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

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Well-being; Family
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: training group

Detailed 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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 32
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 100 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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 Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: training group; Two two-hour training sessions for the participants. It aimed to train lay resident leaders to be peer health promoters. The peer health promoters were taught either to independently implement or to assist social workers to conduct a series of community-based family well-being activities.	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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in learning	Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire	Baseline, immediately after finishing training workshop "up to 30 min" and one year after training workshop

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Reactions to training content	Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire	Immediately after finishing training workshop "up to 30 min" and one year after training workshop
Practice of implementing community activities	Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire	Baseline and one year after training workshop
change the residents' family well-being	Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire	Baseline and one year after training workshop

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
• Collaborators: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust; Christian Family Service Centre
• Investigators: Study Director: Tai Hing Lam, MD, The University of Hong Kong

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• 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.
• 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. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02010.x.
• 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. doi: 10.1016/s1499-4046(06)60311-4.
• Forst L, Lacey S, Chen HY, Jimenez R, Bauer S, Skinner S, Alvarado R, Nickels L, Zanoni J, Petrea R, Conroy L. Effectiveness of community health workers for promoting use of safety eyewear by Latino farm workers. Am J Ind Med. 2004 Dec;46(6):607-13. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20103.
• Lai AY, Stewart SM, Wan A, Fok H, Lai HYW, Lam TH, Chan SS. Development and evaluation of a training workshop for lay health promoters to implement a community-based intervention program in a public low rent housing estate: The Learning Families Project in Hong Kong. PLoS One. 2017 Aug 25;12(8):e0183636. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183636. eCollection 2017.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: December 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2012
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 19, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 21, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): July 26, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 26, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 21, 2016
• Last Verified: July 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: positive psychology; family well-being
• Other Study ID Numbers: UW10-415

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO