Xuxi Zhang

Assistant Professor
xuxizhang@bjmu.edu.cn
Xueyuanlu 38., Haidian district, Beijing, China, 100191
Peking University

Personal profile

Xuxi Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University. She received a Bachelor of Science (2014) and a Master of Public Health (2017) from Peking University. She received her Ph.D. in Public Health from the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2020. She worked as a Postdoctoral Research in National School of Development at Peking University from 2021 to 2023. Her research interests span both healthy aging and eldercare innovation. She has published more than 30 scientific papers, and much of her work focuses on the health promotion of frailty, chronic conditions, disability, cognitive impairments and mental health among older adults.

Membership in professional associations:

Member of Health Education Personnel Training Sub-Committee, China Association of Health Promotion and Education

Main research directions

1. Analyses and projection of future demand of Home and Community-based Care Service for older people based on their health

2. Health promotion interventions and effect evaluation for chronic conditions and multimorbidity

3. Evaluation on the effect of knowledge-map-based interventions on health of older adults

4. Elder-oriented design in digital health management

Representative scientific research projects

1. 2023-2025 Analyses and projection of future demand of Home and Community-based Care Service for older people based on their living arrangement and health: A pilot research focusing on Shandong Province, NSFC, PI

2. 2023-2025 Active Health Knowledge Output Assessment Methods and Knowledge Integration Output Mode, National Key R&D Program of China, Co-investigator

3. 2022-2024 Longitudinal effectiveness of behavior intervention for diabetes prevention and control: Mobile health intervention based on Artificial Intelligence，Capital Medical Research and Development Fund, Main researcher

4. 2018-2022 Systematic study on health and longevity among multiple cohorts in China，National Key R&D Program of China，Main researcher

5. 2020-2023 Households, Living Arrangements and Elderly Health: Projections and Implications，Main researcher

6. 2017-2020 Longitudinal effectiveness and mechanism of directive and nondirective support in stages of behavior change among patients with diabetes，NSFC，Main researcher

7. 2017-2021 Social Engagement Framework for Addressing the Chronic-disease-challenge (SEFAC): a mindfulness-based intervention to promote the self-management of chronic conditions and a healthy lifestyle，EU project，Main researcher

8. 2017-2020 EFFICHRONIC: The Chronic Disease Self-Management Programme (CDSMP) Intervention for Citizens with a Low Socioeconomic Position, EU project，Main researcher

9. 2014-2017 Urban Health Center Europe Project (UHCE), EU project, Main researcher

10 representative papers

1. Zhang, X., Lin, L., Sun, X., Lei, X., Liu, G. G., Raat, H., & Zeng, Y. (2023). Development and Validation of the Disability Index Among Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 78(1), 111–119.

2. Chen, H.*, Zhang, X.*, Feng, Q., & Zeng, Y. (2022). The Effects of "Diet-Smoking-Gender" Three-Way Interactions on Cognitive Impairment among Chinese Older Adults. Nutrients, 14(10), 2144.

3. Zhang, X, Tan, S. S., Franse, C. B., et al. (2021). Longitudinal association between physical activity and health-related quality of life among community-dwelling older adults: a longitudinal study of Urban Health Centres Europe (UHCE). BMC geriatrics, 21(1), 521.

4. Zhang, X, Tan, S. S., Franse, C. B., et al. (2020). Longitudinal Association Between Physical Activity and Frailty Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(7), 1484–1493.

5. Zhang, X., Tan, S. S., Bilajac, L., et al. (2020). Reliability and Validity of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator in 5 European Countries. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21(6), 772–779.e6.

6. Zhang, X, Zhang, X., Wang, F., et al. (2020). Development and evaluation of the Directive and Nondirective Support Scale for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. International journal of nursing sciences, 7(4), 453–459.

7. Zhang, X, Tan, S. S., Franse, C. B., et al. (2019). Association between physical, psychological and social frailty and health-related quality of life among older people. European journal of public health, 29(5), 936–942.

8. Zhang, X, Tan, S. S., Fierloos, I., et al. (2019). Evaluation design of the Social Engagement Framework for Addressing the Chronic-disease-challenge (SEFAC): a mindfulness-based intervention to promote the self-management of chronic conditions and a healthy lifestyle. BMC public health, 19(1), 664.

9. Zhang X, Yang S, Sun K, et al. (2016). How to achieve better effect of peer support among adults with type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Patient Educ Couns, 99(2):186-197.

10. Zhang X, Wu S, Wang F et al: Association between social support and self-management behaviors among patients with diabetes in community [Chinese Article]. Journal of Peking University (Health Sciences), 2017, 49(3):455-461.