Profile of Prof HA, Sau Ching Amy 夏秀禎 - The Education University of Hong Kong


Chair Professor	Department of Health and Physical Education

Contact

ORCiD

0000-0002-9943-9122

Phone

(852) 2948 8181

sauchingha@eduhk.hk

Address

10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong

Website

https://pappl.eduhk.hk/rich/web/person.xhtml?pid=324594&name=HA, Sau Ching Amy

Scopus ID

7004386657

Research Interests

Sport Pedagogy and Physical Education
Professional Development and Teacher Education
Fundamental Movement and Physical Literacy
Information Technology and Sports
Family-based, Health-related Physical Activity

Teaching Interests

Physical education pedagogy
Sports pedagogy and technology
Adapted physical education and sports

Personal Profile

Prior to joining the University, Professor Amy Ha was a Professor at the Department of Sports Science and Physical Education of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, with an outstanding record in teaching, research, and administration in higher education. Her research interests span a range of areas, including sports pedagogy, integration of information technology in quality physical education, family-based physical activity interventions, fundamental movement skills, and physical literacy. Professor Ha has secured numerous competitive research grants, including the University Grants Committee’s Research Impact Fund and General Research Fund.

Professor Ha has played a prominent role in the international academic community, having served as a long-standing Board Member of the International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP). Currently, she is the Chief Investigator (Hong Kong) of the SUNRISE study, a global surveillance project on the 24-hour movement behaviours of preschool-aged children, involving over 70 countries. Professor Ha has also led several large-scale projects which have generated significant societal impact. For example, she led the “Fun to Move@JC” project from 2017 to 2023, which was funded and co-founded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. This initiative benefitted over 50,000 students, parents and teachers across more than 100 schools in Hong Kong.

She is also the Founder and President of the Hong Kong Rope Skipping Association, China. Under her leadership, the association has experienced rapid growth in the sport, both in community engagement and in achieving remarkable results at international competitions.

Research Interests

Sport Pedagogy and Physical Education
Professional Development and Teacher Education
Fundamental Movement and Physical Literacy
Information Technology and Sports
Family-based, Health-related Physical Activity

Teaching Interests

Physical education pedagogy
Sports pedagogy and technology
Adapted physical education and sports

Research Outputs


Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y., Zeng, T., Jiang, S., & Peng, B. (2025). Measurement of Quantity and Quality of Physical Activity Within School Settings. Victoria A. Goodyear, Andrea Bundon, Routledge Handbook of Digital Technologies in Sport, Exercise and Physical Education (173-185). Routledge. SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., & Pang, B. (2010). Physical activity and Confucianism: Relationships between Hong Kong children and their parents. Wright, J., Macdonald D., Young People, Physical Activity and the Everyday (93-103). Routledge. SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A., & Fishburne, G. J. (2006). Promoting Healthy and Active Lifestyles among Hong Kong. David P. Johns, Koenraad J. Lindner, Physical activity and health of Hong Kong youth (219). Chinese University Press. SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Journal Publications Jiang, S., Zeng, N., Ng, J. Y., Chong, K. H., Zeng, T., Leung, S. K., & Ha, A. S. (2026). Effects of physical activity interventions on fundamental movement skills and cognitive function in early childhood: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 15, 101085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2025.101085 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., Chan, M. H. M., Chan, C. H. S., Okely, A. D., Leung, S. K. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2025). Effects of a teacher-led social cognitive theory-based multicomponent movement education program on preschoolers’ fundamental movement skills and physical activity: the PA-REALITY cluster-randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-025-01864-y SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Peng, B., Ha, A. S., & Gray, S. (2025). Beyond marginalisation: Reimagining and glocalising physical education in China. Sport, Education and Society, 1- 14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2025.2571155 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Chan, C. H. S., & Lander, N. (2025). Critical contextual factors of sustainable online teaching: learning the lessons of pandemic times from physical education teachers’ and school administrators’ perspectives. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 30(4), 416-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2023.2232802 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ng, J. Y. Y., Jiang, S., Chan, C. H. S., & Ha, A. S (2025). Assessing fundamental movement skills using the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD): Challenges and solutions to comparability and standardization. Sports Medicine and Health Science, 7(4), 299-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhs.2025.02.007 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ng, J. Y., Fung, Y., Sum, R. K., Chan, C. H., He, Q., Peng, B., Jiang, S., Carl, J., Barnett, L. M., & Ha, A. S. (2025). Identifying moderators of physical literacy interventions using meta-regression. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 79, 102848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102848 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being Zhang, Z., Abdeta, C., Chelly, M. S., del Pozo Cruz, J., Germana, L., Ghofranipour, F., Ha, A. S. C., El Hamdouchi, A., Tang, H. K., & Hossain, M. S. (2025). Measurement properties of the SUNRISE Study Parent Questionnaire for assessing sleep and sleep-related family practices. Sleep Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2025.04.006 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Kwofie, N. A., Suherman, A., Florindo, A. A., Staiano, A., Ha, A. S., Okely, A. D., El Hamdouchi, A., Nguyen Pham, B., Draper, C. E., Tanaka, C., Koh, D., Kim, D. H., Kipling Webster, E., Guan, H., Tang, H. K., Reilly, J. J., Chong, K. H., Löf, M., Tremblay, M. S., ... Janssen, X (2025). Associations between sedentary behaviour and fine and gross motor skills in 3- to 4-year-olds: A secondary data analysis from sunrise international study pilot studies. Child: Care, Health and Development, 51(3), e70092. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.70092 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Zhang, Z., Abdeta, C., Chelly, M. S., del Pozo-Cruz, J., Draper, C. E., Engberg, E., Florindo, A., Germana, L., Ghofranipour, F., Guan, H., Ha, A. S. C., El Hamdouchi, A., Tang, H. K., Hossain, M. S., Jambaldorj, B., Kim, D. H., ... Okely, A. (2025). Geocultural differences in preschooler sleep profiles and family practices: An analysis of pooled data from 37 countries. Sleep, 48(4), zsae305. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsae305 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Palmer, J. C., Davies, A. L., Spiga, F., Heitmann, B. L., Jago, R., Summerbell, C. D., Higgins, J. P. T., Aurup, A., Barbosa Filho, V. C., Benden, M. E., Boddy, L., Bogart, L. M., Brown, B., Carlin, A., Pozuelo Carrascosa, D. P., Chai, L. K., Drummy, C., Duncan, S., Ebbeling, C., . . . Wolfenden, L (2025). Do the effects of interventions aimed at the prevention of childhood obesity reduce inequities? A re-analysis of randomized trial data from two Cochrane reviews. eClinicalMedicine, 81, 103130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103130 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Jiang, S., Ng, J. Y., Chong, K. H., Peng, B., & Ha, A. S. (2024). Effects of eHealth interventions on 24-hour movement behaviors among preschoolers: systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, e52905. https://doi.org/10.2196/52905 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Zeng, T., Ng, J. Y. Y., Lubans, D. R., Lonsdale, C., Ng, F.F., & Ha, A. S. (2024). A family-based physical activity intervention guided by self-determination theory: facilitators’ and participants’ perceptions. International Journal of Educational Research, 127, 102385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102385 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Chong, K. H., Suesse, T., Cross, P. L., Ryan, S. T., Aadland, E., Aoko, O., Byambaa, A., Carson, V., Chaput, J. P., Christian, H., Cliff, D. P., De Craemer, M., de Lucena Martins, C. M., Delisle Nyström, C., Draper, C. E., El Hamdouchi, A., Florindo, A. A., Guan, H., Ha, A. S., Hamzavi Zarghani, N., Hesketh, K. D., Hossain, M. S., Jajat, J., Kim, T., Koh, D., Kontsevaya, A. V., Kuzik, N., Leppänen, M. H., Löf, M., Lubree, H., Meredith-Jones, K., Mwase-Vuma, T. W., Ng, J. Y. Y., Novotny, R. (2024). Pooled analysis of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep among children from 33 countries. JAMA Pediatrics, 178, 1199-1207. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3330 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Jiang, S., Ng, J. Y., Choi, S. M., & Ha, A. S. (2024). Relationships among eHealth literacy, physical literacy, and physical activity in Chinese university students: Cross-sectional study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, e56386. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/56386 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Verdonschot, A., Beauchamp, M. R., Brusseau, T. A., Chinapaw, M. J. M., Christiansen, L. B., Daly-Smith, A., Eather, N., Fairclough, S. J., Faulkner, G., Foweather, L., García-Hermoso A, Ha, A. S., Harris, N., Jaakkola, T., Jago, R., Kennedy, S. G., Lander, N. J., Lonsdale, C., Manios, Y., Mazzoli, E., Murtagh, E., Nathan, N., Naylor, P. J., Noetel, M., O’Keeffe, B., Resaland, G. K., Ridgers, N. D., Ridley, K., Riley, N., Rosenkranz, R. R., Rosenkranz, S. K., Sääkslahti, A., Sczygiol, S. M. (2024). Development and evaluation of the Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation to deliver Physical Activity in School Scale (COM-PASS). International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 21(01), 93. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01640-4 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Jia, J., Ng, J. Y. Y., Wang, M. H., & Ha, A. S. (2024). The intergenerational transmission of mindset of fitness and its role in elevating children’s leisure-time physical activity. Leisure Sciences, 1- 26. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2024.2383369 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ng, J. Y. Y., Zhang, J. H., Hui, S. S., Jaing, G., Yau, F., Cheng, J., & Ha, A. S. (2024). Development of a multi-wear-site, deep learning-based physical activity intensity classification algorithm using raw acceleration data. PLoS One, 19(3), e0299295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299295 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education He, Q., Ha, A. S., Zheng, B., & Okely, A. D. (2024). Feasibility and potential efficacy of a family-based intervention on promoting physical activity levels and fundamental movement skills in preschoolers: A cluster randomised controlled trial. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 16, 1266-1288. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12527 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Chan, C. H. S., Ha, A. S., Lander, N., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2023). Understanding the teaching and learning of fundamental movement skills in the primary physical education setting: A qualitative study. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 42(4), 621-630. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2021-0206 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Chan, C. H. S., and Lander, N. (2023). Critical contextual factors of sustainable online teaching: learning the lessons of pandemic times from physical education teachers’ and school administrators’ perspectives. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 30(4), 416-429. http://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2023.2232802 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Peng, B., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Ha, A. S. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity for young adult women: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01411-7 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., Wang, L., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parental support, children’s physical activity, dietary behaviors and health-related quality of life: Evidence from three Asian cities. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 752-761. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-022-10056-y SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Jia, J., Ng, F. F. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parent’s physical literacy enhances children’s values towards physical activity: A serial mediation model. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 63 (01), 102297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102297 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Wong, R. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Effect of family income and physical activity on children’s quality of life. Psychology, health & medicine, 27(9), 2066-2072. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2021.2019810 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., He, Q., Chan, C. H. S., Fung, Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Acceptability of a parent-focused program for physical literacy development among parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 924434. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.924434 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Cheng, J., Chan, C. H. S., Jiang, G., Yang, Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Examining the criterion validity of two scalable, information technology-based systems designed to measure the quantity and quality of movement behaviors of children from Hong Kong primary schools: A cross-sectional validation study. BMJ Open, 12(01), e060448. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060448 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., He, Q., Lubans, D. R., Chan, C. H., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parent-focused online intervention to promote parents’ physical literacy and support children’s physical activity: Results from a quasi-experimental trial. BMC Public Health, 22, 1330. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13739-z SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education He, Q., Ha, A.S., Ng, J. Y. Y., Cairney, J., & Bedard, C. (2022). Associations between parent perceived social cognitive factors and child objectively measured physical activity behaviors among preschool-aged children. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 61, 102200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102200 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Kariippanon K. E., Chong K. H., Janssen X., Tomaz S. A., Ribeiro E. H., Munambah, N., Chan, C. H. S., Chathurangana P. W., Draper, C. E., El Hamdouchi, A., Florindo, A. A., Guan, H., Ha, A. S., Hossain, M. S., Kim, D. H., Kim, T. V., Koh, D. C., Löf, M., Pham, B. N., Poh, B. K., Reilly, J. J, Staiano, A. E., Suherman, A., Tanaka, C., Tang, H. K., Tremblay, M. S., Webster, E. K., Wickramasinghe, V. P., Wong, J. E., & Okely, A. D. (2022). Levels and correlates of objectively measured sedentary behaviour in young children: SUNRISE study results from 19 countries. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 54, 1123-1130. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002886 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Wong, R. S. (2022). Examining the relationship between children’s health-related quality of life and their perception of parental support toward physical activity: A longitudinal study. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 14, 383-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12308 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Huang, Y., Ng, O. L., & Ha, A. S. (2022). A qualitative exploration of facilitators and barriers to physical activity participation among Chinese retired adults in Hong Kong. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), 3495. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063495 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ng, J. Y. Y., He, Q., Chong, K. H., Okely, A. D., Chan, C. H. S., & Ha, A. S. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on preschool-aged children’s movement behaviors in Hong Kong: A longitudinal analysis of accelerometer-measured data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 11907. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211907 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Okely, A. D., Reilly, J. J., Tremblay, M. S., Kariippanon, K. E., Draper, C. E., El Hamdouchi, A., Florindo, A. A., Green, J. P., Guan, H. Y., Katzmarzyk, P. T., Lubree, H., Pham, B. N., Suesse, T., Willumsen, J., Basheer, M., Calleia, R., Chong, K. H., Cross, P. L., Nacher, M., Smeets, L., Taylor, E., Abdeta, C., Aguilar-Farias, N., Baig, A., Bayasgalan, J., Chan, C. H. S., Chathurangana, P. W. P., Chia, M., Ghofranipour, F., Ha, A. S., Hossain, M. S., Janssen, X., Jauregui, A. (2021). Cross-sectional examination of 24-hour movement behaviours among 3-and 4-year-old children in urban and rural settings in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: the SUNRISE study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(01), e049267. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049267 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Choi, S. M., Sum, K. W. R., Leung, F. L. E., Ha, S. C. A., Sit, C., & Yeung, K. H. (2021). Predictors of physical activity levels in university physical education implementing sport education. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 20, 516-524. https://doi.org/10.52082/jssm.2021.516 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., Ng, F. F., & Ng, J.Y.Y. (2021). Improving children’s fundamental movement skills through a family-based physical activity program: results from the “Active 1+ FUN” randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18 (1), 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01160-5 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education van Sluijs, E. M. F., Ekelund, U., Silva, I. C., Guthold, R., Ha, A. S., Lubans, D. R., Oyeyemi, A. L., Ding, D., & Katzmarzyk, P. T. (2021). Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: current evidence and opportunities for intervention. Lancet, 398, 429-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01259-9 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Choi, S. M., Sum, R. K. W., Wallhead, T., Ha, A. S. C., Sit, C. H. P., Shy, D. Y., & Wei, F. M. (2021). Preservice physical education teachers' perceived physical literacy and teaching efficacy. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 40(1), 146-156. https://doi.org/10.1123/JTPE.2019-0076 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Okely, A. D., Kariippanon, K. E., Guan, H., Taylor, E. K., Suesse, T., Cross, P. L., Chong, K. H., Suherman, A., Turab, A., Staiano, A. E., Ha, A. S., El Hamdouchi, A., Baig, A., Poh, B. K., Del Pozo-Cruz, B., Chan, C. H. S., Nyström, C. D., Koh, D., Webster, E. K., Lubree, H., … Draper, C. E. (2021). Global effect of COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep among 3- to 5-year-old children: A longitudinal study of 14 countries. BMC Public Health, 21, 940. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10852-3 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Choi, S. M., Sum, K. W. R., Wallhead, T., Leung, F. L. E., Ha, S. C. A., & Sit, H. P. C. (2021). Operationalizing physical literacy through sport education in a university physical education program. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 27, 591-607. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2021.1915266 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education He, Q., Ng, J. Y. Y., Cairney, J., Bedard, C., & Ha, A. S. (2021). Association between physical activity and fundamental movement skills in preschool-aged children: Does perceived movement skill competence mediate this relationship?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031289 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y. Y., Zhang, J. H., Chan, W. (2020). Physical activity interventions for young people and their parents. In T. Brusseau, S. Fairclough, & D. Lubans (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Youth Physical Activity, 605-616. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003026426-38 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Li, M. H., Sum, R. K. W., Tremblay, M., Sit, C. H. P., Ha, A. S., & Wong, S. H. (2020). Cross-validation of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy second edition (CAPL-2): The case of a Chinese population. Journal of Sports Sciences, 38(24), 2850-2857. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1803016 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Choi, S. M., Sum, K. W. R., Leung, F. L. E., Wallhead, T., Morgan, K., Milton, D., Ha, A. S., & Sit, H. P. C. (2020). Effect of sport education on students’ perceived physical literacy, motivation and physical activity levels in university required physical education: A cluster-randomized trial. Higher Education, 81, 1137-1155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00603-5 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Chan, W., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Relation between perceived barrier profiles, physical literacy, motivation and physical activity behaviors among parents with a young child. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12), 4459. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124459 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Increasing students' activity in physical education results of the self-determined exercise and learning for fitness trial. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 52(3), 696-704. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002172 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Sam, C. H. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Students’ and teachers’ reactions to a novel school-based physical education SELF-FIT intervention: A qualitative study. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 51(2), 183-196. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2020.51.183 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education McCuaig, L., Woolcock, L., Stylianou, M., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Ha, A. S. (2020). Prophets, pastors and profiteering: Exploring external providers’ enactment of pastoral power in school wellbeing programs. Discourse, 41(2), 223-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2020.1722425 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Li, M. H., Sum, R. K. W., Sit, C. H. P., Wong, S. H. S., & Ha, A. S. C. (2020). Associations between perceived and actual physical literacy level in Chinese primary school children. BMC Public Health, 20, 207. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8318-4 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Chan, C. H., Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2019). The A+FMS cluster randomized controlled trial: An assessment-based intervention on fundamental movement skills and psychosocial outcomes in primary schoolchildren. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(8), 935-940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2019.05.002 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y. Y., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., & Ng, F. F. (2019). Promoting physical activity in children through family-based intervention: Protocol of the “Active 1 + FUN” randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 19, 218. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6537-3 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Li, M. H., Sum, K. W. R., Wallhead, T., Ha, A. S., Sit, H. P., & Li, R. (2019). Influence of perceived physical literacy on coaching efficacy and leadership behavior: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 18(1), 82-90. https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85061984117 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Chan, C. H. S., Ha, A. S. C., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Lubans, D. R. (2019). Associations between fundamental movement skill competence, physical activity and psycho-social determinants in Hong Kong Chinese children. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(2), 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1490055 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., O’Reilly, J., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Zhang, J. H. (2019). Evaluating the flipped classroom approach in Asian higher education: Perspectives from students and teachers. Cogent Education, 6(1), 1638147. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2019.1638147 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Zhu, L. Y., Chan, R., Kwok, T., Cheng, K., Ha A. S., Woo, J. (2018). Effects of exercise and nutrition supplementation in community – dwelling older Chinese people with sarcopenia: a randomized controlled trial. Age and Aging, 48, 220-228. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy179 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Sum, K. W. R., Wallhead, T., Ha, A. S., & Sit, H. P. C. (2018). Effects of physical education continuing professional development on teachers’ physical literacy and self-efficacy and students’ learning outcomes. International Journal of Educational Research, 88, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2018.01.001 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2017). Rope skipping increases bone mineral density at calcanei of pubertal girls in Hong Kong: A quasi-experimental investigation. PLoS One, 12(12), e0189085. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189085 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Lubans, D. R. (2017). A school-based rope skipping program for adolescents: Results of a randomized trial. Preventive Medicine, 101, 188-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.06.001 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2017). Increasing students’ physical activity during school physical education: Rationale and protocol for the SELF-FIT cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 18, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4553-8 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Sum, R. K. W., Tsai, H.-H., Ha, A. S. C., Cheng, C., Wang, F., & Li, M. (2017). Social-ecological determinants of elite student athletes’ dual career development in Hong Kong and Taiwan. SAGE Open, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017707798 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Qi, J., Wang, L., & Ha, A. (2017). Perceptions of Hong Kong physical education teachers on the inclusion of students with disabilities. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 37(1), 86-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2016.1169992 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Yu, J., Sit, C. H. P., Capio, C. M., Burnett, A., Ha, A. S., & Huang, W. Y. J. (2016). Fundamental movement skills proficiency in children with developmental coordination disorder: does physical self-concept matter?. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38, 45-51. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1014067 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education HA, A. S. (2016). Student learning outcome and teachers' autonomy support toward teaching games for understanding through adopting accessible technology and alternative sport equipment: An Asian experience. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 87(S1), S12-S13. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2016.1200415 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Tan, B.-K., Burnett, A., Hallett, J., Ha, A. S., & Briggs, A. M. (2016). Back pain beliefs in adolescents and adults in Australasia: A cross-sectional pilot study of selected psychometric properties of paper-based and web-based questionnaires in two diverse countries. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 29(3), 565-574. https://doi.org/10.3233/BMR-160658 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Chan, C. H., Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2016). Improving fundamental movement skills in Hong Kong students through an assessment for learning intervention that emphasizes fun, mastery, and support: The A + FMS randomized controlled trial study protocol. SpringerPlus, 5, 724. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2517-6 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Sum, R. K. W., Ha, A. S., Cheng, C. F., Chung, P. K., Yiu, T. C., Kuo, C. C., Yu, C. K., & Wang, F. J. (2016). Construction and validation of a perceived physical literacy instrument for physical education teachers. PLoS One, 11(5), e0155610. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155610 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Yu, J., Sit, C. H. P., Capio, C. M., Burnett, A., Ha, A. S., & Huang, W. Y. J. (2016). Effects of fundamental movement skills training on children with developmental coordination disorder. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 33, 134-155. https://doi.org/10.1123/APAQ.2015-0008 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Sum, R. K. W., Ma, M. S., Ha, A. S., Tang, T. M., Shek, C. K., Cheng, C. L., & Kong, F. (2016). Action research exploring Chinese physical education teachers’ value of physical education: From belief to culture. Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science, 5(1), 70-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2016.1164942 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2015). Autonomous motivation predicts leisure time physical activity in Hong Kong students. Applied Psychology-Health and Well Being, 7, 214-229. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12045 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Burnett, A., Sum, R., Medic, N., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2015). Outcomes of the rope skipping ‘STAR’ Programme for schoolchildren. Journal of Human Kinetics, 45, 233-240. https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84927739039 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ng, J. Y. Y., Burnett, A., Ha, A. S., & Sum, K. W. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Chinese (Cantonese) versions of the KIDSCREEN health-related quality of life questionnaire. Quality of Life Research, 24, 2415-2421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0973-z SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y. Y., Lonsdale, C., & Lubans, D (2014). A school-based rope skipping intervention for adolescents in Hong Kong: Protocol of a matched-pair cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 14, 535. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-535 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Wang, C. L., Ha, A. S., & Wen, X. (2014). Teaching perspectives of Chinese teachers: Compatibility with the goals of the physical education curriculum. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 33(2), 213-231. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2013-0055 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Wang, C. L. & Ha, A. S. (2013). The theory of planned behaviour: predicting pre-service teachers’ teaching behaviour towards a constructivist approach. Sport Education and Society, 18, 222-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.558572 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Wang, L., & Ha, A. S. (2013). Three groups of teachers' views, learning experiences, and understandings of teaching games for understanding. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 18(3), 336-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2012.666789 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Qi, J., & Ha, A. S. (2012). Inclusion in physical education: A review of literature. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 59(3), 257-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2012.697737 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Qi, J., & Ha, A. S. (2012). Hong Kong physical education teachers’ beliefs about teaching students with disabilities: A qualitative analysis. Asian Social Science, 8(8), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v8n8p3 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Wang, L., & Ha, A (2012). Factors influencing pre-service teachers' perception of teaching games for understanding: A constructivist perspective. Sport, Education and Society, 17(2), 261-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.607954 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Wang, L., & Ha, A. (2012). Mentoring in TGfU teaching: Mutual engagement of pre-service teachers, cooperating teachers and university supervisors. European Physical Education Review, 18(1), 47-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X11430654 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Macdonald, D., & Pang, B. O. H. (2010). Physical activity in the lives of Hong Kong Chinese children. Sport, Education and Society, 15(3), 331-346. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2010.493313 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Lijuan, W. C., & Ha, A (2010). Pre-service teachers’ perception of Teaching Games for Understanding: A Hong Kong perspective. European Physical Education Review, 15(3), 407-429. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X09364724 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A., Abbott, R., Macdonald, D., & Pang, B. (2009). Comparison of perceived support for physical activity and physical activity related practices of children and young adolescents in Hong Kong and Australia. European Physical Education Review, 15(2), 155-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X09345219 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Lonsdale, C., Sabiston, C. M., Raedeke, T. D., Ha, A. S. C., & Sum, R. K. W. (2009). Self-determined motivation and students' physical activity during structured physical education lessons and free choice periods.. Preventive Medicine, 48(1), 69-73. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.09.013 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Wong, A. C., Sum, R. K., & Chan, D. W. (2008). Understanding teachers’ will and capacity to accomplish physical education curriculum reform: the implications for teacher development. Sport, Education and Society, 13(1), 77-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573320701780746 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A., Lee, J., Chan, D., & Sum, R. (2004). Teachers' perceptions of in-service teacher training to support curriculum change in physical education: The Hong Kong experience. Sport, Education and Society, 9(3), 421-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573320412331302467 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Johns, D. P., Ha, A. S. C., & Macfarlane, D. J. (2001). Raising Activity Levels: A Multidimensional Analysis of Curriculum Change. Sport, Education and Society, 6(2), 199-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573320120084272 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Johns, D. P., & Ha, A. S. (1999). Home and Recess Physical Activity of Hong Kong Children. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 70(3), 319-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.1999.10608051 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Fung, L., & Ha, A. (1994). Changes in track and field performance with chronological aging. nternational journal of aging & human development, 38(2), 171-180. https://doi.org/10.2190/EV2R-NFFV-Q430-58XF SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education

Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters
Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y., Zeng, T., Jiang, S., & Peng, B. (2025). Measurement of Quantity and Quality of Physical Activity Within School Settings. Victoria A. Goodyear, Andrea Bundon, Routledge Handbook of Digital Technologies in Sport, Exercise and Physical Education (173-185). Routledge.
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Ha, A. S., & Pang, B. (2010). Physical activity and Confucianism: Relationships between Hong Kong children and their parents. Wright, J., Macdonald D., Young People, Physical Activity and the Everyday (93-103). Routledge.
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Ha, A., & Fishburne, G. J. (2006). Promoting Healthy and Active Lifestyles among Hong Kong. David P. Johns, Koenraad J. Lindner, Physical activity and health of Hong Kong youth (219). Chinese University Press.
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Journal Publications
Jiang, S., Zeng, N., Ng, J. Y., Chong, K. H., Zeng, T., Leung, S. K., & Ha, A. S. (2026). Effects of physical activity interventions on fundamental movement skills and cognitive function in early childhood: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 15, 101085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2025.101085
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Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., Chan, M. H. M., Chan, C. H. S., Okely, A. D., Leung, S. K. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2025). Effects of a teacher-led social cognitive theory-based multicomponent movement education program on preschoolers’ fundamental movement skills and physical activity: the PA-REALITY cluster-randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-025-01864-y
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Peng, B., Ha, A. S., & Gray, S. (2025). Beyond marginalisation: Reimagining and glocalising physical education in China. Sport, Education and Society, 1- 14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2025.2571155
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Ha, A. S., Chan, C. H. S., & Lander, N. (2025). Critical contextual factors of sustainable online teaching: learning the lessons of pandemic times from physical education teachers’ and school administrators’ perspectives. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 30(4), 416-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2023.2232802
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Ng, J. Y. Y., Jiang, S., Chan, C. H. S., & Ha, A. S (2025). Assessing fundamental movement skills using the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD): Challenges and solutions to comparability and standardization. Sports Medicine and Health Science, 7(4), 299-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhs.2025.02.007
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Ng, J. Y., Fung, Y., Sum, R. K., Chan, C. H., He, Q., Peng, B., Jiang, S., Carl, J., Barnett, L. M., & Ha, A. S. (2025). Identifying moderators of physical literacy interventions using meta-regression. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 79, 102848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102848
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Zhang, Z., Abdeta, C., Chelly, M. S., del Pozo Cruz, J., Germana, L., Ghofranipour, F., Ha, A. S. C., El Hamdouchi, A., Tang, H. K., & Hossain, M. S. (2025). Measurement properties of the SUNRISE Study Parent Questionnaire for assessing sleep and sleep-related family practices. Sleep Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2025.04.006
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Kwofie, N. A., Suherman, A., Florindo, A. A., Staiano, A., Ha, A. S., Okely, A. D., El Hamdouchi, A., Nguyen Pham, B., Draper, C. E., Tanaka, C., Koh, D., Kim, D. H., Kipling Webster, E., Guan, H., Tang, H. K., Reilly, J. J., Chong, K. H., Löf, M., Tremblay, M. S., ... Janssen, X (2025). Associations between sedentary behaviour and fine and gross motor skills in 3- to 4-year-olds: A secondary data analysis from sunrise international study pilot studies. Child: Care, Health and Development, 51(3), e70092. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.70092
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Zhang, Z., Abdeta, C., Chelly, M. S., del Pozo-Cruz, J., Draper, C. E., Engberg, E., Florindo, A., Germana, L., Ghofranipour, F., Guan, H., Ha, A. S. C., El Hamdouchi, A., Tang, H. K., Hossain, M. S., Jambaldorj, B., Kim, D. H., ... Okely, A. (2025). Geocultural differences in preschooler sleep profiles and family practices: An analysis of pooled data from 37 countries. Sleep, 48(4), zsae305. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsae305
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Palmer, J. C., Davies, A. L., Spiga, F., Heitmann, B. L., Jago, R., Summerbell, C. D., Higgins, J. P. T., Aurup, A., Barbosa Filho, V. C., Benden, M. E., Boddy, L., Bogart, L. M., Brown, B., Carlin, A., Pozuelo Carrascosa, D. P., Chai, L. K., Drummy, C., Duncan, S., Ebbeling, C., . . . Wolfenden, L (2025). Do the effects of interventions aimed at the prevention of childhood obesity reduce inequities? A re-analysis of randomized trial data from two Cochrane reviews. eClinicalMedicine, 81, 103130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103130
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Jiang, S., Ng, J. Y., Chong, K. H., Peng, B., & Ha, A. S. (2024). Effects of eHealth interventions on 24-hour movement behaviors among preschoolers: systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, e52905. https://doi.org/10.2196/52905
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Zeng, T., Ng, J. Y. Y., Lubans, D. R., Lonsdale, C., Ng, F.F., & Ha, A. S. (2024). A family-based physical activity intervention guided by self-determination theory: facilitators’ and participants’ perceptions. International Journal of Educational Research, 127, 102385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102385
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Chong, K. H., Suesse, T., Cross, P. L., Ryan, S. T., Aadland, E., Aoko, O., Byambaa, A., Carson, V., Chaput, J. P., Christian, H., Cliff, D. P., De Craemer, M., de Lucena Martins, C. M., Delisle Nyström, C., Draper, C. E., El Hamdouchi, A., Florindo, A. A., Guan, H., Ha, A. S., Hamzavi Zarghani, N., Hesketh, K. D., Hossain, M. S., Jajat, J., Kim, T., Koh, D., Kontsevaya, A. V., Kuzik, N., Leppänen, M. H., Löf, M., Lubree, H., Meredith-Jones, K., Mwase-Vuma, T. W., Ng, J. Y. Y., Novotny, R. (2024). Pooled analysis of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep among children from 33 countries. JAMA Pediatrics, 178, 1199-1207. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3330
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Jiang, S., Ng, J. Y., Choi, S. M., & Ha, A. S. (2024). Relationships among eHealth literacy, physical literacy, and physical activity in Chinese university students: Cross-sectional study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, e56386. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/56386
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Verdonschot, A., Beauchamp, M. R., Brusseau, T. A., Chinapaw, M. J. M., Christiansen, L. B., Daly-Smith, A., Eather, N., Fairclough, S. J., Faulkner, G., Foweather, L., García-Hermoso A, Ha, A. S., Harris, N., Jaakkola, T., Jago, R., Kennedy, S. G., Lander, N. J., Lonsdale, C., Manios, Y., Mazzoli, E., Murtagh, E., Nathan, N., Naylor, P. J., Noetel, M., O’Keeffe, B., Resaland, G. K., Ridgers, N. D., Ridley, K., Riley, N., Rosenkranz, R. R., Rosenkranz, S. K., Sääkslahti, A., Sczygiol, S. M. (2024). Development and evaluation of the Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation to deliver Physical Activity in School Scale (COM-PASS). International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 21(01), 93. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01640-4
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Jia, J., Ng, J. Y. Y., Wang, M. H., & Ha, A. S. (2024). The intergenerational transmission of mindset of fitness and its role in elevating children’s leisure-time physical activity. Leisure Sciences, 1- 26. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2024.2383369
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Ng, J. Y. Y., Zhang, J. H., Hui, S. S., Jaing, G., Yau, F., Cheng, J., & Ha, A. S. (2024). Development of a multi-wear-site, deep learning-based physical activity intensity classification algorithm using raw acceleration data. PLoS One, 19(3), e0299295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299295
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He, Q., Ha, A. S., Zheng, B., & Okely, A. D. (2024). Feasibility and potential efficacy of a family-based intervention on promoting physical activity levels and fundamental movement skills in preschoolers: A cluster randomised controlled trial. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 16, 1266-1288. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12527
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Chan, C. H. S., Ha, A. S., Lander, N., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2023). Understanding the teaching and learning of fundamental movement skills in the primary physical education setting: A qualitative study. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 42(4), 621-630. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2021-0206
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Ha, A. S., Chan, C. H. S., and Lander, N. (2023). Critical contextual factors of sustainable online teaching: learning the lessons of pandemic times from physical education teachers’ and school administrators’ perspectives. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 30(4), 416-429. http://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2023.2232802
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Peng, B., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Ha, A. S. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity for young adult women: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01411-7
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Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., Wang, L., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parental support, children’s physical activity, dietary behaviors and health-related quality of life: Evidence from three Asian cities. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 752-761. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-022-10056-y
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Ha, A. S., Jia, J., Ng, F. F. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parent’s physical literacy enhances children’s values towards physical activity: A serial mediation model. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 63 (01), 102297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102297
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Ha, A. S., Wong, R. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Effect of family income and physical activity on children’s quality of life. Psychology, health & medicine, 27(9), 2066-2072. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2021.2019810
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Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., He, Q., Chan, C. H. S., Fung, Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Acceptability of a parent-focused program for physical literacy development among parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 924434. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.924434
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Ha, A. S., Cheng, J., Chan, C. H. S., Jiang, G., Yang, Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Examining the criterion validity of two scalable, information technology-based systems designed to measure the quantity and quality of movement behaviors of children from Hong Kong primary schools: A cross-sectional validation study. BMJ Open, 12(01), e060448. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060448
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Ha, A. S., He, Q., Lubans, D. R., Chan, C. H., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parent-focused online intervention to promote parents’ physical literacy and support children’s physical activity: Results from a quasi-experimental trial. BMC Public Health, 22, 1330. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13739-z
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He, Q., Ha, A.S., Ng, J. Y. Y., Cairney, J., & Bedard, C. (2022). Associations between parent perceived social cognitive factors and child objectively measured physical activity behaviors among preschool-aged children. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 61, 102200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102200
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Kariippanon K. E., Chong K. H., Janssen X., Tomaz S. A., Ribeiro E. H., Munambah, N., Chan, C. H. S., Chathurangana P. W., Draper, C. E., El Hamdouchi, A., Florindo, A. A., Guan, H., Ha, A. S., Hossain, M. S., Kim, D. H., Kim, T. V., Koh, D. C., Löf, M., Pham, B. N., Poh, B. K., Reilly, J. J, Staiano, A. E., Suherman, A., Tanaka, C., Tang, H. K., Tremblay, M. S., Webster, E. K., Wickramasinghe, V. P., Wong, J. E., & Okely, A. D. (2022). Levels and correlates of objectively measured sedentary behaviour in young children: SUNRISE study results from 19 countries. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 54, 1123-1130. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002886
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Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Wong, R. S. (2022). Examining the relationship between children’s health-related quality of life and their perception of parental support toward physical activity: A longitudinal study. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 14, 383-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12308
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Huang, Y., Ng, O. L., & Ha, A. S. (2022). A qualitative exploration of facilitators and barriers to physical activity participation among Chinese retired adults in Hong Kong. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), 3495. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063495
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ng, J. Y. Y., He, Q., Chong, K. H., Okely, A. D., Chan, C. H. S., & Ha, A. S. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on preschool-aged children’s movement behaviors in Hong Kong: A longitudinal analysis of accelerometer-measured data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 11907. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211907
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Okely, A. D., Reilly, J. J., Tremblay, M. S., Kariippanon, K. E., Draper, C. E., El Hamdouchi, A., Florindo, A. A., Green, J. P., Guan, H. Y., Katzmarzyk, P. T., Lubree, H., Pham, B. N., Suesse, T., Willumsen, J., Basheer, M., Calleia, R., Chong, K. H., Cross, P. L., Nacher, M., Smeets, L., Taylor, E., Abdeta, C., Aguilar-Farias, N., Baig, A., Bayasgalan, J., Chan, C. H. S., Chathurangana, P. W. P., Chia, M., Ghofranipour, F., Ha, A. S., Hossain, M. S., Janssen, X., Jauregui, A. (2021). Cross-sectional examination of 24-hour movement behaviours among 3-and 4-year-old children in urban and rural settings in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: the SUNRISE study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(01), e049267. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049267
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Choi, S. M., Sum, K. W. R., Leung, F. L. E., Ha, S. C. A., Sit, C., & Yeung, K. H. (2021). Predictors of physical activity levels in university physical education implementing sport education. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 20, 516-524. https://doi.org/10.52082/jssm.2021.516
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., Ng, F. F., & Ng, J.Y.Y. (2021). Improving children’s fundamental movement skills through a family-based physical activity program: results from the “Active 1+ FUN” randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18 (1), 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01160-5
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
van Sluijs, E. M. F., Ekelund, U., Silva, I. C., Guthold, R., Ha, A. S., Lubans, D. R., Oyeyemi, A. L., Ding, D., & Katzmarzyk, P. T. (2021). Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: current evidence and opportunities for intervention. Lancet, 398, 429-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01259-9
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Choi, S. M., Sum, R. K. W., Wallhead, T., Ha, A. S. C., Sit, C. H. P., Shy, D. Y., & Wei, F. M. (2021). Preservice physical education teachers' perceived physical literacy and teaching efficacy. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 40(1), 146-156. https://doi.org/10.1123/JTPE.2019-0076
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Okely, A. D., Kariippanon, K. E., Guan, H., Taylor, E. K., Suesse, T., Cross, P. L., Chong, K. H., Suherman, A., Turab, A., Staiano, A. E., Ha, A. S., El Hamdouchi, A., Baig, A., Poh, B. K., Del Pozo-Cruz, B., Chan, C. H. S., Nyström, C. D., Koh, D., Webster, E. K., Lubree, H., … Draper, C. E. (2021). Global effect of COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep among 3- to 5-year-old children: A longitudinal study of 14 countries. BMC Public Health, 21, 940. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10852-3
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Choi, S. M., Sum, K. W. R., Wallhead, T., Leung, F. L. E., Ha, S. C. A., & Sit, H. P. C. (2021). Operationalizing physical literacy through sport education in a university physical education program. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 27, 591-607. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2021.1915266
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
He, Q., Ng, J. Y. Y., Cairney, J., Bedard, C., & Ha, A. S. (2021). Association between physical activity and fundamental movement skills in preschool-aged children: Does perceived movement skill competence mediate this relationship?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031289
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y. Y., Zhang, J. H., Chan, W. (2020). Physical activity interventions for young people and their parents. In T. Brusseau, S. Fairclough, & D. Lubans (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Youth Physical Activity, 605-616. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003026426-38
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Li, M. H., Sum, R. K. W., Tremblay, M., Sit, C. H. P., Ha, A. S., & Wong, S. H. (2020). Cross-validation of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy second edition (CAPL-2): The case of a Chinese population. Journal of Sports Sciences, 38(24), 2850-2857. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1803016
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Choi, S. M., Sum, K. W. R., Leung, F. L. E., Wallhead, T., Morgan, K., Milton, D., Ha, A. S., & Sit, H. P. C. (2020). Effect of sport education on students’ perceived physical literacy, motivation and physical activity levels in university required physical education: A cluster-randomized trial. Higher Education, 81, 1137-1155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00603-5
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Ha, A. S., Chan, W., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Relation between perceived barrier profiles, physical literacy, motivation and physical activity behaviors among parents with a young child. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12), 4459. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124459
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Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Increasing students' activity in physical education results of the self-determined exercise and learning for fitness trial. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 52(3), 696-704. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002172
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Ha, A. S., Sam, C. H. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Students’ and teachers’ reactions to a novel school-based physical education SELF-FIT intervention: A qualitative study. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 51(2), 183-196. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2020.51.183
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McCuaig, L., Woolcock, L., Stylianou, M., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Ha, A. S. (2020). Prophets, pastors and profiteering: Exploring external providers’ enactment of pastoral power in school wellbeing programs. Discourse, 41(2), 223-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2020.1722425
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Li, M. H., Sum, R. K. W., Sit, C. H. P., Wong, S. H. S., & Ha, A. S. C. (2020). Associations between perceived and actual physical literacy level in Chinese primary school children. BMC Public Health, 20, 207. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8318-4
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Chan, C. H., Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2019). The A+FMS cluster randomized controlled trial: An assessment-based intervention on fundamental movement skills and psychosocial outcomes in primary schoolchildren. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(8), 935-940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2019.05.002
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Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y. Y., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., & Ng, F. F. (2019). Promoting physical activity in children through family-based intervention: Protocol of the “Active 1 + FUN” randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 19, 218. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6537-3
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Li, M. H., Sum, K. W. R., Wallhead, T., Ha, A. S., Sit, H. P., & Li, R. (2019). Influence of perceived physical literacy on coaching efficacy and leadership behavior: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 18(1), 82-90. https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85061984117
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Chan, C. H. S., Ha, A. S. C., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Lubans, D. R. (2019). Associations between fundamental movement skill competence, physical activity and psycho-social determinants in Hong Kong Chinese children. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(2), 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1490055
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., O’Reilly, J., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Zhang, J. H. (2019). Evaluating the flipped classroom approach in Asian higher education: Perspectives from students and teachers. Cogent Education, 6(1), 1638147. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2019.1638147
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Zhu, L. Y., Chan, R., Kwok, T., Cheng, K., Ha A. S., Woo, J. (2018). Effects of exercise and nutrition supplementation in community – dwelling older Chinese people with sarcopenia: a randomized controlled trial. Age and Aging, 48, 220-228. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy179
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Sum, K. W. R., Wallhead, T., Ha, A. S., & Sit, H. P. C. (2018). Effects of physical education continuing professional development on teachers’ physical literacy and self-efficacy and students’ learning outcomes. International Journal of Educational Research, 88, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2018.01.001
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Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2017). Rope skipping increases bone mineral density at calcanei of pubertal girls in Hong Kong: A quasi-experimental investigation. PLoS One, 12(12), e0189085. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189085
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Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Lubans, D. R. (2017). A school-based rope skipping program for adolescents: Results of a randomized trial. Preventive Medicine, 101, 188-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.06.001
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2017). Increasing students’ physical activity during school physical education: Rationale and protocol for the SELF-FIT cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 18, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4553-8
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Sum, R. K. W., Tsai, H.-H., Ha, A. S. C., Cheng, C., Wang, F., & Li, M. (2017). Social-ecological determinants of elite student athletes’ dual career development in Hong Kong and Taiwan. SAGE Open, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017707798
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Qi, J., Wang, L., & Ha, A. (2017). Perceptions of Hong Kong physical education teachers on the inclusion of students with disabilities. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 37(1), 86-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2016.1169992
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Yu, J., Sit, C. H. P., Capio, C. M., Burnett, A., Ha, A. S., & Huang, W. Y. J. (2016). Fundamental movement skills proficiency in children with developmental coordination disorder: does physical self-concept matter?. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38, 45-51. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1014067
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
HA, A. S. (2016). Student learning outcome and teachers' autonomy support toward teaching games for understanding through adopting accessible technology and alternative sport equipment: An Asian experience. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 87(S1), S12-S13. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2016.1200415
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Tan, B.-K., Burnett, A., Hallett, J., Ha, A. S., & Briggs, A. M. (2016). Back pain beliefs in adolescents and adults in Australasia: A cross-sectional pilot study of selected psychometric properties of paper-based and web-based questionnaires in two diverse countries. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 29(3), 565-574. https://doi.org/10.3233/BMR-160658
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Chan, C. H., Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2016). Improving fundamental movement skills in Hong Kong students through an assessment for learning intervention that emphasizes fun, mastery, and support: The A + FMS randomized controlled trial study protocol. SpringerPlus, 5, 724. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2517-6
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Sum, R. K. W., Ha, A. S., Cheng, C. F., Chung, P. K., Yiu, T. C., Kuo, C. C., Yu, C. K., & Wang, F. J. (2016). Construction and validation of a perceived physical literacy instrument for physical education teachers. PLoS One, 11(5), e0155610. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155610
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Yu, J., Sit, C. H. P., Capio, C. M., Burnett, A., Ha, A. S., & Huang, W. Y. J. (2016). Effects of fundamental movement skills training on children with developmental coordination disorder. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 33, 134-155. https://doi.org/10.1123/APAQ.2015-0008
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Sum, R. K. W., Ma, M. S., Ha, A. S., Tang, T. M., Shek, C. K., Cheng, C. L., & Kong, F. (2016). Action research exploring Chinese physical education teachers’ value of physical education: From belief to culture. Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science, 5(1), 70-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2016.1164942
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2015). Autonomous motivation predicts leisure time physical activity in Hong Kong students. Applied Psychology-Health and Well Being, 7, 214-229. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12045
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Burnett, A., Sum, R., Medic, N., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2015). Outcomes of the rope skipping ‘STAR’ Programme for schoolchildren. Journal of Human Kinetics, 45, 233-240. https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84927739039
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ng, J. Y. Y., Burnett, A., Ha, A. S., & Sum, K. W. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Chinese (Cantonese) versions of the KIDSCREEN health-related quality of life questionnaire. Quality of Life Research, 24, 2415-2421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0973-z
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y. Y., Lonsdale, C., & Lubans, D (2014). A school-based rope skipping intervention for adolescents in Hong Kong: Protocol of a matched-pair cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 14, 535. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-535
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Wang, C. L., Ha, A. S., & Wen, X. (2014). Teaching perspectives of Chinese teachers: Compatibility with the goals of the physical education curriculum. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 33(2), 213-231. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2013-0055
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Wang, C. L. & Ha, A. S. (2013). The theory of planned behaviour: predicting pre-service teachers’ teaching behaviour towards a constructivist approach. Sport Education and Society, 18, 222-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.558572
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Wang, L., & Ha, A. S. (2013). Three groups of teachers' views, learning experiences, and understandings of teaching games for understanding. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 18(3), 336-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2012.666789
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Qi, J., & Ha, A. S. (2012). Inclusion in physical education: A review of literature. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 59(3), 257-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2012.697737
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Qi, J., & Ha, A. S. (2012). Hong Kong physical education teachers’ beliefs about teaching students with disabilities: A qualitative analysis. Asian Social Science, 8(8), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v8n8p3
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Wang, L., & Ha, A (2012). Factors influencing pre-service teachers' perception of teaching games for understanding: A constructivist perspective. Sport, Education and Society, 17(2), 261-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.607954
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Wang, L., & Ha, A. (2012). Mentoring in TGfU teaching: Mutual engagement of pre-service teachers, cooperating teachers and university supervisors. European Physical Education Review, 18(1), 47-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X11430654
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Ha, A. S., Macdonald, D., & Pang, B. O. H. (2010). Physical activity in the lives of Hong Kong Chinese children. Sport, Education and Society, 15(3), 331-346. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2010.493313
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Lijuan, W. C., & Ha, A (2010). Pre-service teachers’ perception of Teaching Games for Understanding: A Hong Kong perspective. European Physical Education Review, 15(3), 407-429. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X09364724
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Ha, A., Abbott, R., Macdonald, D., & Pang, B. (2009). Comparison of perceived support for physical activity and physical activity related practices of children and young adolescents in Hong Kong and Australia. European Physical Education Review, 15(2), 155-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X09345219
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Lonsdale, C., Sabiston, C. M., Raedeke, T. D., Ha, A. S. C., & Sum, R. K. W. (2009). Self-determined motivation and students' physical activity during structured physical education lessons and free choice periods.. Preventive Medicine, 48(1), 69-73. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.09.013
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Ha, A. S., Wong, A. C., Sum, R. K., & Chan, D. W. (2008). Understanding teachers’ will and capacity to accomplish physical education curriculum reform: the implications for teacher development. Sport, Education and Society, 13(1), 77-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573320701780746
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Ha, A., Lee, J., Chan, D., & Sum, R. (2004). Teachers' perceptions of in-service teacher training to support curriculum change in physical education: The Hong Kong experience. Sport, Education and Society, 9(3), 421-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573320412331302467
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Johns, D. P., Ha, A. S. C., & Macfarlane, D. J. (2001). Raising Activity Levels: A Multidimensional Analysis of Curriculum Change. Sport, Education and Society, 6(2), 199-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573320120084272
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Johns, D. P., & Ha, A. S. (1999). Home and Recess Physical Activity of Hong Kong Children. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 70(3), 319-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.1999.10608051
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Fung, L., & Ha, A. (1994). Changes in track and field performance with chronological aging. nternational journal of aging & human development, 38(2), 171-180. https://doi.org/10.2190/EV2R-NFFV-Q430-58XF
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education

Projects


Physical Education - Active Body and Cognition (ABC): Empowering Students to More Physical Activity and Better Cognition Using a Self-determination Theory-informed Intervention The funded project is a pilot trial to examine the feasibility and appropriateness of a school-based physical activity intervention to be disseminated in secondary schools. The project applies innovative elements, including pre- and in-service teacher co-design and co-teaching, and the adoption of closing circle elements in physical education and extra-curricular physical activity classes. Feasibility will be examined through qualitative interviews with students, in-service teachers, and pre-service teachers who participated in the trial. Project Start Year: 2025, Principal Investigator(s): HA, Sau Ching, Amy SDGs Information: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
SUNRISE: An International Surveillance of Movement Behaviours in Kindergarten-aged Children The project will be a part of a larger international surveillance study for young children’s 24-hour movement behqaviours, the Sunrise International Study. The objectives of the study are to examine (a) the prevalence of Hong Kong kindergarten children meeting the World Health Organization’s 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines, and (b) the relation between children’s 24-hour movement behaviours and their physical and cognitive development outcomes. Project Start Year: 2025, Principal Investigator(s): HA, Sau Ching, Amy SDGs Information: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Impact of wearable activity linked kinetic therapy on the walking performance and vascular health in patients with peripheral artery disease: A randomized clinical trial (the WALK-PAD trial) RGC General Research Fund (2025-2027) (Co-Investigator; funding: $1,597,860). Impact of wearable activity linked kinetic therapy on the walking performance and vascular health in patients with peripheral artery disease: A randomized clinical trial (the WALK-PAD trial). Project Start Year: 2025, Principal Investigator(s): TAN, Guangming (HA, Sau Ching, Amy as Co-Investigator)
Physical Activity Routines, Education, Assessment, Literacy, and Information Technology application in Young children (PA REALITY): A social cognitive theory-based movement education programme for preschool students RGC Research Impact Fund (2022-2025) (Project Coordinator; funding: $6,585,714). Physical Activity Routines, Education, Assessment, Literacy, and Information Technology application in Young children (PA REALITY): A social cognitive theory-based movement education programme for preschool students. Project Start Year: 2022, Principal Investigator(s): HA, Sau Ching, Amy
Promoting physical activity of children by improving parental behaviours and family-based physical activity: A randomized controlled trial RGC General Research Fund (2018-2021) (Principal Investigator; funding: $1,149,990). Promoting physical activity of children by improving parental behaviours and family-based physical activity: A randomized controlled trial. Project Start Year: 2018, Principal Investigator(s): HA, Sau Ching, Amy
Fun to Move @JC Project The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (2017-2023) (Principal Investigator; funding: $97,000,000). Fun to Move @JC Project. Project Start Year: 2017, Principal Investigator(s): HA, Sau Ching, Amy
Effects of physical education continuing professional development on teachers’ physical literacy and self-efficacy and students’ learning outcomes RGC General Research Fund (2016-2019) (Co-Investigator; funding: $764,942). Effects of physical education continuing professional development on teachers’ physical literacy and self-efficacy and students’ learning outcomes. Project Start Year: 2016, Principal Investigator(s): HA, Sau Ching, Amy
Environmental and psychosocial correlates of physical activity among children with physical disabilities in home and school settings RGC General Research Fund (2014-2016) (Co-Investigator; funding: $358,678). Environmental and psychosocial correlates of physical activity among children with physical disabilities in home and school settings. Project Start Year: 2014, Principal Investigator(s): HA, Sau Ching, Amy
Increasing Hong Kong Chinese students’ physical activity through fitness infusion and an autonomy supportive learning environment: Evaluation of the SELF-FIT program using a clustered randomized controlled trial RGC General Research Fund (2014-2017) (Principal Investigator; funding: $600,692). Increasing Hong Kong Chinese students’ physical activity through fitness infusion and an autonomy supportive learning environment: Evaluation of the SELF-FIT program using a clustered randomized controlled trial. Project Start Year: 2014, Principal Investigator(s): HA, Sau Ching, Amy
One resource kit for teachers World Anti-Doping Agency (2014-2015) (Co-Investigator; funding: $440,000). One resource kit for teachers Project Start Year: 2014, Principal Investigator(s): HA, Sau Ching, Amy
External provision of the school curriculum: Local needs to global networks in health and physical education Australian Research Council (2013-2016) (Co-Investigator; funding: $2,205,000). External provision of the school curriculum: Local needs to global networks in health and physical education. Project Start Year: 2013, Principal Investigator(s): HA, Sau Ching, Amy
Promoting physical activity by improving fundamental movement skills of children with developmental coordination disorder Health and Medical Research Fund (2013-2015) (Co-Investigator; funding: $746,706). Promoting physical activity by improving fundamental movement skills of children with developmental coordination disorder. Project Start Year: 2013, Principal Investigator(s): HA, Sau Ching, Amy

Prizes and awards


BJSM PhD Academy Award 2026 (Supervised PhD student: Shan Jiang) Date of receipt: 4/2/2026, Conferred by: British Journal of Sports Medicine
Best Communicator Award, International Study of Movement Behaviours in the Early Years SUNRISE 2024 Date of receipt: /12/2024, Conferred by: SUNRISE 2024 AGM, Australia
Publication Award, International Study of Movement Behaviours in the Early Years, SUNRISE 2023 Date of receipt: /12/2023, Conferred by: SUNRISE 2023 AGM, Australia
The Outstanding Research Impact Award 2022-23 Date of receipt: /7/2023, Conferred by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Young adult SIG (PhD student: Peng Bo): Best publication Award 2022 Date of receipt: /12/2022, Conferred by: ISBNPA
University Research Excellence Award 2021-2022 Date of receipt: /7/2022, Conferred by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2020 Exemplary Teaching Award Date of receipt: /12/2020, Conferred by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Leader of the Year 2016 (Sports / Culture / Performing Arts category) Date of receipt: /12/2017, Conferred by: Sing Tao Newspaper Group in 2017 on behalf of the Hong Kong Rope Skipping Association, China
University Research Excellence Award 2014-2015 Date of receipt: /7/2015, Conferred by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2010 Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award Date of receipt: /12/2010, Conferred by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong