Dr Wallace Chan

Associate Professor

Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

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Key Publications

Caregiving Across Cultures: Understanding the Interplay of Strain, Self-Perception of Ageing, and Health., Lai, F., Sattar, Z., Siu, A., Hai, E., Whittington, S., Lai, C., Chan, W., Luddington, S., Yip, B. 1 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Rehabilitation
Collective Value-Laden Grief Among Hongkongers: We Left, We Grieve, We Live, Chan, W. 4 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Loss and Trauma
Developing a storybook package for bereaved siblings: A pilot study of the effectiveness for enhancing the perceived knowledge and confidence of health and social care professionals in Hong Kong, Chan, W., Yu, C., Leung, G., Lin, M., Leung, M., Kwok, D., Wu, J. 9 Aug 2025, In: Death Studies
Funeral support services for socio-economically deprived bereaved people in Hong Kong: An exploratory study of their effectiveness, Chan, W., Li, Y., Yick, D., Tse, H. 23 Jan 2025, In: Death Studies
Grieving the loss of parents: A qualitative study of bereaved adult children who are receiving professional support, Chan, W., Lee, C., Tsing, R. 5 Jun 2025, In: Death Studies
Meaning-centred intervention for managing loneliness among community-dwelling older adults: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol, Ho, K., Chan, J., Cheung, D., Chan, W., McQuillan, P., Yu, M., Gulzar, M., Wong, C., Liu, C. 8 May 2025, In: Systematic Reviews
Validating the self-competence in death work scale for end-of-life care volunteers, Lin, Z., Lou, V., Chan, W. 4 Feb 2025, In: BMC Palliative Care
Applying Logotherapy in Teaching Meaning in Life in Professional Training and Social Work Education, Chan, C. 1 Jan 2024, In: The British Journal of Social Work
Caregivers’ perception of ageing, perceived health and strain in caregiving – The preliminary cross culture analysis, Lai, F., Siu, A., Hai, E., Whittington, S., Lai, C., Chan, W., Yip, B. 30 Jul 2024, Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2024
Caregivers’ perception of ageing, perceived health and strain in caregiving – The preliminary cross culture analysis, Lai, F., Siu, A., Hai, E., Whittington, S., Lai, C., Chan, W., Yip, B. 1 Dec 2024, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia

Professional Activity

Oral presentation: Validating the Self-Competence in Death Work Scale among palliative and hospice care professionals in the United Kingdom: A renewed understanding of coping between professional and personal orientations 2025
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2.0 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2025 2025
Editorial work: Taylor & Francis (Publisher) 2025
Other: A research study titled "Dying to know about death: Perspectives of adolescent pupils and their teachers on how to educate young people about death, dying, and bereavement" 2024
Other: A research project titled "Validation of the Self-competence in Death Work Scale among helping professionals in palliative and hospice care in the United Kingdom" 2024
Other: A research study titled "Social Justice in social work education under the changing socio-political context: The Perspective from Social Work Students in Hong Kong" 2023

Qualifications

Philosophy PhD November 27 2007

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