In this article, the affiliation ‘HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China’ for Carolyn A. Co...Read more

Parental vaccine hesitancy is a major barrier to achieving high vaccination uptake among children, particularly in young children during the coronavir...Read more

During the COVID-19 lockdown, with social distancing measures in place and a decrease in social activities, emotional states are more likely to be tra...Read more

Background: Children with special educational needs (SEN) are more vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic with risk of poor mental wellbeing and chil...Read more

疫情打亂了日常生活節奏，尤其對弱勢群體，如面臨經濟壓力、教育水平較低、單親家庭和老年人等，增加了焦慮和抑鬱的發病率。學童在停課期間過度使用電子產品也與社交和心理問題有關。香港大學的一項研究發現，保持規律作息、積極心態和社交關係，避免過度使用電子產品和與他人比較，可以改善心理健康。...

For SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, efficacy data for BNT162b2 but not CoronaVac are available in adolescents. Phase II/III studies focused on neutralizing antib...Read more

To examine the impact of COVID-19 on the psychosocial wellbeing in children with neuromuscular disorders (NMD), the parents of 41 children with NMD ag...Read more

Rising income inequality is strongly linked to health disparities, particularly in regions where uneven distribution of wealth and income has long bee...Read more

Background:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a profound impact on the health and development of children worldwide. There is ...Read more

A research team from HKUMed found that home is the primary route of COVID-19 transmission among Hong Kong children and adolescents. The study surveyed...Read more

新冠疫情肆虐香港逾兩年，全港市民日常生活節奏被打亂，日常生活造成嚴重困擾。有研究指出，日常生活節奏紊亂會增加焦慮和抑鬱的發病率，建議保持規律作息及建立積極的心態等等，以管理和加強的心理健康。研究發現，單親家長和孤獨的長者最受影響。良好的抗逆力和日常生活節奏穩定，將有效降低焦慮發生的機會率。培養認知和...Read more

Despite concerns about the negative effects of social distancing and prolonged school closures on children’s lifestyle and physical activity (PA) duri...Read more

Importance: Schools were closed intermittently across Hong Kong to control the COVID-19 outbreak, which led to significant physical and psychosocial ...Read more

Introduction: There is limited evidence on the impact of COVID-19 and the related policies such as social distancing, closures of school and rehabilit...Read more

Objectives: This study aimed to identify key factors affecting Healthcare workers (HCWs) perceived stress and risk of contracting COVID-19 among thems...Read more

Haematological and immunological data of children with COVID-19 infection is lacking. Between 21st January and 20th March 2020, 244 children who were ...Read more

BACKGROUND: Children with special educational needs (SEN) are more vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic with risk of poor mental wellbeing and chil...Read more