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Centre for Health Behaviours Research

JC School of Public Health and Primary Care

Health Promotion Projects

HIV & Sexual Health

HIV & Sexual Health

Identifying profiles of online sex partner seeking and their association with drug use and risky sexual behavior among men who have sex with men

An evidence-based knowledge transfer program promoting HPV vaccination among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong

An evidence-based knowledge transfer program promoting HIV self-testing with real-time online counselling for men who have sex with men in Hong Kong

A randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of enhanced and standard versions of HIV testing and counseling (HTC) in reducing sexual risk behaviors, increasing HIV retesting rate and risk perception among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Hong Kong

A randomized controlled trial evaluating efficacy of promoting home-based HIV testing with online counselling on increasing HIV testing among men who have sex with men

Using behavioral health theories to predict and to promote adoption of male circumcision for HIV prevention among male sexually transmitted disease patients

A randomized Controlled Trial to Investigate the Relative Efficacy of Three Internet-based Interventions for Condom Use Promotion Targeting Men Who Have Sex with Men

A pilot social network-based HIV peer education program of MSM in Hong Kong

The implementation and evaluation of a cognitive-behavioral randomized controlled HIV intervention prevention trials for at-risk monogamous Chinese women attending public STD clinics in Hong Kong

A randomized controlled study to evaluate the relative efficacy of using the Voluntary Counselling and testing (VCT) approach and the Information Distribution approach to reduce HIV-related risk behaviours among Hong Kong male cross-border truck driver

Mental Health

Mental Health

Development and implementation of a positive psychology intervention to improve mental health among secondary school students and teachers in Hong Kong

A randomised controlled trial evaluating efficacy of a psychological intervention based on Commonsense Model in improving mental health and self-care among Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

A randomized controlled study to evaluate the efficacy of a positive psychology and social networking intervention in reducing depressive symptoms among HIV-infected men who have sex with men in China

Positive Psychology Intervention in improving emotion regulation and risky sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men - a randomized controlled trial

Effects of the resilience-based Understanding Adolescent Project (UAP1.1) in mental health and resilience among Hong Kong secondary school students: Evaluation for a pilot study

Psychosocial correlates of mental health problems and mental health service utilization among foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

“Muscle up!”: Psychosocial correlates of drive for muscularity, body dissatisfaction, and muscularity-enhancement behaviors among male college students in Hong Kong

Addiction

Addiction

Internet Addiction

Preventive programs on Internet Addiction among secondary school students

A 3-phase survey, training, and inter-disciplinary combined on-line/offline, theory-based and evidence-based intervention for prevention of psychoactive substance use among adolescents who are case-work clients of social workers (The My Sunny Way Project)

Continuation of the Path-finding Adventure Project (PAP - 2016/18) – an integrated screening and non-labelling secondary prevention program for students at high risk of substance use

Path-finding Adventure Project – an integrated screening and non-labeling secondary prevention program for students at high risk of substance use

A randomized controlled trial evaluating efficacy of an intervention which enhances social support and positive affect through online social networking in smoking cessations

Substance Abuse

Smoking

Preventive Behaviors

Preventive Behaviors

Vaccination

A randomized controlled trial promoting Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among Chinese men who have sex with men

A randomized controlled trial evaluating efficacies of two theory-based and setting-based interventions in promoting influenza vaccination (IV) among children of 6 to 23 months old

An integrated community-based screening and secondary prevention program to promote physical activity among physically inactive individuals possessing risk factors of diabetes mellitus (DM) or being pre-diabetes (IGT/ IFG)

A community-based, theory-based, setting-based screening and clustered randomized controlled trial to promote physical activity among physically inactive people with impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose

Application of a cost-effective, computer-based, telephone-counselling system to increase physical activity in diabetes patients in Hong Kong

A cluster randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a theory-based and setting-based intervention in promoting strength training among older adults in Hong Kong

A randomized controlled trial evaluating two e-health interventions (presence/absence of motivational interviewing) in increasing colorectal cancer screening among people aged 50-60 with moderate risk

Physical Activity

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Others

Others

Eat Well Project – a social marketing program to address issues of food avoidance problems among cancer patients

Community-driven social media campaigns for promoting organ donation registration in Hong Kong

“Love others like ourselves – pass life to others” – a social marketing program to promote organ donation among Protestant and Roman Catholic church goes and their significant others

An integrated e-health and motivational interviewing intervention promoting expression of organ donation wish to family members among those with such intent: A randomized controlled trial

Organ Donation

Food Avoidance

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