Community Health Campaign: Fitter Families Project

NCT02718781 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: UW15-401
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 953
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In recent years, Hong Kong has been undergoing rapid changes with macro social and economic trends. The increasingly complex and diverse family structure contribute to concerns regarding the well-being of families in Hong Kong, including their health, happiness and harmony (FAMILY 3Hs). Family life and health education should be strengthened to meet the increasing needs of promoting healthy active lifestyle among Hong Kong families. In this connection, the FAMILY Project initiates the Fitter Families Project (FFP) with a focus on "FAMILY Holistic Health", will be conducted in order to increase the awareness of the importance of FAMILY 3Hs. FFP is a community-based research project with 3 main components - train-the-trainers programs, community-based family interventions and public education events. It is expected that trainees from the train-the-trainers programs will acquire adequate skills to organize community-based health education programs effectively. Participants of the community-based family interventions will gain knowledge on family holistic health and live a healthy active lifestyle. Attendees of the public education events will become more aware of the importance of FAMILY 3Hs.

Conditions

Health Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

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

  Family harmony will be assessed by a 0-10 score at 3 time points

  Baseline, at 1 month after intervention, and at 3 months after intervention

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

  Family happiness will be assessed by a 0-10 score at 3 time points

  Baseline, at 1 month after intervention, and at 3 months after intervention

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

  Family health will be assessed by a 0-10 score at 3 time points

  Baseline, at 1 month follow-up, and at 3 months after intervention

Secondary Outcomes (13)

• Changes in knowledge on zero-time exercise from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Baseline, immediately after intervention, at 1 month after intervention, and at 3 months after intervention

• Changes in attitude towards performing zero-time exercise from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Baseline, immediately after intervention, at 1 month after intervention, and at 3 months after intervention

• Changes in intention at performing zero-time exercise from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Baseline, immediately after intervention, at 1 month after intervention, and at 3 months after intervention

• Changes in the frequency and amount on performing exercise from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Baseline, at 1 month after intervention, and at 3 months after intervention

• Changes in neighborhood cohesion from baseline to 3 months after intervention

  Baseline, at 1 month after intervention, and at 3 months after intervention

Study Arms (3)

Talk and leaders

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will comprise of health talk and regular contact with community leaders.

Behavioral: Health talk; Behavioral: Regular contact with community leaders

Talk, leaders and equipment

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will comprise of health talk and regular contact with community leaders. Moreover, a home-based equipment (handgrip) will be delivered to them

Behavioral: Health talk; Behavioral: Regular contact with community leaders; Device: Handgrip

Talk

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This group will comprise of a health talk only.

Behavioral: Health talk

Interventions

Health talk BEHAVIORAL

Health talk on zero-time exercise.

Talk; Talk and leaders; Talk, leaders and equipment

Regular contact with community leaders BEHAVIORAL

Regular contact with community leaders to remind them do zero-time exercise.

Talk and leaders; Talk, leaders and equipment

Handgrip DEVICE

This is a home-based equipment

Talk, leaders and equipment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Cantonese speaking, Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication, Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion, aged 12 or above

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

Christian Family Service Center

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Anderson KH, Tomlinson PS. The family health system as an emerging paradigmatic view for nursing. Image J Nurs Sch. 1992 Spring;24(1):57-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1992.tb00700.x.

  PMID: 1541473 BACKGROUND

• Denham SA. Family routines: a structural perspective for viewing family health. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2002 Jun;24(4):60-74. doi: 10.1097/00012272-200206000-00010.

  PMID: 12699277 BACKGROUND

• Leung GM, Ni MY, Wong PT, Lee PH, Chan BH, Stewart SM, Schooling CM, Johnston JM, Lam WW, Chan SS, McDowell I, Lam TH, Pang H, Fielding R. Cohort Profile: FAMILY Cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 2017 Apr 1;46(2):e1. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyu257.

  PMID: 25617647 BACKGROUND

• Wacharasin C, Theinpichet S. Family nursing practice, education, and research: what is happening in Thailand? J Fam Nurs. 2008 Nov;14(4):429-35. doi: 10.1177/1074840708327515.

  PMID: 19139157 BACKGROUND

• Yoshikawa H. Integrating methods in the science of family health: new directions from an institute of medicine workshop report. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Jul 1;166(7):659-61. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.510. No abstract available.

  PMID: 22751883 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• United Nations. (2011). Political declaration of the high-level meeting of the general assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Chen Shen, 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: Post-doctoral Fellow

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 10, 2016
• First Posted: March 24, 2016
• Study Start: September 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2016
• Study Completion: June 1, 2017
• Last Updated: July 5, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-07

Locations

HK (1)