Prof. Joseph Lau

Prof. LAU Tak Fai Joseph (劉德輝教授)

BSSc (CUHK); MA, PhD (UC, Berkeley); FFPH(UK)

Founding Director, Center for Health Behaviours Research, CUHK
Vice Director, Division of Behavioral Health, China National Association of

Preventive Medicine (副主任委员，行为医学分会，中华预防医学会，中国)

Director, Community Research Program on AIDS
Director, Centre for Medical Anthropology and Behavioral Health, Sun Yat-sen

University, China

Adjunct Chair Professor, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, China
Adjunct Professor, Tsinghua University, China
Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Adjunct Professor, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Adjunct Professor, Peking Union Medical Center, China
Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Shantou University, China

Email: jlau@cuhk.edu.hk

Biography

Professor Lau received his Bachelor Degree (First Class Honor) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and his master and doctorate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a recipient of the Yale in China Scholarship, the CUHK-University of California Reciprocity Scholarship, the Hewlett Packlett Fellowship. and the Population Council Fellowship of the United States. He also received the International Collaboration Award (2019) and the Distinguish Scientist Award (2021) of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine which has 28 member societies in 25 countries. He was also the winner of the Best Health Promotion Award from the Hong Kong government.

He joined the Faculty of Medicine in 1989 and served as the Director of the Centre for Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Research from 1991 through 2002, and the Director of the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 2002 till 2009. He co-found the Hong Kong Branch of the Cochran Centre in 2002. He was the President of the Hong Kong Epidemiological Association from 2007-2009. He also served as the Secretary of the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the University from Oct 2002 to Jun 2008. He is the Founding Director of the Centre of Health Behaviors Research of the School of Public Health and Primary Care. Professor Lau is also the Director of the Community Research Program on AIDS, an active research program which was established in 1996 and has been awarded a Focus Investment Grant of the University. Professor Lau is the Founding President of the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health, and a member of the Governing Council of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM). He was also the co-chair of Strategic Planning Committee of ISBM.

He is also serving as an Associate Editor of the Addiction journal and Frontiers, HIV and AIDS and an editorial member of many international peer-reviewed journals including Vaccines, AIDS Care, Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of BioMed Research, Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy Research, Health Psychology and Behavioral Health, The Open AIDS Journal, Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, Annals of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Addictive Behavior, and Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, as well as a consultant and advisor for two other scientific journals.

Professor Lau has authored and co-authored over 600 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals, including Lancet and BMJ. He has been awarded 64 grants as the Principal Investigator and 52 grants as a co-investigator. His h-index is 72. He has also served as a reviewer for major journals including Lancet, BMJ, American Journal of Public Health, Emerging Infectious Diseases, AIDS, Journal for Epidemiology and Community Health, Social Sciences & Medicine, Vaccine, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, and Tropical Medicine & International Health.

In terms of consultancy services, Professor Lau serves as a consultant of the WHO Informal Expert Group on Community Engagement Research during the COVID Pandemic, the WPRO Informal Network on Hepatitis Stigma & Discrimination, WHO guideline groups on HIV self-testing and Partner Notification, Disease & Health Management Committee of National Chinese Hospital Association, and as a senior consultant of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of the Hunan and Jiangsu Provinces and the Institute of Family Planning and Research in Shenzhen. He provided professional consultancy to international organizations such as the Family Health International, HLSP and the Cambodian government. Professor Lau is also very active in community services. He has been involved in various advisory governmental committees such as those in HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, civic education and youth development etc. He chaired the Hong Kong Coalition for AIDS Services Organizations from 2000 to 2002 and has been a Director of AIDS Concern in Hong Kong since 2005 to present and an advisor of the Community Health Organization for Intervention, Care and Empowerment (CHOICE).

Recent Funded Research Projects

Biography

Lau JTF, Yang X, She R, Xin M. Who in the general public support violent actions in the social movement and why? (20/03/2020—19/09/2020). HKD 482,873.5 - Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (Special round)
Lau JTF, Wong MCS, Mo PKH, Mak WWS. A randomized controlled trial evaluating two e-health interventions (presence/absence of motivational interviewing) in increasing colorectal cancer screening among people aged 50-60 with moderate risk (01/10/2018 - 30/09/2020). HKD 1,198,022 - HMRF
Lau JTF. A 3-phase survey, training, and inter-disciplinary combined on-line/offline, theory-based and evidence-based intervention for prevention of psychoactive substance use among adolescents who are case-work clients of social workers (The My Sunny Way Project) (01/08/2018 - 31/07/2022). HKD 2,791,153.79 - Beat Drugs Fund
Lau JTF. A Longitudinal Study to Investigate Impact of an Online Real-time HIV Self-testing and Counselling (OSTC) Service on Prevalence of the First-time HIV Testing, Retesting and Sexual Risk Behaviours among Hong Kong MSM (01/12/2017 – 31/05/2020) (Ref#: MD17506). HKD 1,069,834.00 - AIDS Trust Fund

Research Interests

Professor Lau specializes in behavioral health research. His diverse research interests include:

Inter-disciplinary behavioral health research including behavioral health theories, behavioral interventions and mental health related to risk and preventive behaviors:
Addiction research: Substance use, alcohol use, smoking, social media, gaming, and internet addiction
Community responses to emerging infectious diseases: psycho-social and behavioral responses to COVID-19, SARS/H5N1/H1N1, influenza vaccination, and HPV vaccination
Community mental health research among adolescents, older people, and special populations
Impact of social media use
Behavioral intervention for non-communicable diseases prevention
HIV/AIDS research: Risk behaviors, behavioral and bio-medical interventions, treatment adherence, stigma, comorbidity, and psychosocial issues
Sexual health
Social marketing and community health promotion: screening and prevention of diabetics, hypertension, organ donation registration, physical activity, dietary change among cancer patients

Publications

Prof Lau has published 602 referred journal publications in English (including Lancet and BMJ), and 20 referred publications in Chinese. The total number of citation recorded by the ResearchGate: 23295, H-index = 75. (2022)

*: Corresponding Author

2022

Rui She, Mason M. C. Lau & Joseph T. F. Lau*. (2022) Potential joint effects of perceptions related to COVID-19 and future social development on depressive symptoms: a Chinese population-based study, Journal of Mental Health.

Meiqi Xin, Joseph Tak-fai Lau*, Mason M.C. Lau. (2022). Multi-dimensional factors related to participation in a population-wide mass COVID-19 testing program among Hong Kong adults: A population-based randomized survey. Social Science & Medicine, Volume 294, 114692, ISSN 0277-9536.

Yanqiu Yu, Phoenix K.H. Mo, Jianxin Zhang, Jibin Li, Joseph T.F. Lau*. (2022). Maladaptive cognitions, loneliness, and social anxiety as potential moderators of the association between Internet gaming time and Internet gaming disorder among adolescent Internet gamers in China. Addictive Behaviors, 107239, ISSN 0306-4603.

Yanqiu Yu, Wanru Jia, Mason M.C. Lau, Joseph T.F. Lau*. (2022). Levels and factors derived from the Health Action Process Approach of behavioral intentions to take up COVID-19 vaccination: A random population-based study. Vaccine, Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 612-620,ISSN 0264-410X.

2021

Yu Y, Lau JTF*, Lau MMC. Opposing Mechanisms Involving Perceived Benefits versus Safety Partially Explained an Increase in COVID-19 Vaccination Intention among Unvaccinated Chinese Adults during a Post-Rollout Period: Results of Two Serial Surveys. Vaccines. 2021; 9(12):1414. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9121414.

Yanqiu Yu, Luanting Peng, Phoenix K.H. Mo, Xue Yang, Yong Cai, Le Ma, Rui She*, Joseph T.F Lau*, Association between relationship adaptation and Internet gaming disorder among first-year secondary school students in China: Mediation effects via social support and loneliness, Addictive Behaviors, Volume 125, 2022, 107166, ISSN 0306-4603, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107166.

Xin M, Luo S, She R, Chen X, Li L, Li L, Chen X, Lau JTF*. The Impact of Social Media Exposure and Interpersonal Discussion on Intention of COVID-19 Vaccination among Nurses. Vaccines. 2021; 9(10):1204. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101204

Yu Y, Lau MMC, Lau JTF*. Positive Association between Individualism and Vaccination Resistance against COVID-19 Vaccination among Chinese Adults: Mediations via Perceived Personal and Societal Benefits. Vaccines. 2021; 9(11):1225. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111225

Jinzhao Xie, Jing Gu*, Xiuyuan Chen, Cong Liu, Haidan Zhong, Peishan Du, Quanmin Li, Joseph T. F. Lau, Chun Hao, Linghua Li, Yuantao Hao & Weiping Cai. Baseline and Process Factors of Anti-Retroviral Therapy That Predict Loss to Follow-up Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in China: A Retrospective Cohort Study. AIDS Behav (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03466-8

Mo PKH, Yu Y, Luo S, Wang S, Zhao J, Zhang G, Li L, Li L, Lau JTF*. Dualistic Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intention among University Students in China: From Perceived Personal Benefits to External Reasons of Perceived Social Benefits, Collectivism, and National Pride. Vaccines. 2021; 9(11):1323. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111323

Wang Z, Fang Y, Chan PS-f, Chidgey A, Fong F, Ip M, Lau JTF*. Effectiveness of a Community-Based Organization—Private Clinic Service Model in Promoting Human Papillomavirus Vaccination among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men. Vaccines. 2021; 9(11):1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111218

Lau J, Yu Y, Xin M, She R, Luo S, Li L, Wang S, Ma L, Tao F, Zhang J, Zhao J, Hu D, Li L, Zhang G, Gu J, Lin D, Wang H, Cai Y, Wang Z, You H, Hu G. (2021). COVID-19 University Student Research Group Adoption of Preventive Measures During the Very Early Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak in China: National Cross-sectional Survey Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2021;7(10):e26840. doi: 10.2196/26840

Yu, Y., Lau, J.T.* & Lau, M.M. Development and validation of the conservation of resources scale for COVID-19 in the Chinese adult general population. Curr Psychol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01933-y

Rosa S Wong, Keith TS Tung, King-wa Fu, John Bacon-Shone, Alex Molasiotis, Wang On Li, Linda Yin-king Lee, Terry YS Lum, Joseph TF Lau, Chitat Chan, Siu-Ming To, Patrick Ip. (2021) Examining social context and the pathways to mental wellness in young adults during social movement: A parallel mediation analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 294, Pages 876-882.

Yang, X., Jiang, X., Wu, A.M.S., Ma, L., Cai, Y., Wong, K. M., Lau, J.T.F*. (2021) Validation of the Internet Gaming Disorder Symptoms Checklist Based on the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in Chinese Adolescents. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev.

Yu, Y., Lau, M. M. C., Jiang, H., & Lau, J. T. F*. (2021). Prevalence and Factors of the Performed or Scheduled COVID-19 Vaccination in a Chinese Adult General Population in Hong Kong. Vaccines, 9(8), 847. doi:10.3390/vaccines9080847

Yeung, N. C. Y*., Huang, B., Lau, C. Y. K., & Lau, J. T. F. (2021). Finding the silver linings in the COVID-19 pandemic: Psychosocial correlates of adversarial growth among Filipina domestic helpers in Hong Kong. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001069

Li J, Feng L, Wu AMS, Mai J, Chen Y, Mo PKH, Lau JTF*. (2021). Roles of Psychosocial Factors on the Association Between Online Social Networking Use Intensity and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: Prospective Cohort Study. J Med Internet Res 2021;23(9):e21316

Xin, M., Coulson, N. S., Jiang, C. L., Sillence, E., Chidgey A., Kwan, N. N. M., Mak, W. W. S., Goggins, W., & Lau, J. T. F., Mo, P. K. H. (2021). Web-based behavioral intervention utilizing narrative persuasion for HIV prevention among Chinese men who have sex with men (HeHe Talks Project): Intervention development. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(9), e22312.

Lau, J. T. F., Yu, Y., Xin, M. (3/21), She, R., Luo, S., Li, L., Wang, S., ... & Hu, G. (2021). Adoption of preventive measures during the very early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in China: A national cross-sectional survey study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance (accepted)

Ma L, Gao LW, Lau JT, Rahman A, Johnson BT, Yan AF, Shi ZM, Ding YX, Nie P, Zheng JG, Wang YF, Wang WD, Xue QL. Mental distress and its associations with behavioral outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey of Chinese adults. Public Health. 2021 Sep;198:315-323. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.07.034. Epub 2021 Sep 8. PMID: 34507138; PMCID: PMC8424018.

She, R., Mo, P. K., Cai, Y., Ma, T., Liu, Y., & Lau, J. T*. Mental health service utilisation among transgender women sex workers who are at risk of mental health problems in Shenyang, China: An application of minority stress theory. Health & Social Care in the Community.

You, X., Gilmour, S., Cao, W., Lau, J. T. F., Hao, C.*, Gu, J., Le, P.M., Peng, L., Wei, D., Deng, Y., Wang, X., Zou, H., Li, J., Hao, Y., Li, J*. (2021). HIV incidence and sexual behavioral correlates among 4578 men who have sex with men (MSM) in Chengdu, China: a retrospective cohort study. BMC public health, 21(1), 1-9.

She R, Wang XH, Zhang ZB, Li JH, Xu JD, You H, Li Y, Liang Y, Li S, Ma L, Wang XR, Chen XY, Zhou P, Lau JTF, Hao YT, Zhou H, Gu J. "Mental Health Help-Seeking and Associated Factors Among Public Health Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak in China". <Frontiers in Public Health> vol.9 (Article Number: 622677) Frontiers Media, 2021.05.<177571985>

Zhang, G., Tu, X., Ding, N., Lau, J. T., Wang, P., Yang, X*. (2021). Prospective relationships between college adjustment, self-esteem, and mental health status among Chinese undergraduates. Journal of American College Health, 1-7.

Yu, Y., Mo, P. K. H., Zhang, J., Li, J., & Lau, J. T. F*. (2021). Impulsivity, self-control, and interpersonal influences as factors of Internet gaming disorder among adolescents in China: mediation and suppression effects via maladaptive cognitions. Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Yu, Y., Lau, M. M. C., Lau, J. T. F*. (2021). Working from home and positive/negative experiences due to social distancing as interacting factors of depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Chinese general population. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

Meiqi Xin, Phoenix Kit han Mo, Jibin Li, Xi Liu, Hong Jiang, Yonghua Chen, Le Ma, Joseph Tak fai Lau,

Smartphone non-users experience disproportionately higher psychological distress than their counterparts: mediations via psychosocial resources in a large sample of college students in China, Journal of Affective Disorders, 2021, ISSN 0165-0327, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.058.

Yu, Y., Luo, S., Mo, P.K.H., Wang, S., Zhao, J., Zhang, G., Li, L., Li, L., Lau, J.T.F*. (2021). Prosociality and Social Responsibility Were Associated With Intention of COVID-19 Vaccination among University Students in China. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. In press.

Yu, Y., Lau, J. T. F *, Lau, M. M. C. Validation of Conservation of Resource Scale related to the Coronavirus-2019 pandemic in Chinese adults in Hong Kong. Current Psychology. In press.

Ted R. Miller, Mallie J. Paschall, Christopher L. Ringwalt, Emily Kaner, Joel W. Grube, Julie Yao, Deborah A. Fisher & Joseph Lau (2021) A Comparison of Chinese Adults Who Consume Homemade versus Commercial Alcohol, Substance Use & Misuse, 56:6, 787-792, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2021.1899221

Wang Q, Song B, Di J, Yang X, Wu A, Lau J, Xin M, Wang L, Mo PK. Intentions to Seek Mental Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Chinese Pregnant Women With Probable Depression or Anxiety: Cross-sectional, Web-Based Survey Study. JMIR Ment Health 2021;8(2):e24162doi: 10.2196/24162

Yu Y, She R, Luo S, Xin M, Li L, Wang S, Ma L, Tao F, Zhang J, Zhao J, Li L, Hu D, Zhang G, Gu J, Lin D, Wang H, Cai Y, Wang Z, You H, Hu G, Lau JT. Factors Influencing Depression and Mental Distress Related to COVID-19 Among University Students in China: Online Cross-sectional Mediation Study. JMIR Ment Health 2021;8(2):e22705doi: 10.2196/22705

Yajun Liang*, Zhongrui Yan, Yanlei Hao, Qiqi Wang, Zuoji Zhang, Rui She, Peng Wang, Yifeng Du, Joseph Lau, Joost Dekker, Bo Bai, Chengxuan Qiu. (Preprint). Metabolic Syndrome in Patients With First-ever Ischemic Stroke: Prevalence and Association With Coronary Heart Disease. Research Square.

Wang Z*, Fang Y, Yaemim N, Jonas KJ, Chidgey A, Ip M, Cheng T, Lau JTF*. Factors Predicting Uptake of Sexually Transmitted Infections Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Are “Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Tourists”—An Observational Prospective Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(7):3582. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073582

Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Xu, J., You, H., Li, Y., Liang, Y., Li, S., Ma, L., Lau, JT., Hao, Y., Chen, S., Zeng, J., Li, J.*, Gu, J*. Prevalence of mental health problems and associated factors among front-line public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: an effort–reward imbalance model-informed study. BMC Psychol 9, 55 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00563-0

Li, J., Mo, P., Kahler, C., & Lau, J*. (2021). A three-arm randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a positive psychology and social networking intervention in promoting mental health among HIV-infected men who have sex with men in China. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 30, E24. doi:10.1017/S2045796021000081

She, R., Chen, X., Li, L., Li, L., Huang, Z., & Lau, J. (2021). Factors associated with behavioral intention of free and self-paid COVID-19 vaccination based on the social cognitive theory among nurses and doctors in China. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1-25. doi:10.1017/ice.2021.201

Yu Y, Lau JTF, She R, Chen X, Li L, Li L, Chen X. Prevalence and associated factors of intention of COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers in China: application of the Health Belief Model. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Apr 20:1-9. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1909327. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33877955.

Wang Z., She, R., Chen, X., Li, LP., Li, LJ., Huang, ZP., Lau, JTF*. (2021) Parental acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination for children under the age of 18 years among Chinese doctors and nurses: a cross-sectional online survey. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. In press.

She R, Yan Z, Hao Y, Zhang Z, Du Y, Liang Y, Vetrano DL, Dekker J, Bai B, Lau JTF, Qiu C. Health-related quality of life after first-ever acute ischemic stroke: associations with cardiovascular health metrics. Qual Life Res. 2021 May 1. doi: 10.1007/s11136-021-02853-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33932220.

Sitong Luo, Meiqi Xin, Suhua Wang, Junfeng Zhao, Guohua Zhang, Lijuan Li, Liping Li, Joseph Tak-fai Lau*. (2021) Behavioral intention of receiving COVID-19 vaccination, social media exposures, and peer discussions in China. Epidemiology and Infection, 1-33. doi:10.1017/S0950268821000947

She R, Luo S, Lau MM, Lau JTF. The mechanisms between illness representations of COVID-19 and behavioral intention to visit hospitals for scheduled medical consultations in a Chinese general population. Journal of Health Psychology. April 2021. doi:10.1177/13591053211008217

Phoenix K.H. Mo, Huahua Hu, Mary Ip, Willa Dong, Joseph T.F. Lau, Zixin Wang. (2021). Effect of stress and avoidant coping on depression and the moderating role of age among men who have sex with men: Findings from a 6-month prospective cohort study. Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 283,Pages 310-316,

ISSN 0165-0327, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.072.

Mo PK-h, Luo S, Wang S, Zhao J, Zhang G, Li L, Li L, Xie L, Lau JTF. Intention to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccination in China: Application of the Diffusion of Innovations Theory and the Moderating Role of Openness to Experience. Vaccines. 2021; 9(2):129. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020129

Yu, Y., She, R., Luo, S., Xin, M., Li, L., Wang, S., Ma, L., Tao, F., Zhang, J., Zhao, J., Li, L., Hu, D., Zhang, G., Gu, J., Lin, D., Wang, H., Cai, Y., Wang, Z., You, H., Hu, G., Lau, J.T.F*. (2021). Associations between factors related to COVID-19 and depression: direct and indirect effects via mental distress due to COVID-19: an online cross-sectional survey conducted among students of 26 universities in 16 cities in China. JMIR Mental Health. Accept in press.

Yu, Y., Li, J., Lau, J. T. F*. (2021). Awareness and potential impacts of the medicalization of Internet gaming disorder: a cross-sectional survey among adolescents in China. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2021;23(2):e22393. DOI: 10.2196/22393

Yu, Y., Lau, J. T. F*, Lau, M. M. C., Wong, M. C. S., Chan, P. K. S. (2021). Understanding the prevalence and associated factors of behavioral intention of COVID-19 vaccination under specific scenarios combining effectiveness, safety, and cost in the Hong Kong Chinese general population. Journal of Health Policy and Management.

Yu, Y., Lau, J. T. F*, Lau, M. M. C. (2021). Levels and factors of social and physical distancing based on the Theory of Planned Behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic among Chinese adults. Translational Behavioral Medicine. ibaa146, https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaa146

Jing F, Zhang Q*, Tang W, Wang Z, Lau JT, Li X. Reconstructing the social network of HIV key populations from locally observed information. AIDS Care. 2021, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2021.1883514

Wang, Q., Wang, Z., Ma, X., Chan, P., Lau, J.T.F. & Mo, P.K.H*. (2021) Chinese mothers’ intent to disclose the HIV status to their children: the role of outcome expectations and self-efficacy. AIDS Care.

Lau, C.Y.K., Kong, A.P.S., Lau, J.T.F., Chan, V.W.Y., Mak, W.W.S., & Mo, P.K.H*. (2021). Coping skills and glycaemic control: the mediating role of diabetes distress. Acta Diabetologica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-021-01679-w

Wang. Q., Song, B., Di, J., Yang, X., Wu, A.M.S., Lau, J.T.F., Xin, M., Wang, L., Mo. P.K.H.* (in press). The role of social support and trust with service provider on intention to seek mental health services among 6,248 Chinese pregnant women with probable depression or anxiety during the COVID-19 period. JMIR Mental Health.

Kawuki, J.*, Sserwanja, Q., Obore, N., Wang, J., Lau, J. (Preprint). Reflecting on the first two COVID-19 deaths in Uganda: a public health case study. Research Square.

Yang, X., Song, B., Wu, A.M.S., Mo, P.K.H., Di, J., Wang, Q*., Lau, J.T.F., & Wang L.H. (2021). Whether and how lockdown and mandatory quarantine regarding COVID-19 may affect mental health among pregnant women in China: Potential social, cognitive, and eHealth-related mechanisms. Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Chan, V.W.Y., Kong, A.P.S., Lau, J.T.F., Mak, W.W.S., Cameron, L., & Mo., P.K.H.* (2021). An intervention to change illness representations and self-care of individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A randomized controlled trial. Psychosomatic Medicine.

Yu, Y., Mo, P.K.H., Lau, J.T.F.* (2021). Why is Internet gaming disorder more prevalent among adolescent males than females in China? The role of cognitive mediators. Addictive Behaviors.  

Chan, P., Chidgey, A., Lau, J., Ip, T.K.M., Lau, J.T.F.*, Wang, Z.* (2021). Effectiveness of A Novel HIV Self-Testing Service with Online Real-Time Counseling Support (HIVST-online) in Increasing HIV Testing Rate and Repeated HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Hong Kong: Results of a Pilot Implementation Project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(2):729

She, R., Mo, P.K.H., Ma, T., Liu, Y., Lau, J.T.F.* (2021). Impact of Minority Stress and Poor Mental Health on Sexual Risk Behaviors among Transgender Women Sex Workers in Shenyang, China. AIDS and Behavior

Li, J., Xu, J., Zhou, H., You, H., Wang, X., Li, Y., Liang, Y., Li, S., Ma, L., Zeng, J., Cai, H., Xie, J., Pan, C., Hao, C., Gilmour, S., Lau, J.T.F., Hao, Y., X, D.R., Gu, J.* Working conditions and health status of 6,317 front line public health workers across five provinces in China during the COVID-19 epidemic: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 21(1):106.

Wong, M., Wong, E., Hunag, J., Cheung, A.W.L., Law, K., Chong, K., Ng, R.W.Y., Lai, C.K.C., Boon, S.S., Lau, J.T.F., Chen, Z., Chan, P.* Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine based on the Health Belief Model: a population-based survey in Hong Kong. Vaccine.

2020

Dekker, J.*, Amitami, M., Berman, A.H. et al. Definition and Characteristics of Behavioral Medicine, and Main Tasks and Goals of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine—an International Delphi Study. Int.J. Behav. Med. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-020-09928-y

Yeung, N. C. Y.*, Kan, K. K. Y., Wong, A. L. Y., & Lau, J. T. F. (2020). Self-stigma, resilience, perceived quality of social relationships, and psychological distress among Filipina domestic helpers in Hong Kong: A mediation model. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000246

Ma L*, Gao L, Lau JT, Atif R, Johnson BT, Yan AF, Shi Z, Ding Y, Nie P, Zheng J, Wang Y, Wang W, Xue QL. Mental distress and its associations with behavioral outcomes during the COVID-19: A national survey of Chinese adults JMIR Preprints. 27/10/2020:25308

Lau, J.T.F., Wu, A.M.S.*, Ma, Y.L., Lau, M.M.C. (2020). Associated Factors of Behavioral Intention Regarding Childhood Influenza Vaccination Among Parents of Ever-Vaccinated and Never-Vaccinated 24- to 59-Month-Old Children in Hong Kong. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health.

Yeung, N.*, Huang, B., Lau, C.Y.K., Lau, J.T.F. (2020). Feeling Anxious amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychosocial Correlates of Anxiety Symptoms among Filipina Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(21)

Luo S, Wang Z (Co-1st author), Lau JT*. The general public’s support toward governmental provision of free/subsidized HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis to at-risk Chinese people: a population-based study. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2020.

Wang Z*, Yang X, Mo PKH, Fang Y, Ip M, Lau JT. Influence of social media on sexualized drug use and chemsex among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong: an observational prospective cohort study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2020. 22(7): e17894

Fan X, Lau JTF, Cai Y, Li J, Ma T, Gu J, Wang Z. Prevalence and associated factors of sexualized drug use in sex work among transgender women sex workers in China. AIDS Care. 2020 Dec 1:1-9. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1851017. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33258694.

Luo S, Yang X, Wang Z, Qin P, Jiang H, Chen X, He J, Huang B, Lau JT*. Negative attitudes toward aging mediated the association between HIV status and depression among older people in mainland China. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020; 277: 1005-1012

Yu, Y., Yang, X., Wang, S., Wang, H., Chang, R., Tsamlag, L., Zhang, S., Xu, C., Yu, X., Cai, Y.*, & Lau, J. T*. (2020). Serial multiple mediation of the association between internet gaming disorder and suicidal ideation by insomnia and depression in adolescents in Shanghai, China. BMC psychiatry, 20(1), 1-9.

Wang, Z.*, Lau, J.T.F., Ip, M., Yu, Y., Fong, F., Fang, Y., & Mo, P.K.H. (2020). The efficacy of two web-based and theory-based interventions with and without brief motivational interviewing over the phone in promoting Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among Chinese men who have sex with men: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Mo, P.K.H., Cheng, Y. & Lau, J.T.F.* (2020). Work-related factors on mental health among migrant factory workers in China: Application of the Demand-Control and Effort-Reward Imbalance Model. Health and Social Care in the Community.

Yu, Y.#, Fong, V.W.I., Lau, J.T.F., Sum, R.K.W., Leung, E.F.L., & Mo, P.K.H.* (2020). The associations between psychological needs, health-related quality of life, and subjective well-being among Chinese older people: a cross-sectional study. Health and Social Care in the Community.

Xin, M., Luo, S., She, R., Yu, Y., Li, L., Wang, S., Ma L., Tao F., Zhang J., Zhao J., Li L., Hu D., Zhang G., Gu J., Lin D., Wang H., Cai Y., Wang Z., You H., Hu G., Lau, J. T. F.* (2020). Negative cognitive and psychological correlates of mandatory quarantine during the initial COVID-19 outbreak in China. American Psychologist, 75(5), 607.

YU YQ, Lau, J. T. F.*, Lau M. M. C. (2020). Competing or Interactive Effect between Perceived Response Efficacy of governmental social distancing behaviors and personal freedom on Social Distancing Behaviors in the Chinese Adult General Population in Hong Kong. International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Li, J., Wu, A. M. S., Feng, L., Deng, Y., Li, J., Chen, Y., Mai, J., Mo, P. K. H., Lau, J. T. F.* (2020). Classification of Probable Online Social Networking Addiction: A Latent Profile Analysis from a Large-Scale Survey among Chinese Adolescents. Journal of Behavioral Addictions..

Wu, A. M. S., Lai, M. H. C., Lau, J. T. F.*, & Gross, D. L. (2020). Incidence of Probable Depression and Its Predictors Among Chinese Secondary School Students. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.

Lau, J. T. F., Dang, L., Cheung, R. Y. H., Zhang, M. X., Chen, J. H., & Wu, A. M. S*. (2020). The psychometric properties of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) regarding Internet gaming disorder in a Chinese adult population. Journal of Behavioral Addictions.

Chan, S. K. W.*, Lee, K. K. W., Chan, V. H. Y., Pang, H. H., Wong, C. S. M., Hui, C. L. M., Chang, W. C., Lee, E. H. M., Chan, W. C., Cheung, E. F. C., Chiu, H. F. K., Chiang, T. P., Lam, M., Lau, J. T. F., Ng, R. M. K., Hung, S. F., Lam, L. C. W., Chiu, H. F. K. (2020). The 12-month prevalence of psychotic experiences and their association with clinical outcomes in Hong Kong: an epidemiological and a 2-year follow up studies. Psychological Medicine, 1-8.

Wang, Z.*, Fang, Y., Ip, M., Lau, M., & Lau, J. T. F. (2020). Facilitators and barriers to completing recommended doses of pneumococcal vaccination among community-living individuals aged≥ 65 years in Hong Kong–a population-based study. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 1-10.

Lau, C. Y., Wang, Z., Fang, Y., Ip, M., Wong, K. M., Chidgey, A., ... & Lau, J. T. F.* (2020). Prevalence of and factors associated with behavioral intention to take up home-based HIV self-testing among male clients of female sex workers in China–an application of the Theory of Planned Behavior. AIDS care, 1-10.

Wu, A. M., Lau, J. T. F.*, Ma, Y. L., Cheng, K. M., & Lau, M. M. (2020). A longitudinal study using parental cognitions based on the theory of planned behavior to predict childhood influenza vaccination. Journal of Infection and Public Health.

Mo, P. K., Chen, J. H., Lau, J. T. F., & Wu, A.* (2020). Internet-Related Addictions: From Measurements to Interventions.

Mo, P. K. H., & Lau, J. T. F.* (2020). Psychoactive substance use among Chinese non-engaged youth: The application of the Health Belief Model. Children and Youth Services Review, 105008.

Mo, P. K., Chan, V. W., Wang, X., & Lau, J. T. F.* (2020). Gender difference in the association between internet addiction, self-esteem and academic aspirations among adolescents: A structural equation modelling. Computers & Education, 103921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103921

Xin, M., Viswanath, K., Li, A. Y. C., Wangnan, CAO., Yuhong, HU., Lau, J. T. F., & Mo, P. K. H*. (2020). The Effectiveness of Electronic Health Interventions for Promoting HIV-Preventive Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Meta-Analysis Based on an Integrative Framework of Design and Implementation Features. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(5), e15977.

Lei Zhang*, Mingwang Shen, Xiaomeng Ma, Shu Su, Wenfeng Gong, Jing Wang, Yusha Tao, Zhuoru Zou, Rui Zhao, Joseph Lau, Wei Li, Feng Liu, Kai Ye, Youfa Wang, Guihua Zhuang*, Christopher K Fairley. What is required to prevent a second major outbreak of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 upon lifting the metropolitan-wide quarantine of Wuhan city, China. The Innovation. doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.24.20042374

Yang X, Lau JT*. The mediation role of work-life balance stress and chronic fatigue in the relationship between workaholism and depression among Chinese male workers in Hong Kong. Journal of Behavioral Addition 2020

Wang Z*, Mo PKH, Ip M, Fang Y, Lau JT. Uptake and willingness to use PrEP among Chinese gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men with experience of sexualized drug use in the past year. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2020. 20(1): 299

Wang H, Chang R, Shen Q, Tsamlag L, Zhang S, Shi Y, Ma T, Wang Z, She R, Lau JT, Wang Y*, Cai Y*. Information-motivation-behavioral skills model of consistent condom use among transgender women in Shenyang, China. BMC Public Health, 2020. 20(1): 394

Fan XY, She R, Liu C, Zhong HD, Lau JTF, Hao C, Li JH, Hao YT, Li LH, Gu J*. Evaluation of smartphone APP-based case-management services among antiretroviral treatment-naïve HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a randomized controlled trial protocol. BMC Public Health 2020;20:85.

She, R., Yang, X., Lau, M.M.C., Lau, JTF*. Psychometric properties and normative data of the 10-item Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale among Chinese adolescent students in Hong Kong. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-020-00970-1

Jiao, M., Chen, W., Gu, J.*, Li, J. H., Liu, D., Lau, J. T. F., Mo, P., Zhang, X., Du, X., Hao, Y. T. Efficacy of a Positive Psychological Intervention in Improving Mental Health Status Among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Users in Guangzhou, China—a Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Ment Health Addiction (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-019-00206-x

Yang X*, Jiang XW, Mo PKH, Cai Y, Ma L, Lau JTF*. Prevalence and Interpersonal Correlates of Internet Gaming Disorders among Chinese Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020;17(2):579.

Wang ZX*, Mo PKH, Fang Y, Ip M, Lau JTF. Factors predicting first-time hepatitis C virus testing uptake among men who have sex with men in China: an observational prospective cohort study. Sex Transm Infect 2020;0:1–7. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2019-054248.

Mo PKH, Chen X, Lam EHK, Kahler CW, Lau JTF*. The Moderating Role of Social Support on the Relationship Between Anxiety, Stigma, and Intention to Use Illicit Drugs Among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS Behav 2020 Jan;24(1):55-64. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02719-x.

Yang X*, She R, Lau MM, Lau JTF*. Anticipated socio-political developments and related personal responses as structural determinants of mental health problems: A population-based study. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2020 Feb;66(1):58-66. doi: 10.1177/0020764019879948.

Zhang GH, Yang X, Tu XL, Ding N, Lau JT*. Prospective relationships between mobile phone dependence and mental health status among Chinese undergraduate students with college adjustment as a mediator. J Affect Disord 2020 Jan 1;260:498-505. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.09.047.

Qin P, He JM, Wang ZX*, Chen X, Li JH, Fung AWT, Jiang H, Chen J, Wong A, Lau JTF*. Efavirenz use and neurocognitive performance among older people living with HIV who were on antiretroviral therapy. AIDS Care 2020 Jan;32(1):12-20. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1622645.

Yu, Y.; Mo, PKH.; Zhang, J.; Li, J.; Lau, JTF*. Validation of the Chinese Version of the Revised Internet Gaming Cognition Scale among Adolescents in China: Maladaptive Cognitions as Potential Determinants of Internet Gaming Disorder. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 290.

2019

Wang Q, Chang RJ, Wang Y, Jiang XQ, Zhang SX, Shen QM, Wang ZX, Ma TC, Lau JTF, Cai Y. Correlates of Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use before Commercial Sex among Transgender Women with a History of Sex Work in China. Sexual Health 2019 Dec 11. doi: 10.1071/SH18194.

Wang Z*, Yang L, Jiang H, Huang S, Palmar AE, Ma L, Lau JTF*. (2019) High Prevalence of Inconsistent Condom Use With Regular Female Sex Partners Among Heterosexual Male Sexually Transmitted Disease Patients in Southern China, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 45:1, 31-43, DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2018.1474408.

Yung TKC*, Lau JTF. Comparing nutrient intake and body weight status amongst adolescent substance users, institutionalised abstainers and never users. Food & Nutrition Research 2019;63:3634.

Mo PKH, Li JB, Jiang H, Lau JTF*. Problematic Internet Use and Smoking among Chinese Junior Secondary Students: The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptomatology and Family Support. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019;16:5053.

Yu CP, Lau JTF, Zhong WX, Huang XT, Pan C, Chen Yu, Lu HP, Zhao FX, Zeng SY, Lai JL, Tie CW, Li X, Zhang JL, Zhang CQ, Liu Y, Jiang QL*. Why are some donors are more willing to donate platelets? ----a qualitative study on 25 regular platelet donors in Guangzhou, China. BMC Public Health 2019;19(1):1671.

Yang XY, Wang ZX*, Harrison S, Lau JTF*. Coverage and adherence of antiretroviral therapy among Chinese HIV‐positive men who have sex with men with high CD4 counts in the era of “Treat all”. Trop Med Int Health 2019 Nov 23. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13353.

Fan X, Zhang X, Xu H, Yang F, Lau JTF*, Hao C, Li J, Zhao Y, Hao Y, Gu J. Effectiveness of a Psycho-Social Intervention Aimed at Reducing Attrition at Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clinics: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019 Nov 7;16(22). pii: E4337. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224337.

Yang X, Wang Q, Wang X, Mo PKH, Wang ZX, Lau JTF*, Wang LH. Direct and Indirect Associations Between Interpersonal Resources and Posttraumatic Growth Through Resilience Among Women Living with HIV in China. AIDS Behav 2019 Oct 17. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02694-3.

Chang R, Wang H, She R, Zhang X, Tsamlag L, Shen Q, Shi Y, Wang ZX, Lau JTF*, Wang Y*, Cai Y*. Feelings of Entrapment and Defeat Mediate the Association Between Self-Esteem and Depression Among Transgender Women Sex Workers in China. Front Psychol 2019 Oct 4;10:2241. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02241.

Chen X, Mo PKH, Li JH, Lau JTF*. Factors Associated with Drug Use Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men in China. AIDS Behav 2019 Sep 4. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02660-z.

Mo PKH, Wang ZX, Lau JTF, Li AYC, Wang Q*. Disclosure of maternal HIV infection to children among Chinese women with HIV: The application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the role of various norms. Health Soc Care Community 2019 Nov;27(6):1544-1554. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12825.

Mo PKH, Xin MQ, Lau JTF*. Testing the vulnerability and scar model of the relationship between self-concept, social support and anxiety symptoms among children of HIV-infected parents in China: A 3-year longitudinal study. J Affect Disord 2019 Dec 1;259:441-450. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.08.036.

Wang ZX*, Yang LG, Hao C, Jiang H, Zhu JZ, Luo ZZ, Zheng ZW, Lau JTF*. A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Efficacy of a Brief Setting-Based and Theory-Based Intervention Promoting Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Among Heterosexual Male Sexually Transmitted Disease Patients in China. AIDS Behav 2019 Sep;23(9):2453-2466. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02610-9.

Mo PKH*, Lau JTF, Xin MQ, Fong VWI. Understanding the barriers and factors to HIV testing intention of women engaging in compensated dating in Hong Kong: The application of the extended Theory of Planned Behavior. PLoS One 2019 Jun 27;14(6):e0213920. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213920.

Wang Q, Wang ZX, Ma XM, Fang Y, Mo PKH*, Lau JTF*. Important Roles of Health Professionals in Maternal HIV Disclosure Among HIV-Infected Women in China. AIDS Behav 2019 Oct;23(10):2829-2836. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02566-w.

Cheung T, Lau JTF, Wang ZX, Mo PKH, Siu CK, Chan RTH, Ho JYS*. The Acceptability of HPV Vaccines and Perceptions of Vaccination against HPV among Physicians and Nurses in Hong Kong. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019 May 14;16(10). pii: E1700. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16101700.

West R*, Hao W, Lam TH, Lau JTF, Li JH, Li J, Lu L, Marsden J, O’Reilly J, Shek DTL, Wu AMS, Wu ZY, Xiao D, Zhang RL, Zhao LY, Zhao M. Addiction in China: towards a research agenda for the next 5 years. Addiction 2019 Nov;114(11):1911-1914. doi: 10.1111/add.14650.

Niu L, Wang ZX*, Fang Y, Ip M, Lau JTF*. Behavior intention to use routine opt-out HIV testing in primary care settings among men who have sex with men in China. AIDS Care 2019 Dec;31(12):1565-1573. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1612003.

Yan HJ, Cao WN, Mo PKH, Huan XP, Wang ZX, Lin XJ, Wang XD, Gu L, Wang P, Agudile E, Lau JTF*. Prevalence and associated factors of HIV serostatus disclosure to regular female sex partners among HIV-positive men who have sex with both men and women in China. AIDS Care 2019 Aug;31(8):1026-1034. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1612002.

She R, Yan ZR, Jiang H, Vetrano DL, Lau JTF*, Qiu CX*. Multimorbidity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Old Age: Role of Functional Dependence and Depressive Symptoms. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2019 Sep;20(9):1143-1149. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.02.024.

Cao WN, Mo PKH, Lau JTF*. Validation of the Outcome Expectancy Scale for HIV Serostatus Disclosure to Female Sex Partners Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women Living with HIV in China. J Sex Marital Ther 2019;45(7):604-617. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2019.1599090.

Yang X, Lau JTF*, Wang ZX, Lau MMC. Prevalence of binge drinking and relationships between masculine role discrepancy and binge drinking via discrepancy stress among Chinese men. Drug Alcohol Depend 2019 Mar 1;196:57-61. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.12.013.

Yang XY, Wang ZX*, Wang XD, Ma TC, Xue HH, He YQ, Lau JTF*. Behavioral Intention to Initiate Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Among Chinese HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men Having High CD4 Count in the Era of "Treatment for All". Am J Mens Health 2019 Jan-Feb;13(1):1557988319828615. doi: 10.1177/1557988319828615.

Wang ZX, Lau JTF, Wang Q*, Mo PKH*. Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Inconsistent Condom Use With HIV-Discordant Male Regular Sex Partners Among HIV-Infected Women in China. J Sex Marital Ther 2019;45(4):339-349. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2018.1526835.

Wu AMS, Lau JTF*, Wang ZX, Ma L. Prevalence and Factors of Concurrent Multiple Male Sex Partnership Among Men Who Have Sex With Men With Regular Sex Partners in Beijing, China. J Sex Marital Ther 2019;45(3):247-258. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2018.1518883.

Fang Y, Zhang Y, Wang Z*, Ip M, Li J, Lau JTF. Low uptake of HIV testing among male clients of female sex workers in China. AIDS Care 2019 Feb;31(2):193-198. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1510100. Epub 2018 Aug 15.

2018

Chen, J. H., Tong, K. K., Wu, A. M. S.*, Lau, J. T. F., & Zhang, M. X. (2018). The comorbidity of gambling disorder among Macau adult residents and the moderating role of resilience and life purpose. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, 2774. doi:10.3390/ijerph15122774

Ji-Bin Li*, Phoenix K. H. Mo, Joseph T. F. Lau*, Xue-Fen Su, Xi Zhang, Anise M. S. Wu, Jin-Cheng Mai And Yu-Xia Chen. Online social networking addiction and depression: the results from a large-scale prospective cohort study in Chinese adolescents. Journal of Behavioral addictions, 2018; DOI: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.69.

Lau, J. T.*, Walden, D. L., Wu, A. M., Cheng, K. M., Lau, M. C., & Mo, P. K. (2018). Bidirectional predictions between Internet addiction and probable depression among Chinese adolescents. Journal of behavioral addictions, 7(3), 633-643.

Lau JTF*, Ng CSM, Wu AMS, Ma YL, Lau MMC. Low coverage of influenza vaccination among Chinese children aged 12-23 months: Prevalence and associated factors. PLoS One 2018 Oct 10;13(10):e0205561. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205561.

K.C. Yung, Tony & H. Kim, Jean & Leung, Sing-Fai & M.W. Yeung, Rebecca & N.Y. Poon, Annette & W.C. Au, Edmond & T.F. Lau, Joseph*. (2018). Food Avoidance Beliefs and Behaviors Among Chinese Cancer Patients: Validation of a New Measurement Tool. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 10.1016/j.jneb.2018.07.009.

H. Wang, Q. Zhang, M. Ip and J. T. Fai Lau. (2018) Social Media–based Conversational Agents for Health Management and Interventions, in Computer, vol. 51, no. 8, pp. 26-33, August 2018. doi: 10.1109/MC.2018.3191249.

Li J, Lau JTF*, Ma YL, Lau MCM. Trend and factors associated with condom use among male clients of female sex workers in Hong Kong --- findings of 13 serial behavioral surveilliance surveys. AIDS and Behavior. Volume 22, Issue 7, pp 2235–2247. July 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2148-8

Du M, Zhao J, Zhang J, Lau JTF, Mo PKH, Li J*. Depression and social support mediate the effect of HIV self-stigma on condom use intentions among Chinese HIV-infected men who have sex with men. AIDS Care, Pages 1197-1206, Volume 30, 2018 - Issue 9. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2018.1487916. June 2018

Mui LWH, Friedman RH*, Lau JTF*, Peng J, Abdullah AS. A RCT to evaluate a totally automated, culturally-adapted telephone counselor for increasing physical activity among physically inactive individuals in China. BMC Public Health 2018 Jun 26;18(1):785. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5386-9.

Cheung T, Lau JTF, Wang Z, Mo PKH, Ho YS*. Acceptability of HPV vaccines and associations with perceptions related to HPV and HPV vaccines among male baccalaureate students in Hong Kong. PLoS One 2018 Jun 18;13(6):e0198615. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198615.

Yang X, Lau JTF*, Wang Z, Ma YL, Lau MCM. The mediation roles of discrepancy stress and self-esteem between masculine role discrepancy and mental health problems. Journal of Affective Disorder. 2018, 235: 513-520.

Mo PKH, Lau JTF*, Wu X. Relationship between illness representations and mental health among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. AIDS Care 2018 Oct;30(10):1246-1251. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1445825.

Wang Z*, Wang J, Fang Y, Gross DL, Wong MCS, Wong ELY, Lau JTF*. Parental acceptability of HPV vaccination for boys and girls aged 9-13 years in China --- a population-based study. Vaccine. 2018, 36(19): 2657-2665.

Yang X., Lau JTF*, Lau MC. Predictors of remission from probable depression among Hong Kong adolescents–A large-scale longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders. Volume 229, Pages 491-497, 15 March 2018

Eugene C Wong, Jean H Kim*, William B Goggins, Joseph Lau, Samuel Y S Wong, Sian M Griffiths. Chinese Women’s Drinking Patterns Before and After the Hong Kong Alcohol Policy Changes. Alcohol and Alcoholism. Feb 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agy010

Wu AMS*, Chen JH, Tong KK., Lau JTF, Yu S. Prevalence and associated factors of Internet gaming disorder among community dwelling adults in Macao, China. J Behav Addict. 2018 Mar 1;7(1):62-69. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.12. Epub 2018 Feb 21.

Mo PKH, Chan VWY, Chan SW, Lau JTF*. The role of social support on emotion dysregulation and Internet Addiction among Chinese adolescents: A structural equation model. Addictive Behaviors. 2018, 82: 86-93.

Wu AMS, Lau JTF*, Mo PKH, Lau MMC. Psychological distress and resilience as risk and protective factors of psychoactive substance use among Chinese nonengaged youth. J Community Appl Soc Psychol. 2018;28:49–64. DOI: 10.1002/casp.2340.

Wang Z*, Lau JTF*, Fang Y, Ip M, Gross DL. Prevalence of actual uptake and willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV acquisition among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong, China. PLoS One 2018 Feb 12;13(2):e0191671. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191671.

Wang Z, Lau JTF*, Ip M, Ho SPY, Mo PKH, Latkin C, Ma YL, Kim Y. A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Efficacy of Promoting a Home-Based HIV Self-Testing with Online Counseling on Increasing HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS and Behavior. January 2018, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp 190–201.

Wu X, Lau JTF*, Mak WWS, Gu J, Mo PKH, Wang X. How newly diagnosed HIV-positive men who have sex with men look at HIV/AIDS – validation of the Chinese version of the revised illness perception questionnaire. BMC Infectious Diseases. January 2018. Volume 18, Issue 1

Lau JTF*, Wang Z, Li J, Li J, Cheng EMY, Chan VWY, Cao W, Fang Y, Li C, Qin P. Gaps in Training in Interdisciplinary Social and Behavioral Sciences and Applications Among Undergraduate and Graduate Students in the 22 Top-Ranked Schools of Public Health in China. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2018 Apr;30(3):252-265. doi: 10.1177/1010539518766661. Epub 2018 Apr 10.

Lau JTF*, Wu X, Wu AMS., Wang Z, Mo PKH. Relationships between illness perception and post-traumatic growth among newly diagnosed HIV positive men who have sex with men in China. AIDS and Behavior, Volume 22, Issue 6 (2018) , Page 1885.

Yeung, N.C.Y., Lau, J.T.F.*, Yu, X., Zhang, J., Xu, Z., Choi, K.C., Zhang, Q., Mak, W.W.S., & Lui, W.W.S. Media exposure related to the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake predicted probable PTSD among Chinese adolescents in Kunming, China: A longitudinal study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 2018 Mar;10(2):253-262. doi: 10.1037/tra0000121. Epub 2016 Jul 18.

Mo PKH, Lau JTF*, Lau MC, & Kim Y. Mental health service utilization among men who have sex with men who are at risk of mental health problems in Hong Kong: Prevalence and associated factors. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, July 2018 19(3), 392-406.http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/men0000104

Chan, R. C. H., Mak, W. W. S.*, Pang, I. H. Y., Wong, S. Y. S., Tang, W. K., Lau, J. T. F., Woo, J., Lee, D. T. F., & Cheung, F. M. Utility and cost-effectiveness of motivational messaging to increase survey response in physicians: A randomized controlled trial. Field Methods. Volume: 30 issue: 1, page(s): 37-55. February 2018

Zhang CQ*, Zhang R, Chung PK, Duan Y, Lau JTF, Chan DKC, Hagger MS. Promoting influenza prevention for elderly people in Hong Kong using health action process approach: study protocol. BMC Public Health 2018 Nov 6;18(1):1230. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6146-6.

Li J, Peng L, Gilmour S*, Gu J, Ruan Y, Zou H, Hao C, Hao Y, Lau JT. A mathematical model of biomedical interventions for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China. BMC Infect Dis 2018 Nov 28;18(1):600. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3516-8.

Yang X, Lau JTF*, Wang ZX, Lau MMC. Potential roles of masculine role discrepancy, discrepancy stress, and self-esteem in affecting addictive use of social networking sites among Chinese men: A random population-based study. J Behav Addict 2018 Sep 1;7(3):676-685. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.81.

Cheung RYM, Mak WWS, Tsang PS, Lau JTF. Stigma of psychosis: Do diagnostic label, symptom manifestation, and gender matter? Am J Orthopsychiatr 2018;88(5):529-537. doi: 10.1037/ort0000315.

Lau JTF*, Gu J, Tsui HY, Chen H, Wang Z, Cao W. Anticipated Suicidal Ideation among Female Injecting Drug Users Who Are Sex Workers of Negative or Unknown HIV Status in China. Women Health 2018 Aug;58(7):774-789. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2017.1353571.

2017

Li JB, Lau JTF*, Mo PKH, Su XF, Tang J, Qin ZG, Gross DL. Insomnia partially mediated the association between problematic Internet use and depression among secondary school students in China. J Behav Addict Dec 2017 1;6(4):554-563. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.085.

Wang Z, Lau JTF*, Yang X, Cai Y, Gross DL, Ma T, Liu Y. Acceptability of Daily Use of Free Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Transgender Women Sex Workers in Shenyang, China.. AIDS Behav. Dec 2017. Volume 21, Issue 12, pp 3287–3298.

Lo KMC, Tung KTS, Chan KL*, Yip PSY, Lau JTF, Wong WHS, Wong RS, Tsang AMC, Tsang HYH, Tso WWY, Ip P*. Risk factors for child physical abuse and neglect among Chinese young mothers. Child abuse & neglect. 67. 193-206. 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.02.031.

Wang Z, Wu X, Lau JTF*, Mo P*, Mak W, Wang X, Yang X, Gross D, Jiang H. Prevalence of and factors associated with unprotected anal intercourse wth regular and non-regular male sexual partners among newly diagnosed HIV positive men who have sex with men in China. HIV Medicine. 2017 Oct;18(9):635-646.

Yeung, N., Lau, J.*, Choi, K., & Griffiths, S. (2017). Population Responses during the Pandemic Phase of the Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Epidemic, Hong Kong, China. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(5), 813-815. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.160768.

Lau JTF*, Wu AMS, Gross DL, Cheng KM, Lau MMC. Is Internet addiction transitory or persistent? Incidence and prospective predictors of remission of Internet addiction among Chinese secondary school students. Addict Behav. 2017 Nov;74:55-62. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.05.034. Epub 2017 May 29.

Lau JTF*, Wu AMS, Cheng KM, Tse VMS, Lau MCM, Yang X. Prevalence and factors of self-corrective intention among Hong Kong secondary school students who are self-assessed Internet addiction cases. Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health March 2017. DOI: 10.1111/camh.12219.

Li J, Mo PK, Wu AM, Lau JTF*. Roles of self-stigma, social support, and positive and negative affects as determinants of depressive symptoms among HIV infected men who have sex with men in China. AIDS Behav 2017 Jan;21(1):261-273.

Wang Z, Lau JTF*, She R, Ip M, Jiang H, Ho SPY, Yang X. Behavioral intention to take up different types of HIV testing among men who have sex with men who were never-testers in Hong Kong. AIDS Care. 2017 Jun 21:1-8. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1338659.

Lau J.T.F.*, Gross, D.L., Wu, A.M., Cheng, K.M., & Lau, M.C. Incidence and predictive factors of Internet addiction among Chinese secondary school students in Hong Kong—a longitudinal study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. June 2017, Volume 52, Issue 6, pp 657–667. DOI: 10.1007/s00127-017-1356-2

Fung AW*, Chan WC, Wong CS, Chen EY, Ng RM, Lee EH, Chang WC, Hung SF, Cheung EF, Sham PC, Chiu HF, Lam M, Chiang TP, van Os J, Lau JTF, Lewis G, Bebbington P, Lam LC. Prevalence of anxiety disorders in community dwelling older adults in Hong Kong. Int Psychogeriatr 2017 Feb;29(2):259-267. doi: 10.1017/S1041610216001617.

Lau JTF*. Commentary: Proposal for an update of the definition and scope of behavioral medicine. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2017 Feb;24(1):12-15. doi: 10.1007/s12529-016-9615-2.

Lau JTF*, Kim Y, Wu AM, Wang Z, Huang B, Mo PKH. The Occupy Central (Umbrella) movement and mental health distress in the Hong Kong general public: political movements and concerns as potential structural risk factors of population mental health. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2017 May;52(5):525-536. doi: 10.1007/s00127-017-1340-x.

Mak WW, Chan RC, Wong SY, Lau JT, Tang WK, Tang AK, Chiang TP, Cheng SK, Chan F, Cheung FM, Woo J, and Lee DT. A Cross-Diagnostic Investigation of the Differential Impact of Discrimination on Clincal and Personal Recovery. Psychiatr Serv. 2017 Feb 1;68(2):159-166. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500339.

Jiao, M., Gu, J.*, Xu, J., Hao, C., Lau, J.T.F., Mo, P.K.H., Liu, D., Zhao, Y., Zhang, X., Babbitt, A., & Hao, Y. Resilience associated with mental health problems among methadone maintenance treatment patients in Guandzhou, China. AIDS Care 2017 May;29(5):660-665. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1255705.

Lau JTF*, Wang Z, Kim Y, Li J, Gu J, Mo PKH, Wang X. Low sustainability, poor governance, and other challenges encountered by grassroots non-governmental organizations targeting HIV prevention for men who have sex with men in China. AIDS care. 2017 Mar 8:1-11. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1300630.

Wu AM, Lai M, Yu S, Lau JTF*, Lei MW. Motives for Online Gaming Questionnaire: Its psychometric properties and correlation with Internet gaming disorder symptoms among Chinese people. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 2017 Mar 1;6(1):11-20. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.007.

Chan WC*, Wong CS, Chen EY, Ng RM, Hung SF, Cheung EF, Sham PC, Chiu HF, Lam M, Chang WC, Lee EH, Chiang TP, Lau JT, van Os J, Lewis G, Bebbington P, Lam LC. Validation of the Chinese Version of the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule: Findings from Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey. East Asian Arch Psychiatry 2017 Mar;27(1):3-10.

2016

Cai Y, Wang Z (Co-1st author), Lau JT, Li J, Ma T, Liu Y. Prevalence and associated factors of unprotected receptive anal intercourse with male clients among transgender women sex worker (TSW) in Shenyang, China. International Journal of AIDS Society 2016, 19(3Suppl 2). IF = 6.256

Ip P, Ho F, Chan K, Yip PS, Lau JTF, Wong WH, Chow C, Jiang F. (2016). Child maltreatment hospitalisations in Hong Kong: incidence rate and seasonal pattern. Arch Dis Child. 2016 Dec;101(12):1107-1113

Kim J, Chung C, Lau C, Goggins W, Lau JTF, Griffiths S. Adverse events and poisoning from over-the-counter traditional Chinese medicine: a population-based survey. Hong Kong Med J. 2016;22(Suppl 2):23-8.

Lau JT, Lee AL, Tse VWS, Mo PKH, Fong F, Wang Z, Cameron L. A randomized control trial for evaluating efficacies of two online cognitive interventions with and without fear-appeal imagery approaches in preventing unprotected anal intercourse among men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior AIDS Behav 2016 Sep;20(9):1851-62

Lau JT, Mo PKH, Gu J, Hao C, Lai C. Association of situational and environmental factors with last episode of unprotected anal intercourse among MSM in Hong Kong: A case-crossover analysis. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2016, 28(1): 26-42.

Lau JT, Wang Z, Kim Y, Gu J. Wu AM, Zhou Q, Hao C, Cheng P, Hao Y. Anticipated negative responses by students to possible Ebola Virus outbreak, Guangzhou, China. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2016, 22(1): 154-6

Li D, Yang X, Zhang Z, Wang Z, Qi X, Ruan Y, Zhou Y, Li C, Luo F, Lau JTF*. Incidence of Co-infections of HIV, Herpes simplex virus type 2 and syphilis in a large cohort of men who have sex with men in Beijing, China. PLos One. 2016; 11(1): e0147422

Li J, Lau JTF*, Mo PK, Su X, Wu AM, Tang J, Qin Z. Validation of the Social Networking Activity Intensity Scale among Junior Middle School Students in China. PloS one. 2016;11(10):e0165695.

Li J, Mo PK, Kahler CW, Lau JT, Du M, Dai Y, Shen H. Prevalence and associated factors of depressive and anxiety symptoms among HIV-infected men who have sex with men in China. AIDS Care. 2016; 28(4): 465-470.

Mo PKH, Chong ESK, Mak WWS, Wong SYS. & Lau JT. Physical activity in people with mental illness in Hong Kong: application of the Health Belief Model. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.2016 April, 38(2):203-208

Tsui HY, Lau JT, Wang Z, Gross D, Wu AMS, Cao W, Li S. Applying the pre-intentional phase of the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) Model to investigate factors associated with intention on consistent condom use with various types of female sex partners among male injecting drug users in China. AIDS Care. 2016;28(9):1079-88

Wang Z, Feng T, Lau JT. (2016). Needs assessment and theory-based promotion of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among male sexually transmitted diseases patients (MSTDP) in China. AIDS Behav, 20(11), 2489-2502

Wang Z, Feng T, Lau JT. Prevalence and associated factors of anticipated risk compensation related to voluntary medical male circumcision among male sexually transmitted diseases patients in China. AIDS Care 2016. 28(10):1332-7

Wang Z, Feng T, Lau JT, Kim Y. Acceptability of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among male sexually transmitted diseases patients (MSTDP) in China. PLos One 2016, 11(2): e0149801

Wang Y, Wu AM, Lau JTF*. The health belief model and number of peers with internet addiction as inter-related factors of Internet addiction among secondary school students in Hong Kong. BMC Public Health. 2016;16:272.

Wu AM, Lau JTF*, Cheng K, Law RW, Vincent W, Lau M. (2016). Direct and Interaction Effects of Co-Existing Familial Risk Factors and Protective Factors Associated With Internet Addiction Among Chinese Students in Hong Kong. J Early Adolesc.1-22. 0272431616671826.

Wu, A.M.S., Li, J., Lau, J.T.F., Mo, P.K.H. & Lau, M.C. (2016). Potential impact of internet addiction and protective psychosocial factors onto depression among Hong Kong Chinese adolescents – direct, mediation and moderation effects. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 70, 41-52.

Jiao, M., Gu, J., Xu, J., Hao, C., Lau, J.T.F., Mo, P.K.H., Liu, D., Zhao, Y., Zhang, X., Babbitt, A., & Hao, Y. Resilience associated with mental health problems among methadone maintenance treatment patients in Guandzhou, China. AIDS Care, 2016:1-6 (Epub ahead of print).

Yeung, N.C.Y., Lau, J.T.F., Yu, X., Zhang, J., Xu, Z., Choi, K.C., Zhang, Q., Mak, W.W.S., & Lui, W.W.S. Media exposure related to the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake predicted probable PTSD among Chinese adolescents in Kunming, China: A longitudinal study. Psychol Trauma; 2016. [Epub ahead of print]

2015

Zhang X, Xu H, Gu J, Lau JT, Hao C, Zhao Y, Davis A, Hao Y. Depression, suicidal ideation, and related factors of methadone maintenance treatment users in Guangzhou, China. AIDS Care. 2016;28(7):851-6.

2015

Gu J, Lau JT, Wang Z, Wu AMS, Tan XH. Perceived empathy of service providers mediates the association between perceived discrimination and behavioral intention to take up HIV antibody testing again among men who have sex with men. PLos One 2015, 10(2): e0117376.

Gu J, Zhong Y, Hao Y, Zhou D, Tsui H, Hao C, Gao Q, Ling W, Lau JT*. (2015). Preventive Behaviors and Mental Distress in Response to H1N1 Among University Students in Guangzhou, China. Asia Pac J Public Health, 27(2), NP1867-79

Huan X, Hao C, Yan H, Guan W, Xu X, Yang H, Wang N, Zhang M, Tang W, Gu J, Lau JT*. High Prevalence of HIV and Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Recruited by Respondent-Driven Sampling in a City in Eastern China. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2015 Mar;27(2):NP854-65

Lam LC, Wong CS, Wang MJ, Chan WC, Chen EY, Ng RM, Hung SF, Cheung EF, Sham PC, Chiu HF, Lam M, Chang WC, Lee EH, Chiang TP, Lau JT, van Os J, Lewis G, Bebbington P. (2015). Prevalence, psychosocial correlates and service utilization of depressive and anxiety disorders in Hong Kong - The Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey (HKMMS) Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 50(9):1379-88.

Lau JT, Gu J, Tsui HY, Wang Z. Prevalence and associated factors of intention to participate in HIV voluntary counseling and testing for the first time among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong, China. Preventive Medicine 2015, 57(6): 813-8.

Lau JT, Li D, Wang Z, Lai C. Repeated HIV voluntary counseling and testing may increase risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in China: a prospective cohort study. AIDS and Behaviors 2015, 19(11): 1966-77

Lau, J.T.F., Tsui, H.Y., Mo, P.K.H., Mak, W.W.S., & Griffiths, S. (2015). World cup’s impact on mental health and lifestyle behaviors in the general population: Comparing results of 2 serial population-based surveys. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 27, NP1973-84.

Li D, Li C, Wang Z, Lau JT. Prevalence and associated factors of unprotected anal intercourse with regular male sex partners among HIV negative men who have sex with men in China: a cross-sectional survey. PLos One 2015, 10(3): e0119977.

Li H, Holroyd E, Lau JT. Exploring unprotected anal intercourse among newly diagnosed HIV positive men who have sex with men in China: An ethnographic study. PLoS One. 2015, 10(10): e0140555

Li HH, Holroyd E, Lau J, Li X. Stigma, subsistence, intimacy, face, filial piety, and mental health problems among newly diagnosed men who have sex with men in China. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2015; 26(4): 454-63

Li H, Holroyd E, Li X, Lau J. A qualitative analysis of barriers to accessing HIV/AIDS-related services among newly diagnosed HIV positive men who have sex with men in China. Int J STD AIDS. 2015; 26(1): 13-9

Li J, Gu J, Lau JT, Chen H, Mo PK, Tang M. Prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors among people who inject drugs in China. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015; 151: 228-35.

Li J, Mo PK, Kahler CW, Lau JT*, Du M, Dai Y, Shen H. (2015). Prevalence and associated factors of depressive and anxiety symptoms among HIV-infected men who have sex with men in China. AIDS Care. 21:1-6.

Liao W, Lau JT, Tsui HY, Gu J, Wang Z. (2015). Relationship between sexual compulsivity and sexual risk behaviors among Chinese sexually active males. Arch Sex Behav, 44(3), 791-8

Liu J, Cheng Y, Lau JT, Wu AM, Tse VW, Zhou S. (2015). The majority of the migrant factory workers of the light industry in Shenzhen, China may be physically inactive. PLoS One. 10(8):e0131734.

Mak WW, Mo PKH, Lau JT, Wong SY. Physical health needs, lifestyle choices, and quality of life among people with mental illness in the community. Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2015, 21 Suppl 6: 29-33.

Mo, P.K.H., Gu, J., Lau, J.T.F., You, H. (2015). Prevalence and associated factors of mental health problems among monogamous Chinese female patients with sexually transmitted diseases in Hong Kong. AIDS Care, 27, 481-488.

Mo PK & Lau, JT* (2015). Illness representation on H1N1 influenza and preventive behaviors in the Hong Kong general population. J Health Psychol, 20(12), 1523-33

Mo PK & Lau JT. Influenza vaccination uptake and associated factors among elderly population in Hong Kong: the application of the Health Belief Model. Health Education Research. 2015; 30(5): 706-18.

Mo PK, Lau JT, Cheng KM, Mak WW, Gu J, Wu AM, Li J. (2015). Investigating the factor structure of the Illness Perception Questionnaire-revised for substance dependence among injecting drug users in China. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1;148:195-202.

Mo PK, Lau JT*, Yu X, Gu J. (2015). A Model of Associative Stigma on Depression and Anxiety Among Children of HIV-Infected Parents in China. AIDS Behav. 19(1):50-9. doi: 10.1007/s10461-014-0809-9.

Shannon K, Strathdee SA, Goldenberg S, Duff P, Mwangi P, Rusakova M, Reza-Paul S , Lau J, Deering K, Pickles M, Boily M-C. (2015). The Global Epidemiology of HIV among Female Sex Workers: The Influence of Structural Determinants. Lancet. 385(9962):55-71.

Su XY, Lau JT, Mak WW, Choi KC, Feng TJ, Chen X, Liu CL, Liu J, Liu D, Chen L, Song JM, Zhang Y, Zhao GL, Zhu ZP, Cheng JQ. A preliminary validation of the brief COPE instrument for assessing coping strategies among people living with HIV in China. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2015, 4: 41.

Su X, Li L, Griffiths SM, Gao Y, Lau JT, Mo PK. Smoking behaviors and intentions among adolescents in rural China: the application of the Theory of Planned Behavior and the role of social influence. Addictive Behavior. 2015; 48: 44-51.

Wang Z, Li D, Lau JT, Yang X, Shen H, Cao W. Prevalence and associated factors of inhaled nitrites use among men who have sex with men in Beijing, China – an application of the Health Belief Model. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2015, 149: 93-9.

Wu AM, Lau JT*, Ma YL, Lau MM. (2015). Prevalence and associated factors of seasonal influenza vaccination among 24 to 59 months old children in Hong Kong. Vaccine, 33(30):3556-61.

2014

Cai Y, Lau JT*. (2014). Multi-dimensional factors associated with unprotected anal intercourse with regular partners among Chinese men who have sex with men in Hong Kong: a respondent-driven sampling survey. BMC Infect Dis. 14:205.

Chow EP, Lau JT, Zhuang X, Zhang X, Wang Y, Zhang L. (2014). HIV prevalence trends, risky behaviours, governmental and community responses to the epidemic among men who have sex with men in China. Biomed Res Int. 2014:607261.

Chung VC, Yip BH, Griffiths SM, Yu EL, Kim JH, Tam WW, Wong AH, Chan IW, Lau JT. The impact of cutting alcohol duties on drinking patterns in Hong Kong. Alcohol and Alcoholism, Vol. 48, No. 6, pp. 720–728, 2013.

Ding D, Zhong X, Lau JT, Oldenburg B. (2014). Behavioral Medicine and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases in China: Current Challenges and Future Directions. Int J Behav Med. 21(4):584-9.

Gu J, Bai Y, Lau JT, Hao Y, Cheng Y, Zhou R, Yu C. (2014). Social Environmental Factors and Condom Use Among Female Injection Drug Users who are Sex Workers in China. AIDS Behav. 18 Suppl 2:S181-91.

Gu J, Lau J, Li M, Li H, Gao Q, Feng X, Bai Y, Hao C, Hao Y. (2014). Socio-ecological factors associated with depression, suicidal ideation and suicidal attempt among female injection drug users who are sex workers in China. Drug Alcohol Depend. 144:102-10.

Gu J, Xu H, Lau JT, Chen L, Wang Z, Hao C, Hao Y. Situation-specific factors predicting non-adherence to Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A cross-sectional study using the case-crossover design in Guangzhou, China. AIDS Care 2014; 26 Suppl 1: S107-12.

Hao C, Lau JT, Zhao X, Yang H, Huan X, Yan H, Gu J. (2014). Associations Between Perceived Characteristics of the Peer Social Network Involving Significant Others and Risk of HIV Transmission Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China. AIDS Behav. 18(1):99-110

Lam LC, Chan WC, Wong CS, Chen EY, Ng RM, Lee EH, Chang WC, Hung SF, Cheung EF, Sham PC, Chiu HF, Lam M, Chiang TP, van Os J, Lau JT, Lewis G, Bebbington P; Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey Team. (2014). The Hong Kong mental morbidity survey: background and study design. East Asian Arch Psychiatry. 24(1):30-6

Lau, J. T. F., Chow, E. P. F., Li, J. H., & Zhang, L. (2014). Reflections on Public Health Challenges for the HIV Epidemic among Men who have Sex with Men in China. In S. M. Griffiths, J. Tang & E. K. Yeoh (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Public Health in Asia: Perspectives on Global Health (pp. 212-229). London: Routledge.

Lau JT, Feng T, Liu XL, Gu J, Tsui HY, Hong F, Wang Z, Cao W. Associations between cognitive, socio-contextual and affective variables and unprotected anal intercourse among men who have sex with men – A comparative study conducted in two Chinese Cities. Biomedical Research International 2014.

Lau JT, Li JH, Choi KC, Gu J. (2014). A randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a theory-based intervention promoting condom use among Chinese monogamous female sexual transmitted infection patients. Int J Behav Med. 21(4):719-29.

Lau JT, Wang Z, Lau M, Lai CH. Perceptions of HPV, genital warts, and penile/anal cancer and high-risk sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong. Archive of Sexual Behaviors 2014, 43(4): 789-800

Lau JT, Zhou H, Su X, Feng T, Hong F, Tsui HY, Ma YL, Wang Z, Walden D. (2014) Condoms used but sex not well protected. AIDS Behav, 18(10):1934-1944

Li J, Lau JT*, Gu J, Hao C, Lai CH. (2014). Event-Specific Risk Factors Predicting Episodes of Unprotected Anal Intercourse with Male Nonregular Partners among Men Who Have Sex with Men Using Case-Crossover Study Design. BioMed Research International. Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 475195, 15 pages.

Mo PK, Gu J, Lau JT, You H. (2014). Prevalence and associated factors of mental health problems among monogamous Chinese female patients with sexually transmitted diseases in Hong Kong. AIDS Care. 27(4):481-8.

Mo PK, Lau JT*, Yu X, Gu J. (2014). The role of social support on resilience, posttraumatic growth, hopelessness and depression among children of HIV-infected parents in mainland China. AIDS Care. 26(12):1526-33.

Su X, Lau JT, Yu CM, Chow CB, Lee LP, But BW, Yam WK, Tse PW, Fung EL, Choi KC. (2014). Growth charts for Chinese Down Syndrome children from birth to 14 years. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 99(9):824-9.

Tsui HY, Lau JT*, Feng T, Hong F, Cai Y, Zhou H, Liu X. (2014). Sexual dysfunction and unprotected anal intercourse among men who have sex with men in two Chinese cities. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 40(2):139-48

Wong, MC, Liu J, Zhou S, Li S, Su X, Wang HH, Chung RY, Yip BH, Wong SY, Lau JT. (2014). The association between multimorbidity and poor adherence with cardiovascular medications. Int J Cardiol. 15;177(2):477-82.

Wu AM and Lau JT. (2014). Gambling in China: Socio-historical Evolution and Current Challenges. Addiction. 110(2):210-6.

Yu X, Lau JT, Mak WW, Cheng Y, Lv Y, Zhang J. A Pilot Theory–Based Intervention to Improve Resilience, Psychosocial Well-Being, and Quality of Life Among People Living With HIV in Rural China. 2014. J Sex Marital Ther. 40(1):1-16.

2013

Lau JT*, Yeung NC, Yu X, Zhang J, Mak WW, Lui WW, Zhang J. Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Revised Posttraumatic Growth Inventory for Children (PTGI-C-R). Asia Pac J Public Health. 2013 Mar 27 [Epub ahead of print]

Lau JT*, Tsui HY, Mo PK, Mak WW, Griffiths S. (2013). World Cup's Impact on Mental Health and Lifestyle Behaviors in the General Population: Comparing Results of 2 Serial Population-Based Surveys. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2013 May 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Kim JH, Wong AH, Goggins WB, Lau J, Griffiths SM. (2013). Drink driving in Hong Kong: the competing effects of random breath testing and alcohol tax reductions. Addiction. 108(7):1217-28.

Lau JT*, Gu J, Tsui HY, Wang Z. (2013). Prevalence and associated factors of intention to participate in HIV voluntary counseling and testing for the first time among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong, China. Prev Med. 57(6):813-8.

Lau JT*, Cai W, Tsui HY, Cheng J, Chen L, Choi KC, Lin C. (2013). Prevalence and correlates of unprotected anal intercourse among Hong Kong men who have sex with men traveling to shenzhen, china. AIDS Behav. 17(4):1395-405.

Lau JT*, Yu X, Mak WW, Cheng Y, Lv Y, Zhang J, Su X, Wang Z. (2013). Prevalence of Inconsistent Condom Use and Associated Factors Among HIV Discordant Couples in a Rural County in China. AIDS and Behavior, 17(5):1888-94.

Su X, Lau JT*, Mak WW, Choi KC, Chen L, Song J, Zhang Y, Zhao G, Feng T, Chen X, Liu C, Liu J, Liu D, Cheng J. (2013). Prevalence and associated factors of depression among people living with HIV in two cities in China. Journal of Affective Disorders. 149(1-3):108-15.

Gu J, Lau JT, Xu H, Zhong Y, Hao Y, Zhao Y, Fan L, Ling W. (2013). A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Relative Efficacy of the Addition of a Psycho-Social Intervention to Standard-of-Care Services in Reducing Attrition and Improving Attendance Among First-Time Users of Methadone Maintenance Treatment in China. AIDS and behavior. 17(6):2002-10.

Yu J, Li D, Wang Z, Li C, Lau JT. (2013). Mental health status of MSM in Beijing. Chin J AIDS STD. 19(4): 244-247.

You H, Lau JT, Gu J, Tsui HY, Wang Z, Kim JH. (2013). Awareness and acceptability of female condoms among monogamous Hong Kong Chinese female sexually transmitted infection patients. AIDS Behav. 17(3):1195-204.

Lau JT*, Wang Z, Kim JH, Lau M, Lai C, Mo PKH. (2013). Acceptability of HPV vaccines and associations with perceptions related to HPV and HPV vaccines among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong. PLoS One. 8(2):e57204.

Lau JT*, Tsui HY, Lau MM. (2013). A pilot clustered randomized control trial evaluating the efficacy of a network-based HIV peer-education intervention targeting men who have sex with men in Hong Kong, China. AIDS Care. 25(7):812-9.

Su X, Lau JT*, Mak WW, Chen L, Choi KC, Song J, Zhang Y, Zhao G, Feng T, Chen X, Liu C, Liu J, Liu D, Cheng J. (2013). Perceived discrimination, social support, and perceived stress among people living with HIV/AIDS in China. AIDS Care. 25(2):239-48.

Lau JT*, Zhao JK, Wu X, Gu J, Hao C. (2013). Gay saunas and the risks of HIV and syphilis transmissions in China-results form a Meta-analysis. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 10(3), 642–52.

Lau JT*, Mo PK, Cai YS, Mak KK, Tsui HY, Choi KC. (2013). Coverage and parental perceptions of influenza vaccination among parents of children aged 6 to 23 months in Hong Kong. BMC Public Health. 13(1):1026.

Leung TF, Liu TC, Mak KK, Su X, Sy HY, Li AM, Lau JT, Lum S, Wong GW. (2013). Reference standards for forced expiratory indices in Chinese preschool children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 48(11):1119-26

Yu C, Holroyd E, Cheng Y, Lau JT*. (2013). Institutional incentives for altruism: gifting blood in China. BMC Public Health. 13:524.

Gao Y, Li L, Chan EY, Lau J, Griffiths SM. (2013). Parental migration, self-efficacy and cigarette smoking among rural adolescents in south China. PLoS One. 8(3):e57569

Lau JT, Yeung NC, Yu XN, Zhang J, Mak WW, Lui WW, Zhang J. (2013). Validation of the Chinese version of the Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES) among Chinese adolescents in the aftermath of the Sichuan Earthquake in 2008. Comprehensive psychiatry, 54(1), 83–90.

Yeung NC, Lau JT*, Yu XN, Chu Y, Shing MM, Leung TF, Li CK, Fok TF, Mak WW. (2013). Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales Among Pediatric Cancer Patients. Cancer Nursing. 36(6):463-73.

Tsui HY, Lau JT*, Lin C, Choi KC. (2013). Prevalence of seasonal influenza vaccination and associated factors in people with chronic diseases in Hong Kong. Epidemiology and Infection. 141(2):377-89.

2012

Wang Z, Mo PK, Lau JT*, Lau M, Lai C. Acceptability of HPV vaccines and perceptions related to genital warts and penile/anal cancers among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong. Vaccine. 2012. 31(41):4675-81.

Tsui HY, Lau JT*, Wei X, Gu J, Wang Z. Should association between HIV-related risk perceptions and behaviors or intentions be positive or negative? PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e52124..

Yan J, Lau JT*, Tsui HY, Gu J, Wang Z. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Condom Use among Chinese Monogamous Female Patients with Sexually Transmitted Infection in Hong Kong. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2012 Dec;9(12):3009-17

Wang Z, Lau JT*, Hao C, Yang H, Huan X, Yan H, Guan W. Syphilis-related perceptions not associated with risk behaviors among men who have sex with men having regular male sex partner(s) in Nanjing, China. AIDS Care. 2012 Dec 7; 25(8):1010-7.

Wang Z, Lau JT*, Gu J. Acceptability of circumcision among clients of female sex worker in Hong Kong. AIDS and Behavior. 2012 Oct;16(7):1836-45.

Lau JT*, Gu J, Tsui HY, Chen H, Holroyd E, Wang R, Hu X. Prevalence and associated factors of condom use during commercial sex by female sex workers who were or were not injecting drug users in China. Sexual Health. 2012 Sep;9(4):368-76.

Gu J, Xu H, Lau JT, Hao Y, Zhong Y, Fan L, Zhao Y, Hao C, Ling W. Misconceptions predict dropout and poor adherence prospectively among newly admitted first-time methadone maintenance treatment clients in Guangzhou, China. Addiction. 2012 Sep;107(9):1641-9.

Lau JT*,Tsui HY. Voluntary counselling and testing plus information distribution to reduce HIV-related risk behaviours among Hong Kong male cross-border truck drivers: a randomised controlled study. Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012 Aug;18 Suppl 3:39-41.

Lau JTF*, Yan H, Lin C, Zhang J, Choi KC, Wang Z, Hao C, Huan X, Yang H. How willing are men who have sex with men in China to be circumcised for the sake of protecting his female sex partner? J Sex Med. 2012 Jul;9(7):1904-12.

Lau JT*, Cai W, Tsui HY, Chen L, Cheng J, Lin C, Gu J, Hao C. Unprotected anal intercourse behavior and intention among male sex workers in Shenzhen serving cross-boundary male clients coming from Hong Kong, China - prevalence and associated factors. AIDS Care. 2012;24(1):59-70..

Hao C, Huan X, Yan H, Yang H, Guan W, Xu X, Zhang M, Wang N, Tang W, Gu J, Lau JT*. A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the relative efficacy of enhanced versus standard voluntary counseling and testing on promoting condom use among men who have sex with men in China. AIDS and Behavior. 2012 Jul;16(5):1138-47.

Xu H, Gu J, Lau JT*, Zhong Y, Fan L, Zhao Y, Hao C, He W, Ling W. Misconceptions toward methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and associated factors among new MMT users in Guangzhou, China. Addictive Behavior. 2012 May;37(5):657-62.

Duracinsky M, Lalanne C, Le Coeur S, Herrmann S, Berzins B, Armstrong AR, Lau JT, Fournier I, Chassany O. Psychometric validation of the PROQOL-HIV questionnaire, a new health-related quality of life instrument-specific to HIV disease. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012; 59(5):506-15

So HK, Li AM, Au CT, Zhang J, Lau J, Fok TF, Wing YK Night sweats in children: prevalence and associated factors. Arch Dis Child. 2012 May;97(5):470-3

Lau JTF*, Au DW, Tsui HY, Choi KC. Prevalence and determinants of influenza vaccination in the Hong Kong Chinese adult population. American Journal of Infection Control. 2012; 40(7):e225-7

Lau JT, Cheng Y, Gu J, Zhou R, Yu C, Holroyd E, Yeung NC. Suicides in a mega-size factory in China: poor mental health among young migrant workers in China. Occup Environ Med. 2012 Jul;69(7):526.

2011

Lau JT*, Gu J, Tsui H, Chen H, Wang R, Hu X. How likely are HIV-positive female sex workers in China to transmit HIV to others? Sexual Health. 2011 Sep;8(3):399-406.

Lau JT*,Yeung NC, Mui LW, Tsui HY, Gu J. A simple new method to triangulate self-reported risk behavior data--the bean method. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2011 Sep;38(9):788-92.

Lau JT*, Zhang J, Yan H, Lin C, Choi KC, Wang Z, Hao C, Huan X, Yang H. Acceptability of circumcision as a means of HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China. AIDS Care. 2011 Nov;23(11):1472-82.

Lau JT*, Lin C, Hao C, Wu X, Gu J. Public health challenges of the emerging HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in China. Public Health. 2011 May;125(5):260-5.

Yi H, Lau JT. (2011). Emerging issues, challenges and aspirations in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in China. Public Health, 125(5), 257-9

Gu J, Lau JT*, Tsui H. Psychological factors in association with uptake of voluntary counselling and testing for HIV among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong. Public Health. 2011 May;125(5):275-82.

Hao C, Yan H, Yang H, Huan X, Guan W, Xu X, Zhang M, Tang W, Wang N, Gu J, Lau JT*. The incidence of syphilis, HIV and HCV and associated factors in a cohort of men who have sex with men in Nanjing, China. Sexual Transmitted Infect. 2011 Apr;87(3):199-201.

Lau JTF*, Tsui HY, Gu J, Zhang J, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Cheng F, Wang N. Sexual mixing and condom use with different types of sex partners among non-institutionalized sexually active female injecting drug users in Sichuan, China. AIDS Behav. 2011 Jan;15(1):86-94.

Gu J, Lau JT*, Chen H, Tsui H, Ling W. Prevalence and factors related to syringe sharing behaviours among female injecting drug users who are also sex workers in China. The International Journal on Drug Policy. 2011 Jan;22(1):26-33.

Lau JTF*, Yeung NCY, Mui LWH, Tsui HY, Gu J. A simple new method to triangulate self-reported risk behavior data – the Bean Method. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2011; 38(9):788-792.

Lau JTF*, Gu J, Tsui HY, Chen HY, Wang RF, and Hu XY. How likely are HIV positive female sex workers in China transmit HIV to others? Sexual Health 2011; 8(3):399-406.

Lau JTF*, Zhang J, Yan H, Lin C,Choi KC, Wang Z, Hao C, Huan X,Yang H. Acceptability of circumcision as a means of HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China. AIDS Care 2011; 23(11):1472-1482.

Lau JT*, Lin C, Ho KM, Lau MC, Tsui HY, Gu J, Lo KK.Setting up a surveillance system for sexually transmitted diseases in the general population with prospective data collection from private-practice and public-practice doctors in Hong Kong.BMC Public Health 2011;11:254.

Lau JTF*, Lin CQ, Hao C, Wu XB, Gu J. Public health challenges on the emerging HIV epidemic among MSM in China. Public Health 2011; 125(5):260-265.

Lau JTF*, Griffiths S, Au DWH, Choi KC. Changes in knowledge, perceptions, preventive behaviors and psychological responses in the pre-community outbreak phase of the H1N1 epidemic. Epidemiology and Infection, 2011;139(1):80-90

Yu XN, Lau JT*, Mak WW, Zhang J, Lui WW, Zhang J. Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale among Chinese adolescents. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2011 Mar-Apr;52(2):218-24.

Kong AP, Wing YK, Choi KC, Li AM, Ko GT, Ma RC, Tong PC, Ho CS, Chan MH, Ng MH, Lau J, Chan JC. Associations of sleepduration with obesity and serum lipid profile in children and adolescents. Sleep Med. 2011 Aug;12(7):659-65

Kong AP, Choi KC, Wong GW, Ko GT, Ho CS, Chan MH, Ozaki R, Ma RC, Lau JT, Chan JC. Serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 and cardiovascularrisk factors in adolescents. Ann Clin Biochem. 2011 May;48(Pt 3):263-9

Kong AP, Choi KC, Ho CS, Chan MH, Wong CK, Liu EK, Chu WC, Chow VC, Lau JT, Chan JC. Hong Kong Chinese school children with elevated urine melamine levels: a prospective follow up study. BMC Public Health. 2011 May 20;11:354.

2010

Lau JTF*, Tsui HY, Cheng S, Pang M.A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the relative efficacy of adding voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) to information dissemination in reducing HIV-related risk behaviors among Hong Kong male cross-border truck drivers. AIDS Care 2010; 22(1):17-28.

Lau JTF*, Yu XN, Mak WS, Cheng YM, Lv YH and Zhang JX. Suicidal ideation among HIV-positive former blood and/or plasma donors in rural China. AIDS Care 2010; 22(8):946-954.

Lau JTF*, Tsui HY, Ho P Y, Wong M C and Yang XL. Prevalence of psychological problems and relationships with condom use and HIV prevention behaviors among Chinese female sex workers in Hong Kong. AIDS Care 2010; 22(6):659-668.

Li HC, Lau JTF, Holroyd E, Yi H. Socio cultural facilitators and barriers to condom use during anal sex among men who have sex with men in Guangzhou, China: an ethnographic study. AIDS Care 2010; 22(12):1481-1486

Li HC, Holroyd E, Lau JTF. Negotiating homosexual identities: the experiences of men who have sex with men in Guangzhou. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2010; 12(4):401–414

Gu J, Lau JTF*, Chen H, Chen X, Liu C, Liu J. Mental health and interpersonal factors associated with HIV‐related risk behaviors among non‐institutionalized female injection drug users who are also sex workers in China. Women and Health 2010; 50(1):20-36.

Tsui HY, Lau JT*. Comparison of risk behaviors and socio-cultural profile of men who have sex with men survey respondents recruited via venues and the internet. BMC Public Health. 2010; 10:232.

Lau JTF*, Tsui HY, Kim JH, ChanKS, Griffiths SM. Monitoring of perceptions, anticipated behavioral, and psychological responses related to H5N1 Influenza. Infection, 2010; 38(4):275–283

Lau JTF*, Cai Y, Tsui HY, Choi KC. Prevalence of influenza vaccination and associated factors among pregnant women in Hong Kong. Vaccine, 2010; 28(33):5389–97

Lau JTF*,Yeung CY, Choi KC,Cheng M, Tsui HY, Griffiths SM. Factors in association with acceptability of A/H1N1 vaccination during the Influenza A/H1N1 pandemic phase in the Hong Kong general population. Vaccine, 2010; 28(29):4632–4637

Lau JTF*, Griffiths SM, Choi KC, Lin CQ. Prevalence of preventive behaviors and associated factors during early phase of the H1N1 influenza epidemic. American Journal of Infection Control, 2010; 38(5):374–380

Lau JTF*,Griffiths SM, Choi KC, Tsui HY. Avoidance behaviors and negative psychological responses in the general population in the initial stage of the H1N1 pandemic in Hong Kong. BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010; 10:139

Lau JTF*, Yu X, Chu Y, Shing MMK, Wong EMC, Leung TF, Li CK, Fok TF Mak WWS. Validation of the Chinese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM (PedsQLTM) Cancer Module. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2010; 35(1):99-109.

Lau JTF*,Yu X, Zhang J, Mak WW, Choi KC, Lui WW, Zhang J, Chan EY. Psychological distress among adolescents in Chengdu, Sichuan at one month after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Journal of Urban Health, 2010;87(3):504-523

Li AM, Au CT, So HK, Lau J, Ng PC, Wing YK. Prevalence and risk factors of habitual snoring in primary school children. Chest 2010; 138(3):519–527

Cowling BJ, Ng DM, Ip DK, Liao Q, Lam WW, Wu JT, Lau JT, Griffiths SM, Fielding R. Community psychological and behavioral responses through the first wave of the 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in Hong Kong. J Infect Dis. 2010; 202(6):867–76

Kim JH, Lee S, Chan KW, Lau J, Tsang A, Griffiths SM.A population-based study on the prevalence and correlates of drinking and driving in Hong Kong. Accident, Analysis and Prevention 2010;42(4):994-1002

Griffiths SM, Wong A, Kim JH, Yung KC, Lau JTF. Influence of country of study on student responsiveness to the H1N1 Pandemic. Public Health, 2010; 124(8):460-466.

Gao Y, Li LP, Kim JH, Congdon N, Lau J, Griffiths S. The impact of parental migration on health status and health behaviours among left behind adolescent school children in China. BMC Public Health, 2010; 10:56.

Kong PS, Choi KC, Li MC ,Hui SC, Chan HM, Wing YK, Ma CW, Lam WK, Lau JTF, So WY, Ko TC and Chan CN. Association between physical activity and cardiovascular risk in Chinese youth independent of age and pubertal stage. BMC Public Health, 2010; 10:303

Li AM, So HK, Au CT, Ho C, Lau J, Ng SK, Abdullah VJ, Fok TF, Wing YK. Epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome in Chinese children: a two-phase community study. Thorax 2010; 65(11):991-997.

Lee AW, Tung SY, Chua DT, Ngan RK, Chappell R, Tung R, Siu L, Ng WT, Sze WK, Au GK, Law SC, O'Sullivan B, Yau TK, Leung TW, Au JS, Sze WM, Choi CW, Fung KK, Lau JT, Lau WH. Randomized trial of radiotherapy plus concurrent-adjuvant chemotherapy vs radiotherapy alone for regionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2010;102(15):1188-98.

Lin CQ, Lau JTF*, Ho KM, Lau MC, Tsui HY, Lo KK. Incidence of genital warts among the Hong Kong general adult population.BMC Infectious Diseases 2010; 10:272

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Centre for Health Behaviours Research

JC School of Public Health and Primary Care

Prof. LAU Tak Fai Joseph (劉德輝教授)

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