Angelique Chan

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Angelique Chan

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PROFILE

Dr Angelique Chan holds joint appointments as Associate Professor in the Signature Program in Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS and the Department of Sociology, NUS. She is Director of the Centre of Ageing Research & Education at Duke-NUS. Dr Chan received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles and completed a US National Institute of Aging Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan.

She has published widely on aging issues in leading international journals and is co-author of a book titled Ageing in Singapore: Service Needs & the State (Routledge, 2006) and Co-Editor of Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, Causes and Policy Issues (Routledge, 2009). Her current research investigates the relationship between aging and various physical and mental health outcomes including healthy life expectancy, caregiving, productive aging, and long term care service utilization.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Aging and Demography; Program Impact Evaluation and Health of Older Persons

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  • Chan A., Matchar D.B., Tsao M.A., Harding S., Chiu C-T., Tay B., Raman P., Pietryla Z., Klein M.K., Haldane V.E. 2015. “Self-Care for Older People (SCOPE): A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Self-Care Training and Health Outcomes in Low-Income Elderly in Singapore.” Contemporary Clinical Trials Vol. 41 pp313-324.
  • Malhotra, R., Haaland, B.A., Chei, C-L., Chan, A., Malhotra, C. and Matchar, D. 2015. “Presence of and Correction for Interviewer Error on an Instrument Assessing Cognitive Function of Older Adults.” Geriatrics Gerontology International Vol.15 pp372-380.
  • Do, Y.K, Wu, T., and Chan, A. 2014. “Intention to Re-Enter the Labour Force Among Older Male Singaporeans: Does Health Status Matter?” Journal of Population Ageing Published online: 9 October 2014 doi: 10.1007/s12062-014-9105-8.
  • Wee, S.L., Yong, J., Yong, Chong, W.F., Raman, P. and Chan, A. 2014. “Singaporeans’ Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Long-term Care Services” Qualitative Health Research Published online: 8 September 2014 doi: 10.1177/1049732314549812.
  • Wee, S.L., Liu, C., Goh, S-N., Chong, W.F., Aravindhan, A., Chan, A. 2014. “Determinants of Use of Community-Based Long-Term Care Services.” Research Letter. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Vol. 62 (9) pp. 1801-1803.
  • Malhotra C, Malhotra R, Matchar DB, Østbye T, Chan A. 2012. “Depressive Symptoms Among Informal Caregivers of Older Adults: Insights from the Singapore Informal Care Survey.” International Psychogeriatrics. DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212000324.
  • Malhotra R., Chan A., Østbye T. 2012. “Validity of Proxy-Reported Weight for Older Adults.” Research Letter. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 60(1):189-190 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03736.x.