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Kuo Hsien-Wen / 郭憲文

Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

 02-2827-2294 ; 02-2826-7922
 02-2827-8254
 hwkuo@nycu.edu.tw


Current Position

Professor, Institute of Environmental and Occupational Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University




Office

Room 308, 2nd Medical Building




Academic Degrees

B.S. Department of Public Health, China Medical College
M.S. Institute of Public Health. National Taiwan University
Ph.D. Institute of Public Health. National Taiwan University



Experience


Research Assistant in Institute of Public Health. NTU
Instructor , Department of Public Health, China Medical College
Research Assistant in Institute of Public Health. NTU
Associate professor/Chairman, Institute of Environmental Health, China Medical College
Director, Departmental of Public Health, CMU.
Professor, Institute of Environmental Health
Director, Departmental of Public Health, CMU.
Visiting scholar in UC Berkeley (01/08/2016 to 31/7/2017)



Specialty

Occupational Health, Epidemiology, policy and program in public health




Research Interests

Environmental and occupational epidemiology
Health risk assessment
Promotion of Safe community, Healthy city and Age-friendly city




IHP Thesis Advisee

1. 李佩瑢 Eve Li/ Comparison of the Effects of Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary behavior on the Anthropometry and Dietary Behavior of Pre-school Children among Vietnamese and Taiwanese Mothers. 2012
2. 李佩玲 Christine Li/ The Effects of Mother's Health Belief and Dental Behavior on Their schoolchildern Dental Status in Taiwanese and new residence Women. 2012
3. 李文心 Liona Li/ Factors Associated with Self-efficacy of tabacco smoking, alcohol drinking, and betel unt chewing among Women in Taipei, Taiwan. 2012
4. Amadou Darboe. Effort-Reward Imbalance, Job Satisfaction & Self-rated Health among Healthcare Professionals in The Gambia. 2015 (Co-advisor)



Selected Publications


  • Chen CH, Chang YC, Hsieh YH, Chen YC, Huang YC, Kuo HW (correspondence). The association between drinking habits and family relationships in three villages of indigenous Taiwanese. Asia-Pac J Public Heath 2015, Vol. 27(2) NP2721–NP2731.22815308
  • Susan C. Hu, Hsien-Wen Kuo (correspondence). The Development and Achievement of a Healthy City Network in Taiwan: Sharing Leadership and Partnership Building. Global Health Promotion (2016 in press).27199013
  • Amadou Darboe, I-Feng Lin, Hsien-Wen Kuo (correspondence). Effort-reward imbalance and self-rated health among healthcare professionals in Gambia. BMC Public Health (2016, accepted).27067122
  • Helen Andriani, Chu-Yung Liao, Hsien-Wen Kuo (correspondence). Association of the availability of maternal and child health center (Posyandu) with child weight status in Indonesia: a national study”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (2016 in press).26959047
  •  Chia-Liang Chiang, Chu-Yung Liao, Hsien-Wen Kuo (correspondence). Postures of upper extremity correlated with risk of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). IJOMEH-00566-2015-02 (2016 accepted).

Supervised IHP Student Publications

  • Andriani H1, Kuo HW2,3. Adverse effects of parental smoking during pregnancy in urban and rural areas. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014 Dec 31;14:414. doi: 10.1186/s12884-014-0414-y. 25551278
  • Darboe A1,2, Lin IF3, Kuo HW4,5. Effort-reward imbalance and self-rated health among Gambian healthcare professionals. 2016 Apr 11;16:125. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1347-0.27067122