Shek Daniel T L
Centre for Quality of Life, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2008 Jan 14;8:1-3. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2008.21.
There are different adolescent developmental issues in Hong Kong, such as mental health problems, abuse of psychotropic substances, adolescent suicide, school violence, and drop in family solidarity, that deserve the attention of helping professionals[1]. With reference to these problems, primary prevention programs that target specific adolescent developmental problems and positive youth development programs are called for. Furthermore, attempts to identify the "at-risk" adolescents at an earlier stage are important. However, research findings show that there are very few systematic and multiyear positive youth development programs in Hong Kong. Even if such programs exist, they commonly deal with isolated problems and issues in adolescent development (i.e., deficits-oriented programs) and they are relatively short term in nature. In addition, systematic and long-term evaluation of the available programs does not exist[2].
香港存在不同的青少年发展问题，例如心理健康问题、精神药物滥用、青少年自杀、校园暴力以及家庭凝聚力下降等，这些问题值得助人专业人士关注[1]。针对这些问题，需要开展针对特定青少年发展问题的初级预防项目以及积极青少年发展项目。此外，尽早识别“高危”青少年的努力很重要。然而，研究结果表明，香港极少有系统的、持续多年的积极青少年发展项目。即便存在此类项目，它们通常处理青少年发展中孤立的问题和事项（即面向缺陷的项目），而且本质上相对短期。此外，对于现有项目不存在系统的长期评估[2]。
