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Provision of a 16 seater Private Light Bus to Shek Kwu Chau Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre

Project Approved in 2016

This project is for the purchase of a 16-seater private light bus for Shek Kwu Chau Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre, to provide adequate transportation support to the resident psychotropic substance abusers and staff members.

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Project Approved in 2016

This project aims at strengthening frontline workers’ evidence based drug abuse prevention practices and creating a platform to consolidate workers’ frontline experiences on treatment and rehabilitation. Project activities include seminars, peer educators sharing sessions, and field studies for tertiary school students and personnel in the drug abuse prevention and related fields.

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

Project Approved in 2016

This is a research study investigating the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity in a group of Methamphetamine (“Ice”) users in Hong Kong. The objectives are to determine the prevalence of Ice induced psychosis (IIP) and psychotic symptoms in local users, to examine the prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in Ice users, and to conduct a literature review on IIP to analyse the risk factors, frequency, symptoms, pathomechanism and treatment of IIP.

Situations and associated factors of psychoactive substance use among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong

Project Approved in 2016

An anonymous cross-sectional survey will be launched to investigate the profiles of local men who have sex with men engaging in and/or intending to engage in psychoactive substance use, and the multi-dimensional associated factors (e.g. influence of social media and peers, cognitive variables and psychosocial variables) with psychoactive substance behaviours and/or intention.

Understanding Drug Abusers and Their Healthcare Pathway: Towards Better Management in Hong Kong

Project Approved in 2016

This is a hospital-based study to investigate the characteristics of drug abusers requiring medical care through Accident and Emergency Department attendance. The study aims at identifying and understanding the drug abusers in-depth so as to characterise and improve the subsequent downstream clinical pathway of drug abuses as well as to guide the development of a new model of medico-social collaborative interventions for drug abuses in future.

Can uncaria rhynchophylla alleviate damages produced by ketamine?

Project Approved in 2016

Under this research project, the research team would do experiments on animal models so as to investigate the effect of uncaria rhynchophylla as an potential therapeutic intervention for ketamine damage, or whether it can replace ketamine as another abuse agent, and provide evidence for the underlying mechanism of effect of uncaria rhynchophylla on the central nervous system.

Social Impact Assessment on Healthy School Programme

Project Approved in 2016

The objectives of this research project are to develop a Social Impact Assessment framework suitable to the Hong Kong context to illustrate the relationship between inputs, outputs, and outcomes of the Healthy School Programme with a Drug Testing Component (HSP(DT)); assess the social value of HSP(DT) by different elements of the programme; and ensure that development in HSP(DT) can maximize its benefits and minimize its costs.

Project N.E.T. II-drug prevention in hostel and community service

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at enhancing self-image and self-confidence of high-risk youth who are living in hostels as well as enhancing their relationship with the families through provision of counselling and support services. Activities include art therapy, skill enhancement or interest groups and animal assisted activities / therapy and home-based visits etc.

Good Youth Life, Goodbye Drugs

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at enhancing the anti-drug awareness and self-confidence of the high-risk youth in Sham Shui Po through performance-based training. The trained youth will be involved in open performance.

Continuation of the Path-finding Adventure Project (PAP - 2016/18) – an integrated screening and non-labelling secondary prevention program for students at high risk of substance use

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at identifying high-risk secondary school students through a validated screening instrument for provision of intervention. The project includes primary prevention programmes for secondary school students, and secondary prevention programmes for identified high-risk youth including adventure-based activities, path-finding workshops, follow-up experiential activities and definitional ceremony, etc.