Training Workshop for Promoting Family Well-being Through a Community-based "Learning Families" Campaign

Well-being Clinical Trial

Official title:

Training Workshop for Promoting Family Health, Happiness and Harmony Through a Community-based "Learning Families" Campaign

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02844244
• Other study ID #: UW10-415
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 19, 2016
• Last updated: July 21, 2016
• Start date: December 2010
• Est. completion date: August 2012

Study information

• Verified date: July 2016
• Source: The University of Hong Kong
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Hong Kong : Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To strengthen family well-being and neighborhood cohesion in Kwun Tong community, a community -based "Learning families" campaign was conducted. As an initial step of this project, the investigators conducted a need assessments before designing and conducting a train-the-trainer workshop.The train-the-trainer workshop aimed to prepare the members of Estate Management Advisory Committees (EMAC) and Mutual Aid Committees (MACs) to implement and assist in conducting a series of community-based family well-being activities for residents in a public housing estate. Focus group interviews (before and one year after training workshop) were conducted to obtain opinion from the members of EMAC and MACs of the public housing estate. Questionnaire assessments were conducted before, immediately after finishing the training workshop, one year after training workshop.

Description:

According to the Social Welfare Department statistics, Kwun Tong has been ranked as the highest for the reported cases of elderly abuse (12.3%), the second and fourth highest for the reported cases of battered spouse (9.2%) and child abuse (7.9%) respectively . To strengthen family well-being in the Kwun Tong community, the investigators adopt a community-based participatory (CBP) approach and implement a community-based "Learning Families" campaign in Kwun Tong district with our collaborator, the Christian Family Service Centre (CFSC). The campaign aims to promote family health, happiness, and harmony (3Hs) through cultivating cooperative and self-regulated family learning culture in the public housing estate

Given that CFSC is the leading non-government organization based in Kwun Tong district, the investigators believe that the proposed campaign will deliver the family well-being messages effectively in the community via engaging major stakeholders such as the Estate Management Advisory Committees (EMACs) and the Mutual Aid Committees (MACs).

The investigators implemented a brief training sessions to the resident leaders of EMAC & MACs to engage and equip them with the general concept of "Family well-being", " Learning family", "Neighbourhood cohesion" and activities organizing skills. The train-the-trainer workshop aimed to prepare the members of Estate Management Advisory Committees (EMAC) and Mutual Aid Committees (MACs) to implement and assist in conducting a series of community-based family well-being activities for residents in a public housing estate.

Focus group interviews (before and one year after training workshop) were conducted to obtain opinion from the members of EMAC and MACs of the public housing estate. Questionnaire assessments were conducted before, immediately after finishing the training workshop, one year after training workshop.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 32
• Est. completion date: August 2012
• Est. primary completion date: August 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ethnic Chinese older 18 years of age,

• able to read Chinese and speak Cantonese,

• willing to carry out the duties of peer health promoters in the project.

Exclusion Criteria:

• not fit the inclusion criteria

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Family
• Well-being

Intervention

Behavioral:
• training group
The training workshop included two two-hour sessions. It focused on the enhancement of knowledge, attitude, and practice of peer health promoters on implementing community activities for the residents.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Hong Kong	Christian Family Service Centre, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust

References & Publications (4)

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Layne JE, Sampson SE, Mallio CJ, Hibberd PL, Griffith JL, Das SK, Flanagan WJ, Castaneda-Sceppa C. Successful dissemination of a community-based strength training program for older adults by peer and professional leaders: the people exercising program. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Dec;56(12):2323-9. — View Citation

McClelland JW, Irving LM, Mitchell RE, Bearon LB, Webber KH. Extending the reach of nutrition education for older adults: feasibility of a Train-the-Trainer approach in congregate nutrition sites. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2002 Mar-Apr;34 Suppl 1:S48-52. — View Citation

Sin NL, Lyubomirsky S. Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice-friendly meta-analysis. J Clin Psychol. 2009 May;65(5):467-87. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20593. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in learning	Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire	Baseline, immediately after finishing training workshop "up to 30 min" and one year after training workshop	No
Secondary	Reactions to training content	Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire	Immediately after finishing training workshop "up to 30 min" and one year after training workshop	No
Secondary	Practice of implementing community activities	Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire	Baseline and one year after training workshop	No
Secondary	change the residents' family well-being	Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire	Baseline and one year after training workshop	No