Happy Family Kitchen Project II

NCT01796275 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HFK2
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The School of Public Health of HKU collaborates with the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKSCC) to conduct a district-based mega-project "Happy Family Kitchen", which using "eating" and "the kitchen" as a platform, to make the effort to improve effective communication in Hong Kong families. The "HFK 2" project is a enhanced version of HFK project, which plan to be conducted in the Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi district from August 2012 to August 2013. This project adopts a cluster-randomized controlled design, with the application of positive psychology concepts as a theoretical framework. A community-based participatory (CBP) approach, which is an effective way to engage public health researchers and community members (NGOs, schools, other major stakeholders, and participants), will be used. Both quantitative and qualitative methods will be used in the evaluation of major outcomes (participants' family relationship and 3Hs) at different time points throughout the project. Process evaluation will be performed to evaluate the process of each component of the project. The whole project includes two phases: Phase 1: Model enhancement- an enhanced model of project is started with the training the trainer workshop to build capacity among the community partners. After that, the trained community partners design and conduct the district-based intervention programmes by using one of the five themes of the positive psychology framework, which teach the participants to practice positive behaviors for improving family communication, and in turn promote the 3Hs. The five themes are joy, flow, gratitude, savoring and listening. The pre-, post-, 4 weeks and 3 month follow up questionnaire surveys are conducted to assess the effectiveness of the programmes. All of the participating NGOs and schools will be randomly allocated into three groups: Intervention arm 1: core session intervention + booster intervention; Intervention arm 2: only core session intervention; Control arm: waiting list control, only questionnaire evaluations can be conducted at different time points. A subsequent qualitative study is conducted to further explore the outcomes, the problems and the requirements from the programmes. Phase 2: Model scaling up- A series of Professional Tool Kits consist of practice guides and evaluation tools for different service settings will be published with the contribution of participating NGOs and project partners. The tool kits will be the key reference and be further disseminated to a wider scope. A series of Professional Practice Seminars will be organized in different regions (including Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories). Social work practitioners of various service settings will be invited to attend the seminars. The evidence-based professional tool kits will be introduced and distributed in the seminar. Clinical psychologist will be the speaker on how to apply positive psychology in practice, and HKU staff will also illustrate the use of evaluation tools in assessing the outcome of the program. Participating NGOs of this project will be invited to share their practice experience in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing district as well. another new edition of Happy Family Cookbook will be published and distributed to the whole territory. The new edition will be enhanced with more attractive content including healthy recipes and tips for positive communication etc. To enhance the interactivity of the cookbook, related apps for mobile devices will be developed for public free download.

Conditions

Family Communication; Family Health; Happiness and Harmony

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Changes in family communication from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Family communication will be assessed by the Family communication scale.

  Pre-intervention (Up to 2 days before), immediate post- intervention (Up to 2 weeks after), four weeks and three months after intervention.

• Changes in family happiness from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Happiness will be determinded by Subjective Happiness Scale and the one item question adopted from Subramanian et al. Self- preceived happiness at the individual and family level will aso be assessed by a 0-10 score at 4 time points.

  Pre-intervention (Up to 2 days before), immediate post- intervention (Up to 2 weeks after), four weeks and three months after intervention.

• Changes in family health from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Health will be evaluated by the SF-12v2 Health Survey. Harmony will be assessed by a 12-item scale. Self-preceived health, at the individual and family level will also be assessed by a 0-10 score at 4 time points.

  Pre-intervention (Up to 2 days before), immediate post- intervention (Up to 2 weeks after), four weeks and three months after intervention.

• Changes in family harmony from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Harmony will be assessed by a 12-item scale. Self-preceived harmony, at the individual and family level will also be assessed by a 0-10 score at 4 time points.

  Pre-intervention (Up to 2 days before), immediate post- intervention (Up to 2 weeks after), four weeks and three months after intervention.

Secondary Outcomes (14)

• Changes in Participants' attitudes towards performing the suggested behaviours from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Pre-intervention (Up to 2 days before), immediate post- intervention (Up to 2 weeks after), four weeks and three months after intervention.

• Changes in Participants' intention at performing the suggested behaviours from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Pre-intervention (Up to 2 days before), immediate post- intervention (Up to 2 weeks after), four weeks and three months after intervention.

• Changes in Participants' frequency of performing the suggested behaviours from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Pre-intervention (Up to 2 days before), immediate post- intervention (Up to 2 weeks after), four weeks and three months after intervention.

• Changes in social workers' knowledge of the application of positive psychology in the CBPR project before and after training session

  Pre- and post- training (Up to 2 weeks before and after) ; as well as a 6-month, and 12-month follow-up

• Changes in social workers' attitudes of the application of positive psychology in the CBPR project before and after training session

  Pre- and post- training (Up to 2 weeks before and after) ; as well as a 6-month, and 12-month follow-up

Study Arms (3)

Group A

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects will have a core session intervention and booster intervention; questionnaire evaluation is conducted at baseline, post-session, pre-booster and 3 month after core session.

Behavioral: Core intervention program; Behavioral: Booster session

Group B

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects will only have a core session intervention; Questionnaire evaluation are conducted at baseline (T1-baseline), post-session (T2), 4 weeks after core session (T3) and 3 month after core session (T4).

Behavioral: Core intervention program

Group C

OTHER

Group C is a waiting list control, only questionnaire evaluations can be conducted at T1-baseline, T3- tea gathering and T4- 3 month after baseline evaluation; when finish T4 evaluation, the core session and booster can be optionally conducted subsequently.

Behavioral: Control only (Tea gathering)

Interventions

Core intervention program BEHAVIORAL

Group A; Group B

Booster session BEHAVIORAL

Group A

Control only (Tea gathering) BEHAVIORAL

Group C

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• For the district-based programmes, and focus groups of participants:
• Participants aged six or above, who can communicate with social workers, and who are currently residing in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District /are service users of the corresponding NGO/ are students in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District. Participants who are between six and eight years old are required to be assisted individually by social workers in completing questionnaires.
• For the social workers' training programme, the health education forum, the practice wisdom forum and focus groups of social workers:
• Social or community workers who can read Chinese and speak Cantonese, and are currently working in selected social service organizations or government agencies in the Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District.
• In-depth interviews of community stakeholders: community stakeholders who can read Chinese and speak Cantonese, and are currently working in the social service organizations (participate or not participant in this project) or government agencies in the Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead
• The Hong Kong Council of Social Service: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Hong Kong Council of Social Service

Hong Kong, 852, China

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Lai AY, Stewart SM, Mui MW, Wan A, Yew C, Lam TH, Chan SS. An Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Social Service Workers to Develop Community-Based Family Interventions. Front Public Health. 2017 Jun 30;5:141. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00141. eCollection 2017.

  PMID: 28713801 DERIVED

• Ramirez-Velez R, Tordecilla-Sanders A, Tellez-T LA, Camelo-Prieto D, Hernandez-Quinonez PA, Correa-Bautista JE, Garcia-Hermoso A, Ramirez-Campillo R, Izquierdo M. Effect of Moderate- Versus High-Intensity Interval Exercise Training on Heart Rate Variability Parameters in Inactive Latin-American Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Strength Cond Res. 2020 Dec;34(12):3403-3415. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001833.

  PMID: 28198783 DERIVED

• Ho HC, Mui M, Wan A, Ng YL, Stewart SM, Yew C, Lam TH, Chan SS. Happy Family Kitchen II: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a community-based positive psychology family intervention for subjective happiness and health-related quality of life in Hong Kong. Trials. 2016 Jul 29;17:367. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1508-9.

  PMID: 27473842 DERIVED

• Ho HC, Mui M, Wan A, Ng YL, Stewart SM, Yew C, Lam TH, Chan SS. Happy Family Kitchen II: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Community-Based Family Intervention for Enhancing Family Communication and Well-being in Hong Kong. Front Psychol. 2016 May 3;7:638. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00638. eCollection 2016.

  PMID: 27199864 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Sophia SC Chan, PhD

  The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 19, 2013
• First Posted: February 21, 2013
• Study Start: August 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2013
• Study Completion: September 1, 2013
• Last Updated: February 5, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-02

Locations

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