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Faculty Member

Josephine Pui-​Hing Wong

Email Address(es)
jph.wong(at)torotomu.ca
Office Phone
416-979-5000 ext. 556303
Office Address
Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing 350 victoria Street Toronto, ON M5B 2K3
Website(s)
Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, Google Scholar, Health Equity Research , Acceptance & Commitment to Empowerment, Bridging Divides
Division(s)/Institute(s)
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Position
Professor
SGS Status
Full Member
Appointment Status
Status Only

Research Interests

  • Community-based action research
  • Stigma reduction – HIV, mental illness
  • Migration and mental health
  • Genders, identities and sexualities
  • Intervention and implementation research
  • Health equity

Other Affiliations

Board of Directors, The Sex Information and Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN)

Founding Editorial Advisory Board, WITNESS: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse

The Toronto Metropolitan Center for Immigration and Settlement

CIHR University Delegate

CIHR College of Reviewers

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

UH9010 Theories and Concepts in Urban Health – Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University

MN8931 Diversity & Globalization: Urban Health – Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University

NSE31A/B Community Health Nursing – Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University

NSE306 Leadership and Change – Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University

Professional Summary & Appointments

Research Chair in Urban Health (2020-2025), Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University

Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University

Professor (status-only), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Adjunct Professor (2017-2018), Graduate Program in Environmental Studies, York University

Honours & Awards

2024 – Knowledge Mobilization & Engagement Award (University-wide), Toronto Metropolitan University

2023 – Fellow, Canadian Academy of Nursing

2019 – The Collaborative Research Award (University-wide), Toronto Metropolitan University

2016 – The Social Innovation & Action Research Award (University-wide), Toronto Metropolitan University

2015 – Community Partners Award & Induction into Honour Roll, Ontario AIDS Network

2014 – Sue Williams Excellence in Teaching Award, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University

2013 – Scholarly Research and Creativity Award, Ryerson University

2007 – Gina Gesser Memorial Award for Academic Excellence and Community Commitment, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

2007 – Asian Canadian Woman Leadership Award, Asian Community AIDS Services

2006 – Public Health Sciences Research Day Poster Award, University of Toronto

2001 – Outstanding Master Thesis Award, Sigma Theta Tau International Honour Society of

Nomination – The 2012 Award for Methodological Excellence in a Qualitative Doctoral Dissertation (Finalist).

2013-2018 OHTN-CIHR New Investigator Award (Priority Announcement-HIV/AIDS Health Service/Population Health; 5-year award, $60,000/year; total: $300,000)

2006-2009 CIHR – Institute of Gender and Health Doctoral Fellowship (3-year award, $50,000/year; total: $150,000)

2006-2008 CIHR – Health Care, Technology & Place Doctoral Fellowship (2-year award $10,000/year; total: $20,000)

2005-2006 Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000)

Current Research Projects

2021-2026 Women Empowerment-Cancer Awareness Nexus (WE-CAN): An Implementation Research of Cervical Cancer Prevention through HPV Self-Sampling and Education, funded through GACD by CIHR and ICMR, to promote health literacy on cervical cancer prevention, reduce gendered stigma of HPV and cervical cancer; and increase cervical cancer screening by enabling women to self-sample using HPV kit in the privacy of their own home.

2021-2025 Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment (ACE) Intervention: Reducing HIV Stigma and Promoting Community Resilience Through Capacity Building, funded by CIHR, to apply the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the effectiveness of the ACE intervention in reducing HIV stigma and mobilize affected communities to reduce stigma related health disparities.

2023-2025 Promoting Cervical Cancer Screening Through HPV Self-Sampling in Marginalized and Underprivileged Women in Toronto, funded by Shoppers Drug Mart Community Grant Program, to determine the feasibility of HPV self-sampling for under or never-screened (UNS) female sex workers and female ex-prisoners as a method of reducing barriers to cervical cancer screening.

2022-2024 Promoting Mental Health and Reducing HIV Risk Behaviours through Self-compassion, Mindful Acceptance & Resilience Transformation (SMART): An Evidence-informed Pilot Randomized Trial with Diaspora MENA Gay, Bisexual and Trans Youth in Ontario, funded by The CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network, to pilot and evaluate the SMART intervention in promoting mental health of MENA GBTQ youth.

2022-2024 Compounding Disadvantage: Impact of COVID-19 among Immigrants living with Cancers and with Mental Health & Addictions Disorders in Ontario, funded by CIHR, to explore the impact of COVID-19 among immigrants living with cancer and mental health/addiction, and to engage diverse interest holders in apply evidence to plan effective and inclusive responses that decrease health disparities.

2022-2024 HIV-Response Intergenerational Participation (HIP) Intervention Among ACB Population in Ontario, Canada, funded by CIHR, to engage heterosexual Black men and community interest holders to collectively design the intervention that applies cross-generational efforts of Black communities to prevent HIV and reduce stigma in culturally relevant and inclusive ways.

2024-2025 Understanding and taking action on the risk and protective factors of maternal mental health of Black Mothers/Gestational Parents, funded by CIHR, to address the knowledge gaps in the experiences and mental health vulnerabilities of Black parents with preterm infants.

2024-2025 Identifying health research and knowledge mobilization priorities for promoting health equity in Canada’s youth, funded by CIHR, to develop a knowledge generation and knowledge mobilization agenda for promoting health equity in Canada’s youth. We will explore youth experiences of health in/equity and their perspectives on their priority needs, facilitators/barriers in meeting these needs, and opportunities for increasing access and equity. Participants will co-identify health equity priority areas for research and knowledge mobilization.

2023-2024 Culturally Safe and Accessible Digital Mental Health Interventions for Newcomer Youth in Canada’s Asian Diasporic Communities, funded by CIHR, to  build equitable and empowering partnerships to promote access to inclusive and effective digital mental health programs/interventions for racialized newcomer youth in Asian communities.

2021-2024 Fractured Families, Fractured Communities, funded by SSHRC. This unique study aims to explore and compare the lived experiences of temporary foreign workers and Indigenous peoples relocating from rural to urban areas in Canada.

2018-2024 Linking Hearts – Advancing Mental Health Care of University Students Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration, funded through the GACD Mental Health Program by CIHR (Canadian team) and NSFC (Chinese team). This implementation study uses a capacity building approach to adapt, implement and evaluate an evidence-informed intervention, Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment, to reduce stigma of mental illness and promote mental health among university students in China.

2020-2024 Strategic Foresights for Canada’s Reconciliation Futures: Engagement of Indigenous and Newcomer Youth, funded by SSHRC, to explore how newcomer youth respond and contribute to the TRC calls to action and reconciliation; and how critical design methodologies might facilitate dialogue between Indigenous and newcomer youth to advance reconciliation and social change.

Completed studies

2022-2023 Engaging Community Stakeholders to Address Vaccine Hesitancy in Racialized and Diasporic Communities, funded by CIHR, to to build equitable and empowering partnerships to address vaccine access and hesitancy in racialized and diasporic communities in the Greater Toronto Area.

2022-2024 PROTECH – Pandemic Rapid-response Optimization To Enhance Community-resilience and Health, funded by New Frontier Research Fund (NFRF), is a community-engaged action research project that aims to reduce the negative psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health care providers and Chinese Canadians faced with anti-Asian hate during the pandemic. https://projectprotech.ca/

2015-2021 Reducing HIV Vulnerabilities and Promoting Resilience Among Self-Identified Heterosexual African, Caribbean and Black Men in Ontario,funded by CIHR Institute of Gender and Health and Ontario HIV Treatment Network. The aim of this team research is to engage African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) heterosexual men and communities in Ontario to enhance heterosexual ACB men’s appreciation of the social conditions that increase HIV vulnerabilities, strengthen their commitment to HIV prevention, and strengthen community networks working to end HIV among ACB communities.

2018-2020 WE2CARE: Women Empowerment – Caregiver Acceptance & Resilience E-Learning, funded by RBC Immigrant, Diversity and Inclusion Project Grant. This study taps into digital technology to pilot and evaluate an e-intervention to promote the mental health and resilience of temporary migrant caregivers.

2018-2019 Stakeholder Perspectives on the Wellbeing of Newcomer Young Men in Canada, funded by the Pathways to Property Research Grant. This exploratory study engages community stakeholders to identify and address the mental health needs of  newcomer young men.

2013-2017 Reducing Stigma of Mental Illness among Boys and Men in Asian Communities in Canada: An Innovative and Comprehensive Intervention, funded by Movember Canada Foundation. This study will pilot and evaluate two integrated anti-stigma intervention using an innovative intergenerational, intersectoral, and intercultural approach to build mental health support capacities in Asian communities in Toronto, calgary, and Vancouver.

2015-2016 Supporting the Supporter: Promoting Resilience Among PHA Service Providers, funded by Ontario HIV Treatment Network CBR program. This study will pilot and evaluate the effectiveness of a strength-based intervention in promoting resilience and collective empowerment among people living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) in the role of service providers.

2014-2015 Story-Sharing for Sexual Health: A culturally relevant intervention to promote South Asian women’s capacity in HIV and STI education, funded by Women’s X’Change Program, Women’s College Hospital. The goal of this community action project is to pilot a ‘story-sharing’ model in which stories developed by South Asian women living with HIV/AIDS will be translated into vignettes for use in HIV prevention peer education and outreach among South Asian young women in Toronto.

2014-2015 Mental Health of Temporary Migrant Workers in Ontario, funded by RBC Immigrant Diversity and Inclusion Project. The purpose of this exploratory study is to use cross-sectional mixed-methods to examine MFW mental health experiences, their potential risk and protective factors, and perceived barriers and facilitators in accessing mental health services.

2013-2015 Youth Engagement to Prevent HIV/STI and Promote Sexual Health Study (YEP Study), funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Catalyst Grant – HIV/AIDS CBR Program, uses a place-based approach to develop research partnerships and strength-focused youth-driven intervention to reduce HIV vulnerabilities and sexual health disparities among young people from socially and economically marginalized communities.

2012-2013 Cultures, Identities, and Voices (CIV): An Exploratory Study on the Growing Up Experiences, Relationships and Sexual Health of Asian Young Women in Toronto, funded by Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University.

2011-2014 Community Champion HIV/AIDS Advocates Mobilization Project (CHAMP): A Community-based Intervention Study, funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research to address internalized and social stigma associated with HIV/AIDS and build HIV championship.

2012-2013 Pathways to Resiliency: An exploratory study on strength based approaches to HIV prevention and health promotion strategies amongst East and Southeast Asian MSM, funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research.

2011-2013 Asian Migrant Farm Workers (AMFWs) in Ontario: HIV Knowledge, Practices and Health Care Utilization, funded by the Ontario HIV Treatment Network.

2010-2012 Exploring Nursing Educators’ Views and Experiences in Teaching Social Justice, funded by the University of Toronto.

2009-2011 An Evaluation Study of Capacity Building in Family Sex Education Peer Parent Leader Training Programs in the Chinese, Portuguese, and Tamil Communities, funded by Toronto Public Health.

2009-2010 Mobilizing Ethnoracial Community Leaders against HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination, funded by Ontario HIV Treatment Network

Representative Refereed Publications

Fung, K. P. L., Kim, S., & Wong, J. P. (2024). Basic Principles and Clinical Aspects of Buddhism in Psychotherapy. In Eastern Religions, Spirituality, and Psychiatry: An Expansive Perspective on Mental Health and Illness (pp. 115-129). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Ning, X., Huang, S., Hilario, C., Yamanda, J., Vahabi, M., Poon, M. L., … & Wong, J. P. (2024). Chinese university students’ help-seeking behaviors when faced with mental health challenges. Journal of Mental Health, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2024.2361259

Vahabi, M., Kithulegoda, N., Wong, J. P., & Lofters, A. K. (2024). Knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer screening and acceptability of HPV self-sampling (HPV-SS) among under or never screened racialized immigrant women in GTA, Ontario, Canada. Journal of Environmental Science and Public Health8(2), 32-48.

Wang, F., Gao, J., Hao, S., Tsang, K. T., Wong, J. P., Fung, K., … & Cheng, S. (2024). Empowering Chinese university health service providers to become mental health champions: insights from the ACE-LYNX intervention. Frontiers in Psychiatry15, 1349476.

Tulli-Shah, M., Hilario, C., Salami, B., & Wong, J. P. (2023). Caring in the Context of Systems: Service Provider Perspectives on the Mental Health Needs of Newcomer Young Men. Community Health Equity Research & Policy, 2752535X231217211.

Etowa, E., Fung, K., Miller, D., Husband, W., Luginaah, I., Omorodion, F., Etowa, J., Wong, J. P. (2023). Addressing HIV vulnerability and promoting resilience among heterosexual Black men and their communities in Ontario, Canada: A concept mapping approach. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 32(3), 298-312 https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs-2022-0059

Vahabi, M., Mishra, G., Pimple, S., Wong, J. P., Khan, M., Prakash, V., … & Lofters, A. K. (2023). Effectiveness of family-centred sexual health education and HPV self-sampling in promoting cervical cancer screening among hard-to-reach Indian women in rural and tribal areas: a community-based pilot study. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1-13.

Etowa, E. B., Wong, J. P., Omorodion, F., Etowa, J., & Luginaah, I. (2023). Addressing HIV Misconceptions among Heterosexual Black Men and Communities in Ontario. Healthcare, 11 (7), 997 MDPI. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10094559/

Abulencia, M. K., MacLaren, C., Vahabi, M., & Wong, J. P. (2022). Racialized-gendered experiences and mental health vulnerabilities of young Asian women in Toronto, Canada. Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 49(2), 17-30.

Vahabi, M., Lofter, A., Gauravi, M., Pimple, S., & Wong, J. P. (2022). Family-Centered Sexual Health Intervention to Promote Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake Among Low-income Rural Women in India: A Community-Based Mixed-Method Pilot study. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(9), e35093 doi: 2196/35093

Fung, K. P. L., *Liu, J. J. W., & Wong, J. P. (2022). Exploring Mechanisms of Mental Illness Stigma Reduction in Asian Canadian Men. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry67(6), 490-498.

Ning, X., Wong, J. P., Huang, S., Fu, Y., Gong, X., Zhang, L., Hilario, C., Fung, P., Yu, M., Poon, K., Cheng, S., Gao, J., & Jia, C. (2022). Chinese university students’ perspectives on help-seeking and mental health counseling. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14), 8259. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148259 .

Sato, C., Adumattah, A., *Abulencia, K. M., *Garcellano, P. D., Li, A. T., Fung, K. P., Poon, M., Vahabi, M., & Wong, J. P. (2022). COVID-19 mental health stressors of health care providers in the Pandemic Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment Response (PACER) Intervention. JMIR Formative Research, 6(3): e35280. doi: 10.2196/35280.

Kumar, R., Birn, A.-E., Bhuyan, R., & Wong, J. P. (2022). Universal health coverage and public-private arrangements within Sri Lanka’s mixed health system: Perspectives from women seeking healthcare. Social Science & Medicine, 296, 114777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114777

Vahabi, M., Wong, J. P., Masoomeh, M., Abarian, A., & Fung, K. P. (2022). The Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on mental health and resiliency of migrant live-in caregivers in Canada: Pilot randomized waitlist controlled trial. JMIR Formative Research, 6(1):e32136. Doi: 2196/32136

Yu, M., Cheng, S., Fung, K. P., Wong, J. P., & Jia, C. (2022). More than mental illness: Experiences of associating with stigma of mental illness for Chinese college students. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020864

Fung, K., *Liu, J.J.W, Vahabi, M., Li, A. T., Zurowski, M., & Wong, J. P. (2021). Protocol for the development and rapid-response deployment of pandemic acceptance and commitment to empowerment response (PACER) training. JMIR Research Protocols,10 (12), e33495. Doi: 2196/33495

Luginaah, N. A., Konkor, I., Lawson, E. S, Mkandawire, P., Husband, W., Omorodion, F., Etowa, J., Antabe, R., & Wong, J. P. (2021). Concurrent sexual partnership and HIV testing among heterosexual Black men in Ontario, Canada: Findings from the weSpeak Study. Ethnicity & Health. Doi:1080/13557858.2021.1976395

Fung, K. P., Vahabi, M., Moosapoor, M., Akbarian, A., & Wong, J. P. (2021) Implementation of an Internet-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for promoting mental health among migrant live-in caregivers in Canada. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 10 (9), e31211; doi:10.2196/31211

Fung, K., *Liu, J.J.W., *Sin, R., Bender, A., Shakya, Y., Butt, N., & Wong, J. P. (2021). Examining different strategies for stigma reduction and mental health promotion in Asian men in Toronto. Community Mental Health Journal, 57, 655-666. Https://doi:10.1007/s10597-020-00723-3.

Antabe, R., *Konkor, I., *McIntosh, M. D., Lawson, E. S., Husbands, W., Wong, J. P., Godwin, A., & Luginnah, I. (2021). “I went in there, had a bit of an issue with those folks”: Everyday challenges of heterosexual African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) Men in accessing HIV/AIDS services in London, Ontario. BMC Public Health, 21 (1), 1-14.

Wong, J. P., Poon, M. K-L., Vahabi, M., Sutdhibhasilp, N., & Narushima, M. (2020). Transnational contexts and local embeddedness of HIV/STI vulnerabilities among Thai and Filipino temporary migrant farm workers in Canada, Culture, Health and Sexuality, 23(6), 723-739

Nguemo Djiometio, J.B., Buzuayew, A., Nelson, L.E., Maina, G., Njoroge, I., Kahan. M., & Wong, J. P. (2020). A scoping review of the prevalence of use of substance among African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) people in Canada. Journal of Substance Use, 25(6), DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2020.1760378

Wong, J. P. & Poon, M. K.-L. (2019). Masculine identity, street capital and sexual practices of a Chinese young man in Canada. China Journal of Social Work, 12(2), 119-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2019.1685115

Wong, J. P., Kteily-Hawa, R., Chambers, L. A., Hari, S., Chikermane, V., Ragulan, S., Islam, S., & Vahabi, M. (2019). Exploring the use of fact-based vs. story-based learning materials for HIV prevention and sexual health promotion: An Exploratory Study with South Asian Women in Toronto, Canada. Health Education Research, 34(1), 27-37. doi:10.1093/her/cyy042

Hilario, C., Oliffe, J., Wong, J. P., Browne, A., & Johnson, J. (2018). “I tend to forget bad things”: Immigrant and refugee young men’s narratives of distress. Health. doi: 10.1177/1363459318763865. [Epub ahead of print]

Guruge, S., Fung, K. P., Sidani, S., Este, D., Morrow, M., McKenzie, K., & Wong, J. P.(2018). Study Protocol: Mobilizing Asian Men in Canada to Reduce Stigma of Mental Illness. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 71:133-139. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2018.06.009

Vahabi, M., Wong, J. P. & Lofters, A. (2018). Migrant live-in caregivers Mental Health in Canada, Community Mental Health Journal, 54(5), 590-599 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-017-0225-5

Poon, K.-L. M., Wong, J. P., Li, A., Manuba, M., Bisignano, A., Owino, M., & Vahabi, M. (2018). HIV-positive MSM’s knowledge of HPV and anal cancer self-sampling: A scoping review. Current Oncology, 25(1), e83-e89. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3747/co.25.3856   (*Corresponding author)

Wong, J. P., Vahabi, M., Miholjcic, J., Tan, V., Owino, M., Li, A., & Poon, K.-L. M. (2018). Knowledge of HPV/cervical cancer and acceptability of HPV self-sampling among women living with HIV: A scoping review. Current Oncology, 25(1), e73-e82. doi:10.7870/cjcmh-2017-027.

Hilario, C., Oliffe, J., Wong, J. P., Browne, A., & Johnson, J. (2018). Just as Canadian as anyone else”?: Experiences of second-class citizenship and the mental health of young immigrant and refugee men in Canada. American Journal of Men’s Health, 12(2):210-220. doi: 10.1177/1557988317743384.

Wong, J. P.,Fung, K, P., & Li, A. T. (2018). Integrative strategies to address complex HIV and mental health syndemic challenges in racialized communities: Insights from the CHAMP Project.The Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 36(3), 65-70. Advanced online:doi:10.7870/cjcmh-2017-027.

Li, A. T., Fung, K. P., Maticka-Tyndale, E., & Wong, J. P. (2017). Effects of HIV stigma reduction interventions in diasporic communities: Insights from the CHAMP Study. AIDS Care, 24:1-7. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1391982.

Vahabi, M., & Wong, J. P.(2017). Caught between a rock and a hard place: Mental health of migrant live-in caregivers in Canada. BMC Public Health, 17, 498. DOI 10.1186/s12889-017-4431-4

Poon, M. K.-L., Li, A. T., Wong, J. P., & Wang, C. (2017). Queer friendly nation? The experience of Chinese gay immigrants in Canada. China Journal of Social Work, 10(1), 23-38, DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2017.1300354

Wong, J. P., Macpherson, F., Vahabi, M., & Li, A. (2017). Understanding sexuality and sexual health of Muslim young people in Canada and other Western countries: A scoping review of research literature. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 26(1), 48-59. doi:10.3138/cjhs.261-C1

Li, A. T., Wong,J. P., Cain, R. & Fung, K. P. (2016) Engaging African, Caribbean, Asian, and Latino community leaders to address HIV stigma in Toronto. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 12(4), 288-300.

Wong, J. P.& Li, A. T. (2015) The Exclusionary Circle Game: A tool to promote critical dialogue about HIV stigma and social justice. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 91(3), 431-438.

Chen, Y. Y. B., Li, A. T., Fung, K. P., & Wong, J. P. (2015). Improving access to mental health services for racialized immigrants, refugees, and non-status persons living with HIV/AIDS, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 26(2), 505-518. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2015.0049

Narushima, M., Wong, J. P., Li, A., & Sutdhibhasilp, N. (2014). Sustainable empowerment and capacity building among immigrant communities: An evaluation case study of Raising Sexually Healthy Children Program in Canada. Health Promotion International, 29(1), 26-37, doi: 10.1093/heapro/dat035

Wong, J. P., Li, A. T., Poon, M. K-L., & Fung, K. P. (2013). An exploratory study on the determinants of mental health among immigrants, refugees and non-status people living with HIV in Toronto. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 9(3), 122-134. Doi: 10.1108/IJMHSC-07-2013-0026

Poon, M. K.-L., Wong, J. P. H., Sutdhibhasilp, N., Ho, P. T. T., & Wong, B. (2013). Sexual practices and sex-seeking behaviours among East and Southeast Asian men who have sex with men in Toronto: Implications for HIV prevention. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 22 (2): 77-85.

Wong, J. P., & Poon, M. K.-L. (2012). Challenging homophobia and heterosexism through critical dialogue and storytelling among Chinese immigrant parents. Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care, 15(1),15-28. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2012.738310.

Wong, J. P., Chan, K. B., Boi-Doku, R., & McWatt, S. (2012). Sexual stigma and discourses of morality as barriers to accessing sexual health care among young women in Toronto. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 21(2), 75-89.

Wong, J. P., & Poon, M. K. L. (2010). Bringing translation out of the shadow: Translation as an issue of methodological significance in cross-cultural qualitative research. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 21(2), 151-158.