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KAN Wing Shan
Dr Kan Wing Shan
Ph.D. (HKU), M.S.W. (HKU), B.Soc.Sc. (CUHK), RSW
Assistant Professor
AAB1027
34117141
wingkan@hkbu.edu.hk

Research Focus

Social gerontology, health and social policy, long-term care, consumer-directed care, case management, process evaluation

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(PI) 01/2025 – 12/2026. Relationality: Strengthening health and social care collaboration through the power of relationships. Funder: Research Grants Council – Early Career Scheme (ECS), HK$ 777,000 (On-going)

 

(Co-I) 9/2024 – 8/2027. Evaluating an Integrated Motivational and Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy Model for Chinese Adolescents with Gaming Disorder Symptoms: A Three-Arm Study. Funder: Research Grants Council– General Research Fund (GRF), HK$ 1,339,670 (PI: Prof. Wong  Fu Keung, Daniel) (On-going)

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(PI) 01/2025 – 12/2026. Relationality: Strengthening health and social care collaboration through the power of relationships. Funder: Research Grants Council – Early Career Scheme (ECS), HK$ 777,000 (On-going)

 

(Co-I) 9/2024 – 8/2027. Evaluating an Integrated Motivational and Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy Model for Chinese Adolescents with Gaming Disorder Symptoms: A Three-Arm Study. Funder: Research Grants Council – General Research Fund (GRF), HK$ 1,339,670 (PI: Prof. Wong  Fu Keung, Daniel) (On-going)

 

(PI/ Co-I) 01/2021 – 12/2023. Institutionalization of a Case Management Model for Community Care Services in Hong Kong. Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), HK$387,420. (Switched to another PI, Prof. Wong Yu Cheung in 12/2021) (Completed)

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2024

  • *Kan, W.S., Pau, M.L., & Chui, E.W.T. (in press). Primary care and long-term care for older adults in Hong Kong: An integrative approach. In B.Y.F. Fong, V.T.S. Law & A. Lee (Eds.), The Handbook of Primary Healthcare: The Case of Hong Kong. Springer.

  • *Kan, W.S., Chau, C.C., & Chui, E.W.T. (in press). A social work perspective on medical-social collaboration in primary healthcare. In B.Y.F. Fong, V.T.S. Law & A. Lee (Eds.), The Handbook of Primary Healthcare: The Case of Hong Kong. Springer.

  • *Kan, W.S. (2024). Barriers to an effective voucher programme for community-based aged care: A professional perspective. Ageing and Society, 44(4), 792-811. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X22000502

  • Lejano, R.P., & Kan, W.S. (2024). IPCC and the city: The need to transition from ideology to climate justice. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 44(3), 983-990. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X221105798

  • Lejano, R.P. and *Kan, W.S. (2024).  The relational dimensions of collective action. In A. Pokharel, & J. Forester (Eds.), On theories and practices of collective action and sustained cooperation. Planning Theory & Practice, 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2024.2379727

2023

  • *Kan, W.S., & Lejano, R.P. (2023). Relationality: The role of connectedness in the social ecology of resilience. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (5), 3865. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20053865 

2022

  • Lejano, R.P. & Kan, W.S. (2022). Relationality: The Inner Life of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York.

2021

  • *Kan, W.S., & Chui, E.W.T. (2021). Vouchers and consumer-directed care: Implications for community care services in Hong Kong. British Journal of Social Work, 51(1), 96-113. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa158

  • Kan, W.S., & Lejano, R.P. (2021). How land use, climate change, and an ageing demographic intersect to create new vulnerabilities in Hong Kong. Land, 10 (4). https://doi.org/10.3390/land10040391

2020

  • Lejano, R.P., Kan, W.S., & Chau, C.C. (2020). The hidden disequities of carbon trading: Carbon emissions, air toxics, and environmental justice. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.593014

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2024

  • *Kan, W.S., Pau, M.L., & Chui, E.W.T. (in press). Primary care and long-term care for older adults in Hong Kong: An integrative approach. In B.Y.F. Fong, V.T.S. Law & A. Lee (Eds.), The Handbook of Primary Healthcare: The Case of Hong Kong. Springer.

  • *Kan, W.S., Chau, C.C., & Chui, E.W.T. (in press). A social work perspective on medical-social collaboration in primary healthcare. In B.Y.F. Fong, V.T.S. Law & A. Lee (Eds.), The Handbook of Primary Healthcare: The Case of Hong Kong. Springer.

  • *Kan, W.S. (2024). Barriers to an effective voucher programme for community-based aged care: A professional perspective. Ageing and Society, 44(4), 792-811. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X22000502

  • Lejano, R.P., & Kan, W.S. (2024). IPCC and the city: The need to transition from ideology to climate justice. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 44(3), 983-990. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X221105798

  • Lejano, R.P. and *Kan, W.S. (2024).  The relational dimensions of collective action. In A. Pokharel, & J. Forester (Eds.), On theories and practices of collective action and sustained cooperation. Planning Theory & Practice, 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2024.2379727

2023

  • *Kan, W.S., & Lejano, R.P. (2023). Relationality: The role of connectedness in the social ecology of resilience. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (5), 3865. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20053865 

2022

  • Lejano, R.P. & Kan, W.S. (2022). Relationality: The Inner Life of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York.

2021

  • *Kan, W.S., & Chui, E.W.T. (2021). Vouchers and consumer-directed care: Implications for community care services in Hong Kong. British Journal of Social Work, 51(1), 96-113. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa158

  • Kan, W.S., & Lejano, R.P. (2021). How land use, climate change, and an ageing demographic intersect to create new vulnerabilities in Hong Kong. Land, 10 (4). https://doi.org/10.3390/land10040391

2020

  • Lejano, R.P., Kan, W.S., & Chau, C.C. (2020). The hidden disequities of carbon trading: Carbon emissions, air toxics, and environmental justice. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.593014

2018

  • Fu, Y.Y., Chui, E.W.T., Kan, W.S., & Ko, L. (2018). Improving primary level home and community care services for older people: The case of Hong Kong. International Journal of Social Welfare, 27(1), 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12271

2015

  • Lejano, R.P. & Kan, W.S. (2015). Seeing urban regeneration through an institutional lens: Toward a new contextualism. International Journal of Urban Sciences, 19(3), 257-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/12265934.2015.1043328