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Fan Yang

School of International & Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Fan Yang

Dr. Fan Yang obtained his PhD degree in social work at the University of Hong Kong in 2015. He is currently an associate professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Yang’s research looks at mental health problems of disadvantaged groups, poverty and long-term care policies. He pays particular attention to community-based care and informal caregiving of older adults living with dementia and to mental health problems of left-behind children. He received various grants at both national and provincial levels in China, and is an active social policy commentator in China’s influential media platforms, such as CCTV, CGTN, and Guangming Daily. Dr Yang is a current council member of China’s Society of Social Security and Shanghai Society of Population Studies. His publication appeared in Geriatric Nursing, Child Abuse & Neglect, Journal of Affective Disorder, among others.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries China; Hong Kong SAR;
Topics Ageing in place; Artificial Intelligence; Care in rural and other non-urban settings; Climate Change and LTC; Community-based LTC; Dementia care and support; Governance and LTC systems organisation; Information and data systems in LTC; LTC Policy; LTC Workforce; Person-centered care; Residential LTC services; Social connection; Social Protection; Stigma and discrimination; Technology and LTC; Unpaid / informal care;
Methods Case studies; Co-production methods; Comparative policy analysis; Delphi surveys; Focus groups; Longitudinal data analysis; Mixed methods; Observational studies; Policy analysis; Practice-based approaches; Qualitative studies; Quantitative data analysis; Quasi-experimental methods; Questionnaire;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Ageing and Place; Climate Change and LTC; Quasi-experimental methods; Technology and Long-Term Care;
Websitehttps://www.sipa.sjtu.edu.cn/facultydetail/qzjs/89
GOOGLE SCHOLARhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_N79wZMAAAAJ&hl=en
Research interests
Mental health problems of disadvantaged groups, poverty and long-term care policies.
Key publications
  1. Li, W., Yang, F.*, Zheng, J. (2024). Internet use and physical activity among family caregivers of older adults: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Geriatric Nursing, 59, 338-345. DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.07.037.
  2. Zheng, J., Lu, Y., Zhu, B., Yang, F.*, Shen, J. (2023). Prevalence and determinants of defensive medicine among physicians: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 35(4), 1-17. DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzad096.
  3. Cao, Y., Yang, F.* & Zheng, J. (2022). Food insecurity and educational expectation among Chinese rural school children: A serial multiple mediation model. Journal of Child & Family Studies. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-022-02394-y
  4. Yang, F., Sun, J., Li, J., Lyu, S. (2022). Coping strategies, stigmatizing attitude, and cyberbullying among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 lockdown. Current Psychology. DOI: 1007/s12144-022-02874-w
  5. Yang, F., Shen, Y., Nehring, D. (2021). Maltreatment and depression among left-behind adolescents in rural China: the moderating roles of food security and depression literacy. Child Abuse & Neglect, 114, DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.104976.
  6. Yang, F.* (2021). Coping strategies, cyberbullying behaviors, and depression among Chinese netizens during the COVID-19 pandemic: a web-based nationwide survey. Journal of Affective Disorders, 281, 138-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.023.
  7. Yang, F.*, Liu, X. (2020). Grandparenting styles, childhood food insecurity, and depression among Chinese rural left-behind children: a structural equation model. Children and Youth Services Review, 119, DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105648.
  8. Sun, J., Lyu, X., Yang, F.* (corresponding author) (2020). The effect of New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme on the socioeconomic inequality in inpatient service utilization among the elderly in China. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2020 (13), 1383—1390. DOI: 10.2147/RMHP.S252336.
  9. Cao, Y., Yang, F.* (corresponding author) (2020). Objective and subjective dementia caregiving burden: the moderating role of immanent justice reasoning and social support. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17020455.
  10. Yang, F. *, Ran, M., Luo, W. (2019). Depression of persons with dementia and family caregiver burden: finding positives in caregiving as a moderator. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 19(5), 414-418. DOI: 10.1111/ggi.13632.