Drug Abuse in Hong Kong

Daniel T.L. Shek, PhD, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)

Foreword; Introduction; Development & evaluation of a drug prevention program in Hong Kong; Enthusiasm-based or evidence-based charities: Personal reflections; School drug testing: A critical review of the literature; The project Astro & drug prevention for high-risk youths in Hong Kong; Perspective & subjective outcome of the program from the participants; Perspective of the social workers in outcome evaluation of a drug prevention program in Hong Kong; The qualitative evaluation of the program participants; The perspective of the program implementers; Evaluation of the Astro program using the Repertory Grid Method; Prevalence & psychosocial correlates; A longitudinal study of substance use in Hong Kong adolescents; Tackling adolescent substance abuse in Hong Kong: Where we should go & should not go?; Index.