Promoting Family Health, Happiness, and Harmony Through a Community-based "Learning Family" Campaign

July 29, 2016 updated by: Professor Lam Tai-Hing, The University of Hong Kong
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 Family" campaign in Kwun Tong district with the investigators 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 Kwun Tong district.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Family well-being, which has been conceptualized as "family-life satisfaction", "sense of well-being" and "family function", is associated with outcomes such as hypertension, self-rated health, depression, and self-esteem in family members. Interpersonal harmony in the family is believed to be crucial for the Chinese who see it as contributing not only to each individual member's welfare but also to a well-organized and peaceful world. According to traditional Confucius ideals, family harmony is the basis for an individual's happiness. The investigators qualitative studies in Hong Kong have also found that family health, happiness and harmony (3Hs) are three major themes of family well-being. Family health includes physical and mental health of family members, which is strongly related to psychological capital and family unity. Family happiness can be enhanced by spending time with family members and building connection with friends and relatives. Family harmony means absence of conflicts and effective communication with family members. Forbearance and spending time with family are important in forming a harmonious family.

Learning Families Project was initiated based on the social ecological model. Social ecological model is a framework to examine the dynamic interrelations among various personal and environmental factors. This model emphasizes people's behaviors are affected by factors of different levels including intra-personal, inter-personal, community and societal factors. These programs promoted the concepts of Learning Family and family 3Hs to the participants (intra-personal level). The concepts of Learning Family indicated that family relationship could be improved when family members learnt something together. These programs also provided a platform for family members to learn together and communicate with each other (inter-personal level), as well as for residents to interact in these community activities (community level).

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

980

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Hong Kong
      • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • Christian Family Service Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

10 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Residents living in the intervention estate
  • Hong Kong residents
  • Older than 10 years of age
  • Could communicate in Chinese (Cantonese or Putonghua)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants who fail to meet the inclusion criteria

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Training group
Resident training programs such as talks, day camp and thematic activities were delivered in training group.
Behavioral: Resident training programs
A total of 24 resident training programs such as talks, day camp and thematic activities were delivered in the intervention estate by CFSC from June to November 2011. Each program included an introduction to the concepts of Learning Family and family 3Hs as well as how to promote family 3Hs through learning and communicating with family, delivered by interactive games and workshops.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Changes in family communication time from baseline to 6 weeks after intervention
Time Frame: Baseline and 6 weeks after intervention
Family communication time (minutes per day) was assessed.
Baseline and 6 weeks after intervention
Changes in perceived communication adequacy from baseline to 6 weeks after intervention
Time Frame: Baseline and 6 weeks after intervention
Perceived communication adequacy was assessed by a 1-5 score.
Baseline and 6 weeks after intervention
Changes in family harmony from baseline to 6 weeks after intervention
Time Frame: Baseline and 6 weeks after intervention
Family harmony was assessed by a 0-10 score.
Baseline and 6 weeks after intervention
Changes in family happiness from baseline to 6 weeks after intervention
Time Frame: Baseline and 6 weeks after intervention
Family happiness was assessed by a 0-10 score.
Baseline and 6 weeks after intervention
Changes in family health from baseline to 6 weeks after intervention
Time Frame: Baseline and 6 weeks after intervention
Family health was assessed by a 0-10 score.
Baseline and 6 weeks after intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Changes in neighborhood cohesion from baseline to 1 year after intervention
Time Frame: Baseline and 1 year after intervention
Neighborhood cohesion was assessed by a 5-items scale.
Baseline and 1 year after intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

The University of Hong Kong

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 28, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 29, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

August 1, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 1, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 29, 2016

Last Verified

July 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • UW10-415

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