1. General information

Name

WANG Yao

Sex

Female

Nationality

Chinese

Birth date

Jan 31st, 1988

Current positions

Associate professor of Nursing, Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University

Postdoctoral fellow, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University

Telephone

86-731-82650269

Email

yaowang0428@163.com

Address

172 Tongzipo Road, Changsha, Hunan 410013 China

  1. Education

01/2015-12/2015: Nursing, Flinders University, Australia, Cotutelle Ph.D granted

09/2010-06/2015: Nursing, Central South University, Ph.D granted

09/2006-06/2010: Nursing, Shandong First Medical University, M.D. granted

III. Postgraduate training

10/2018-11/2018 University of Adelaide, JBI Evidence Based Clinical Fellowship Training Program.

07/2016-present: Dementia Care/Health policy, Xiangya School of Public Health of Central South University, Post-doctoral training

09/2013-09/2014: Dementia management, Toronto University, Joint-doctoral training


  1. Research Interests

Dementia Care, Aged Care, Chronic condition self-management

  1. Current Academic Membership


Nursing Association of Hunan Province

Member

Chinese society of gerontology and geriatrics

Member

Steering Committee for the Asia-Pacific Consortium for Emergency Contraception

Member


VII. Current Academic Journal editorship

Nursing Education Today

Reviewer

Journal of Modern Nursing (in Chinese)

Reviewer


VIII. Selected HPS-related Research Funding

  • “An individualized telephone-based care support program for rural family caregivers of people with dementia: a clustered randomized controlled trial”, China Medical Board,2020~2022,PI.

  • “The influencing factors of mental health of widowed elderly women living alone in rural minority areas in Hunan province”, Women’s Federation of Hunan Province, 2019~2022,PI.

  • “The development of a personalized dementia care intervention program for caregivers”, Humanities and Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education, 2019~2021, PI.

  • “Mindfulness-based intervention for the depressed left-behind elderly in the rural areas of Hunan province and the mechanism study”, Provincial Social Science Foundation of Hunan Province, 2019~2020, PI.

  • “The integrated long–term care experience and satisfaction for the aged based on the latent variables growth mixed model”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2017~2019, Main participant.

  • “The screening tools and living condition of people with dementia in rural China”, Ministry of Education Basic Scientific Research Foundation, 2016-2018, PI.

  • “Caregiver burden and quality of life in family caregivers of people with dementia in rural China”, China's postdoctoral foundation, 2017-2019, PI.

  • “The development and evaluation of a dementia care education program for health professionals in primary care centres in China”, Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate, 2012-2015, PI.

  1. 5 Selected Publications:

  • Wang Yao, Lily Dongxia Xiao, Yang Luo, Shui-Yuan Xiao, Craig Whitehead, Owen Davies. Community health Professionals’ dementia knowledge, attitudes and care approach: a cross-sectional survey in Changsha, China. BMC Geriatrics, 2018, 18:122.

  • Wang Yao, Lily Dongxia Xiao, Shahid Ullah, He Guoping, Anita De Bellis. Evaluation of a nurse-led dementia education and knowledge translation programme in primary care: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Nurse Education Today, 2017, 49:1-7.

  • Wang Yao, Luo Yang, Liu Xiaoli, Xiao Shuiyuan. Assessment scales of dementia-related knowledge: a review. Chinese Mental Health Journal, 2017,(10):815-819.

  • Wang Yao, Lily Dongxia Xiao, Chen Jia, He Guoping. The competence of healthcare professionals caring for people with dementia. Chinese Journal of Gerontology. 2016, 36(9):2284-2286.

  • Wang Yao, Lily Dongxia Xiao, He Guoping. A comprehensive approach to psychometric assessment of instruments used in dementia educational interventions for health professionals: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2015, 52: 568-577.

  • Wang Yao, Luo Yan, Wang Jing, Wang Yuanyan, He Guoping. Progress in research of person-centered dementia care. Chinese Journal of Gerontology.2015, 35(22):6621-6624.