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Professor, Valley Foundation School of Nursing

Wei-Chen Tung is Professor of Nursing in the Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State University.

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Wei-Chen Tung is Professor of Nursing in the Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State University.

Present	Professor, San Jose State University ‐ Valley Foundation School of Nursing
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Immune System Diseases, Nursing, International Public Health, Public Health Education and Promotion, and Women's Health

HPV/HIV prevention, women’s health, health promotion and cultural behaviors, acculturation, and social media use

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Exploring Sources of Information and Religious Beliefs in Regard to ...

Journal of Religion and Health (2023)

Wei Chen Tung, Itzel Corral Gonzalez, Ho Jui Tung, Wing Lam Tock, et al.

We identified (a) sources of and communication about HPV information and (b) factors (e.g., religious affiliations) related to information sources ...

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Sources of Information and Communication About HPV Among Chinese Students ...

Journal of Transcultural Nursing (2022)

Wei Chen Tung, Daniel Jones and Minggen Lu

Introduction: Little is known about human papillomavirus (HPV) information sources and communication among Chinese students attending U.S. colleges. We assessed ...

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HPV vaccination, information sources, and acculturation among Chinese college students ...

Research in Nursing & Health (2021)

Wei-Chen Tung, Yuting Lin, Hannah W. Chao and Yinghan Chen

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination behaviors among Chinese college students (CCS) in the United States are affected by social determinants of ...

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The interrelationship between water access, exclusive breastfeeding and diarrhea in ...

Journal of Global Health (2021)

Paschal A Apanga, Ann M Weber, Lyndsey A Darrow, Mark S Riddle, et al.

Background Access to an improved water supply and practicing exclusive breastfeeding are essential for improving maternal and child health outcomes. ...

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Bodyweight Misperception by Chinese American Females Influenced by Cultural and ...

Home Health Care Management & Practice (2020)

Lam Tock, Wei-Chen Tung, Ezra C. Holston and Ya-Wen Hsu

Bodyweight misperception results from the desire to achieve an ideal body emphasized by cultural mores and societal norms. It is ...

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Barriers and Recommendations Associated With Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among College ...

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (2020)

Maria Poggio D’Errico, Wei-Chen Tung, Minggen Lu and Rhone D’Errico

Many college students are unimmunized against the human papillomavirus (HPV), and college health nurse practitioners (NPs) are in a unique ...

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to human papillomavirus vaccination among ...

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (2020)

Maria Poggio DʼErrico, Wei-Chen Tung, Minggen Lu and Rhone DʼErrico

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and disproportionately affects adolescents and young ...

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HPV Knowledge, Attitudes, and Vaccination Among Hispanic/Latino College Students ...

International Journal of Organizational Innovation (2020)

Itzel Corral Gonzalez, Wei-Chen Tung, Ho-Jui Tung and Wing Lam Tock

This study evaluated Human Papillomavirus-related knowledge and attitudes, vaccination practices, and explored associated factors among Hispanic/Latino college students in the ...

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Reasons and influential recommendations associated with HPV vaccination among Chinese ...

Journal of American College Health (2020)

Wei-Chen Tung, Minggen Lu, Joey Langowski and Xiangwen Qiu

Objectives: To evaluate (a) reasons for not receiving recommended doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, (b) the most influential recommending ...

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Using the Clinical Frailty Scale to Predict the Length of ...

International Journal of Organizational Innovation (2019)

Wei-Kang Tung, Hsiang-Chin Hung and Wei-Chen Tung

Frailty was a common syndrome in geriatric clinic and general internal medical wards. Some authors had identified the Clinical Frailty ...

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Exploration of factors associated with perceived barriers to cervical cancer ...

Journal of Public Health and Emergency (2019)

Wei-Chen Tung, Minggen Lu, Michelle Granner, Jiani McDonough, et al.

This study explored factors associated with perceived barriers to Pap smear testing among Chinese American women (CAW). A total of ...

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Human papillomavirus knowledge, attitudes, and vaccination among Chinese college students ...

Vaccine (2019)

Wei-Chen Tung, Minggen Lu, Xiangwen Qiu and Susan Ervin

Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the USA with some strains increasing the risk ...

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Demographics, self-efficacy, benefits/barriers, stages of adopting pap testing among ...

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2019)

Wei-Chen Tung, Michelle Granner, Minggen Lu and Jeeyun Sohn

Korean American women (KAW) experience the third highest incidence rate of cervical cancer among nine major Asian Americans. This study ...

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Scope-of-practice laws and expanded health services: the case of underserved ...

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2019)

Julie Smith-Gagen, Larissa L White, Amanda Santos, Shaun M Hasty, et al.

Background Underserved women (rural, minority or poor) are disproportionally diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer, indicative of inadequate access to, and use ...

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Pilot test results of a video-based HIV intervention for Chinese ...

Journal of Public Health and Emergency (2017)

Wei-Chen Tung, Minggen Lu, Rudolph Rull and Wei Yang

Background: No culturally relevant and appropriate HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) programs are available to Chinese college students in the United ...

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Predictors of cervical cancer screening for Chinese American women

European Journal of Cancer Care (2017)

W.‐C. Tung, M. Granner, M. Lu and X. Qiu

Research on Chinese American women's cervical cancer screening behaviours is limited and there are few studies that examine factors associated ...

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Assessing perceived benefits/barriers and self-efficacy for cervical cancer screening ...

Health Care for Women International (2017)

Wei-Chen Tung, Minggen Lu, Michelle Granner and Jeeyun Sohn

A large proportion of Korean American women (KAW) do not receive regular cervical cancer screening. Self-report data from 102 KAW ...

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Perceived Benefits and Barriers of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Chinese ...

Oncology Nursing Forum (2017)

Wei-Chen Tung, Minggen Lu and Michelle Granner

Purpose/Objectives: To explore the perceived benefits and barriers to cervical cancer screening among Chinese American women using stages of the Transtheoretical ...

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Application of the Transtheoretical Model to Cervical Cancer Screening in ...

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2016)

Wei-Chen Tung, Julie Smith-Gagen, Minggen Lu and Melanie Warfield

This study examined the relationship between the intention to receive Pap tests for cervical cancer screening, as related to the ...

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Latina Women and Cervical Cancer Screening: Decisional Balance and Self-Efficacy.

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing (2016)

Wei-Chen Tung, Minggen Lu, Julie Smith-Gagen and Yan Yao

Background: Latina women in the United States have greater cervical cancer mortality rates than non-Latina women because of their low rates ...

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Overweight and Obesity Among Hispanic/Latino American Women

Home Health Care Management & Practice (2015)

Wei-Chen Tung and Jiani Xie McDonough

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Evidence-Based HIV Pilot Program for Chinese College Students: Differences by ...

Nursing & Health Sciences (2015)

Wei-Chen Tung, Teresa D. Serratt and Minggen Lu

This study explored gender differences in the effectiveness of the translated VOICES (Video Opportunities for Condom Education and Safer Sex) ...

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Pain Beliefs and Behaviors Among Chinese

Home Health Care Management & Practice (2015)

Wei-Chen Tung and Zhizhong Li

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A Comparison of HIV Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sources of STI ...

Health Care for Women International (2015)

Wei-Chen Tung, Daniel M. Cook, Minggen Lu and Kele Ding

Taiwan withdrew from the United Nations in 1971, which led to missed opportunities for participating in global HIV/AIDS programs and ...

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Cancer of unknown primary: time trends in incidence, United States

Cancer Causes & Control (2014)

Elena Mnatsakanyan, Wei-Chen Tung, Brenna Caine and Julie Smith-Gagen

PurposeTo describe the epidemiological features and trends of cancer of unknown primary (CUP) in a large and diverse US population.MethodsThe ...

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