Other Roles

• Research Associate(Jan.2005 - Dec.2008), & Research Fellow (Jan. 2009 ¡V present), Sau Po Centre on Ageing, HKU
• Honorary Fellow(2007 - present), Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, HKU
• Chairman(Jul.2010 ¡V present), Macau Social Security Soceity
• Vice-President(2010 ¡V present) , Hong Kong History Society
• Member (Oct 2007 ¡V present), Asian Association of Social Psychology
• Member(2006 - 2008), Macao Health City Comittee, Working group for Community Diagnosis & Statistics of Injuries and Death
• Member (2009 ¡V present), Committee on Rehabilitation Services, Macau SAR
  

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D., Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong (2005)
• M.Phil., Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong (1999)
• B.Soc.Sci, The University of Hong Kong (1994)

Teaching Area

• Public Finance
• Program Evaluation
• Principles of Economics
• Research Methods for Social Sciences
• Taxation in Macau and Hong Kong
• Statistics I & II
• Mathematics for Social Sciences

Research Ares

• Suicide research
• Statistical Modelling
• Gerontological study
• Program Evaluation

Current Research

• Suicide research
• Statistical Modelling
• Gerontological study
• Program Evaluation

Previous Research

• Suicide research
• Statistical Modelling
• Gerontological study
• Program Evaluation

Selected Publications

REFEREED JOURNALS

• Yip, P.S.F. & Chan, K.S. (1995). Statistical Analysis of District Board Election Results in Hong Kong. Asian Journal of Public Administration, 17(2), 361 ¡V 373.

• Lloyd, C.J., Yip, P.S.F., Chan, K.S. (1998). A comparison of recapture, removal and resighting designs for population size estimation. Journal of statistical planning and inference,71, 363-375)

• Lloyd, C.J., Yip, P.S.F., Chan, K.S. (1999). Estimating the Number of Faults: Efficiency of Removal, Recapture, and Seeding. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 48 (4), 369 - 376.

• Paul S.F. Yip, Wan E. and Chan, K.S. (2001). A unified of capture-recapture methods in discrete time. Journal of Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Statistics, 6, 183-194.

• Paul S.F. Yip, Chan, K.S. and Wan E. (2002). Robust design and the use of auxiliary variables in estimating population size for an open population. Biometrics, 58(4), 852 - 861.

• Chi, I., Yip, P.S.F., Chiu, H.F.K., Chou, K.L., Chan, K.S., Kwan, C.W., Conwell, Y., Caine, E. (2005). Prevalence of Depression and its Correlates in Hong Kong Chinese Older Adults. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13, 409 ¡V 416.

• Lau, Y., & Chan, K.S. (2007). Influence of Intimate Partner Violence During Preganacy and Early Postpartum Depressive Symptoms on Breastfeeding Among Chinese Women in Hong Kong. Journal of Midwifery & Women¡¦s Health, 52(2), e15 ¡V e20.

• Lau, Y., Wong, D.F.K., & Chan, K.S. (2008). Impact and Cumulative Effects of Intimate Partner Abuse during Pregnancy on Health-Related Quality of Life among Hong Kong Chinese Women. Midwifery, 24(1), 22 ¡V 37.

• Leung, A., Chi, I., Chow, N.W.S., Chan, K.S. & Chou, K.L. (2006). Construction and validation of Chinese Value of Learning Scale (CVLS). Educational Gerontology, 10, 907 ¡V 920.

• Leung, A., Ko, P., Chan, K.S., Chi, I., & Chow, N.W.S. (2007). Searching Health Information via Web: Hong Kong Chinese Older Adults¡¦ Experience. Public Health Nursing, 24(2), 169 ¡V 175.

• Wong, F.K.D., Chan, K.S. & Lau, Y. (2008) Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (DAS-A) in a community sample. Depression and Anxiety, USA.

• Pan, J.Y., Wong .F.K.D., Chan, K.S. & Chan, C.L.W. (2008). Development and validation of Chinese Making Sense of Adversity Scale (CMSAS): Using Acculturative Stressor as an example. Research on Social Work Practice, USA.

• Yip, P.S.F., Wong, P.W.C., Cheung, D.Y.T., Chan, K.S., Beh, S.L. (2009) An Empirical Study of Characteristics and Types of Homicide-Suicides in Hong Kong, 1989-2005, Journal of Affective Disorder.

• Wang, Y.Q., Guo, X.J., Lau, Y., Chan, K.S. & et al. (2009) Psychometric evaluation of the mainland Chinese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale among Chengdu antenatal women. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(6), 813 ¡V 823.

• Lau, Y. & Chan, K.S. (2009). Perinatal depressive symptoms, socio-demographic correlates and breast-feeding among Chinese women. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, October/December, 3 (4), 335-345.

• Chen, H.L., Wong, Y.C., & Chan, K.S. (2009). Social Capital among Older Chinese Adults: An Exploratory Study of Quality of Life and Social Capital in a Chinese Urban Community. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 4(9), 107 ¡V 124.

• Lau, Y., Wong, D.F.K. & Chan, K.S. (2010). The utility of screening for perinatal depression in the second trimester among Chinese: a three-wave prospective longitudinal study. Archives of Women¡¦s Health Mental Health (AWMH165R1) (Published online on 08 January 2010).

• Leung, A.Y.M., Lou, V.W.Q., Chan, K.S., Yung, A., & Chi, I. (2010). Care Management Service and Falls Prevention: A Case-Control Sutdy in a Chinese Population. Journal of Aging and Health, 22 (3), 348 ¡V 361.

• Leung, A.Y.M., Chi, I., Lou, V.W.Q., & Chan, K.S. (2010). Psychosocial Risk Factors Associated with Falls among Chinese Community-dwelling Older Adults in Hong Kong. Health and Social Care in the Community, 18(3), 272 ¡V 281.

• Yip, P.S.F., Watson, R., Chan, K.S., Lau, E.H.Y., & et al. (2010). Estimation of the Number of People in a Demonstration. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 52(1), 17 ¡V 26.

LOCAL JOURNALS

• Chan, K.S., Fu, M.K., & Si, U.H. (2008). Teachers¡¦ Welfare and Professional Development. Teachers¡¦ Magazine, 22, 46 ¡V 49. (In Chinese).

• Ao, I.W., & Chan, K.S., Chan, W.T., & Chi, I. (2008). Discussion on the Development of Elderly Service in Macau from Supply-side Perspective. Journal of Macau Studies, 48, 135 ¡V 139. (In Chinese).

• Ao, I.W. & Chan, K.S. (2009).¡§Aging in Place¡¨ and its Implication for Macau¡¨, Journal of Macau Studies, 51, 116 ¡V 122. (In Chinese).

• Choi, K.L., & Chan, K.S. (2009). Compared with the Teacher Training System of Finland and Norway, Teachers¡¦ Magazine, 25, 81 ¡V 83. (In Chinese).

• Choi, K.L. & Chan, K.S. (2009). From the Perspective of Economic Development and Culture, Comparing Education System among Macau, Finland and Norway. Teachers¡¦ Magazine, 24, 33 ¡V 35. (In Chinese).

• Chan, C.M., & Chan, K.S. (2010). In the Aspects of Regional Economic Integration, What can Macau learn from the industrial transformation of Finland. One Country, Two Systems Research, 4, 113 ¡V 121. (In Chinese).

COATHORED PRESENTATION

• The Development of Smoking Cessation Policy in Macau, , Conference on ¡§Public Governance ¡V Theories & Practices¡¨, Oct 25 ¡V 26, 2007.

• The Evaluation of the Impact of Career Planning Program on High school Students¡¦ Self-Identity, Conference on ¡§Public Governance ¡V Theories & Practices¡¨, Oct 25 ¡V 26, 2007.

• A Study on the National Identity of the Macau Youth, Conference on ¡§Public Governance ¡V Theories & Practices¡¨, Oct 25 ¡V 26, 2007.

• Challenges in Tobacco Control: Low Motivation and the Lack of Home Smoking Bans Among Chinese Smokers in Macau, Conference on ¡§Social Capital and Volunteering in Modern Ageing Cities: Building Intergenerational Inclusion¡¨, hosted by? City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 15 ¡V 17, December, 2008.

• An Empirical Study of Educational Inequality in Macao ¡V A Decomposable Gini Analysis, 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development, Hong Kong, June 10 ¡V 14, 2010.

BOOK CHAPTER

• Lau, Y. & Chan, K.S. (2008). The Moderating Effect of Concern for Face on Help-Seeking Intention among Intimate Partner Abused Pregnant Women. In Social Sciences in Health Care and Medicine. By Janet B. Garner & Thelma C. Christiansen. Nova Science Publishers.

• Chan, K.S., Chan, W.T., Ao, Y.W. & Chi, I. (2009) Development of Elderly Long Term Care Services in Macau. Blue Book of Macao, Social Sciences Academic Press (China).

BOOK

• Tang, Y.W., Chan, K.S. (2009). Reform of Macau Social Security System. Macau: Macau Social Security Society (In Chinese).

CONFERNECE PAPERS

• The Effects of Social Engagement and Conflicted Relationships on Depression in Hong Kong Nursing Home Residents, The 4th International Symposium on Chinese Elderly, China, 12 ¡V 16 October, 2003.

• The Effects of Social Engagement and Conflicted Relationships on Depression in Hong Kong Nursing Home Residents, 11th Annual Congress of Gerontology, Hong Kong, 29 November, 2003.

• Prevalence of Depression and its Correlates in Hong Kong Chinese Older Adults, Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Prevention of Elderly Suicide, 24 ¡V 26 March, 2004.

• Age-Period-Cohort (APC) Analysis of Elderly Suicide in Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Prevention of Elderly Suicide, 24 ¡V 26 March, 2004.

• Geographical Variations in Hong Kong Suicide Patterns, The 2nd Cross-Strait Conference on Public Administration: Policy Challenges in the 21st Century. October, 2005, Macau.

• Brief Discussion of Elderly Services in Macau (¿DªùªøªÌªA°È¤ÎºÖ§Q¬Fµ¦ªì±´), The 2nd Cross-Strait Conference on Public Administration: Policy Challenges in the 21st Century. October, 2005, Macau.

• The Evaluation of Community Based Care Management Service ¡V A Way to Reduce Medical Service Utilizations for Older Adults? 5th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Dec, 2006, Hong Kong.

• A Way to Explore the Support for Informal Caregivers in Home Care Services (Poster Presentation). the 4th World Congress on Long Term Care in Chinese Communities, Nov, 2006, US.

• Identifying non-medical risk factors for falls among community-dwelling frail older adults in Hong Kong. The Canadian RAI Conference 2007 - Symposium on the application of RAI instruments in Hong Kong, May, 2007, US.

• Evaluation and Management of Geriatric Depression in Community-based Care Management Model in Hong Kong, The 7th conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology, July 25 ¡V 28, 2007, Malaysia.

• An Alternative Method for Resource Utilization Groups in Hong Kong Nursing Homes Using Cluster Analysis, The 1st Seminar on Law and Social Sciences, October 30 - 31, 2007.

• Long Term Care Policies and Practices for the Elderly in Macau, Conference on ¡§Public Governance ¡V Theories & Practices¡¨, Oct 25 ¡V 26, 2007.

• Temporal Trend of Macau Suicide, 1995 ¡V 2005. Conference on ¡§3rd Asia Pacific Regional Conference of International Association for Suicide Prevention¡¨, hosted by Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, HKU, Hong Kong, October 31 ¡V November 3, 2008.

• Relationship between Depression and Informal Caregiving among Frail Elders Seeking for Long-Term Care Services in Hong Kong , Conference on ¡§Social Capital and Volunteering in Modern Ageing Cities: Building Intergenerational Inclusion¡¨, hosted by? City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 15 ¡V 17, December, 2008.

• Some Considerations on Social Policy in Macau ¡X the Perspective of Public Finance. Conference on ¡§Public Governance and Regional Governmental Cooperation¡¨, hosted by University of Macau, Macau, 15 May 2009.

• Reviews of Macao Pension System. Cross-Strait Pension System Forum, hosted by China Social Insurance Association, Shenzhen, 20 ¡V 21 August 2009.

• Macao Housing Policy and Poverty Alleviation. Conference on ¡§Asian Regioinal Roundtable on Social Security¡¨, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Oct8 ¡V 10, 2009.

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RESEARCHES

Seq. No.	Project Title	PI/ Co-I	Funding Source(s)	(Expected) Completion Date
1	Opinion Survey on smoking cessation policy	Co-PI	Centre for Disease Control and Prevention	3/2006
2	The Training Evaluation of MigraMacau Project	PI	Immigration Department, The Public Security Police	12/2007
3	Evaluation of Civic Education (conducted by Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau)	PI	Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau	12/2007
4	The Evaluation of ¡§Smoke-free Restaurant¡¨ Project	PI	Centre for Disease Control and Prevention	12/2007
5	Enhancing the Accessibility and Potentials of Macau¡¦s E-government: a Study of Macau¡¦s Digital Divide	Co-I	University of Macau	12/2008
6	Promoting Health among Community Dwelling Elderly:?Evaluation of Enhanced Home and Community Care Services (EHCCS) Provided by St. James¡¦ Settlement (SJS)	Co-I	St. James¡¦ Settlement	8/2007
7	A Study on Effectiveness of Integrated Home Care Service in Community Care for Elderly People in Hong Kong	Co-I	Research Grants Council, The University of Hong Kong	09/2009
8	Smoking and Health Study in the Chinese Population in Macau	Co-PI	The Research Committee, University of Macau	12/2008
9	Scale Validation Study on Political Efficacy and Exploratory Research on Citizen Participation in Macao	Co-PI	The Research Committee, University of Macau	12/2009
10	Quality of life among frail nursing home residents: meanings and associated factors	Co-I	Departmental General Research Funds, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	12/2010
11	Evaluation of Civic Education (conducted by Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau)	Co-PI	Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau	12/2010
12	A Study of Region Redevelopment and Revitalization	Co-PI	Urban Development Authority, Macau SAR	12/2010

Professional Affiliations

• Principal Investigator of the Evaluation of MigraMacau Project (Jun 2006 ¡V Jun 2008), commissioned by Immigration Department, The Public Security Police, The Macao SAR.

Courses Taught

• Mathematics For Social Sciences
• Principles Of Economics
• Statistics I / II
• Public Finance
• Taxation In Macau And Hong Kong
• Program Evaluation And Performance Assessment
• Social Sciences Research Methods I

Contact Details

Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities (FSH)
University of Macau
Av. Padre Tomas Pereira, Taipa, Macao

Room: P331, Pearl Jubilee Building
Telephone: +(853) 8397 8329
Fax: +(853) 2883 8312

E-mail address: kschan@umac.mo