Professor LEE Lai Tong, Regina
Professor (Practice in Child Health)
- reginalee@cuhk.edu.hk
- 3943 3519
- RN, PhD, FAAN, FHKAN (Paediatric; Research and Education), APN (Education & Research in Nursing)
- ELB813
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Biography
Professor Regina Lee has been an active academic and international researcher who led the research projects of school-based health promotion intervention to reduce health risk behaviours among school-age children and adolescents using randomised controlled trial study design and a multidisciplinary team approach in the Asia-Pacific region. As an advanced paediatric nursing practitioner and active researcher, Professor Lee has been striving to improve the physical health and mental wellbeing for children and adolescents, especially for those with developmental disabilities in the communities through servicing, advocacy, research, and health promotion programmes in the special schools.
Professor Lee implemented weight management programme for obese schoolchildren and collaborates with school teachers to implement school-based health projects that provide primary health care services including health education and promotion and disease prevention using a multidisciplinary and inter-sectoral approach in Hong Kong. Her research interest is in the areas of promoting unstructured play in the school playgrounds with mindfulness-based intervention on children’s play in early childhood to establish physical and psycho-social well-being during times of transition; delivering mindfulness-based intervention for children with gaming disorder; implementing mHealth interventions on weight management programme for overweight children and adolescents with disabilities; developing a simplified 5-step hand washing programme for students with intellectual disabilities; advancing role development of school nurses, and promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours and psychosocial well-being among children and adolescents using the National Association of School Nurses’ (NASN) Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice™.
Awards & Honours
| Sub Category | Awards & Honour |
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| Teaching Award | A Faculty-wide /Cross-departmental Teaching and Development Grant Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| Teaching Award | Visiting Scholarship Scheme, K.C. Wong Education Foundation (王寬誠教育基金會學術講座學者) |
| Industry Award | School Nurse Award, Hong Kong School Nurses Association |
| Industry Award | Outstanding Alumni Award, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| Industry Award | Gold Merit Award, Hong Kong College of Paediatric Nursing, The Hong Kong Academy Nursing |
| Industry Award | Hang Seng Bank Best Sustainable Service Project Award |
| Honour | Fellow, The American Academy of Nursing |
| Honour | Fellow, The Hong Kong Academy of Nursing (Education and Research) |
| Honour | Fellow, The Hong Kong Academy of Nursing (Paediatric) |
| Research Award | Best Poster Presentation Award, First Cochrane Hong Kong Symposium, The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Research Award | Key Technology Partner Visiting Fellow Scheme, University of Technology Sydney, Australia |
| Research Award | Best Oral and Poster Presentation Awards, presented at the 13th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS) in South Korea and the 7th Pan-Pacific Nursing Conference |
| Research Award | First Prize Award for the Poster Presentation, Nurses’ Session, Joint Annual Scientific Meeting, The Hong Kong Paediatric Society & American Academy of Paediatrics |
| Research Award | First Prize Award for the Poster Presentation, Nurses’ Session, Joint Annual Scientific Meeting, The Hong Kong Paediatric Society & Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association |
External Service
| Sub Category | Awards & Honours |
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| Honorary Appointment | Honorary Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle, Australia |
| Honorary Appointment | Visiting Professor, School of Nursing, Lanzhou University, China |
| Editorship | Guest Editor, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| Editorship | Editorial Board Member, Journal of Nursing Management |
| Editorship | Editorial Board Member, Pacific Rim International Journal of Nursing Research |
| Editorship | Editorial Board Member, Clinical Nursing Studies Journal |
| Editorship | Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Mental Health Promotion |
| Professional Service | President, Hong Kong School Nurses Association |
| Professional Service | Member, Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association |
| Professional Service | External Examiner, Hong Kong College of Paediatric Nursing |
| Professional Service | Convener, Asia Pacific Child and Adolescent Health Research Network |
| Professional Service | Member, Technical Advisory Group (TAG), World Health Organization Headquarters |
Selected Grants
(Selected grants received in recent 5 years in the capacity of PI/Co-I)
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| Mental Health Initiatives Funding Scheme (Phase 2) | SWELE programme: An unstructured outdoor play with mindfulness-based interventions to promote mental health in SEN children and adolescents |
| Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living | iACT: A deep-learning mental health advisory system using acceptance and commitment therapy for parents of children with special healthcare needs |
| General Research Grant | Evaluation of the efficacy of a simplified 5-step hand washing intervention program verse the conventional hand washing (7-step) programme for students with mild grade intellectual disability: A cluster randomized controlled non-inferior trial |
| General Research Grant | Effectiveness of a school-based weight management programme for overweight and obese students with mild grade intellectual disability in a special school: A randomized controlled trial |
| Health and Medical Research Fund | Smart device usage, lifestyles behaviors, physical fitness, and eye problems: A prospective study in Hong Kong adolescents |
| Health and Medical Research Fund | Develop and validate effect of the simplified 5-step handwashing technique for school-age children, especially for those with intellectual disabilities |
| Education Bureau (Commissioned Programmes) | Provision of services for personnel in special schools on supporting children with medical complexity |
| New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant, Australia Government | Promoting university students’ awareness and skills in delivering community health nursing services in the Thai Community |
| New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant, Australia Government | Enhancing cultural competence – east meets west in community health care in Beijing China, Hong Kong and Singapore |
| Priority Research Centre for Brain and Mental Health, The University of Newcastle, Australia | Developing a website to promote students’ healthy living and mental health in the schools |
| Faculty Health and Medicine Strategic Pilot Grants for Research and Teaching, The University of Newcastle, Australia | Supporting Wellness in Early Learning Environments (SWELE): A feasibility study to children’s physical, emotional and social wellbeing |
| Hong Kong School Nurses Association | School nurses’ perceived stresses, coping and mental wellbeing during COVID-19: A mixed methods design |
| Tung Wah College | The mediating effect of trait mindfulness on the association between impulsivity and gaming disorder among adolescents and young adults: A multisite study in Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Lanzhou China, Australia, and Philippines |
Selected Publications
(10 selected papers published in recent 3 years)
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| Lee, R. L. T., Tang, A. C. Y., Cheng, H. Y., Chong, Y. Y., Lam, W., Chien, W. T., & Chan, S. W. C. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental-emotional wellbeing of primary healthcare professionals: A descriptive correlational study. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 25(2). https://doi.org/10.32604/ijmhp.2022.026388 |
| Alsharaydeh, E., Alqudah, M., Lee, R., & Chan, S. (2022). Challenges, coping and resilience in caring for children with disability among immigrant parents: A mixed methods study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15551 |
| Lee, R. L. T., Chien, W. T., Stubbs, M., Cheng, W. L. S., Chiu, D. C. S., Fung, K. H. K., Cheng, H. Y., Chong, Y. Y., & Tang, A. C. Y. (2022). Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among healthcare professionals and community stakeholders in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), 14499. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114499 |
| Liu, J., Hunter, S., Zhu, J., Lee, R. L. T., & Chan, S. W. C. (2022). Decision regret regarding treatments among women with early-stage breast cancer: A systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(3), e058425. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058425 |
| Tang, A. C. Y., Lee, P. H., Lam, S. C., Siu, S. C. N., Ye, C. J., & Lee, R. L. T. (2022). Prediction of problem gambling by demographics, gaming behaviour and psychological correlates among gacha gamers: A cross-sectional online survey in Chinese young adults. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.940281 |
| Wang, Q., Hunter, S., Lee, R. L. T., Wang, X., & Chan, S. W. C. (2022). Mobile rehabilitation support versus usual care in patients after total hip or knee arthroplasty: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 23, 553. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06269-x |
| Lee, R. L. T., West, S., Tang, A. C. Y., Cheng, H. Y., Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W. T., & Chan, S. W. C. (2021). A qualitative exploration of the experiences of school nurses during COVID-19 pandemic as the frontline primary health care professionals. Nursing Outlook, 69(3), 399-408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2020.12.003 |
| Wang, Q., Lee, R. L. T., Hunter, S., & Chan, S. W. C. (2021). The effectiveness of internet-based telerehabilitation among patients after total joint arthroplasty: An integrative review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 115, 103845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103845 |
| Wang, Q., Lee, R. L. T., Hunter, S., & Chan, S. W. C. (2021). The effectiveness of internet-based telerehabilitation among patients after total joint arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X20980291 |
| Lee, R. L. T., Leung, C., Chen, H., Lee, P. H., & Kwok, S. W. H. (2020). A clustered randomised controlled trial of a simplified 5-step handwashing technique versus a conventional 7-step handwashing technique among Chinese students with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(5), 1090-1099. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12731 |