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, 2026, 'Burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in China and its provinces, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021', British Journal of Psychiatry, 228, pp. 18 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.267
, 2025, 'Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Advances, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Directions', Medcomm, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mco2.70436
, 2025, 'The prevalence, risk factors, awareness and treatment of depression and anxiety among adults aged 30 years and older in rural China: a cross-sectional study', Journal of Affective Disorders, 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.119516
, 2025, 'Quality, Quantity, Scope, and Trends for Research on Student-Run Clinics in the United States: A Scoping Review of the Existing Literature', Academic Medicine, 100, pp. 1090 - 1102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000006109
, 2025, 'Salt Substitution and Recurrent Stroke and Death: A Randomized Clinical Trial', JAMA Cardiology, 10, pp. 343 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2024.5417
, 2025, 'A scoping review of Chinese national policies to promote the three-medicals linkage reform since 2014', npj Health Systems, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44401-025-00012-9
, 2025, 'Family Functioning, Life Satisfaction, and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adults With Diabetes and Hypertension: A Cross-Lagged Model', Stress and Health, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smi.70007
, 2025, 'Starfield's 4Cs of NCD management in primary healthcare: a conceptual framework development from a case study of 19 countries', BMJ Global Health, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017578
, 2025, 'Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Rates at Student-Run Clinics in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 32, pp. 356 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2024.2378778
, 2025, 'Using primary and routinely collected data to determine prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in rural China: a representative cross-sectional study of 6474 Chinese adults', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101272
, 2025, 'Impact of China's primary healthcare reforms on utilisation, payments and self-reported health: a quasi-experimental analysis of a middle-aged and older cohort 2011-2018.', BMJ Public Health, 3, pp. e001595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001595
, 2024, 'Strengthening China’s National Essential Public Health Services Package for hypertension and diabetes care: protocol for an interrupted time series study with mixed-methods process evaluation and health economic evaluation', BMC Public Health, 24, pp. 2563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20027-5
, 2024, 'Patient, family, and community factors associated with medication adherence among people with hypertension or diabetes: A cross-sectional analysis', Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2024.100482
, 2024, 'Community efficacy for non-communicable disease management (COEN): Conceptualization and measurement', Plos Global Public Health, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003549
, 2024, 'Co-designing interventions to strengthen the primary health care system for the management of hypertension and type 2 diabetes in China', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 49, pp. 101131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101131
, 2024, 'A scoping review of national policies for child road injury in China', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101079
, 2024, 'Using routinely collected data to determine care cascades of hypertension and type-2 diabetes management in China: a cross-sectional study', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 45, pp. 101019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101019
, 2024, 'Individual perceptions of community efficacy for non-communicable disease management in twelve communities in China: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses', Public Health, 226, pp. 207 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.11.008
, 2023, 'Digital health interventions for non-communicable disease management in primary health care in low-and middle-income countries', Npj Digital Medicine, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41746-023-00764-4
, 2023, 'Health and health system impacts of China’s comprehensive primary healthcare reforms: A systematic review', Health Policy and Planning, 38, pp. 1064 - 1078, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czad058
, 2023, 'Abstract P311: Lifestyle Factors Substantially Contributed to Urban-Rural Disparity in All-Cause Mortality Among Chinese Adults 65 or Older', Circulation, 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/circ.147.suppl_1.p311
, 2023, 'Factors associated with the uptake of national essential public health service package for hypertension and type-2 diabetes management in China's primary health care system: a mixed-methods study', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 31, pp. 100664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100664
, 2023, 'Community Efficacy for Non-Communicable Disease Management and Medication Adherence: The Sequential Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Depressive Symptoms', Patient Preference and Adherence, 17, pp. 3421 - 3433, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S436419
, 2023, 'Family support and medication adherence among residents with hypertension in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: a mixed-method study', Journal of Human Hypertension, 37, pp. 74 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41371-022-00656-2
, 2023, 'The Roles of Electronic Health Records for Clinical Trials in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Scoping Review', Jmir Medical Informatics, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/47052
, 2022, 'The health system and health impacts of primary healthcare reform in China: A systematic review', European Journal of Public Health, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.538
, 2022, 'Nation-Wide Routinely Collected Health Datasets in China: A Scoping Review', Public Health Reviews, 43, pp. 1605025, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2022.1605025
, 2022, 'Community prevalence and dyad disease pattern of multimorbidity in China and India: a systematic review', BMJ Global Health, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008880
, 2022, 'Economic hardships from COVID-19 and its association with socioeconomic factors and diabetes management indicators: A cross-sectional study', Heliyon, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09461
, 2022, 'Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chronic Disease Care in India, China, Hong Kong, Korea, and Vietnam', Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 34, pp. 392 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10105395211073052
, 2022, 'Primary health care system responses to non-communicable disease prevention and control: A scoping review of national policies in Mainland China since the 2009 health reform', The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific, 31, pp. 100390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100390
, 2022, 'Strengthening urban primary healthcare service delivery using electronic health technologies: A qualitative study in urban Nepal', Digital Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076221114182
, 2022, 'The association between self-rated health and all-cause mortality and explanatoryfactors in China’s oldest-old population', Journal of Global Health, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/JOGH.12.11005
, 2021, 'Perception and Use of Primary Healthcare Services Among People With Cardiometabolic Diseases in Two Resource-Limited Areas in Nepal: A Mixed Methods Study', Frontiers in Public Health, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.698030
, 2021, 'Apolipoprotein E Genotype, Meat, Fish, and Egg Intake in Relation to Mortality Among Older Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis in China', Frontiers in Medicine, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.697389
, 2021, 'Disciplinary development of global health academic degree programs in China', Global Health Journal, 5, pp. 102 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.glohj.2021.04.003
, 2020, 'Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, Albumin, and Mortality among Chinese Older Adults: A Population-based Longitudinal Study', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 105, pp. 2762 - 2770, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa349
, 2019, 'Feasibility assessment of invigorating grassrooTs primary healthcare for prevention and management of cardiometabolic diseases in resource-limited settings in China, Kenya, Nepal, Vietnam (the FAITH study): rationale and design', Global Health Research and Policy, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41256-019-0124-0
, 2019, 'Community Empowerment for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases WANG Zhan1,GONG', Chinese General Practice, 22, pp. 1153 - 1160, http://dx.doi.org/10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2019.10.005
, 2019, 'Abstract P016: Lifestyle Factors Substantially Contributed to Urban-Rural Disparity in All-Cause Mortality Among the Oldest-Old in China', Circulation, 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/circ.139.suppl_1.p016
, 2018, 'Effectiveness of mHealth Interventions in Improving Medication Adherence Among People with Hypertension: a Systematic Review', Current Hypertension Reports, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11906-018-0886-7
, 2017, 'Social Smoking and Mental Health among Chinese Male College Students', American Journal of Health Promotion, 31, pp. 226 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/ajhp.141001-QUAN-494
, 2015, 'Urban-rural differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors: A cross-sectional study of schoolchildren in Wuhan, China', Plos One, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137615