Dr. Chung is an assistant professor of nursing at Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University. Dr. Chung is interested in pediatric nursing, especially adolescents. Her research focuses on health-promoting behaviors, such as eating habits, physical activity, or tobacco use, and their social networks. Children’s behaviors can be developed within their networks, influencing or influenced by family or peers. Revealing the underlying mechanisms of family’s or friends’ influences could be helpful to design more proper interventions for health-promoting behaviors.

PhD, 2015, The University of Iowa
MSN, 2011, Seoul National University
BSN, 2007, Seoul National Univerity

School-aged children, adolescents, health promotion, peer group

Korean Society of Nursing Science
The Academic Society of Parent-Child Health
Sigma Theta Tau
Midwest Nursing Research Society
International Family Nursing Association

Chung, S. J., Ersing, A. L., & McCarthy, A. M. (2019). Diet and physical activity of Korean female adolescents in their peer networks, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 51(2), 147-156.
Chung, S. J., Ersig, A. L., & McCarthy, A. M. (2018). Parent, school, and peer factors related to US adolescents’ diet and exercise. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 23(4), e1227.
Williams, K. N., Perkhounkova, Y., Jao, Y. L., Bossen, A., Hein, M., Chung, S., ... & Turk, M. (2018). Person-centered communication for nursing home residents with dementia: four communication analysis methods, Western Journal of Nursing Research, 40(7), 1012-1031.
Chung, S. J., Ersing, A. L., & McCarthy, A. M. (2017). The influence of peers on diet and exercise among adolescents: A systematic review, Journal of Pediatric nursing, 36, 44-56.
Wallace, A. S., Perkounkova, Y., Bohr, N., & Chung S. J. (2016) Readiness for hospital discharge, health literacy, and social living status, Clinical Nursing Research, 25(5), 494-511.
Wallace, A. S., Sussman, A. L., Perkounkova, E., Hein, M., & Chung, S. (2016). Implementation and effectiveness of collaborative goal setting for diabetes in community primary care, Translational Behavioral Medicine, 6(2), 202-211.
Chung, S., & Bang, K. S. (2015). Parenting efficacy and the health-promoting behaviors for the infants and the toddlers of the mothers from Korean and multicultural families, Asian Nursing Research, 9(2), 104-108.
Driessnack, M., Chung, S., Perkounkova, E., & Hein, M. (2014). Using the “Newest Vital Sign (NVS)” to assess health literacy in children, Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 28(2), 171.