Quah, Stella R

Research Interests:

My areas of research are medical sociology, family sociology and public policy. My medical sociology research includes health services utilization both biomedicine and traditional (indigenous) medicine, self-medication, population health attitudes and health-related behavior including smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and exercise; analyses of socio-cultural factors in infectious diseases, heart disease and cancer; public health education; epidemiology; and the governance of epidemics. The complete list of publications is available at http://www.stellarquah.com

Selected Publications:

Quah, S.R. (2011) “Gender and the burden of disease in ten Asian countries: An exploratory analysis,” Asia Europe Journal, 8, 499-512.

Quah, S.R. (2010) "Governance of Epidemics: Trust and Health Consensus Building." In J. Killewo, H.K. Heggenhougen and S.R. Quah, eds., Epidemiology and Demography in Public Health. Burlington, MA, and London: Elsevier, pp. 157-166.

Quah, Stella R. (2010) “Health and Culture” in W.C. Cockerham, ed., The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology. London: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 27-46.

Carrin, G., Buse, K., Heggenhougen, K. and Quah, S.R., (eds), (2009) Health Systems Finance, Policy and Organization. London and San Diego, CA: Elsevier Inc.

Quah, Stella R. (2009) Families in Asia – Home and Kin. 2nd Edition. London: Routledge.

Heggenhougen, Kris and Quah, Stella R. (eds) (2008) International Encyclopedia of Public Health. London: Elsevier. Six Volumes.

Quah, Stella R. (2008) “In pursuit of health: Pragmatic acculturation in everyday life”, Health Sociology Review, 17, 4, 419-421.

Quah, Stella R. ed. (2007) Crisis Preparedness: Asia and the Global Governance of Epidemics. Stanford, CA: Stanford Shorenstein APARC & Brookings Institution.

Quah, Stella R. (2007) "Public image and governance of epidemics: Comparing HIV/AIDS and SARS," Health Policy, 80, 253-272.

Quah, Stella R. and Lee Hin Peng (2004)"Crisis Prevention and Management during SARS Outbreak, Singapore," Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, No. 2 (February), 364-368.