Introduction: Both perceived benefits and harms of COVID-19 have been reported, but whether they affect confidence in coping with the pandemic and men...Read more

Introduction: Perceived risk of COVID-19 infection is associated with smoking behaviors, but the change in smoking across different settings are uncer...Read more

Instant messaging (IM) is increasingly used for family communication amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. However, evidence remains scarce on how family e-ch...Read more

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increasing mental health burden. We examined the factors associated with mental health symptoms in Chi...Read more

Mindfulness-based art therapy has shown to improve psychological well-being. Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, mindfulness-based art therapy suitable for...Read more

Objective: We assessed the associations of family wellbeing with verifying and subsequently forwarding COVID-19-related information to family members ...Read more

Significance: The implementation of social-distancing measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted daily life activities, including smoking...Read more

Family support through the sharing of information helps to shape and regulate the health and behaviours of family members, but little is known about h...Read more

Introduction: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic had reduced access to traditional, in-person smoking cessation treatment. We examined the feasibility, acc...Read more

Background: Both face-to-face and instant messaging (IM) communication are important for families, but face-to-face communication has reduced amidst t...Read more

Objective: We tested a model of individual health literacy information sharing with family members, personal preventive behaviours and family well-bei...Read more

Background: Online misinformation proliferation during the COVID-19 pandemic has become a major public health concern. Objective: We aimed to assess ...Read more

Introduction: Changes in tobacco use and related personal and environmental factors amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can be captu...Read more

香港大學的賽馬會智家樂計畫最近進行的一項網上調查發現，超過77%的受訪者表示他們會在家庭即時通訊群組中分享與COVID-19有關的資訊。研究還發現，溝通質素愈高，群組中分享的正面訊息，如個人或家庭故事，就會愈多。然而，研究也警告說，分享未經證實的信息可能會增加家庭的焦慮感，降低快樂感。...

香港大學李嘉誠醫學院公共衞生學院「賽馬會智家樂計劃」團隊的調查發現，接近80%市民經常在家庭群組收發疫情資訊，而且有30%市民經常轉發相關資訊予家人。該團隊呼籲市民發信息前多加思考、並多向家人發放正面信息。...

Introduction: How changes in smoking routine due to COVID-19 restrictions (e.g. refraining from smoking outdoors and stockpiling tobacco products) inf...Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic caused different types of harms and benefits, but the combined patterns of perceived harms and benefits are unclear. We aimed to...Read more

Objective: Delaying doctor consultation is harmful. We examined the associations of delay in doctor consultation amidst the pandemic with sociodemogra...Read more