Research on the cultural appropriateness of constructing end-of-Life care models in rural area

Ni Gong, Qianyu He, Jing Liao
Jun 1, 2020

To outline the current rural end-of-life practice landscape, and construct a culturally adapted rural end-of-life care model.

Research purposes

To outline the current rural end-of-life practice landscape, and construct a culturally adapted rural end-of-life care model.

Research content

  1. Local knowledge of end-of-life practices in rural areas

  2. Cultural adaptation of local knowledge and end-of-life care

  3. Based on “cultural adaptation”, construct a culturally appropriate rural end-of-life care model

Gong, N., Yang, D., Zou, J., He, Q., Hu, L., Chen, W. and Liao, J.*, 2023. Exploring barriers to dementia screening and management services by general practitioners in China: a qualitative study using the COM-B model. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), pp.55

Liao, J., Chen, Y., Cai, Y., Zhan, N., Sylvia, S., Hanson, K., Wang, H., Wasserheit, J.N., Gong, W., Zhou, Z. and Pan, J., 2018. Using smartphone-based virtual patients to assess the quality of primary healthcare in rural China: protocol for a prospective multicentre study. BMJ Open, 8(7), pp.e020943

Ni Gong
Ni Gong
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Jinan University

integrating theoretical knowledge from sociology and anthropology, interprets nursing issues, with a particular focus on research in the fields of aging and chronic disease management

Qianyu He
Qianyu He
Research assistant of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics

chronic illness management and health phychology

Jing Liao
Jing Liao
Associate professor, Department of Medical Statistics & Epidemiology| SYSU Global Health Institute (SGHI), Sun Yat-sen University, China

Healthy ageing dynamics, examining social networks × health behaviors × multidimensional functioning (physical/cognitive/social). Uses longitudinal cohort modeling (global datasets) to pinpoint socio-determinants, with RCT-validated interventions.