精神健康研究中心於 2023 年 2 月 23 日舉辦研討會 (只有英文版本)

Topic
A Public Health Approach for Suicide Prevention

Abstract
The Hong Kong suicide rate has been experiencing much change in the last two decades. From 1997 to 2003, it increased to the historical high of 18.6 per 100,000. Contributing to this has been the new emerging method of charcoal burning, which has become the third most common method of suicide in Hong Kong.  The suicide rate has reduced significantly since then to an estimated 12.0 in 2022. Across the period, we have witnessed the concerted effort in the community to help reduce the suicide rate. I this talk, we would like to propose a public health approach for suicide prevention which is  sustainable and effective. It involves an effective surveillance and monitoring system and community based suicide prevention effort.

Speaker
Prof. Paul Yip
Chair Professor (Population Health), Department of Social Work and Social Administration
Associate Dean (Knowledge Exchange and Development), Faculty of Social Sciences
Director, HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong

About the speaker
Professor Yip is the Chair Professor (Population Health) at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Associate Dean (Knowledge Exchange and Development) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Director of the Hong Kong Jockey Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention. He is the Co-convenor of the OPENUP – a 24 hour online emotional support project, a principal investigator of a community-based suicide prevention project for the Wong Tai Sin District, poverty alleviation programs, and the Quality Thematic Network on developing mental wellness for schools in Hong Kong.  He is interested in identifying and developing good practices for promoting wellbeing and suicide prevention in the community. His monograph is on ‘understanding poverty in Hong Kong’, which has won the 11th Hong Kong Book Prize. He is serving as the Chair of the Research Committee of the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong (2012-present). He has received various awards and recognitions, including the Hong Kong Spirit Award Innovation (2021), Changjiang Scholar Award (2021), Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship in 2020, Australia-China Alumni Award (Research) in 2019, a Medal of Honor from the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017, the Stengel Research award in 2012, an outstanding supervisor, researcher and knowledge exchange award of the University of Hong Kong in 2011, 2009 and 2022 respectively.