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The social paediatrics initiative: a RICHER model of primary health care for at risk children and their familiesSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia, School of Nursing and Research, 6190 Agronomy Road, 302, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, BC, Canada
BMC Pediatr 12:158. 2012..This study provides the first examination of a model of delivering PHC, using a Social Paediatrics approach...
The unmet health needs of East Asian high school students: are homestay students at risk?Sabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia, NEXUS and Centre for Health Services Policy Research, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, T 161, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5
Can J Public Health 101:241-5. 2010..Our objectives were to examine: 1) the characteristics of homestay youth compared to immigrant and Canadian-born East Asian youth and 2) whether their health risk behaviours are similar to immigrant or Canadian-born East Asian youth...- Measurement of social support across women from four ethnic groups: evidence of factorial invarianceSabrina T Wong
Culture, Gender, Health Research Unit, School of Nursing, and Center for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, T 161, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2B5, Canada
J Cross Cult Gerontol 25:45-58. 2010..It can used to examine social support within one ethnic group and for comparative research across diverse ethnic groups of women... 
Patient activation in primary healthcare: a comparison between healthier individuals and those with a chronic illnessSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Public and Population Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Med Care 49:469-79. 2011....- Enhancing measurement of primary health care indicators using an equity lens: An ethnographic studySabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia UBC School of Nursing, Critical Research in Health and Health care Inequities, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2B5, Canada
Int J Equity Health 10:38. 2011..abstract:.. - Patient perspectives on primary health care in rural communities: effects of geography on access, continuity and efficiencySabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Rural Remote Health 9:1142. 2009..We conducted seven focus groups with people (n = 50) living in rural communities, in British Columbia, Canada, as they reflected on priorities for and use of PHC... - Treatment decision making among Chinese women with DCISSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Psychosoc Oncol 26:53-73. 2008..Women's reflections on the decision-making process provided insights into how to improve information and support treatment decision making in ways that are accessible to them... - A scoping literature review of collaboration between primary care and public healthRuth Martin-Misener
School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, 5869 University Ave, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Prim Health Care Res Dev 13:327-46. 2012.... - An empirical evaluation of social support and psychological well-being in older Chinese and Korean immigrantsSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Culture, Gender, and Health Research Unit, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ethn Health 12:43-67. 2007.... - The relationship between parent emotion, parent behavior, and health status of young African American and Latino childrenSabrina T Wong
School of Nursing Culture, Gender, and Health Research Unit and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Pediatr Nurs 21:434-42. 2006..Implementing a rapid screening test for depression and further assessment of parenting behaviors could identify those needing more assistance in developing positive parenting skills... - The essential and potentially inappropriate use of antipsychotics across income groups: an analysis of linked administrative dataJoseph H Puyat
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Can J Psychiatry 57:488-95. 2012..To examine the essential and potentially inappropriate use of antipsychotics across income groups... - College students' perceptions of their experiences: what do minority students think?Sabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Culture, Gender, and Health Research Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, T 161, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Nurs Educ 47:190-5. 2008..Adding school-level variables to the regression models helped explain some additional variance in student perceptions. A comprehensive, long-term commitment to the retention of students from diverse backgrounds is needed... - The RICHER social pediatrics model: fostering access and reducing inequities in children's healthM Judith Lynam
University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, BC
Healthc Q 14:41-6. 2011.... - Closing the health equity gap: evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizationsAnnette J Browne
University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Int J Equity Health 11:59. 2012.... - The changing meaning of family support among older Chinese and Korean immigrantsSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia, Culture, Gender, and Health Research Unit, School of Nursing and Centre for Health Services Policy Research, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, T 161, Vancouver, B C V6T 2B5, Canada
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 61:S4-9. 2006..Our objective in this study was to examine how family social-support expectations have changed among older Chinese and Korean U.S. immigrants... - "He's more typically female because he's not afraid to cry": connecting heterosexual gender relations and men's depressionJohn L Oliffe
School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, 6190 Agronomy Road, Vancouver, Bristish Coumbia, Canada
Soc Sci Med 73:775-82. 2011..Opportunities for couples to assess their relationship dynamics within a broad range of gender relations might support couples' connectedness and life quality amid the challenges that accompany men's depression... - Measurement adequacy of parenting and children's functional status in African American and Latino familiesSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, Canada
J Nurs Meas 12:47-62. 2004..Different factor loadings for some items for Hispanics and African Americans suggest different interpretation of items between the two cultural groups... - Perceptions of unmet healthcare needs: what do Punjabi and Chinese-speaking immigrants think? A qualitative studyEmily G Marshall
School of Nursing and Center for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2B5, Canada ca
BMC Health Serv Res 10:46. 2010..Our study examined: 1) How are unmet healthcare needs conceptualized among Chinese- and Punjabi-speaking immigrants? 2) Are their primary healthcare experiences related to their unmet healthcare needs?.. - Beyond greener pastures: exploring contexts surrounding Filipino nurse migration in Canada through oral historyCharlene Ronquillo
University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Nurs Inq 18:262-75. 2011..This study explores the complex connections between various factors motivating Filipino nurse migration, the decision-making process, and other pre-migration experiences... - Registration for public drug benefits across areas of differing ethnic composition in British Columbia, CanadaVivian W Leong
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 10:171. 2010..Given past research suggesting that registration processes may pose an access barrier to certain subpopulations, we aimed to determine whether registration rates varied across small geographic areas that differed in ethnic composition... - Developing a performance measurement framework and indicators for community health service facilities in urban ChinaSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia, School of Nursing and Centre for Health Services Policy Research, 6190 Agronomy Road, 302, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada
BMC Fam Pract 11:91. 2010..We report on the development of the China results-based Logic Model for Community Health Facilities and Stations (CHS) and a set of relevant PHC indicators intended to measure CHS priorities... - Examining the types of social support and the actual sources of support in older Chinese and Korean immigrantsSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Culture, Gender, and Health Unit Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Vancouver, Canada
Int J Aging Hum Dev 61:105-21. 2005..Despite their reticence in asking for help outside the family, elders are seeking help from other sources, such as ethnic churches and the government... - Disparities in the financial burden of children's healthcare expendituresSabrina T Wong
School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, T161 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2B5, Canada
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:1008-13. 2005..To examine whether income-related disparities in the burden of children's out-of-pocket health care expenditures have diminished with the expansions in public insurance for children in low-income families... - Methods, strategies and technologies used to conduct a scoping literature review of collaboration between primary care and public healthRuta Valaitis
School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Prim Health Care Res Dev 13:219-36. 2012.... - Using visual displays to communicate risk of cancer to women from diverse race/ethnic backgroundsSabrina T Wong
Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, UCSF, USA
Patient Educ Couns 87:327-35. 2012..This study evaluated how well women from diverse race/ethnic groups were able to take a quantitative cancer risk statistic verbally provided to them and report it in a visual format... - Ethnic disparities in antipsychotic drug use in British Columbia: a cross-sectional retrospective studyJoseph H Puyat
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 201 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
Psychiatr Serv 62:1026-31. 2011..This study examined ethnic disparities in antipsychotic therapy in a population with significant Asian representation... - Disparities in colorectal cancer screening rates among Asian Americans and non-Latino whitesSabrina T Wong
School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cancer 104:2940-7. 2005..Other strategies for increasing CRC screening may include using a more family-centered approach and using qualified translators... - Consumer assessment of the quality of interpersonal processes of prenatal care among ethnically diverse low-income women: development of a new measureSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia School of Nursing, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada
Womens Health Issues 14:118-29. 2004..The purpose of this study is to develop a multidimensional measure of prenatal interpersonal processes of care (PIPC) that demonstrates reliability and validity in ethnically diverse women in Medicaid managed care plans...