Guangzhou Health Study

Guangzhou Health Study

China is home to more than 250 Million migrants – primarily from rural areas. Guangzhou, China, a province in South China, receives the largest number of these migrants. This study, funded by the NIH Fogarty Center (Co-PI: B. Hall & W. Chen), asks key questions about migrant health in the Pearl River Delta. What is the prevalence of common mental disorders? How does past exposures to traumatic events shape health? What are the spatial correlates of HIV testing and sexually transmitted infection?

Publications:
  • Chen, W., Zhou, F., Hall, B.J., Tucker, J. D., Latkin, C., Renhazo, A.M.N., Ling, Li (in press). Is there a relationship between geographic distance and uptake of HIV testing services? A representative population-based study of Chinese adults in Guangzhou, China, PLOS ONE, Impact Factor 2.806. Scopus journal rank: Q1.
  • Hall, B.J., Chang, K., Chen, W., *Sou, K, Latkin, C., & Yeung, A. (in press). Exploring the association between depression and shenjing shuairuo in a population representative epidemiological study of Chinese adults in Guangzhou, China. Transcultural Psychiatry. Impact Factor 2.28. Scopus journal rank: Q1.
  • Hall, B.J., *Sou, K., Chen, W., *Zhou, F., Chang, K., & Latkin, C. (2016). An Evaluation of the Buffering Effects of Types and Sources of Support on Depressive Symptoms Among Natural Disaster–Exposed Chinese Adults, Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 79, 389-402 DOI: doi: 10.1080/00332747.2016.1158004. Impact Factor: 2.397. Scopus journal rank: Q1.
  • #Chen, W., *#Zhou, F., Hall, B. J., Wang, Y., Latkin, C., Ling, L., & Tucker, J.D. (2016). Spatial distribution and cluster analysis of sexual risky sexual behaviors and STDs reported by Chinese adults in Guangzhou, China: a representative population-based study. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 92, 316-322. #Authors co-first authors. DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052268. Impact Factor: 3.212. Scopus journal rank: Q1.
  • *Lin, L., Brown, K. B., Hall, B. J., Yu, F., Yang, J., Wang, J., Schrock, J.M., Bodomo, A. B., Yang, L., Yang, B., Nehl, E.J., Tucker, J. D., & Wong, F. Y. (2016). Overcoming Barriers to Health Care Access: A Qualitative Study among African Migrants in Guangzhou, China. Global Public Health, 11-9, 1135-1147. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1076019. Impact Factor: 1.614. Scopus journal rank: Q1.
  • *Hoi, C. K., Chen, W., *Zhou, F., *Sou, K., & Hall, B. J. (2015). The association between social resources and depression symptoms among Chinese migrants and non-migrants living in Guangzhou, China, Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 9, 120-129. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/prp.2015.12 Impact Factor: 0.909. Scopus journal rank: Q4
  • *Lin, L., Hall, B. J., *Khoe, L. C., & Bodomo, A. B. (2015). Ebola outbreak: From the perspective of Africans in China. American Journal of Public Health, 105, 5, e5-e5. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302649. Impact Factor: 3.858. Scopus journal rank: Q1.
  • Hall, B. J., Chen, W., Ling, L., Latkin, C., & Tucker, J. D. (2014). Africans in South China face social and structural health barriers. The Lancet, 383, 1291-1292. Impact Factor: 47.831. Scopus journal rank: Q1.
Presentations:
  • Hall, B. J. (April, 2015). The role of social resources in overcoming adversity: Examples from China, Africa and the Middle East. Paper invited for presentation at the Department of Psychology Research Series, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of China.
  • *Xiong, P., Hall, B. J., Chen, W. & Ling, L. (October, 2016). Association between sleep sources and depressive symptoms among Chinese migrants in Guangzhou, China: a representative population-based study. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Chinese Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CCUGH), Kunshan, China.
  • *Ip, C. N., Hall, B. J., & Chen, W. (July, 2016).  Does social support modify the relationship between trauma exposure and alcohol misuse? Poster accepted for presentation at the 31st Annual International Congress of Psychology, Diversity in Harmony: Insights from Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.
  • Chang, K., Hall, B.J., *Sou, K. L., Chen, W., Latkin, C., & Yeung, A. (July, 2015). Exploring the association between depression and neurasthenia in a population representative epidemiological study of Chinese adults in Guangzhou, China. Paper accepted for presentation at the European Association of Psychological Assessment, Zurich, Switzerland. 
  • *Sou, K.L., Chen, W., Yan, W., Zhou, F., Latkin, C., & Hall, B.J. (March, 2015) The contribution of different sources of social support to the relationship between disaster exposure and depression. Paper presented at the 5th ASEAN Regional Union of Psychological Societies Congress, Singapore.
  • **Hoi, C. K., Chen, W., *Zhou, F., Latkin, C., & Hall, B. J. (March, 2015). The association between social resources and depression symptoms among Chinese migrants and non -migrants living in Guangzhou, China. Paper presented at the 5th ASEAN Regional Union of Psychological Societies (ARUPS) Congress, Singapore. **Winner of Student Research Award
  • Hall, B. J., Chen, W., *Wu, Y., *Zhou, F., Latkin, C. (March, 2015) Differences between migrants and non-migrant prevalence of potentially traumatic events, depression, alcohol use, and social network supports: An epidemiological study in Guangzhou, China. Paper presented at the 5th ASEAN Regional Union of Psychological Societies Congress, Singapore.
  • **Hall, B. J., Chen, W., *Hoi, C., K., Latkin, C. (December, 2014) The role of potentially traumatic events in depression, alcohol use, and social network supports among Chinese migrants: An epidemiological study in Guangzhou, China. Paper presented at the World Psychiatric Association, Regional Conference: Yin and Yang of Mental Health In Asia – Balancing Polarities, Hong Kong, China. **Awarded Best Oral Presentation at the Conference.
  • **Hall, B.J., Chen, W., *Wu, Y.,*Zhou, F., Latkin, C. (October, 2014) Prevalence of potentially traumatic events, depression, alcohol use, and social network supports among Chinese migrants: An epidemiological study in Guangzhou, China. Paper presented
  • at the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies Regional meeting, Hangzhou, China. **Abstract was selected as an "Excellent paper" submission and was published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology.