Wei-Ti Chen, RN, CNM, PhD, FAAN
Wei-Ti Chen, RN, CNM, PhD, FAAN, is Associate Professor at UCLA School of Nursing. Dr. Chen specializes in intervention design, qualitative and quantitative data collection and Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview Software (ACASI) assessment. Dr. Chen’s research has addressed the unique needs of the growing number of Chinese women and children with HIV/AIDS in China and in the US. She has used mix method strategies to explore the issues facing nurses caring for, and patients with, HIV/AIDS. Her current grants are focused on understanding self- and family-management HIV-positive Asian Americans. In her past research, she developed a family care intervention that creates a comfortable and safe environment for women who are HIV-positive. Dr. Chen is one of few nurse researchers who has conducted intervention research in China and in Asian Americans.
Contact: wchen@sonnet.ucla.edu
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Chen, W. T., Huang, F., Sun, W., & Zhang, L. (2024). Correction: Fear of COVID and Physical Health Among People Living with HIV in China: Mediation Effects of HIV Stigma, Social Support, and Substance Use. AIDS and behavior, 10.1007/s10461-024-04359-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-024-04359-2
2. Huang, F. F., Chen, W. T., Shiu, C., Yang, J. P., & Zhao, H. (2023). Relationships between spirituality and mental stress in people living with HIV in China: A cross-sectional study. Mental health, religion & culture, 26(3), 276–289. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2023.2219620
3. Yang, J. P., Shiu, C., Zhang, L., Wang, K., Lu, H., Zhao, H., & Chen, W. T. (2023). Health disparities affecting persons living with HIV and using substances in China. Applied nursing research : ANR, 73, 151729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2023.151729