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Advancing Healthcare Through Research
Discover my contributions to implementation science and evidence-based healthcare through peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and impactful research projects.
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Tong, Wen Ting; Seth, Ananta; Ng, Mary Pei Ern; Tong, Shao Chuen; Lau, Amanda; Chen, Tina Yen-Ting; Ong, Suan Ee; Yoong, Joanne Su-Yin (2024). Factors Related to, and Effective Interventions for, Vaccination Uptake Among Older Adults in Two Asia-Pacific Countries: A Rapid Review, ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. . doi:10.1177/10105395241258530
Low, Wah Yun; Tong, Wen Ting (2023). Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and healthcare service delivery, ANNALS ACADEMY OF MEDICINE SINGAPORE. 52(5), 228-229. doi:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2023121
Chan, Y. L., Samy, A. L., Tong, W. T., Islam, M. A., & Low, W. Y. (2020). Eating Disorder Among Malaysian University Students and Its Associated Factors. Asia-Pacific journal of public health, 32(6-7), 334-339. doi: 10.1177/1010539520947879
Tong, W. T., Lee, Y. K., Ng, C. J., & Lee, P. Y. (2020). Factors influencing implementation of an insulin patient decision aid at public health clinics in Malaysia: A qualitative study. Plos One, 15(12), 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244645
Tong, W. T., Ng, C. J., Lee, Y. K., & Lee, P. Y. (2020). What will make patients use a patient decision aid? A qualitative study on patients’ perspectives on implementation barriers and facilitators. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 26(3), 755-764. doi: 10.1111/jep.13161
Awang, H., Low, W. Y., Tong, W. T., Tan, L. Y., Cheah, W. L., Lasimbang, H. B., Hassan, H. M. (2019). DIFFERENTIALS IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH KNOWLEDGE AMONG EAST MALAYSIAN ADOLESCENTS. Journal of Biosocial Science, 51(2), 282-291. doi:10.1017/s0021932018000214
Awang, Halimah; Low, Wah Yun; Tong, Wen Ting; Tan, Lih Yoong; Cheah, Whye Lian; Lasimbang, Helen Benedict; Hassan, Hamizah Mohd (2019). DIFFERENTIALS IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH KNOWLEDGE AMONG EAST MALAYSIAN ADOLESCENTS, JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE. 51(2), 282-291. doi:10.1017/S0021932018000214
Wong, Li Ping; Shakir, Sharina Mahavera Mohamad; Tong, Wen Ting; Alias, Haridah; Aghamohammadi, Nasrin; Arumugam, Kulenthran (2018). Awareness, perception and barriers to seeking information from online academic databases and medical journals as sources of information, INFORMATICS FOR HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE. 43(4), 335-347. doi:10.1080/17538157.2017.1364248
Tong, Wen Ting; Lee, Yew Kong; Ng, Chirk Jenn; Lee, Ping Yein (2017). Factors influencing implementation of a patient decision aid in a developing country: an exploratory study, IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 12. doi:10.1186/s13012-017-0569-9
Alhoot, Mohammed A.; Tong, Wen Ting; Low, Wah Yun; Sekaran, Shamala Devi (2016). Climate Change and Health: The Malaysia Scenario, CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH SCENARIO IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA. , 243-268. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23684-1_15
Brown, Jac; Low, Wah Yun; Tai, Raymond; Tong, Wen Ting (2016). Shame, Internalized Homonegativity, and Religiosity: A Comparison of the Stigmatization Associated with Minority Stress with Gay Men in Australia and Malaysia, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEXUAL HEALTH. 28(1), 28-36. doi:10.1080/19317611.2015.1068902
Lasimbang, Helen Benedict; Tong, Wen Ting; Low, Wah Yun (2016). Migrant workers in Sabah, East Malaysia: The importance of legislation and policy to uphold equity on sexual and reproductive health and rights, BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY. 32, 113-123. doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2015.08.015
Ng, Chirk Jenn; Teng, Cheong Lieng; Abdullah, Adina; Wong, Chin Hoong; Hanafi, Nik Sherina; Phoa, Stephanie Su Yin; Tong, Wen Ting (2016). The Status of Family Medicine Training Programs in the Asia Pacific, FAMILY MEDICINE. 48(3), 194-202
Low, Wah Yun; Tong, Wen Ting; Binns, Colin (2015). Migrant Workers in Asia Pacific and Their Rights to Health, ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 27(6), 584-587. doi:10.1177/1010539515600007
Low, Wah-Yun; Tong, Wen-Ting; Wong, Yut-Lin; Jegasothy, Ravindran; Choong, Sim-Poey (2015). Access to Safe Legal Abortion in Malaysia: Women’s Insights and Health Sector Response, ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 27(1), 33-37. doi:10.1177/1010539514562275
Sim, Joong Hiong; Tong, Wen Ting; Hong, Wei-Han; Vadivelu, Jamuna; Hassan, Hamimah (2015). Development of an instrument to measure medical students’ perceptions of the assessment environment: initial validation, MEDICAL EDUCATION ONLINE. 20. doi:10.3402/meo.v20.28612
Tong, Wen Ting; Vethakkan, Shireene Ratna; Ng, Chirk Jenn (2015). Why do some people with type 2 diabetes who are using insulin have poor glycaemic control? A qualitative study, BMJ OPEN. 5(1). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006407
Tong, Wen Ting; Low, Wah Yun; Wong, Yut Lin; Choong, Sim Poey; Jegasothy, Ravindran (2014). A Qualitative Exploration of Contraceptive Practice and Decision Making of Malaysian Women Who Had Induced Abortion: A Case Study, ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 26(5), 536-545. doi:10.1177/1010539513514434
Brown, Jac; Low, Wah Yun; Tai, Raymond; Tong, Wen Ting (2013). SEXUAL RISK-TAKING IN MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN: THE IMPACT OF CULTURE AND STIGMATIZATION, JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE. 10, 341-341
Foong, Chan Choong; Tong, Wen Ting; Daniel, Esther G. S.; Vadivelu, Jamuna (2013). Dance, drama and laughter: the best medicine, MEDICAL EDUCATION. 47(5), 516-517. doi:10.1111/medu.12155
Tha, Kyikyi; Ng, Chirkjenn; Tong, Wenting; Kadar, Syafiqahabdul; Low, Wahyun; Mohamed, Rosmawati (2013). A qualitative study of medical doctors’ views & experiences on use of CAM in chronic hepatitis B, JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 28, 413-414
Mohamed, Rosmawati; Ng, Chirk Jenn; Tong, Wen Ting; Abidin, Suraya Zainol; Wong, Li Ping; Low, Wah Yun (2012). Knowledge, attitudes and practices among people with chronic hepatitis B attending a hepatology clinic in Malaysia: A cross sectional study, BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 12. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-601
Tey, Nai-peng; Yew, Siew-yong; Low, Wah-yun; Su’ut, Lela; Renjhen, Prachi; Huang, M. S. L.; Tong, Wen-ting; Lai, Siow-li (2012). Medical Students’ Attitudes toward Abortion Education: Malaysian Perspective, PLOS ONE. 7(12). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052116
Tong, Wen Ting; Low, Wah Yun; Wong, Yut Lin; Choong, Sim Poey; Jegasothy, Ravindran (2012). Exploring pregnancy termination experiences and needs among Malaysian women: A qualitative study, BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 12. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-743
Wong, Y. L.; Low, W. Y.; Tong, W. T.; Choong, S. P.; Jegasothy, R. (2012). “IT’S NOT THAT I DON’T WANT (BABY) … I’VE NO CHOICE BUT TO ABORT”: MALAYSIAN WOMEN’S RIGHT AND ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION AND LEGAL ABORTION AMIDST CULTURAL BIAS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. 19, S9-S9
Low, Wah-yun; Yeap, Reiko; Tong, Wen-ting (2010). ACHIEVING THE UN’S MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL IN COMBATING HIV AND AIDS: THE MALAYSIA SCENARIO, ASIAN JOURNAL OF WTO & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH LAW AND POLICY. 5(2), 427-448
Scopus
Tong W.T., Lee Y.K., Ng C.J., Lee P.Y. (2024). Developing an implementation intervention, and identifying strategies for integrating health innovations in routine practice: A case study of the implementation of an insulin patient decision aid, PLoS ONE. 19(11 November). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310654
Low W.Y., Tong W.T. (2023). Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and healthcare service delivery, Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore. 52(5), 228-229. doi:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2023121
Lee Y.K., Ng C.J., Lee P.Y., Tong W.T., Sa’at H. (2022). Shared decision-making in Malaysia: Legislation, patient involvement, implementation and the impact of COVID-19, Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen. 171, 89-92. doi:10.1016/j.zefq.2022.04.020
Others
Tong, W.T., Bono, S.A., Low, W.Y. (2023) The impact of social media on mental health among young people. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 35(6-7): 449-450. DOI 10.1177/10105395231198919
Nai-Peng, Tey, Siew-Yong Yew., Low, W.Y., Lela Su’ut, Renjhen, P., Huang, M.S.L., Tong, W.T., Lai, S.L. 2012. Medical Students’ Attitude toward Abortion Education: Malaysian Perspective. PLoS ONE 7(12): e52116. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052116
Rosmawati Mohamed, Chirk J Ng, Wen T Tong, Suraya Z Abidin, Li P Wong, Wah Y Low. 2012. Knowledge, attitudes and practices among people with chronic hepatitis B attending a hepatology clinic in Malaysia: A cross sectional study. BMC Public Health 12: 601.
Wen Ting, Tong., Wah Yun, Low., Yut Lin, Wong., Sim Poh, Choong., Ravindran, Jegasothy. 2012. Exploring pregnancy termination expereinces and needs among Malaysian women: A qualitative study. BMC Public Health 12:743. doi: 10.1186?1471-2458-12-743
Wong YL., Low WY., Tong WT., Choong SP., Jegasothy R. “IT’S NOT THAT I DON’T WANT (BABY) …I’VE NO CHOICE BUT TO ABORT : Malaysian women s right and access to contraception and legal abortion amidst cultural bias. Int.J.Behav.Med. (2012) 19 (Suppl 1):S9.
Low, Wah-Yun, Yeap, R., Tong, W.T. 2010. Achieving the UN’s Millenium development goal in combating HIV and AIDS: The Malaysia scenario. Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy 5(2): 427-448
Books
Wah Yun Low, Wen Ting Tong, Veenah Gunasegaran (eds.) 2013. Issues of Safe Abortions in Malaysia: Reproductive Rights and Choice. Kuala Lumpur: UNFPA
Chapter in Books
Chapter 2: Respect for Persons: Cases and Perspectives Case 2.7. Privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity in healthcare research. In Tee Meng Yew, Sharon Kaur, Low Wah Yun, Chai Lay Ching. Research ethics in the Social Sciences: A Case-Based Approach. Universiti Malaya Press 2024. ISBN: 978-967-488-350-8
Chapter 3 Beneficence: Cases and Perspectives Case 3.1. Beneficence: Doing good – benefit to society, benefit to participants. In Tee Meng Yew, Sharon Kaur, Low Wah Yun, Chai Lay Ching. Research ethics in the Social Sciences: A Case-Based Approach. Universiti Malaya Press 2024. ISBN: 978-967-488-350-8
Chapter 4 Justice: Cases and Perspectives Case 4.3. Fair inclusion and exclusion criteria in a study involving psychological intervention. In Tee Meng Yew, Sharon Kaur, Low Wah Yun, Chai Lay Ching. Research ethics in the Social Sciences: A Case-Based Approach. Universiti Malaya Press 2024. ISBN: 978-967-488-350-8
Chapter 5 Integrity and Trustworthines: Cases and Perspectives Case 5.4. Criteria for authorship, and Case 5.5. Plagiarism and publication ethics. In Tee Meng Yew, Sharon Kaur, Low Wah Yun, Chai Lay Ching. Research ethics in the Social Sciences: A Case-Based Approach. Universiti Malaya Press 2024. ISBN: 978-967-488-350-8
Cheah, W.L., Awang, H, Chang, C.T., Low, W.Y., Tong, W.T., Kausahl, D.N., Mohd Hassan, H. (2021). Chapter 12. Factors associated with sexual engagement among adolescents in Sarawak. In Joav Merrick, Mohammed Morad (Eds.) Pediatrics and Adolescent Health: Recent International Research. Nova Publishers.
Low, W.Y. & Tong, W.T.(2020). Publication Ethics. In: Allwood, J.,Arlsen, E. & Azirah hashim (eds.). Getting Started with Research: a Guide to Research Methodology. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press.
Wah Yun Low & Wen Ting Tong. (2020). Health Research Ethics. In: Allwood, J.,Arlsen, E. & Azirah hashim (eds.). Getting Started with Research: a Guide to Research Methodology. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press. ISBN: 978-967-488-177-1.
Seng Fah Tong, Wen Ting Tong, Wah Yun Low. (2018). Ethical Issues in Qualitative Data Collection Among Vulnerable Population in Health care Setting. In: Smit Sibinga, C.Th. (ed). Ensuring Research Integrity and the Ethical Management of Data. Smit Sibinga, C.Th. (ed). IGI Global.
Low, W., Isahak, M., Tong, W., Ratanasiripong, P., & Kaewboonchoo, O. (2017). Conducting a multinational research on the quality of life and occupational health and safety of small and medium enterprise workers in developing countries in Asia. SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi:10.4135/9781526424891
Mohammed A. Alhoot, Tong W.T., Low W.Y., Sekaran S.D. 2016. Climate change and health: the Malaysia scenario. In: Akhtar R. (ed.). Climate Change and Human Health Scenario in South and Southeast Asia. pgs. 243-68
Low WY, Ng CJ, Ng CW, Choo WY, Tong WT. 2013. Learning from the past: Changing policies concerning the double disease burden in Malaysia. In Lewis M. J., MacPherson K.L. (Eds). Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific : Histories of Responses to Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases. Routledge
Wah-Yun Low, Yut-Lin Wong, Sim-Poey Choong, Ravindran Jegasothy, Wen-Ting Tong. 2013. Reproductive Rights and Choice: Insights from women on Pregnancy Termination. In: Wah Yun Low, Wen Ting Tong, Veenah Gunasegaran (eds.) Issues of Safe Abortions in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: UNFPA
Article in Proceeding
Md. Ashraful Islam, Anthonia Ginika Uzoigwe, Wah Yun Low, Wen Ting Tong, Abdullah Adina, Wan Yuen Choo Claire (2017). SUBJECTIVE HAPPINESS AND HEALTH BEHAVIOUR AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN MALAYSIA; The International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biostatistics for Agriculture Health and Environment; 20-23 January 2017; Rajshahi University, Jointly Organized by the Department of Statistics, RU and Bangladesh Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Association (BBCBA)
Wen Ting Tong, Md. Ashraful Islam, Wah Yun Low, Abdullah Adina, Wan Yuen Choo Claire (2017). The Prevalence of Prehypertension and its Associated Factors among Undergraduate Students in Malaysia; The International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biostatistics for Agriculture Health and Environment; 20-23 January 2017; Rajshahi University, Jointly Organized by the Department of Statistics, RU and Bangladesh Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Association (BBCBA)
Islam, M.A., Low, W.Y., Tong, W.T., Choo, C.W.Y., Abdullah, A. (2017). Factors associated with depression among university students in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study.
Tong, W.T., Islam, M.A., Low, W.Y., Choo, C.W.Y., Abdullah, A. (2017). Health behaviours and its associated factors among undergraduate students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Proceedings of the 2nd International meeting of Public Health (2nd IMOPH). 6071-1-6701-9
Kyi Kyi Tha, Chirk Jenn Ng, Wen Ting Tong, Syafiqah Kadar, Wah Yun Low, Rosmawati Mohamed. What are the views and experiences of medical doctors on the use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients with hepatitis B? A qualitative study. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2013;28(S3):23 693
Kyi Kyi Tha, Chirk Jenn Ng, Wen Ting Tong, Syafiqah Kadar, Wah Yun Low, Rosmawati Mohamed. What are the views and experiences of medical doctors on the use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients with hepatitis B? A qualitative study. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2013;28(S3):23 693
Wong Yut Lin, Wah Yun Low, Wen Ting Tong, Chong, SP., Jegasothy R. 2012. “It’s not that I do not want [baby]…I’ve not choice but to abort”: Malaysian women’s right and access to contraception and legal abortion amidst cultural bias. Abstracts of the International Society of Behvarioural Medicine Conference 2012. Int J Beh Med 2012; 19(supple 1): S9
Other Publications
Low, Wah Yun; Tong, Wen Ting (2023). Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and healthcare service delivery, ANNALS ACADEMY OF MEDICINE SINGAPORE. 52(5), 228-229. doi:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2023121 – Editorial Material
Research For Impact, Centre for Behavioural and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI), Asia Pacific Immunisation Coalition. Immunisation of older adults in the Asia Pacific: barriers, facilitators, and strategies to improve access to vaccines. Tsao Foundation, International longevity Centre Singapore. Singapore, 2023. – Technical Report
Research For Impact, Centre for Behavioural and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI), Asia Pacific Immunisation Coalition. Immunisation of older adults in the asia pacific: barriers, facilitators, and strategies to improve access to vaccines. POLICY BRIEF PHASE I (AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE, INDONESIA, AND PHILIPPINES). Tsao Foundation, International longevity Centre Singapore. Singapore, 2023. – Policy Paper
Yew Kong Lee, Chirk Jenn Ng, Ping Yein Lee, Anne Stiggelbout, Wei Wen Chong, Su May Liew, Julia Patrick Engkasan, Wen Ting Tong, Praveena Asokan. Roundtables on Shared Decision Making Implementation in Malaysia. SMDM Newsletter Fall 2017. – Letter
Wah Yun Low, Halimah Awang, Wen Ting Tong, Whye Lian Cheah, Ching Thon Chang, Dev Nath Kaushal, Helen Benedict Lasimbang, Tock Hing Chua, Wai Khew Lee. Risk and Protective Factors Affecting Young People s Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sabah and Sarawak (EM-ASRH Study) – Technical Report
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