A Strength-based Parenting Program for Parents With Young Children From 3 to 6 Years Old

March 23, 2026 updated by: Anna Na Na Hui, City University of Hong Kong

KeySteps@JC Phase Two Parenting Program

The parent education and family support component in phase 2 aims to strengthen protective factors of healthy child development and reduce risk factors of child abuse and neglect among disadvantaged families by providing community-based preventive interventions for children and their significant adults.

Participants include about 600 parents from randomly assigned 100 preschools to the four groups (group 1: hub + school support; group 2: school support; group 3: hub support; group 4: delay group).

The primary hypothesis is to examine the efficacy of the parenting programs for young children and their parents from K1 to K3. The programs are delivered by social workers at kindergartens or community hubs. The second aim/hypothesis of this project is to investigate the overall synergy impact of the community hub.

The success of the parent-child interactive program offers a foundation for the hub to further develop community-based parent education and family support programs that aim at building parents/caregivers' competence in optimizing child development and competence in caregivers and professionals through networking multiple ecological systems, i.e., family, school, and hub or other organizations in the community.

Study Overview

Status

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Community hubs could be scaled up as a key setting where majority of intervention shall take place in to build capacity of significant others. For instance, there it will be an arena for the community-based parent education and family support programs. Community hubs act as a connector to bridge services. Due to disparity in resources and knowledge, parents in poverty may need extra rapport to bridge them to various supportive services available in the hub/community for the children's optimum development. This child and family centered approach can help foster community cohesion and raise family and children well-being.

The parenting program is designed with an emphasis on strength-based parenting practice and both children and parents have parallel sessions on the same character strength and also joint sessions to optimize the impact. Both quantitative and qualitative data will be collected.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

600

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
        • City University of Hong Kong

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • parents whose children study in the 100 preschools taking part in the project

Exclusion Criteria:

  • parents who do not give consent to take part

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: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Parent-Child Parallel Program in school and hub
It is an intervention for Parent-Child Parallel Program in both school and hub.
Behavioral: The Strength-based parenting program
A parenting program is designed with strength-based parenting theory and practice. It has 6 sessions for parents and young children when the children are at 3 years old, 4 sessions for them at 4 years old and another 4 sessions for them at 5 years old.
Active Comparator: Parent-Child Parallel Program in school
The program is delivered in school.
Behavioral: The Strength-based parenting program
A parenting program is designed with strength-based parenting theory and practice. It has 6 sessions for parents and young children when the children are at 3 years old, 4 sessions for them at 4 years old and another 4 sessions for them at 5 years old.
Active Comparator: Parent-Child Parallel Program in hub
The parenting program is delivered in hub.
Behavioral: The Strength-based parenting program
A parenting program is designed with strength-based parenting theory and practice. It has 6 sessions for parents and young children when the children are at 3 years old, 4 sessions for them at 4 years old and another 4 sessions for them at 5 years old.
Active Comparator: Parent-Child Parallel Program with a delayed format
The parenting program will be delivered in a delayed format
Behavioral: The Strength-based parenting program
A parenting program is designed with strength-based parenting theory and practice. It has 6 sessions for parents and young children when the children are at 3 years old, 4 sessions for them at 4 years old and another 4 sessions for them at 5 years old.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in early parenting attitude
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4-6 months
1 indicates the lowest scores and 7 indicates the highest scores in affection and attachment between parents and children.
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4-6 months
Change in strength-based parenting practice
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 months
1 indicates lowest use of strength-based parenting practice and 7 indicates highest use of strength-based parenting practice
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 months
Change in child and parent relationship
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4-6 months
1 indicates the lowest scores and 5 indicates the highest scores in closeness and conflicts
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4-6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in synergy impact of inter-sectors
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4-6 months
1 indicates the lowest score and 5 indicates the highest scores in synergy impact
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4-6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

City University of Hong Kong

Collaborators

The University of Hong Kong
Education University of Hong Kong
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
Hong Kong Christian Service
The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Anna Hui, PhD, City University of Hong Kong

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Estimated)

July 31, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

July 31, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 2, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 2, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

February 9, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 27, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 23, 2026

Last Verified

February 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • KeySteps@JCStrength-BasedStudy
  • 2022-0114-007 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

It is because the participants do not give right to share their data with researchers not in the study.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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