An Intervention Study: Shaping a Healthier Child

NCT02366000 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: AP-J86
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 88
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to identify parent-children communication in relation to health risk behaviors (smoking, drinking and illegal drug taking) in adolescents, and to enhance better parental skills in preventing these behaviors in children.

Conditions

Parent-Child Relationship

Keywords

Parent-child communication; Health risk behaviors; Randomized controlled trial

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Readiness of parents to communicate with their children about preventing health risk behaviour

  Measured by Parent Questionnaire (PQ) - the sections on their (a) intention to take action, (b) self-efficacy in taking action, (c) plan of the action, (d) action to change (modified from Sniehotta, Scholz et al. 2002).

  At 1 year

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Quality of parent-child communication

  At 1 year

• Parents' attitudes towards positive parenting

  At 1 year

• Quality of parent-child relationships

  At 1 year

• Children's health risk behaviour

  At 1 year

Study Arms (2)

Brief Parental Training Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will have to attend two 3-hour Brief Parental Training Intervention Programme, with three weeks apart. There will also be two telephone follow-up sessions to reinforce learnt strategies and skills for home practice between workshops.

Other: Brief Parental Training Intervention

Wait-list Group

OTHER

Participants will receive the same Brief Parental Training Intervention Programme as the intervention group. However, they will wait until the questionnaires have been completed by the intervention group for the second time (i.e. immediately after intervention) before they receive their programme.

Other: Brief Parental Training Intervention

Interventions

Brief Parental Training Intervention OTHER

The workshop was designed to assist parents to communicate with their children about issues in the prevention of health risk behaviours- alcohol, tobacco and other drug use (ATOD), by equipping them with the appropriate interaction skills and encouraging them to build relationships with their children.

Brief Parental Training Intervention; Wait-list Group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Parent of a child in primary five or six
• Cantonese-speaking

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: lead
• Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Tung Chung Integrated Services: collaborator

Related Publications (9)

• Caprara GV, Pastorelli C, Regalia C, Scabini & Bandura A. (2005). Impact of adolescents' Filial self-efficacy on quality of family functioning and satisfaction. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 15(1). 71-97.

  BACKGROUND

• Rohner, R. P. (1984). Handbook for the study of parental acceptance and rejection (Rev. Ed.). Storrs: Center for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection, University of Connecticut

  BACKGROUND

• Schumm, W. R., Paff-Bergen, L. A., Hatch, R. C., Obiorah, F. C., Copeland, J. M., Meens, L. D., et al. (1986). Concurrent and Discriminant Validity of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 48,381-387.

  BACKGROUND

• Sniehotta, F.F., Scholz, U., Lippke, S. & Zielmann, J. (2002). Scale for assessment of implementation planning and coping planning. http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~falko/scales/heartdocu.html

  BACKGROUND

• Abdullah AS, Mak YW, Loke AY, Lam TH. Smoking cessation intervention in parents of young children: a randomised controlled trial. Addiction. 2005 Nov;100(11):1731-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01231.x.

  PMID: 16277633 BACKGROUND

• Mak YW, Loke AY, Lam TH, Abdullah AS. Validity of self-reports and reliability of spousal proxy reports on the smoking behavior of Chinese parents with young children. Addict Behav. 2005 May;30(4):841-5. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.08.008.

  PMID: 15833586 BACKGROUND

• Ewing JA. Detecting alcoholism. The CAGE questionnaire. JAMA. 1984 Oct 12;252(14):1905-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.252.14.1905.

  PMID: 6471323 BACKGROUND

• Kolbe LJ, Kann L, Collins JL. Overview of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. Public Health Rep. 1993;108 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):2-10. No abstract available.

  PMID: 8210269 BACKGROUND

• Lee A, Tsang CK. Youth risk behaviour in a Chinese population: a territory-wide youth risk behavioural surveillance in Hong Kong. Public Health. 2004 Mar;118(2):88-95. doi: 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00174-4.

  PMID: 15037037 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Risk Behaviors

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• YW Mak, PHD

  School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 6, 2015
• First Posted: February 19, 2015
• Study Start: September 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2012
• Study Completion: February 1, 2015
• Last Updated: February 19, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-02