The course is conducted in English。

Classromm：SociologyXSocial Work Building, Room 318B(3rd floor)

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Class Attendance and Participation in Lectures: Students are expected to attend and actively participate in lectures and group discussions. Please read all required materials before each class session. Empirical Research Article Critique (100%) Choose one empirical research article from the required reading list and write a critique. Your critique should include: A summary of the main findings of the article (25%). A critique of the research methodology used (25%). An evaluation of the article’s contribution to the conceptual understanding of the issue (25%). Suggestions for how you would improve the study if you were to replicate it (25%). The critique should be no more than 1,500 words in length and may be written in English (preferred) or Chinese.

Week 1: The age-friendly city initiative and environmental gerontology research.  Required readings: 1. Chui, C. H.-K., Lu, S., Chan, O. F.*, Cheung, J. C.-S., Guo, Y., Liu, Y., & Lum, T. Y. (2023). Universities as intermediary organizations: Catalyzing the construction of an Age-friendly City in Hong Kong. Innovation in Aging, 7(3), igad016. 2. Chui, C. H. K.#, Tang, J. Y. M. #, Kwan, C. M. L.#, Chan, O. F., Tse, M., Chiu, R. L. H., Lou, V. W. Q., Chau, P. H., Leung, A. M. Y., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2018). Older adults’ perceptions of age-friendliness in Hong Kong. The Gerontologist, 59, 3, 549–558. 3. Chui, C. H. K., Lu S. #, Chan O. F.*, Cheung J. C.-S., Guo Y.*, Liu Y.*, Chan S. W., Tang, J. Y. M., Au, A., Wen, Z. V., Yu, R., Bai, X., Mok, J. K. H., Woo, J., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2022). Changes in older adults’ perceptions of age-friendliness in Hong Kong: A three-year mixed-methods study. Cities, 127, 103748.  Suggested readings: 1. Lu, S., Guo, Y*., Chui, C., Liu, Y.*, Chan, O. F.*, Chan, S. W., & Lum, T. (2022) Neighborhood environment and mental well-being among Chinese older adults: The mediating role of social capital. Innovation in Aging, 6(7), igac070 (IF: 6.06. Ranking: Q1 in Gerontology). https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac070 2. Lu, S.#, Liu, Y.*, Guo, Y.*, Ho, H. C., Song, Y., Cheng, W., Chui C., Chan O.F.*, Webster C., Chiu, R. L. H., & Lum, T. (2021). Neighborhood built environment and late-life depression: A multilevel path analysis in a Chinese society. The Journals of sGerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 76(10), 2143 – 2154. 3. Liu, Y.*, Lu, S.#, Guo, Y.*, Ho, H. C., Song, Y., Cheng, W., Chui, C. H. K., Chan, O. F., Lai R. H. C., Webster, C., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2021). Longitudinal associations between neighbourhood physical environments and depressive symptoms of older adults in Hong Kong: The moderating effects of terrain slope and declining functional abilities. Health & Place, 70, 102585. 4. Lu, S#., Liu, Y.*, Guo, Y.*, Ho, H. C., Song ,Y., Cheng, W., Chui, C. H. K., Chan O. F.*, Webster C., Chiu, R. L. H., & Lum T. Y. S. (2021). Neighbourhood physical environment, intrinsic capacity, and 4-year late-life functional ability trajectories of low-income Chinese older population: A longitudinal study with the parallel process of latent growth curve modelling. eClinicalMedicine, 36, 100927. 5. Guo, Y.*, Liu, Y.*, Lu, S#., Chan, O. F. *, Chui, C. H. K., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2021). Objective and perceived built environment, sense of community, and mental wellbeing in older adults in Hong Kong: A multilevel structural equation study. Landscape and Urban Planning, 209, 104058. Week 2: The time bank initiative and social capital research  Required readings: 1. Lu, S., Chui, C., & Lum, T. (2024). Facilitating volunteer engagement among older adults in social services: A case study of an innovative timebank program in a Chinese society. The Gerontologist, 64(1), gnad010. 2. Lu, S., Chui, C., Lum, T., Liu, T., Wong, G., & Chan, W. (2024). Promoting late-life volunteering with Timebanking: A quasi-experimental mixed-methods study in Hong Kong. Innovation in Aging, 8(7), igae056. 3. Lu, S., Chui, C., & Lum, T. (2023). Promoting social capital for healthy aging: Towards an integrative framework. The Gerontologist, 63(4), 628–636. Week 3: The Brainlive project and cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) research.  Required readings: 1. Shi C.*, Wong, G. H. Y. , Choy, J. C. P., Wong, K. K. Y., Lum, T. Y. S., & Yu, D, S. F. (2022). Are we on the same page? Multiple stakeholders and service users priorities for dementia care and policy: A Delphi study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 133, 104300. 2. Lu, S.#, Zhang, A. Y.*, Liu, T., Choy, J. C. P.*, Ma, M. S. L., Wong, G. H. Y., & Lum, T. (2021). Degree of personalisation in tailored activities and its effect on behavioural and psychological symptoms and quality of life among people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 11, e048917. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048917 3. Wong, G. H. Y., Yek, O. P., Zhang, A. Y., Lum, T., & Spector, A. (2017). Cultural adaptation of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) for Chinese people with dementia: Multicentre pilot study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33(6), 841–848. 4. Leung D. K. Y., Chan W. C., Spector A., Wong G. H. Y. (2021). Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and apathy symptoms across dementia stages: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 36 (9), 1330-1344 Week 4: The Jockey Club JoyAge Project and community-based participatory research to promote mental health literacy.  Required readings: 1. Yau J. H. Y.#, Wong E. L. Y., Kanagawa H. S., Liu T., Wong G. H. Y., Lum T. Y. S. (2024). Effectiveness of community-based participatory research (CBPR) interventions on mental health outcomes: A systematic review. Social Science & Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117491. 2. Wong, E. L. Y., Yau, J. H.-Y., Sze, L. C. Y., Kanagawa, H. S., Leung, D. K. Y.#, Liu, T., Wong, G. H. Y., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2024). A core competency framework for mental health peer supporters of older adults in a Chinese community: Cross-culturally informed Delphi study. BJPsych Bulletin, 48(2), 92–99.. 3. Liu, T. #, Leung D. K. Y.*, Lu S., Kwok, W.-W., Sze, L. C. Y., Tse S. S. K., Ng S. M., Wong P. W. C., Lou V. W. Q. and Tang J. Y. M., Wong D. F. K., Chan W. C., Kwok R. Y. K., Lum T. Y. S., & Wong G. H. Y. (2022). Collaborative community mental health and aged care services with peer support to prevent late-life depression: Study protocol for a non-randomised controlled trial. Trials, 23, 280. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06122-1 4. Lu, S. #, Zhang, Y., Liu, T.#, Leung, D. K. Y.*, Kwok, W.-W., Luo, H., Tang, J., Wong, G. H. Y., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2022). Associations between depressive symptom clusters and care utilization and costs among community‐dwelling older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37(1). 5. Lu, S.#, Liu, T.#, Wong, G. H., Leung, D. K.*, Sze, L. C., Kwok, W.-W., Knapp, M., Lou V. W. Q., Tse, S., Ng, S.-M., Wong, P. W. C., Tang, J. Y. M., Lum, T. Y. S. (2021). Health and social care service utilisation and associated expenditure among community-dwelling older adults with depressive symptoms. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 30, e10.