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Honglin Chen

Honglin Chen

Professor

Professor of Gerontological social work

Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies

[email protected] | +358 50 442 0209

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Dr. Honglin Chen is a Professor of Gerontological Social Work at the Department of Social Sciences and Business, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio. Her scholarly work centers on digital health interventions and cross-cultural care policies, with a particular emphasis on aging populations.

Professor Chen has led and contributed to numerous international research initiatives, including the EU-funded project “DigiWELL – Digital Technology and Welfare Research”, as well as studies commissioned by the World Health Organization focusing on multi-sector collaboration strategies for promoting healthy aging.

Her interdisciplinary research integrates perspectives from social sciences, social work, healthcare, and ethics to advance the development and implementation of welfare technologies in old age care.

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Selected Journal Papers:

  1. Li, Y., Chen, H.L., Hämäläinen, J., & An, N. (2025). Exploring essential digital competencies for gerontological social workers: A case study in China. Educational Gerontology, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2025.2535494
  2. Chen, H.L., Liu, W., Xu, X., Xiao, M., & Yin, Y. (2024). The Effects of a Nonpharmacological Intervention Practice for Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Family Caregivers in China. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 1-20, https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2024.2355152
  3. Li, Y.J. & Chen, H.L.(2024) Does childhood parental death impact late life health directly and indirectly? Evidence from a National Survey in China, Death Studies, DOI: 1080/07481187.2024.2306471
  4. Yang, H., Lv, Z., Zhang, Y., Cui, T., & Chen, H. (2024). Considerations beyond salary: study of job satisfaction among Chinese social work practitioners in different positions. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 1–20.  https://doi.org/10.1080/29949769.2024.2374295
  5. H.L. Chen, Y. Chen, Y.Wang, H.T. Chen, S. Levkoff , T.S. Pan, Y.Y. Wang, Y.L. He (2023) A Study on Mental Health Service Needs among Older Adults and the Policy Response in China: Experiences in Urban Shanghai, Ageing International, 10.1007/s12126-022-09516-3
  6. H.L. Chen, A. Hagedorn, N. An (2022) The development of smart eldercare in China, The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100547.

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gerontological social work health and social care for older adults MCI intervention Welfare technology

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