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Team to Dream – Support Services for Cocaine Abusers or Ex-Cocaine Abusers and their Family Members

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at dealing with the increasing number of cocaine abusers in Hong Kong by identifying them and their family members, improving their self-regulation ability, strengthening their family support, enhancing their self-efficacy, and also enhancing anti-drug professionals’ knowledge and skills in drug treatment. Project elements include activity-based programs for cocaine abusers/ ex-cocaine abusers and their family members, experience sharing conference on working with cocaine abusers/ex-cocaine abusers and their family members, intensive training and group consultation on effective intervention model of working with cocaine abusers/ex-cocaine abusers and their family members for anti-drug workers, online outreaching and brief counselling for hidden and unmotivated cocaine or ex-cocaine abusers and their family members, casework counselling and therapeutic group counselling for cocaine abusers or ex-cocaine abusers and their family members, medical consultation for cocaine abusers or ex-cocaine abusers, peer learning team for ex-cocaine abusers and voluntary work by ex-cocaine abusers.

Build a Future

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at providing vocational training courses to drug rehabilitees to enhance their self-efficacy and competitiveness for employment, as well as promoting community acceptance of drug rehabilitees and facilitating rehabilitee’s reintegration into society. Project elements include vocational training on construction safety, electrical wiring, renovation and painting, plumbing and air-conditioning services for drug abusers/rehabilitees, enrolment to the ‘Green Card’ safety trainings and examinations for drug abusers/rehabilitees and home repair and maintenance services for disadvantaged groups.

With You by My Side

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at strengthening the employment readiness of drug rehabilitees through vocational training and preventing them from relapse through mentorship programme. Project elements include mentor training for employers or senior employees, mentor gathering for trained mentors, mentorship programme for trained mentors and drug rehabilitees and vocational training for drug rehabilitees.

Women Taking Illicit Drugs during Pregnancy: A Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study on the Neuro-psycho-social Functioning of Parental Substance Use and their Impacts on Parenting

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at (i) examining the psychosocial profiles and their drug use patterns before, during and after pregnancy; (ii) Investigating the relationships between neuropsychological functioning and parenting efficacy in mothers with drug abuse during pregnancy; and (iii) identifying specific neural targets for reducing parenting stress and improving parenting efficacy.

Impact of Employment Experiences to Drug Abuse and Drug Rehabilitation Engagement among Younger and Middle-aged Working Drug Abusers

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at (i) exploring how younger and middle-aged Working Drug Abusers (WDAs) interpret their employment experiences across different job settings; (ii) exploring the impact of the above interpretations and experiences on affecting drug use and drug rehabilitation engagement of WDAs; (iii) exploring the potential beneficial/harmful effects of specific types of employment on specific types of WDAs; (iv) matching different WDAs with the employment types that fit them the most; and (v) identifying and investigating interventions that WDA found useful.

A Qualitative Study of Drug Abuse Attitudes and Patterns among Drug Abusers in Ethnic Diversity Groups in Hong Kong

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at (i) understanding the drug abuse attitudes and pattern among ethnic diversity drug abusers in Hong Kong; (ii) examining whether the 5 stages of drug taking from social acquaintance to social isolation are valid for ethnic diversity drug abusers; (iii) identifying the risk and protective factors associated with drug abuse as well as relapse factors among ethnic diversity groups in Hong Kong; and (iv) addressing the service needs of and evaluating existing rehabilitation services for ethnic diversity drug abusers in Hong Kong.

Hand in Hand – Beating Drugs through School-based Drug Preventive Education

Project Approved in 2022

This project aims at training and mobilising tertiary students to create anti-drug materials to conduct anti-drug education programme in secondary schools of Yau Tsim Mong District. Project elements include train-the-trainer programme for tertiary students, production of anti-drug materials by tertiary students and anti-drug education programme in secondary schools.

Begin from Family III

Project Approved in 2022

This project aims at enhancing parenting skills, family relationship and family functioning and minimising the risk of having delinquent, criminal and drug-taking behaviours among at-risk youths. Project elements include production of anti-drug education videos and radio programmes for general public, professional training for social workers, project sharing session for social workers, teachers and general public, anti-drug virtual reality (VR) experience and parent training for family members of high-risk and maladjusted children/youths, child/youth training for high-risk and maladjusted children/youths, family training for families with high-risk and maladjusted children/youths, and health management, medical support, counselling and support service for children/youths/family members in need.

Hands-on Toxicology Science: STEM Education Anti-drugs Programme 2023-2025

Project Approved in 2022

This project aims at educating youngsters about the harmful and adverse effects of drugs through interactive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning activities and further encouraging youths to live on an optimistic and healthy lifestyles. Project elements include anti-drug STEM workshops for secondary students, training workshops for teachers, anti-drug ambassador training for tertiary students and production of anti-drug STEM teaching kits for use of schools.

No Drugs Experience

Project Approved in 2022

This project aims at enhancing anti-drug awareness of young night drifters and secondary school students in Tsuen Wan District through virtual reality-based (VR) activities. Project elements include VR-based anti-drug talk for secondary students, mobile street stations for young night drifters, VR anti-drug counselling for high-risk young night drifters and anti-drug training camp for high-risk young night drifters.