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Hua Zan

Name :

Hua Zan

Title :

Associate Researcher

Unit :

Administration

Office :

Center on the Family

Address :

2515 Campus Road
                  Honolulu, HI 96822

Room :

Krauss Hall 18

Phone :

(808) 956-9419

Fax :

(808) 956-4147

E-mail :

hzan@hawaii.edu

Specialties :

Youth, family, community development and health

Professional Prep/Appointments :


2012   Ph.D.   Family Resource Management, The Ohio State University



Selected Courses Taught:


HDFS 360 Family Resource Management
HDFS 454 Family Public Policy

Research Interests :


Hua Zan conducts applied research related to health, family economic well-being, and family/consumer policy. One line of her work is about behavioral aspects of health. She studies how individual characteristics and environmental influences (e.g., market information) affect health behaviors. In the other line of work, she studies the economic wellbeing of different populations and factors (e.g., children’s health, caregiving, economic downturn) that are associated with family economic wellbeing. She is also interested in policies that help promote health and family economic wellbeing. 

Publications :


  • Lillard, D., Molloy, E., & Zan, H. (2018). Television and magazine alcohol advertising: Exposure, targeting, and trends. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79(6):881-892. DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2018.79.881
  • Guo, J., & Zan, H. (2018). Policy development and advocacy: The analysis of a paid family leave bill in the Hawaii State Legislature. Social Work & Society, 16(1): 1-15. https://www.socwork.net/sws/article/view/541/1069
  • Zan, H., & Scharff, R.L. (2018). The effects of children’s health on mothers’ employment. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 39(2), 297-309. DOI: 10.1007/s10834-017-9552-5
  • Fan, J.X., & Zan, H. (2017). The “model minority” myth: Asian American middle class before, during, and after the Great Recession. Singapore Economic Review, 1-17. DOI: 10.1142/S0217590817430044
  • Zan, H., & Scharff, R.L. (2017). The effects of children’s health on mothers’ employment. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 1-13. DOI: 10.1007/s10834-017-9552-5
  • Zan, H., Lambea, M., McDowell, J., & Scharff, R. L. (2017). An economic evaluation of food safety education interventions: Estimates and critical data gaps. Journal of Food Protection, 80(8), 1355-1363. DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-16-510
  • Zan, H., & Fan, J.X. (2017). Reporting more but moving less? The complex relationship between physical activity and acculturation among U.S. adults. American Journal of Health Promotion. First published online: June 29, 2017. DOI: 10.1177/0890117117716415
  • Zan, H., & Scharff, R.L. (2017). Regional differences in the value of statistical life. Journal of Consumer Policy, 40(2), 157-176.DOI:10.1007/s10603-017-9347-y
  • Zan, H., & Scharff, R.L. (2015). The heterogeneity in financial and time burden of caregiving to children with chronic conditions. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 19(3): 615-625. DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1547-3.
  • Lee, S., Sohn, S., Rhee, E., Lee, Y.G., & Zan, H. (2014). Consumption patterns and economic status of older households in the United States. Monthly Labor Review.
  • Zan, H., & Fan, J. X. (2010). Cohort effects of household expenditures on food away from home. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 44 (Spring): 213-233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2010.01163.x