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“A Better Man Project”

Project Approved in 2017

This project aims at providing support to young male drug abusers and rehabilitees aged 21-35 in Kowloon East, motivating them to seek treatment and quit drugs, and preventing inter-generational drug problem. Project elements include outreaching services and counselling services to young male and training workshops to frontline anti-drug social workers.

Pink Pal

Project Approved in 2017

This project aims at providing training to frontline anti-drug personnel and tertiary school students in relevant fields to enhance their capability in handling drug abuse cases among the sexual minority population. Project elements include training on latest drug scenes, drug abuse cases among the sexual minority population, counselling skills, drug-related legal knowledge, sharing session by former abuser and visit to local drug rehabilitation and service facilities.

“Special Care for the Special Mothers” 2.0

Project Approved in 2017

This project aims at providing comprehensive residential drug rehabilitation programme for pregnant rehabilitees. Project elements include medical care, psychosocial counselling, psychological therapy, parenting skill training, aftercare services, family activities, supportive services to family members, sharing by peer counsellors and guided tours for the general public.

Project CHANGE: Training for Professional Teams to Enhance Their Sensitivity to MSM and Drug Users

Project Approved in 2017

This project aims at enhancing drug rehabilitation support service workers and/or health care professionals’ knowledge about “Men having sex with Men” (MSM) community and their competency in handling MSM drug abuse cases. Project elements include training workshops and field visits to MSM hot spots and training for former drug-abusing MSM to become peer counsellors.

A multilevel analysis of the demography of drug abuse in Hong Kong

Project Approved in 2017

This project aims at constructing a ‘demography of drug abuse’ in Hong Kong so as to identify the rates of changes of (different types of) drug-abusing behaviour by socio-economic, geographic and demographic characteristics. A multilevel statistical analysis will be made in a bid to derive the main determinants affecting the population of (different types of) drug abuse and how such determinants change over time.

Infrared Pupillometry and Eye-tracking as Next-generation Non-Intrusive Means to Identify Subjects Under Influence of Psychoactive Drug and Vision-related Harms

Project Approved in 2017

This project aims at creating an age-stratified, gender-matched, race-specific (dark pupil), normative (drug-free) and drug-related database on Infrared Pupillometry and Eye-Tracking (IP&ET) parameters.

Cocaine Induced Psychosis: a Literature Review and a Prevalence Study in Local Cocaine Abusers

Project Approved in 2017

This project aims at studying the characteristics of cocaine abusers in Hong Kong. Phase 1 of the study aims to identify risk factors, frequency, symptoms, pathological mechanism and treatment of Cocaine Induced Psychosis (CIP) via comprehensive literature review, while Phase II aims to assess CIP and psychotic symptoms in individual cocaine users at community level by means of systematic diagnostic interviews in cross-sectional study; to report on the prevalence and characteristics of and risk factors for CIP; and to examine the prevalence of emotional disorders and anxiety disorders among cocaine users.

A 3-phase survey, training, and inter-disciplinary combined on-line/offline, theory-based and evidence-based intervention for prevention of psychoactive substance use among adolescents who are case-work clients of social workers (The My Sunny Way Project)

Project Approved in 2017

This project aims at studying risk factors that cause high-risk youth to abuse drugs, and formulating appropriate intervention methods based on the study findings.

Formation of program evaluation guidelines towards evidence-based practice of drug treatment and rehabilitation for psychotropic drug abusers in Hong Kong – a mixed method study

Project Approved in 2017

This project aims at understanding stakeholders’ views on the efficacy of treatment and rehabilitation services in Hong Kong. It aims to consolidate consensus among stakeholders in developing an evaluation framework for evidence-based drug treatment and rehabilitation practice, as well as formulate practical evaluation guidelines, including validation of measurement tools to help conceptualising, planning and commissioning evaluation of treatment services.

抗逆小先鋒

Project Approved in 2016

This project aims at providing preventive education and build up young people’s awareness of drug harms among primary and secondary school students. Day-camps will be arranged for primary school students to teach them about drug harms. Secondary students of the applicant school will be recruited to lead the programmes so as to develop their leadership skills and deepen their perception of risk associated with drug abuse.