Book Description:
Adolescent substance abuse is a growing concern in Hong Kong and there has been several peaks in adolescent substance abuse in the past two decades. In fact, these peaks mirrored the global trend of abusing non-opiate psychotropic substances and the growing belief among young people that psychotropic substance abuse is non-addictive and it is a trendy choice of life. Evidence-based practice is still very primitive in the fields of youth work and adolescent prevention in Hong Kong and there are many obstacles involved. This book examines how adolescent prevention and positive youth development programs can be developed in different Chinese contexts. (Imprint: Nova)

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Table of Contents:
Foreword
(Professor Donald E Greydanus)

Introduction

Chapter 1. Development and evaluation of a drug prevention program in Hong Kong;pp. 3-7
(Daniel TL Shek, Rachel CF Sun and Joav Merrick, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and others)

Chapter 2. Enthusiasm-based or evidence-based charities: Personal reflections;pp. 9-22
(Daniel TL Shek, Dept. of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and others)

Chapter 3. School drug testing: A critical review of the literature;pp. 23-43
(Daniel TL Shek, Dept. of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and others)

Section One: Project Astro

Chapter 4. The project Astro and drug prevention for high-risk youths in Hong Kong;pp. 47-70
(Chiu-Wan Lam and Daniel TL Shek, Dept. of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and others)

Chapter 5. Perspective and subjective outcome of the program from the participants;pp. 71-85
(Daniel TL Shek and Chiu-Wan Lam, Dept. of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and others)

Chapter 6. Perspective of the social workers in outcome evaluation of a drug prevention program in Hong Kong;pp. 87-99
(Chiu-Wan Lam and Daniel TL Shek, Dept. of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and others)

Chapter 7. The qualitative evaluation of the program participants;pp. 101-115
(Chiu-Wan Lam and Daniel TL Shek, Dept. of Applied Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and others)

Chapter 8. The perspective of the program implementers;pp. 117-135
(Daniel TL Shek and Chiu-Wan Lam, Dept. of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and others)

Chapter 9. Evaluation of the Astro program using the Repertory Grid Method;pp. 137-154
(Daniel TL Shek and Chiu-Wan Lam. Dept. of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and others)

Chapter 10. Prevalence and psychosocial correlates;pp. 155-170
(Daniel TL Shek and Cecilia MS Ma, Dept. of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and others)

Chapter 11. A longitudinal study of substance use in Hong Kong adolescents;pp. 171-196
(Daniel TL Shek and Lu Yu, Dept. of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and others)

Section Two: Where Should we go From Here?

Chapter 12. Tackling adolescent substance abuse in Hong Kong: Where we should go and should not go?;pp. 199-214
(Daniel TL Shek, Dept. of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Section Three: Acknowledgments

Chapter 13. About the editors;pp. 217-218

Chapter 14. About the Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, PRC;pp. 219-220

Chapter 15. About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel;pp. 221-224

Chapter 16. About the health and human development book series;pp. 225-228

Section Four: Index