Courses:
Human Behavior in the Social Environments I, II, III,
Social Work Research I, II
Social Work Administration
Professional Interests:
Culture,
immigration, health, and mental health practices
in the Asian American community
Practice-based
research and program evaluation in primary care
Capacity
building, asset-mapping, & community collaboration
in addressing health disparity
Current Research:
Attitude, perception, and barriers towards mental health
treatment among Chinese Immigrants
Chinese American depression collaborative care
Reverse-migration separation among Chinese immigrant
families
Selected Publications
Kwong,
K., Ho-Asjoe, H., Chung, W., & Wong, S. Addressing
cardiovascular health disparities of Chinese immigrants
in New York City - A case study of the Chinese-American
Healthy Heart Coalition, in B. C. Wallace, (ed).,
From health inequity to equity in health: A new global approach to health
disparity, Springer Publications, forthcoming
Fall 2007.
Ferketich,
A. K., Kwong, K., Shek, A., & Lee, M.
(2007). Design and evaluation of a tobacco-preventionn
program targeting Chinese American youth in New
York City. Nicotine
& Tobacco Research, 9(2), 249-256.
Kwong,
K. (2006). New York City - A case study highlighting
how the New Your City region took up the challenge
of reducing tobacco use in its local Asian American
and Pacific Islander communities using a community
capacity building approach. (pp.14-19). In Implementing
a community readiness approach to tobacco control. Oakland,
CA:
Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy,
and Leadership.
Ferketich,
A. K., Wewers, M.E.,
Kwong, K., et al. (2004) Smoking cessation interventions
among Chinese Americans: The role of families, physicians,
and the media. Nicotine
& Tobacco Research, 6,
241-248.
Kramer, E. J., Kwong, K., Lee, E., & Chung, H. (2002).
Culture and medicine - Cultural factors influencing
the mental health of Asian Americans.
Western Journal of Medicine, 176(4),
227-232.
Recent Presentations
Collaborative
Care Management of Depression for Chinese Immigrants
in Primary Care: A Pilot Study.
The 2007 World Mental Health Congress of
the World Federation for Mental Health, Hong Kong, China.
August 2007.
Assessment
of Attitude, Perception, and Barriers towards Mental
Health Treatment among Chinese Americans in New
York City. The 2007 World
Mental Health Congress of the World Federation for
Mental Health, Hong
Kong, China. August 2007.
Access
to Cancer Education and Screening: A Long and Difficult
Journey for Chinese Immigrants in New York City. The 5th International Conference
on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Hong Kong, China.
December
2006.
Navigating
the Boundary between Research and Practice: A Case
Study in Depression Care Research in a Community Health Center. The 5th International Conference
on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Hong Kong, China. December 2006.
Combating Diabetes and Poor Health Literacy among Chinese: Innovative Interventions,
Lessons Learned, and Future Recommendations. The
First Annual Health Disparities Conference at Teachers
College of Columbia University, New York
City. March 2006.
Prolonged Separation and its Effects upon Chinese Immigrant Parents and
Children. The 16th Annual Symposium on
Health Care Services in New York: Research and Practice, New York City, November 2005.
A Smoking Cessation Intervention for Chinese Americans in New York. 2005 National
Conference on Tobacco or Health, Chicago,
IL. May 2005
Improve Health Literacy and Self-Management Skills
of Chinese American Patients with Diabetes. The 2004 National Diabetes Education Program
Partnership Network Meeting at Atlanta,
GA,
December 2004
Honors
Advancing Tobacco Control Movement through Mobilization
Award from the Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment
and Leadership for the New
York, AAPI Tobacco Control
Network, NY, 2004
Minority Health Vision Award from the New York State
Department of Health Office of Minority Health for
Chinese-American Healthy Heart Coalition, NY, 2004
A Citation from New York City
Council Speaker, Emigrant Award, New
York, NY,
2003
Dissertation Fellowship Award, the City University of New York, NY, 2003-2004
New York State Dr. Martin Luther King’s Healthy Community
Expo’s Community-Based Organization Award, Chinese
American Healthy Heart Coalition, Albany,
NY, 2002
