Staff Profile

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Women's Health
• Mental Health
• Sexual health
• Sexual minorities

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Ma, H., Zhao, T., Ma, Y., Yuen, J. W. M., Ka Yan, H., Yung, J. Y., ... & Christensen, M. (2023). Family caregivers' lived experience of caring for hospitalised patients with cancer during the COVID‐19 lockdown: A descriptive phenomenological study. Journal of Clinical Nursing.
• Ma, H., Ma, Y., Chiu, J. S. Y., & Christensen, M. (2023). Psychological experience of home‐quarantined older women with COVID‐19 in Hong Kong: A qualitative study. International Journal of Older People Nursing, e12559.
• Ma, H., Zhao, T., Wan, C., Liu, F., & Christensen, M. (2023). 'And I thought having a cancer diagnosis was hard': A descriptive phenomenological study of family caregiver experiences navigating the pre-hospital system during COVID-19. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 62, 102255.
• Ma, H., Ma, Y., Ge, S., Wang, S., Zhao, I. Y., & Christensen, M. (2022). Intrapersonal and interpersonal level factors influencing self-care practices among Hong Kong individuals with COVID-19–a qualitative study. Frontiers in Public Health, 2897.
• Lin, J., Chen, T., He, J., Chung, R. C., Ma, H., & Tsang, H. W. H. (2022). Impacts of acupressure treatment on depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. World Journal of Psychiatry, 12(1), 169.
• Ma, H., Lin, J., He, J., Lo, D. H. T., & Tsang, H. W. (2021). Effectiveness of TES and rTMS for the Treatment of Insomnia: Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Randomized Sham-Controlled Trials. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 744475.
• Ma, H., & Loke, A. Y. (2021). Nurses' attitudes toward female sex workers: A qualitative study. Nursing ethics, 28(4), 563-574.
• Ma, H., & Loke, A. Y. (2020). Knowledge of, attitudes towards, and willingness to care for sex workers: Differences between general and mental health nursing students. Journal of Professional Nursing, 36(4), 264-277.
• Ma, H., & Loke, A. Y. (2020). A scoping review of an HIV/AIDS-related stigma-reduction intervention for professionals and students from health-related disciplines. International Journal of Sexual Health, 32(2), 94-129.
• Ma, H., & Loke, A. Y. (2019). A qualitative study into female sex workers' experience of stigma in the health care setting in Hong Kong. International journal for equity in health, 18(1), 1-14.
• Ma, P. H., Chan, Z. C., & Loke, A. Y. (2019). Conflicting identities between sex workers and motherhood: A systematic review. Women & health, 59(5), 534-557.
• Ma, P. H., Chan, Z. C., & Loke, A. Y. (2019). Self-stigma reduction interventions for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families: a systematic review. AIDS and Behavior, 23, 707-741.
• Ma, P. H., Chan, Z. C., & Loke, A. Y. (2018). A systematic review of the attitudes of different stakeholders towards prostitution and their implications. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 15, 231-241.
• Ma, P. H., Chan, Z. C., & Loke, A. Y. (2017). The socio-ecological model approach to understanding barriers and facilitators to the accessing of health services by sex workers: a systematic review. AIDS and Behavior, 21, 2412-2438.

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Modified Date: 28 Aug, 2023
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