Prof. Wong Hung

Prof. Wong Hung

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Associate Professor (Teaching)

BSSc (CUHK); MA, PhD (Warwick); RSW 3943 7510

 

Website

web.swk.cuhk.edu.hk/~hwong/

 

Research Interests

  • Poverty, Deprivation & Social Exclusion
  • Social Security, Labour Policy & Social Policies
  • Community Economic Development & Social Innovation
  • Programme Evaluation & Social Impact Assessment
  • Working Poor, Homeless People & Marginal Groups
  • Quality of Life & Well-being

 

Curriculum Vitae

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Selected Publications

Book:

  • Wong, H. (2015). The hope of poverty eradication: Examination of poverty problem in Hong Kong (Revised Edition) (「無窮」的盼望: 香港貧窮問題探析增訂版) . Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book Co. (in Chinese)

 

Selected Journal Publications:
 
               - SSCI = Social Sciences Citation Index;
               - SCIE= Science Citation Index Expanded;
               - CSSCI = Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index.
               - ESCI = Emerging Sources Citation Index;
 

2024

Chan, S. M., & Wong, H. (2024). Measurement and determinants of multidimensional poverty: the case of Hong Kong. Journal of Asian Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2024.2325857 (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 2.0, 17/84, Q1 (Area Studies), SSCI, 2022]

2023

Au-Yeung, T. C., Wong, H., Tang, V., Chan, S. M., & Zhang, Y. (2023). When means-testing meets work-testing:  A multi-level institutional analysis of claiming in-work benefits in Hong Kong. International Journal of Social Welfare. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12608  (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 1.9, 21/44, Q2 (Social Work), SSCI, 2022]

Chan, S. M., Chung, G. K. K., Chan, Y. H., Woo, J., Yeoh, E. K., Chung, R. Y. N., Wong, S. Y. S., Marmot, M., Lee, R. W. T., Wong, H. (2023).  The mediating role of individual-level social capital among worries, mental health and subjective well-being among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. Current Psychology, 42(12), 10260-10270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02316-z (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 2.8, 56/147, Q2 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary), SSCI, 2022]

Chan, S. M., Wong, H., Au-Yeung, T. C., & Li, S. N. (2023). Impact of multi-dimensional precarity on rough sleeping: Evidence from Hong Kong. Habitat International, 136(2023), 102831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102831 (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 6.8, 5/42, Q1 (Development Studies); 22/128 Q1 (Environmental Studies), SSCI, 2022]

Chan S. M., Wong, H., Chen, Y., Tang, M. Y. V. (2023).  Determinants of depression and anxiety in homeless people: A population survey of homeless people in Hong Kong. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 69 (5), 1145-1156. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640231152208  (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 7.5, 16/144, Q1 (Psychiatry), SSCI, 2022]

Chan, S. M., Wong, H. Tang, K. K.& Li S. N. (2023) Social impact assessment of transitional social housing and service interventions for low-income families: The case of Hong Kong. Sustainability, 2023(15), 12061.   https://doi.org/10.3390/su151512061   (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 3.9, 48/128, Q2 (Environmental Studies); 114/275 Q2 (Environmental Sciences), SSCI, 2022]

Chung G.K.K., Chan Y.H., Lee T.S.K., Chan S.M., Chen J.K., Wong H., Chung R.Y.N., Ho E.S.C. (2023).  Socioeconomic inequality in the worsening of psychosocial wellbeing via disrupted social conditions during COVID-19 among adolescents in Hong Kong: self-resilience matters.  Frontiers in Public Health, 11,  1136744.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1136744  (SSCI &SCIE)  [Impact Factor: 5.2, 25/180, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2022]

Chung, R. Y. R., Lee, T. Y. T., Chan, S. M., Chung, K. K. G., Chan, Y. H. Wong, S. Y. S., Lai, E.  Wong, H., Yeoh, E. K., Marmot, M. & Woo, J. (2023). Experience of South and Southeast Asian minority women in Hong Kong during COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. International Journal for Equity in Health,22, 110(2023).  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-01922-6 [Impact Factor: 4.8, 34/180, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2022]

Liu, Z. & Wong, H. (2023). Linking authentic leadership and employee turnover intention: the influences of sense of calling and job satisfaction. Leadership & Organization Development Journal.  https://www.emerald.com/insight/0143-7739.htm (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 4.9, 103/227, Q2 (Management), SSCI, 2022]

Zhang, T., Huang, B., Yan, Y., Lin, Y. Wong, H., Wong, S. Y. S., Chung, R. Y. (2023). Street-view and traditional greenness metrics with adults' sitting time in high-density living in Hong Kong: Comparing associations, air pollution and noise roles, and population heterogeneity. Science of the Total Environment, 2023 (870), 161778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161778 Impact Factor: 9.8, 26/275, Q1 (Environmental Sciences), SCIE, 2022]

Zhang, T., Huang, B., Yan, Y., Lin, Y. Wong, H., Wong, S. Y. S., Chung, R. Y. (2023). Associations of residential greenness with unhealthy consumption behaviors: Evidence from high-density Hong Kong using street-view and conventional exposure metrics. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 249 (2023), 114135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114145 (SCIE) [Impact Factor: 6.0, 32/207, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SCIE, 2021]

 2022

Chan, S. M., & Wong, H. (2022). Housing and Subjective Well-Being in Hong Kong: A Structural Equation Model. Applied Research in Quality of Life. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-021-10000-4 (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 3.4, 21/110, Q1 (Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary), SSCI, 2022]

Chan, S. M., Chiu, L. C. W., Law, W.Y., Hung, S. F., Chang, W. C., Chen, E.Y. H., Chung, G. K. K.,  Chan, Y. H., Chung, R. Y., Chan, Y. H., Wong, H., Yeoh, E. K., &Woo, J. (2022).  Inequalities in Psychiatric Morbidity in Hong Kong and Strategies for Mitigation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(12), 7095. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127095 (SCIE) [Impact Factor: 4.614, 71/210, Q2 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SCIE, 2022]

Chan, S. M., Chung, G. K. K., Chan, Y. H., Chung, R. Y., Chan, Y. H., Wong, H., Yeoh, E. K., &Woo, J. (2022). Resilience and coping strategies of older adults in Hong Kong during COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study. BMC Geriatrics, 22, 299(2022).  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03009-3 (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 3.921, 6/36, Q1 (Gerontology), SSCI, 2020]

Chan, S. M., Lam, C. W. L., Law,W. Y., Hung, S.F., Chan,W. C., Chen, H. Y., Chung, K. K. G., Chan, Y. H., Chung, Y. N. R., Wong, H., Yeoh, E. K., & Woo, J. (2022). Inequalities in Psychiatric Morbidity in Hong Kong and Strategies for Mitigation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022(19), 7095. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127095 (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 4.614, 45/182, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2021]

Chan, S. M., Wong, H., Au-Yeung, T. C., Hua, X. & Gao, Q. (2022). Impacts of poverty stigma on negative affect among welfare recipients: path analysis on Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR. Journal of Asian Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2020.1806428  (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 2.000, 13/80, Q1 (Area Studies), SSCI, 2020]

Chung, G. K. K., Chan, Y. H., Chan, S.M., Chen, J. K., Wong ,H., Chung, R. Y. N. (2022). The impact of trust in government on pandemic management on the compliance with voluntary COVID-19 vaccination policy among adolescents after social unrest in Hong Kong. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 99285.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.992895 (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 5.2, 25/180, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2022]

Chung, Y. N. R., Chung, K.K.G., Chan, Y. H., Lee, S. K. T., Ho, S. C. E., Chan, S. M., Chen, J. K. & Wong, H. (2022).  Trust in government and compliance to COVID-19 vaccination policy.  Annals of Epidemiology, 73(September 2022), 48.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.06.012 (SCIE) [Impact Factor: 6.996, 31/210, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SCIE, 2021]

Fung, E. H. C., Wong, H., Chiu, S. W., Hui, J. H. L., Lam, H. M., Chung, R. Y. N., Wong, S. Y. S. & Chan, S. M. (2022). Risk factors associated with bedbug (Cimex spp.) infestations among Hong Kong households: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2022(37), 1411-1429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-021-09894-1 (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 2.414, 29/43, Q3 (Urban Studies), SSCI, 2020]

Liu, Z., Wong, H., & Liu, J.  (2022). Why do social workers leave? A moderated mediation of professionalism, job satisfaction, and managerialism. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023(20), 230.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010230 (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 4.614, 42/180, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2022]

Zhang, T., Huang, B., Wong, H., Wong, S. Y. S., Chung, R. Y. (2022). Public rental housing and obesogenic behaviors among adults in Hong Kong: Mediator role of food and physical activity environment. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5), 2960.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052960 (SSCI)  [Impact Factor: 3.390, 41/176, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2020]

Zhang, T., Huang, B., Wong, H., Wong, S. Y. S., Chung, R. Y. (2022). Built Environment and Physical Activity among Adults in Hong Kong: Role of Public Leisure Facilities and Street Centrality. Land, 11, 243. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020243 (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 3.398, 56/125, Q2 (Environmental Studies), SSCI, 2020]

 2021

Chan, S. M., Au-Yeung, T. C., Wong, H., Chung, R. Y. N. & Chung, G. K. (2021). Long working hours, precarious employment and anxiety symptoms among working Chinese population in Hong Kong. Psychiatric Quarterly https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-021-09938-3 (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 2.832, 75/143, Q3 (Psychiatry), SSCI, 2020]

Chan, S. M., Wong, H., Chung, Y. R., & Au-Yeung, T. C. (2021). Association of living density with anxiety and stress: A cross-sectional population study in Hong Kong. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29(4), 1019-1029. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13136 (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 2.821, 7/44, Q1 (Social Work), SSCI, 2020]

Chen, J. K., Wang Z., Wong, H., & Tang, V. M. Y. (2021). Child deprivation as a mediator of the relationships between family poverty, bullying victimization, and psychological distress. Child Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-021-09835-y (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 2.420, 39/110, Q2 (Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary), SSCI, 2020]

Chung, G. K., Chan, S. M., Chan, T. H., Yip, T. C. F., Ma, H. M., Wong, G. L. H., Chung, R. Y. N., Wong, H., Wong, S. Y., Yeoh, E. K., Marmot, M. & Woo, J. (2021). Differential impacts of multimorbidity on COVID-19 severity across the socioeconomic ladder in Hong Kong: A syndemic perspective.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(15), 8168. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158168 (SSCI & SCIE) [Impact Factor: 3.390, 41/176, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2020]

Chung, R. Y. N., Chung, G. K. K., Marmot, M., Allen, J., Chan, D., Goldblatt, P., Wong, H., Lai, E., Woo, J., Yeoh, E. K., Wong, S. Y. S. (2021). COVID-19 related health inequality exists even in a city where disease incidence is relatively low: a telephone survey in Hong Kong.  Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 75(7), 616-623. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-215392   (SSCI & SCIE)  [Impact Factor: 3.710, 34/176, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2020]

Chung, R. Y., Chung, G. K., Chan, S. M., Chan, Y. H., Wong, H., Yeoh, E. K., Allen, J., Woo, J., & Marmot, M. (2021). Socioeconomic inequality in mental well-being associated with COVID-19 containment measures in a low-incidence Asian globalized city. Scientific reports, 11(1), 23161. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02342-8 (SCIE) [Impact Factor: 4.380, 17/72, Q1 (Multidisciplinary Sciences), SCIE, 2020]

Chung, Y. R., Marrot, M., Mak, J. K. J., Gordon, D., Chan, D., Chung, G. K. G., Wong, H., & Wong, S. Y. (2021). Deprivation is associated with anxiety and stress. A population-based longitudinal household survey among Chinese adults in Hong Kong. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 75(4), 335-342.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-214728  (SSCI & SCIE)  [Impact Factor: 3.710, 34/176, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2020]

Fung, E.H.C., Chiu, S.W., Lam, H.M., Chung, R.Y. N., Wong, S.Y.S., Chan, S.M., Dong, D., Wong, H. (2021). The Impact of Bedbug (Cimex spp.) Bites on Self-Rated Health and Average Hours of Sleep per Day: A Cross-Sectional Study among Hong Kong Bedbug Victims. Insects. 12(11):1027. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12111027 (SCIE) [Impact Factor: 2.769, 18/102, Q1 (Entomology), SCIE, 2020]

Wong, H., & Ip, P. K. (2021). Social business founders’ values and their implementation: A Study of five cases in Hong Kong. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. https://doi.org/10.1080/19420676.2021.1961288 (ESCI) [Impact Factor: 0.60, 148/285, Q3 (Business), ESCI, 2020]

Woo, J., Leung, D., Yu, R., Lee, R. and Wong, H. (2021). Factors affecting trends in societal indicators of ageing well in Hong Kong: Policies, politics and pandemics. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 25(3), 325-329. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-020-1488-z (SCIE) [Impact Factor: 4.075, 22/53, Q2 (Geriatrics & Gerontology), SCIE, 2020]

2020

Chan, S. M. & Wong, H. (2020).  Impact of Income, Deprivation and Social Exclusion on Subjective Poverty: A structural equation model of multidimensional poverty in Hong Kong. Social Indicators Research, 152, 971-990. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02476-8  (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 2.614, 33/110, Q2 (Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary), SSCI, 2020]

Chung, G. K., Dong, D., Wong, S. Y., Wong, H., & Chung, Y. R. (2020). Perceived poverty and health, and their roles in the poverty-health vicious cycle: a qualitative study of major stakeholders in the healthcare setting in Hong Kong. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19(1), 13. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-1127-7  (SSCI) [Impact Factor: 3.192, 48/176, Q2 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2020]

Chung, G. K., Lai, F. T. T., Chan, D. C., Wong, H., Yeoh, E. K. & Chung, Y. R. (2020). Socioeconomic disadvantages over the life-course and their influence on obesity among older Hong Kong Chinese adults.  European Journal of Public Health, 30(5), 1013-1018. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa072  (SSCI & SCIE) [Impact Factor: 3.367, 44/176, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2020]

Chung, Y. R., Chung, G. K., Gordon, D., Mak, J. K., Zhang, L. Chan, D., Lai, F. T. T., Wong, H., & Wong, S. Y. (202019??). Housing affordability effects on physical and mental health: household survey in a population with the world’s greatest housing affordability stress. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 74(2), 164-172. doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-212286,  (SSCI & SCIE)  [Impact Factor: 3.710, 34/176, Q1 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health), SSCI, 2020]

Huang, Y., Wong, H., & Fu, Y. (2020). Resilience and depression among the survivors of the 2013 Yaan earthquake.  Journal of Social Work, 20(6), 817-833.  doi: 10.1177/1468017319852593  (SSCI) [Impact Factor:2.292, 12/44, Q3 (Social Work), SSCI, 2020]

 

Selected Projects

  • 2020 - 2024 -
    Co-Investigator, “The Institute of Health Equity (IHE) at CUHK in Collaboration with University College London Institute of Health Equity”,
    Vice-Chancellor's One-off Discretionary Fund, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
    Funding: HKD 29,968,000.
  • 2020 - 2021 -
    Co-Investigator, “Individual-level Income Poverty and Deprivation as Predictors of Health. A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Hong Kong”,
    General Research Research (GRF) 2011/2012, Research Grants Council.
    Funding: HKD 1,156,984.
  • 2012 - 2017 -
    Principal Investigator, “Trends and Implications of Poverty and Social Disadvantages in Hong Kong: A Multi-disciplinary and Longitudinal Study”,
    Strategic Public Policy Research Funding Scheme 2011/2012, Research Grants Council.
    Funding: HKD 3,250,000.
  • 2014 - 2018 -
    Co-Principal Investigator, “Evaluation Study on Incentive Scheme to further encourage Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Recipients of the Integrated Employment Assistance Programme for Self-reliance to secure Employment”,
    Social Welfare Department.
    Funding: HKD 1,430,000.
  • 2016- 2017 -
    Principal Investigator, “Impacts of implementing ‘Low-income Working Family Allowance’ (LIFA) on labour market situation and quality of life of low income working families in Hong Kong”,
    Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Central Policy Unit.
    Funding: HKD 999,299.
  • 2009- 2012 -
    Principal Investigator, “The Impact of the Introduction of a Statutory Minimum Wage on Labour Market Conditions and the Quality of Life of Vulnerable Groups in Hong Kong”,
    Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Research Grants Council.
    Funding: HKD 448,500.
  • 2010- 2011 -
    Principal Investigator, “Research Study on the Deprivation and Social Exclusion in Hong Kong”,
    The Hong Kong Council of Social Service.
    Funding: HKD 448,500.

 

Key Community and Other Services

  • 1/2020 – present - Associate Director, CUHK Institute of Health Equity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 8/2019 – present - Programme Director, Master of Social Work Programme, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 7/2019 – present - Fellow, Assembly of Fellows, Shaw College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 6/2014 – present - Governor, Foundation for International Studies on Social Security
  • 8/2014 – 7/2023- Member, Steering Committee for Promotion Personal Development through Social and Civic Engagement, CUHK
  • 11/2004 – 11/2023 - Chairperson (2010-2011), Vice-Chairperson (2004-2010, 2014-2015), Board Member (2004-2023), UNISON Hong Kong
  • 8/2017 – 7/2022 - Director, Yunus Social Business Centre@CUHK, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 9/2013 – 9/2022 - (9/2017-9/2022) Vice-Chairperson, (9/2017-9/2022) Council Member, Oxfam Hong Kong
  • 8/2018 – 5/2021 - Member, Social Sciences Panel, Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2020, University Grants   Committee (UGC)
  • 8/2014 – 12/2020 - Director, Centre for Quality of Life, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 8/2015 – 7/2019 - Co-Director (9/2017-7/2019); Associate Director (2015-2017), Centre for Social Innovation Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 12/2006 – 12/2016  - Member, Election Committee (Social Welfare), Hong Kong SAR
  • 1/2013 – 12/2014  - Co-opted Member, Social Security and Retirement Protection Task Force, Commission on Poverty, Hong Kong SAR Government
  • 1/2013 – 12/2014  - Chairperson (2011-2012), Vice-Chairperson (2012-2014), Committee on Social Security and Employment Policy, Hong Kong Council of Social Service

 

Awards and Honors

  • 2015 - 26th Secondary Students' Best Ten Books Election Award , Hong Kong Public Libraries & Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union
  • 2012 - Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence – CNOOC Grants 2012-13 , Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2011 - Exemplary Teaching Award 2011 , Faculty of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong