Professor HO Hok Man, Ken
Assistant Professor
- kenho@cuhk.edu.hk
- 3943 9762
- BN, RN, MSc, PhD
- ELB731
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Biography
Professor Ken Ho graduated from the Nethersole School of Nursing of the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and obtained his Registered Nurse License in Hong Kong. He received his Master of Science in Clinical Gerontology degree from CUHK. He completed his PhD studies at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2017 and was awarded the Faculty Distinguished Thesis Award. He was also awarded the Early Career Researcher Award by Tung Wah College.
Professor Ho’s research areas include loneliness, older adult care and migrant care workers. His clinical experience includes geriatric nursing and emergency nursing. He is dedicated to serving the nursing community. He has been serving as an editorial board member or a reviewer for various journals, and as a member of local and international professional bodies.
Awards & Honours
| Sub Category | Awards & Honour |
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| Research Award | Early Career Researcher Award, Tung Wah College (2019 – 2020) |
| Research Award | Faculty Distinguished Thesis Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2017) (PhD thesis: The lived experience of foreign domestic helpers in caring for older people in the community: A hermeneutic phenomenological study) |
| Industry Award | Suggestion Award, Tung Wah College (2018 – 2019) |
External Service
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| Honorary Appointment | Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, College of Nursing and Midwifery, Charles Darwin University (2021 – 2024) |
| Honorary Appointment | Member Scholar Academic, International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (2019 – present) |
| Honorary Appointment | Nominated Member (Community Leader), Pi Iota Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2012 – present) |
| Editorship | Reviewer Board Member, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021 – present) |
| Editorship | Editorial Board Member, Nursing Open (2018 – September 2021) |
| Editorship | Associate Editor, Nursing Open (October 2021 – present) |
| Professional Service | Honorary Advisor, Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association (January 2022 – December 2022) |
| Professional Service | Committee Member, Cross-Straits Medicine Exchange Association (2018 – 2020) |
| Professional Service | External Examiner, Caritas Institute of Community Education (2015 – 2019) |
| Professional Service | External Advisor, Quality Assurance Committee, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Baptist Hospital (2011 – 2013) |
Selected Grants
(Selected grants received in recent 5 years in the capacity of PI/Co-I)
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| Tung Wah College | Adaptation and validation of the Chinese loneliness literacy scale (LLS-C) for screening loneliness literacy in the Chinese older adults |
| Wellcome Trust Limited (UK) | Peer support and the mental health of migrant domestic workers: A scoping review |
| Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff | The development and validation of the Simulation-based Learning Immersion Questionnaire (SLIQ) for healthcare simulation |
| Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living | A stand-alone therapeutic music-with-movement programme for people with cognitive impairment |
| Faculty Development Scheme, Research Grants Council | The loneliness of older adults being cared for by live-in migrant workers and their dyadic relationship: A mixed methods study |
| College Research Grant, Tung Wah College | Developing a measurement instrument for the evaluation of nursing students’ experience and satisfaction with online learning: An exploratory sequential mixed methods study |
| Tung Wah College | Substituting simulated ward practice for clinical practice during COVID-19 pandemic: Action research |
| Tung Wah College | The loneliness among older adults in residential care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hermeneutic phenomenological study |
| Wofoo Foundation Limited and Wofoo Social Enterprises Limited | Investigation of happiness index and its explanatory model in Hong Kong: Repeated cross-sectional studies |
| Nethersole Institute of Continuing Holistic Health Education | Good dyadic relationship between older couples with one having mild cognitive impairment: A Q-methodology |
| Faculty Collaborative Research Scheme, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Individualised music playlist based on ISO-Principle for de-escalating agitation of people living with dementia: A randomised controlled feasibility study |
| Tung Wah College | Is living with foreign domestic helpers protecting older people against loneliness? A cross sectional survey |
| Tung Wah College | Life story work for promoting relationship between older adults and live-in migrant caregivers: A randomised controlled feasibility trial |
| Tung Wah College | The meaning of master education to registered nurses at positions of advanced nursing practice and its implications to the development of nursing profession |
Selected Publications
(Selected papers published in recent 3 years)
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| Ho, K. H. M., Mak, A. K. P., Chung, R. M. W., Leung, D., Chiang, V. C. L., & Cheung, D. S. K. (2021). Implications of COVID-19 on the loneliness of older adults in residential care homes. Qualitative Health Research, 0(0), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323211050910 |
| Smith, G. D., Ho, K. H. M., Poon, S., Chan, S. (2021). Beyond the tip of the iceberg; health literacy in older people. Journal of Clinical Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16109 |
| Ho, K. H. M., Cheung, D. S. K., Lee, P. H., Lam, S. C., & Kwan, R. Y. C. (2021). Co-living with migrant domestic workers is associated with a lower level of loneliness among community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study. Health and Social Care in the Community, 00. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13520 |
| Cheung, D. S. K., Tang, S. K., Ho, K. H. M., Jones, C., Tse, M. M. Y., Kwan, R. Y. C., Chan, K. Y., & Chiang, V. C. L. (2021). Strategies to engage people with dementia and their informal caregivers in dyadic intervention: A scoping review. Geriatric Nursing, 42, 412-420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.02.002 |
| Ho, K. H. M., & Smith, G. D. (2020). A discursive paper on the importance of health literacy among foreign domestic workers during outbreaks of communicable diseases. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29, 4827-4833. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15495 |
| Liu, T. W., Lam, S. C., Chung, M. H., & Ho, K. H. M. (2020). Adaptation and psychometric testing of the Hoarding Rating Scale (HRS): A self-administered screening scale for epidemiological study in Chinese population. BMC Psychiatry, 20, 159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02539-7 |
| Ho, K. H. M., Chiang, V. C. L., Leung, D., & Cheung, D. S. K. (2019). The emotional labor and morality of live-in migrant care workers in elder homecare: A feminist phenomenological study. BMC Geriatrics, 19, 314. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1352-3 |
| Ho, K. H. M., Chow, S. K. Y., Chiang, V. C. L., Wong, J. S. W., & Chow, M. C. M. (2019). The technology implications of master’s level education in the professionalisation of nursing: A narrative inquiry. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75, 1966-1975. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14044 |