in Singapore – Implications for best practice." Qualitative Social Work , no. : 1.

Articles
Published: 04 June 2020 in Issues in Mental Health Nursing
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Training-based intervention such as psychoeducational groups has become increasingly popular to empower family caregivers of people with schizophrenia, yet existing supportive programs for caregivers tend to focus more on the needs of the patients rather than the development of the caregivers. This study aimed to compare the outcomes of a skill-based empowerment psychoeducational group and an inner-resource enhancing empowerment narrative therapy group for family caregivers of people with schizophrenia. We conducted a randomized controlled trial with a longitudinal design. The sample consisted of 132 family caregivers who were randomly assigned to eight sessions of the two groups (i.e. a narrative-based group, or a psychoeducational group), or a control group with delayed treatment. Psychometric scales were administrated throughout the project. Both the psychoeducational group and the narrative group showed significant improvements in family relationships, caregiving burden, and coping skills compared with the control group across the three time points (pretest, posttest, and 2-month follow-up). A statistically significant advancement in coping skills was found in the psychoeducational group. The narrative group outperformed the psychoeducational group and the control group in the enhancement of inner resources, perceived control, and level of hope. The findings call for the need of an integrative empowerment approach that both values the inner strength and unique experiences of the caregivers and at the same time provides them with necessary skills and knowledge in taking care of their family members with schizophrenia.

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De-Hui Ruth Zhou; Marcus Chiu; Tak-Lam William Lo; Wai-Fan Alison Lo; Siu-Sing Wong; Kwok-Leung Luk; Chi-Hoi Tom Leung; Chui-Kam Yu; Yuk Sing Geoffrey Chang. Outside-in or Inside-out? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Empowerment Approaches for Family Caregivers of People with Schizophrenia. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 2020, 41, 761 -772.

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De-Hui Ruth Zhou, Marcus Chiu, Tak-Lam William Lo, Wai-Fan Alison Lo, Siu-Sing Wong, Kwok-Leung Luk, Chi-Hoi Tom Leung, Chui-Kam Yu, Yuk Sing Geoffrey Chang. Outside-in or Inside-out? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Empowerment Approaches for Family Caregivers of People with Schizophrenia. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 2020; 41 (9):761-772.

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De-Hui Ruth Zhou; Marcus Chiu; Tak-Lam William Lo; Wai-Fan Alison Lo; Siu-Sing Wong; Kwok-Leung Luk; Chi-Hoi Tom Leung; Chui-Kam Yu; Yuk Sing Geoffrey Chang. 2020. "Outside-in or Inside-out? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Empowerment Approaches for Family Caregivers of People with Schizophrenia." Issues in Mental Health Nursing 41, no. 9: 761-772.

Research article
Published: 19 May 2020 in Journal of Family Issues
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The provision of care by extended family members and close friends is a common cultural practice in Ghanaian traditional communities. With a recent interest by stakeholders in Ghana to consider kinship care as an alternative care option in child welfare policy, this study explores current kinship care challenges to help identify and address potential setbacks for policy and practice recommendations. In-depth interviews were conducted with 22 young adults with experience as Children in Kinship Care (CKC). The participants with CKC experience reported inadequate basic needs, educational neglect, and lack of adequate emotional attachment as the major difficulties experienced by children in kinship care. The study revealed that challenges faced by CKC in Ghana mostly come from the limited financial and emotional resources of caregivers. For policy recommendations, common cultural practices like CKC should be adequately examined with clear guidelines on how to promote the welfare of children and young people.

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Ebenezer Cudjoe; Alhassan Abdullah; Marcus Chiu. Experiences of Children in Kinship Care (CKC) in Ghana. Journal of Family Issues 2020, 42, 741 -761.

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Ebenezer Cudjoe, Alhassan Abdullah, Marcus Chiu. Experiences of Children in Kinship Care (CKC) in Ghana. Journal of Family Issues. 2020; 42 (4):741-761.

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Ebenezer Cudjoe; Alhassan Abdullah; Marcus Chiu. 2020. "Experiences of Children in Kinship Care (CKC) in Ghana." Journal of Family Issues 42, no. 4: 741-761.

Journal article
Published: 07 April 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Urinary problems are common among aging men, but there is a paucity of research efforts to understand the psychosocial aspects of the illness. This study aims to understand how common and distressing urinary problems are for newly retired men in Hong Kong and to test the associations between mental health, self-stigma of seeking help, fatigue, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and distress due to urinary problems. To assess this, 139 out of 200 members of a retired men’s social club (mean age 63.5) were successfully interviewed. Two-fifths of the participants felt distressed due to their urinary problems and one-third of the participants had been troubled by urinary incontinence or nocturia in the past six months. Yet the majority of the participants (55%) did not seek help from any medical profession. The group who were distressed by urinary problems showed significantly poorer mental health, reported more fatigue symptoms, were less satisfied with their sexual relationships and overall self-esteem, and were less able to stop unpleasant thoughts or to get social support than the non-distressed group. Cultural perceptions of masculinity and decreased sexual vigor might have affected participants’ willingness to seek help at an early stage. Targeted health education, mutual support groups, and sensitively designed services at the community level are suggested to address these physical and mental health issues.

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Marcus Yu Lung Chiu; Ho Ting Wong; Xue Yang. Distress Due to Urinary Problems and Psychosocial Correlates among Retired Men in Hong Kong. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 2533 .

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Marcus Yu Lung Chiu, Ho Ting Wong, Xue Yang. Distress Due to Urinary Problems and Psychosocial Correlates among Retired Men in Hong Kong. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (7):2533.

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Marcus Yu Lung Chiu; Ho Ting Wong; Xue Yang. 2020. "Distress Due to Urinary Problems and Psychosocial Correlates among Retired Men in Hong Kong." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 7: 2533.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2020 in The European Journal of Psychiatry
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Factor analysis has been widely used as an item-reduction method, while Rasch Analysis is also beginning to gain some popularity in scale development, with a different perspective and assumptions. In view of the lack of a comparative study, this study reports the comparative use of both strategies in reducing a newly developed inventory based on the conceptual framework of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Consensus Statement on the recovery of people with psychosis. The effectiveness of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Rasch Analysis (RA) is assessed against the criteria of the number of items reduced, and the percentage of variance is explained for health-related quality of life measures (WHOQOL-BREF). The SAMHSA Recovery Inventory for Chinese (SAMHSA-RIC) was shortened by CFA and RA from 111 to 72 and 41 items respectively. The percentage of variance explained by the RA shortened SAMHSA-RIC is higher than the CFA shortened SAMHSA-RIC (81.3 % vs 78.4 %). Evidence suggests that RA appears to be a viable option, in addition to, if not in replacement of, CFA.

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M.Y.L. Chiu; H.T. Wong; W.W.N. Ho. A comparative study of confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch Analysis as item reduction strategies for SAMHSA recovery inventory for Chinese (SAMHSA-RIC). The European Journal of Psychiatry 2020, 34, 74 -81.

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M.Y.L. Chiu, H.T. Wong, W.W.N. Ho. A comparative study of confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch Analysis as item reduction strategies for SAMHSA recovery inventory for Chinese (SAMHSA-RIC). The European Journal of Psychiatry. 2020; 34 (2):74-81.

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M.Y.L. Chiu; H.T. Wong; W.W.N. Ho. 2020. "A comparative study of confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch Analysis as item reduction strategies for SAMHSA recovery inventory for Chinese (SAMHSA-RIC)." The European Journal of Psychiatry 34, no. 2: 74-81.

Book chapter
Published: 13 January 2020 in The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development
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Culture plays a vital role in shaping the context of symptom manifestation, the interpretation of symptoms and disorders, and the choice of treatment, and defines the available options of action to take. Yet culturally specific treatment for children and adolescents, at the juncture of this writing, is sparse. This entry introduces various cultural factors in relation to pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical treatment to draw attention to the cultural issues surrounding perceptions of illness and treatment, of treatment options, as well as of treatment outcomes. Some of these cultural factors have been identified while many remain to be explored and understood.

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Xue Yang; Marcus Chiu. Treatment of Adolescent Mental Disorders: Cross‐Cultural Issues. The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development 2020, 1 -11.

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Xue Yang, Marcus Chiu. Treatment of Adolescent Mental Disorders: Cross‐Cultural Issues. The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. 2020; ():1-11.

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Xue Yang; Marcus Chiu. 2020. "Treatment of Adolescent Mental Disorders: Cross‐Cultural Issues." The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development , no. : 1-11.

Journal article
Published: 15 April 2019 in Children and Youth Services Review
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Evidence from international literature suggests that children in kinship care have more positive experiences than those receiving care in institutions. Kinship care for children is highly used in Ghana as an alternative care option mostly because of the belief that it is important to keep children within their families to continue family relationships, culture and to cement family bonds. However, research in Ghana shows that kinship caregivers may not be prepared to provide care and protection for children in need of parental care. As a result of this, the safety and wellbeing of these children could be at risk. This study reports on a qualitative investigation involving 15 young kinship care alumni in Ghana to explore what kinship caregivers' unpreparedness means and what causes them to be unprepared. Data from the in-depth interviews were analysed following the constructivist grounded theory approach. The study revealed that kinship caregivers' unpreparedness makes it difficult for children's needs to be met. Poverty, unemployment and cultural and religious beliefs emerged as causing caregivers' unpreparedness. Implications of the findings for improving the safety and wellbeing of children in kinship care are discussed.

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Ebenezer Cudjoe; Alhassan Abdullah; Marcus Y.L. Chiu. What makes kinship caregivers unprepared for children in their care? Perspectives and experiences from kinship care alumni in Ghana. Children and Youth Services Review 2019, 101, 270 -276.

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Ebenezer Cudjoe, Alhassan Abdullah, Marcus Y.L. Chiu. What makes kinship caregivers unprepared for children in their care? Perspectives and experiences from kinship care alumni in Ghana. Children and Youth Services Review. 2019; 101 ():270-276.

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Ebenezer Cudjoe; Alhassan Abdullah; Marcus Y.L. Chiu. 2019. "What makes kinship caregivers unprepared for children in their care? Perspectives and experiences from kinship care alumni in Ghana." Children and Youth Services Review 101, no. : 270-276.

Journal article
Published: 11 April 2019 in Children and Youth Services Review
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Families under multiple stresses present a challenge that requires coordinated multiple helping hands. Drawing on the baseline data, this paper profiles >200 multistressed families (MF) who entered into a specific enhancement programme in Singapore and compares the sociodemographies, family functioning and resilience of the children between transnational and non-transnational families. Findings show these transnational families have significantly older fathers, greater age difference between spouses, more fathers unemployed, and have significantly more needs related to system barriers. Although their youths do not have a lower resilience when compared to the non-transnational group, the overall resilience level of the youths from MF is significantly lower than that of the normative youths. Family income and number of system needs are found significantly correlated with both family cohesion and family flexibility. Multilevel regression with variables controlled shows that being a male and those with high family flexibility will predict a better youth resilience. Discussion and recommendation are made on the unique context of Singapore and possible ways to improve family flexibility in the Asian context.

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Marcus Y.L. Chiu; Corinne S.N. Ghoh; Gerard Chung; Kwok P. Choi. Multistressed families in Singapore: A focus on transnational families. Children and Youth Services Review 2019, 101, 372 -382.

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Marcus Y.L. Chiu, Corinne S.N. Ghoh, Gerard Chung, Kwok P. Choi. Multistressed families in Singapore: A focus on transnational families. Children and Youth Services Review. 2019; 101 ():372-382.

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Marcus Y.L. Chiu; Corinne S.N. Ghoh; Gerard Chung; Kwok P. Choi. 2019. "Multistressed families in Singapore: A focus on transnational families." Children and Youth Services Review 101, no. : 372-382.

Original article
Published: 22 January 2019 in Journal of Clinical Nursing
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Aim and Objectives This study aims to evaluate the reliability of the Mini‐SCOPE scale through inter‐item consistency and test‐retest consistency, as well as the initial correlation with outcome measures of recovery. Background Adapted from a UK, Social and Communities Opportunities Profile (Mini‐SCOPE) is a short version of an social inclusion measurement for English‐speaking persons in recovery (PIR) in Singapore. Prior concept mapping set the stage for this reliability study. Design This study adopted a non‐experimental, pre‐post design to validate the psychosocial measurement tool for community services. Method Convenient sampling was conducted at the various designated clinics. A total of 170 voluntary participants from psychiatric outpatient clinics were recruited for this study. It evaluated the four‐week interval test‐retest reliability of the Mini‐SCOPE. ‘AGREE’ equator checklist was completed to guide the reporting of clinical practice. “See Supplementary file 1”. Result Outcome demonstrated that the Mini‐SCOPE scale has good strength of reliability. Conclusion This study showed that the Mini‐SCOPE measurement has the potential to be used for programme evaluation in mental health settings. Relevance Applicable to nurses and other mental health professionals to consider the social and wellness aspects of the patients in their care when planning appropriate services. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Chay Huang Sharon Tan; Yu Lung Marcus Chiu; Jern-Yi Joseph Leong; Li Yan Elysia Tan; Sharon Chay Huang Tan; Marcus Yu Lung Chiu; Elysia Li Yan Tan. Social inclusion among mental health service users: A reliability test of the Mini‐SCOPE Scale. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2019, 28, 1847 -1855.

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Chay Huang Sharon Tan, Yu Lung Marcus Chiu, Jern-Yi Joseph Leong, Li Yan Elysia Tan, Sharon Chay Huang Tan, Marcus Yu Lung Chiu, Elysia Li Yan Tan. Social inclusion among mental health service users: A reliability test of the Mini‐SCOPE Scale. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2019; 28 (9-10):1847-1855.

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Chay Huang Sharon Tan; Yu Lung Marcus Chiu; Jern-Yi Joseph Leong; Li Yan Elysia Tan; Sharon Chay Huang Tan; Marcus Yu Lung Chiu; Elysia Li Yan Tan. 2019. "Social inclusion among mental health service users: A reliability test of the Mini‐SCOPE Scale." Journal of Clinical Nursing 28, no. 9-10: 1847-1855.

Comparative study
Published: 08 January 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The rising prevalence of smokers in the community, specifically psychiatric patients, necessitates smoking cessation as an important strategy for reducing the harmful effects of tobacco. This study aims to compare the profiles of depressed and non-depressed smokers and evaluate how psychiatric symptoms influence respiratory symptoms. A cross-sectional survey was administered to 276 non-depressed adult smokers in the community and 69 adult smokers who had been formally diagnosed with depression in the outpatient clinic of a University Hospital in Singapore. Participants were administered questionnaires on smoking attitudes and perceptions, psychiatric symptoms, and respiratory symptoms. Correlations and multiple regression analyses were conducted. The mean age of smokers in the study was 35.32 ± 13.05 years. Smokers in the community and psychiatric samples were largely similar on all of the sociodemographic factors, except that fewer depressed people were employed (χ2 = 8.35, p < 0.01). Smokers with depression also reported more attempts to quit smoking (χ2 = 7.14, p < 0.05), higher mean depressive, anxiety, and stress symptom (DASS) scores (t = −10.04, p < 0.01), and endorsed more respiratory symptoms than smokers in the community (t = −2.40, p < 0.05). The DASS scores, number of cigarettes smoked daily, years of smoking, general perception of smokers getting heart disease, and presence of lung disease were positively and significantly correlated with respiratory symptoms. On multiple regression, only anxiety symptoms (β = 0.26, p < 0.05) and the presence of lung disease (β = 0.22, p < 0.001) were significantly correlated with respiratory symptoms. Depressed smokers reported greater difficulty in quitting tobacco use, and they perceived more severe respiratory symptoms compared to non-depressed counterparts. Anxiety symptoms were positively associated with the severity of respiratory symptoms. Smoking cessation campaigns need to specifically target psychological symptoms in smokers and focus more psychoeducation on the risk of cardiovascular disease in the middle-aged population.

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Cyrus S H Ho; Elysia L Y Tan; Roger C M Ho; Marcus Y L Chiu. Relationship of Anxiety and Depression with Respiratory Symptoms: Comparison between Depressed and Non-Depressed Smokers in Singapore. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 163 .

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Cyrus S H Ho, Elysia L Y Tan, Roger C M Ho, Marcus Y L Chiu. Relationship of Anxiety and Depression with Respiratory Symptoms: Comparison between Depressed and Non-Depressed Smokers in Singapore. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (1):163.

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Cyrus S H Ho; Elysia L Y Tan; Roger C M Ho; Marcus Y L Chiu. 2019. "Relationship of Anxiety and Depression with Respiratory Symptoms: Comparison between Depressed and Non-Depressed Smokers in Singapore." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 1: 163.

Journal article
Published: 12 September 2018 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Accessible primary healthcare is important to national healthcare in general and for older persons in particular, in societies where the population is ageing rapidly, as in Singapore. However, although much policy and research efforts have been put into this area, we hardly find any spatial perspective to assess the accessibility of these primary healthcare services. This paper analyzes the geographical accessibility of one major healthcare service in Singapore, namely, General Practitioners (GPs) services under the Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) for older persons. A Python script was developed to filter the website data of the Housing Development Board (HDB) of Singapore. The data derived was comprehensively analyzed by an Enhanced 2-Step Floating Catchment Area (E2SFCA) method based on a Gaussian distance-decay function and the GIS technique. This enabled the identification of areas with relatively weak geographical accessibility of CHAS-GPs. The findings are discussed along with suggestions for health practitioners, service planners and policy makers. Despite its initial nature, this study has demonstrated the value of innovative approaches in data collection and processing for the elderly-related studies, and contributed to the field of healthcare services optimization and possibly to other human services.

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Ong Ming Lee Deborah; Marcus Yu Lung Chiu; Kai Cao. Geographical Accessibility of Community Health Assist Scheme General Practitioners for the Elderly Population in Singapore: A Case Study on the Elderly Living in Housing Development Board Flats. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2018, 15, 1988 .

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Ong Ming Lee Deborah, Marcus Yu Lung Chiu, Kai Cao. Geographical Accessibility of Community Health Assist Scheme General Practitioners for the Elderly Population in Singapore: A Case Study on the Elderly Living in Housing Development Board Flats. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018; 15 (9):1988.

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Ong Ming Lee Deborah; Marcus Yu Lung Chiu; Kai Cao. 2018. "Geographical Accessibility of Community Health Assist Scheme General Practitioners for the Elderly Population in Singapore: A Case Study on the Elderly Living in Housing Development Board Flats." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 9: 1988.

Original article
Published: 19 May 2018 in Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health
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Global mental health programs and interventions are increasingly adopting social inclusion as a key outcome measure and this reflects the emerging need for a global measure of social inclusion that was tested in diverse cultural settings (Baumgartner and Burns in Int J Epidemiol 43:354–364, 2014). This paper reports the results of adapting the Social and Community Opportunities Profile (SCOPE) developed in UK (Huxley et al. in Health Technol Assess 16:1–248, 2012) to Poland. The subjective and objective experience of social inclusion among 180 individuals with mental illness in Poland was measured using SCOPE-P. Participants were recruited through a non-probability sampling method in June–July 2017. Findings illustrated that (1) satisfaction with opportunities and perceived opportunities were positively correlated with overall social inclusion; (2) overall social inclusion was negatively correlated with discrimination, and (3) overall social inclusion was positively correlated with health conditions. This study provides further empirical evidence to support the use of SCOPE in a cross-cultural context.

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Łukasz Balwicki; Kara Chan; Peter J. Huxley; Marcus Yu-Lung Chiu. Applying SCOPE to Measure Social Inclusion Among People with Mental Illness in Poland. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health 2018, 5, 89 -100.

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Łukasz Balwicki, Kara Chan, Peter J. Huxley, Marcus Yu-Lung Chiu. Applying SCOPE to Measure Social Inclusion Among People with Mental Illness in Poland. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health. 2018; 5 (1):89-100.

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Łukasz Balwicki; Kara Chan; Peter J. Huxley; Marcus Yu-Lung Chiu. 2018. "Applying SCOPE to Measure Social Inclusion Among People with Mental Illness in Poland." Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health 5, no. 1: 89-100.

Chapter
Published: 15 December 2017 in Gender, Care and Migration in East Asia
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Schemes introducing foreign domestic workers (FDWs) to Singapore on a large scale are put in place only after World War II. This is a necessity, rather than a luxury, when the need for economic development requires the labor participation of local women. The new FDWs are mostly women, who work in households to help with caregiving and chores; they are hired and paid on contract terms, yet they often become part of the family. This new relationship is intriguing because it is not based on any sort of blood tie; rather, it is a fixed-term contractual arrangement involving monetary reward. On the other hand, this new “family member” has little power to negotiate about the work that they do. This chapter reports on a survey study involving 352 Indonesian FDWs in Singapore. The findings support a new concept called “familization” that allows us to make sense of this new phenomenon. It will perhaps give insights into how a contractual relationship as such can become a mutually satisfying experience for both the employing family and their new family member.

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Marcus Chiu. Familization of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore. Gender, Care and Migration in East Asia 2017, 97 -116.

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Marcus Chiu. Familization of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore. Gender, Care and Migration in East Asia. 2017; ():97-116.

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Marcus Chiu. 2017. "Familization of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore." Gender, Care and Migration in East Asia , no. : 97-116.

Journal article
Published: 16 June 2017 in Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy
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Marcus Y. L. Chiu; Ruth D. H. Zhou; Anthony K. K. Tong; Kareen N. Tonsing; Michael G. C. Yiu; De-Hui Ruth Zhou. Asset-based community mental health: an evidence-based support program by lay mental health ambassadors. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy 2017, 8, 150 -164.

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Marcus Y. L. Chiu, Ruth D. H. Zhou, Anthony K. K. Tong, Kareen N. Tonsing, Michael G. C. Yiu, De-Hui Ruth Zhou. Asset-based community mental health: an evidence-based support program by lay mental health ambassadors. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy. 2017; 8 (2):150-164.

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Marcus Y. L. Chiu; Ruth D. H. Zhou; Anthony K. K. Tong; Kareen N. Tonsing; Michael G. C. Yiu; De-Hui Ruth Zhou. 2017. "Asset-based community mental health: an evidence-based support program by lay mental health ambassadors." Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy 8, no. 2: 150-164.

Meta analysis
Published: 01 June 2017 in East Asian Archives of Psychiatry
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Cyrus Sh Ho; S Y Wong; Marcus Chiu; Roger Ho. Global Prevalence of Elder Abuse: A Meta-analysis and Meta-regression. East Asian Archives of Psychiatry 2017, 27, 43 -55.

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Cyrus Sh Ho, S Y Wong, Marcus Chiu, Roger Ho. Global Prevalence of Elder Abuse: A Meta-analysis and Meta-regression. East Asian Archives of Psychiatry. 2017; 27 (2):43-55.

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Cyrus Sh Ho; S Y Wong; Marcus Chiu; Roger Ho. 2017. "Global Prevalence of Elder Abuse: A Meta-analysis and Meta-regression." East Asian Archives of Psychiatry 27, no. 2: 43-55.

Validation study
Published: 20 July 2016 in Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
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Metaphors have long been applied to marital counseling and couple therapy. This pioneering study measures marital conceptualization through metaphors. It reports the validation of the Marital Metaphor Questionnaire (MMQ-10), designed to measure the marriage conceptualization of Chinese women through marital metaphors. The MMQ-10 was found to have favorable psychometric properties including reliable internal consistency, a good discriminative prediction of marriage at risk and moderate correlation with a Chinese indigenous multidimensional marital satisfaction inventory. Factor analysis reveals that the MMQ-10 is composed of three dimensions: conjugal relationship, marital anguish, and marital conviction. The MMQ-10 appears to be suitable for the use with Chinese women in premarital or marital counseling sessions. The present researchers hope that this study may support the use of metaphors in future research and clinical practice in other nations and cultures.

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Ruth D. H. Zhou; Marcus Y. L. Chiu; Wing‐Yip Chui; De-Hui Ruth Zhou. Development and Validation of the Marital Metaphor Questionnaire (MMQ-10) for Urban Chinese Women. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 2016, 43, 65 -81.

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Ruth D. H. Zhou, Marcus Y. L. Chiu, Wing‐Yip Chui, De-Hui Ruth Zhou. Development and Validation of the Marital Metaphor Questionnaire (MMQ-10) for Urban Chinese Women. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 2016; 43 (1):65-81.

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Ruth D. H. Zhou; Marcus Y. L. Chiu; Wing‐Yip Chui; De-Hui Ruth Zhou. 2016. "Development and Validation of the Marital Metaphor Questionnaire (MMQ-10) for Urban Chinese Women." Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 43, no. 1: 65-81.

Journal article
Published: 02 July 2016 in Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
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In recent years, the term ‘social inclusion’ has more frequently been mentioned in policy initiatives than academic debates in an Asian context that is characterised by fast economic growth, widening poverty gap, ageing populations and prevalent stigma situation for disabled and marginal groups. It may be particularly meaningful to understand what social inclusion means to the people on the ground, in leading societies like Singapore. This paper presents the qualitative findings of seven focus group discussions with a total of 51 participants of different background, including social workers, social work students, users of mental health services, older community dwellers, adults and youth leaders. The concepts are by and large similar to those found in Hong Kong and UK, surrounding access and opportunities to basic dimensions of community living, but there are also several interesting and unique observations with regard to social inclusion.

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Marcus Y. L. Chiu; Kheng H. Lim; Kara Chan; Sherrill Evans; Peter J. Huxley. What does social inclusion mean to Singaporeans? A qualitative study of the concept of social inclusion. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development 2016, 26, 1 -13.

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Marcus Y. L. Chiu, Kheng H. Lim, Kara Chan, Sherrill Evans, Peter J. Huxley. What does social inclusion mean to Singaporeans? A qualitative study of the concept of social inclusion. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development. 2016; 26 (2-3):1-13.

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Marcus Y. L. Chiu; Kheng H. Lim; Kara Chan; Sherrill Evans; Peter J. Huxley. 2016. "What does social inclusion mean to Singaporeans? A qualitative study of the concept of social inclusion." Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development 26, no. 2-3: 1-13.