HKU School of Public Health launches the Jockey Club Monitoring of Youth Mental Health (Tentative), a four-year project which aims to investigate the mental health and wellbeing of youths as well as its determinants. This could be beneficial for promoting policies to enhance the overall youth mental wellbeing in Hong Kong.

The study includes territory-wide household visits and longitudinal follow-ups. The initial phase involves a baseline survey through household visit across the territory to 8,000 youths aged 6-24 and parents of youths aged 6-17. The MOV Data Collection Centre Limited (米奧特資料搜集中心) was engaged to conduct in-person surveys starting from December 2024. Invitations will be sent to the randomly selected households. MOV will also conduct home visits between 10am to 10pm for further engagement.

In addition to the baseline survey, youths aged 9-17 and their parents will be invited to participate in another part of the study, which including utilising a smartphone app for data collection over a period of one year. 

Acknowledgement

The above project is funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.

Enquiry

For enquiries, please email to: jcymh@hku.hk