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Crisis Accommodation GPS Program for Ketamine Abusers and Family Members

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at enhancing the motivation and readiness of ketamine abusers for abstinence through a hospital-based treatment program. A five-day in-patient treatment and rehabilitation program will be delivered to ketamine abusers to enhance their motivation for abstinence through raising their awareness of their health problems and functional performance. Urological and health screening, functional, cognitive and emotional assessments will be provided. Parent support will also be provided to family members of the ketamine abusers to reduce participants’ psychological barriers in seeking drug treatment.

一個不能少

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at identifying drug abusers at the early stage by peer led outreaching service. Rehabilitees will be recruited to join training workshops for outreaching skills and counselling, etc. The team will outreach to high risk youth and drug abusers and encourage them to quit drugs. Different types of engaging activities will be organised quarterly to engage the high risk youth and drug abusers. A sharing seminar will be organised to share the progress and outcome of this project with organisations from the anti-drug sector.

Valiant fight on the road of rehabilitation

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at helping rehabilitees to develop positive beliefs and values, explore their interests, improve job skills and develop self-reliance. The project comprises vocational training, counselling workshops for family members, family members’ group training and home visits to rehabilitees’ families, and aftercare service to rehabilitees.

"Special Care for the Special Mothers" – Residential Detoxification and Rehabilitation Project for Pregnant Women

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at providing a comprehensive residential drug detoxification and rehabilitation programme targeting the drug abusing pregnant women. Project activities include provision of medical care by professionals, individual and group psychological therapy by clinical psychologist, psychosocial counselling, role-changing preparation, parenting skills and related training by social worker, sharing and escorting service by peer counsellors and counselling to the family members.

Identifying hidden psychotropic substance abusers among patients attending the Accident & Emergency departments in Hong Kong

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at providing an estimate of the prevalence of hidden substance abusers among the Accident and Emergency Departments (AED) patients and investigating the characteristics of these hidden substance abusers attending the AED.

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

Project Approved in 2014

The project aims at identifying high-risk students, based on the screening tool developed in the previous PAP, for recruitment into a secondary intervention programme which includes mentoring group activities, adventure activities and path-finding workshops. Parenting workshops will be organised and primary prevention materials will also be produced.

Smart Youth, Drug Free Youth-Drug prevention and education project for ethnic minority youth

Project Approved in 2014

The project aims at enhancing the ethnic minority youth's anti-drug attitude and raising community awareness about the legal consequences of drug abuse. It also aims at strengthening parents’ early identification skills and parenting skills. Educational activities, community services and a mentorship scheme will be organised for the ethnic minority youths. Anti-drug parenting workshops and parent support groups will also be conducted.

“Project P.T.U. (Prevention Today starts from You)” - School Based Community Risk Prevention Programme

Project Approved in 2014

The project aims at strengthening the protective factors in the family and school settings of non-Chinese speaking students by improving parent-child relationships and enhancing anti-drug awareness and early identification skills of teachers and parents. Training workshops will be organised for parents and teachers of international/ English-medium secondary schools.

Drug Prevention Micro Film Contest and Educational Package

Project Approved in 2014

The project aims at raising the anti-drug awareness of young people and general public through production and broadcasting of anti-drug micro-films. Anti-drug activities include micro-film production workshop and camp; anti-drug micro-film contest; broadcast of award winning micro-films; production of an Announcement in Public Interest; production and dissemination of a multi-media anti-drug education pack for teachers and youth workers; and dissemination of anti-drug messages on the mass media and social media.

Rekindling Hope Video Competition

Project Approved in 2014

The project aims at enhancing young people’s awareness on drug abuse and encouraging the hidden drug abusers to seek help for quitting drugs. Drug rehabilitees will be interviewed and video-taped by healthcare practitioners to evident their drug treatment process. Youths will be recruited to edit the interview videos, and workshops on anti-drug knowledge and visits to drug treatment facilities will be provided to the young participants. The short films will be shown to high-risk youths and disseminated through multi-media channels.