San Francisco Bay Area Chinese Community Depression Education Project

三藩市灣區華人社區憂鬱症教育計劃

  • Principal Investigator: Rose Wong, MPA, MSW/LCSW, PhD
  • Project Founded: January, 2013
  • Contact: Rose.Wong@csueastbay.edu or BayAreaChinese@csueastbay.edu
  • Purpose: Contribute to reducing the burden of depression, suicide and mental illness among Chinese American immigrants and their families by developing culturally sensitive Chinese and English assessment and educational materials that support community and primary care based approaches to outreach, linkage to care, and intervention.
  • Research Approach: Community-based participatory projects involving close collaboration with community professionals and community members.
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2013-14 Project: Videos, Brochures with Symptom Checklist, Posters

Read or hear the following news reports about our project: NPR, CSUEB News Blog, Sing Tao Daily, & Epoch Times.

Presentations, Papers & News Reports

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  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference, National Harbor, MD – Peer-Reviewed Poster Presentation – Dec. 3, 2014

    1. Chinese Immigrant Depression Education and Assessment Tools
    2. Presenter: Rose Wong, PhD
    3. Chinese Immigrant Depression Education and Assessment Tools poster

    Hong Kong Baptist University – Peer-Reviewed Paper – April 11, 2014
    1st Annual Global Social Science Conference

    1. Addressing Mental Health Disparities Through Community-Based Participatory Research: Development of Culturally Sensitive Depression Assessment and Educational Materials for Chinese Immigrants in the U.S.
    2. Presenters: Rose Wong, PhD, Nancy Lim-Yee, LCSW, Rufina Wu, LCSW, & Carmen Guo, MSW.
    3. Chinese Immigrant Depression Education and Assessment Tools poster (Rose Wong with Evaon Wong-Kim, Chair, Department of Social Work, CSUEB).

    The University of Hong Kong – Invited Talk – April 8, 2014
    Lunchtime Seminar Series, Department of Social Work and Social Administration

    1. Addressing Suicide Risk through Culture-Based Depression Assessment and Education in Chinese American Immigrants
    2. Presenters: Rose Wong, PhD, Nancy Lim-Yee, LCSW, Rufina Wu, LCSW, & Carmen Guo, MSW.
    3. See SWSA Research Seminar Series poster and see (presenters with Dr. Paul Wong, Assistant Prof., HKU).

  • Psychiatric Grand Rounds, San Mateo – September 9, 2014

    San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

    1. Assessing Suicide Risk with Culture-Based Evaluations in Chinese American Immigrants.
    2. Presenter: Rose Wong, PhD
    3. See Assessing Suicide Risk with Culture Based flyer and hear presentation.

    Community Workshop, San Francisco – July 19, 2014

    1. Free Mental Health Workshop: Feeling Down, Stressed, Irritated? Leave Your Struggles Behind. A Brighter Future Is Ahead.
    2. Presenter: Rufina Wu, LCSW
    3. See poster by Crossradiosf.

    Educational Talk, Associated Students, Inc., Diversity Center, CSUEB – May 29, 2014

    1. Does Depression Look Different in Asians?
    2. Presenter: Rose Wong, PhD
    3. See A Bright Future Is Ahead poster and see Does Depression Look Different in Asians video.

    Training Talk, Alameda County Crisis Support Services, Berkeley – March 20, 2014

    1. Providing Psycho-education and Assessing Depression among Chinese
    2. American Immigrants in a Culturally Sensitive Manner
    3. Presenter: Rose Wong, PhD

    Educational Talk, San Francisco State University – October 18, 2014

    Suicide Prevention Regional Conference

    1. Culturally Based Depression Manifestation in Chinese Immigrant Adults:
      Assessing Depression with Cultural Sensitivity and Understanding the Linkage of Depression and Suicidal Behavior
    2. Presenter: Rose Wong

    Assessing Suicide Risk with Culture-Based Evaluations in Chinese American Immigrants