My research lies at the intersection of immigration, health disparities, and social policy, with a commitment to advancing health equity for immigrants, refugees, and racialized populations. Drawing from critical, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged traditions, I investigate how policy environments, service infrastructures, and sociocultural contexts shape health outcomes and social inclusion.
MICRO
My work explores the psychosocial processes of migration and how parental migration, civic identity, and acculturation shape the life trajectories and health of immigrant youth and families. These studies often use longitudinal or ethnographic data to examine how individual and family-level experiences unfold across time and space.
Fu, Y., Jampaklay, A.,
Chow, C., & Jordan, L. P. (2024). Gendered outcomes of parental migration on Thai youth’s transitions to adulthood: A longitudinal perspective.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies,
50(16), 1–25.
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Jampaklay, A., Vapattanawong, P., Lucktong, A., Yakoh, K.,
Chow, C., Fu, Y., Adulyarat, M., & Jordan, L. P. (2024). Continuity in child mental health from preschool years to adolescence in parental migration contexts: Evidence from a longitudinal study in Thailand.
Acta Psychologica,
247, 104329.
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Chow, C., & Ren, L. (2023). Negotiating civic identity across different political contexts: Immigrant participation in social movements and political incorporation.
Sociology Compass,
17(12), e13140.
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Fu, Y., Jordan, L. P., Zhou, X., Chow, C., & Fang, L. (2023). Longitudinal associations between parental migration and children’s psychological well-being in Southeast Asia: The roles of caregivers’ mental health and caregiving quality.
Social Science & Medicine,
320, 115701.
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Chow, C., Zhou, X., Fu, Y., Jampaklay, A., & Jordan, L. P. (2023). From left-behind children to youth labor migrants: The impact of household networks, gendered migration, and relay migration in Southeast Asia.
Social Sciences,
12(3), 135.
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Hu, T., Li, L., Lin, C., Yang, Z.,
Chow, C., Lu, Z., & You, C. (2022). An analysis of the willingness to the COVID-19 vaccine booster shots among urban employees: Evidence from a megacity H in Eastern China.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
19(4), 2300.
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MESO
I focus on how community-based organizations, service infrastructures, and culturally responsive interventions address structural vulnerability. My work here seeks to bridge research, practice, and policy through partnerships with local organizations and evaluations of screening tools and social service delivery models.
Vohra-Gupta, S., Petrizzi, L., Cherian, A.,
Chow, C., Unzueta., & Joachima., R. (2025). A narrative review on shifting practice and policy around social determinants of health (SDOH) screenings: Expanding the role of social workers in healthcare settings in the U.S.
Healthcare,
13(10), 1097.
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MACRO
I investigate the role of institutional and policy frameworks in shaping health disparities and migration dynamics. This includes global comparative work on integration policies, state-level policy evaluation, and systems-level modeling to uncover structural determinants of immigrant well-being.
Chow, C. (2025). Unveiling the patterns and drivers of immigrant health integration policies: A global examination in MIPEX countries.
Health Policy,
154, 105267.
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Chow, C., & Fong, E. (2024). Factors enhancing the intention to migrate from more developed to less developed areas.
Chinese Journal of Sociology,
10(1), 59–75.
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Ji, X., Gao, L., Liu, H., He, S., Zhu, B.,
Chow, C., Chen, J., Lu, Z., & Li, L. (2022). Does public health policy quality foster state innovation capacity? Evidence from a global panel data.
Frontiers in Public Health,
10, 952842.
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