YW Choi

Abstract

In view of the rapid changing cultural, technological, ecological, social, economic and political context, the adolescent health services are undergoing a gradual paradigm shift in Hong Kong. Wholistic health care services are advocated and delivered by several hospitals, clinics and non-government organizations. Several hospitals have attempted to form integrated intersectoral teams for adolescent health care. For ten years, longitudinal research has been conducted to develop tools for the identification of adolescents with potential risks for mental or behavioral disorders, and learning difficulties; so that preventive and therapeutic services can be delivered as early as possible. Health care professionals have reached out into the communities, to meet the needs of adolescents who may not take the initiative to seek professional help. The counseling profession has gradually shifted from a predominantly individual approach to a systems approach. Since wholistic health is a way of life, health careers are learning to tackle the cultural melieu of the adolescents, and attempts have been made to help adolescents to think global and act local.

在文化、技術、生態學、社會、經濟及政治的迅速改變下，香港的青少年健康服務正逐漸轉變。由數間醫院、診所和非政府組織主張和提供了整全醫療保健服務。有數間醫院組成聯合跨區隊伍為青少年提供醫療保健。過去十年，一項縱向研究已開展為青少年發展有效的工具，以證明潛在的風險為精神性或行為異常，和學習的困難；以便能儘提供早預防和治療服務。醫療保健專家已主動向社區提供援助，以迎合那些不主動性對尋求專業協助的青少年。輔導專業工作逐漸從一種主要的單獨處理轉移了到系統方法處理。因為整全健康是一生活模式，健康照顧者正學習應付青少年的文化差異，並且協助了青少年進行全球化思考和本土化行動。