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

NCT02851667 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: UW10-415
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 980
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Health Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Changes in family communication time from baseline to 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

  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

  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

  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

  Family health was assessed by a 0-10 score.

  Baseline and 6 weeks after intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in neighborhood cohesion from baseline to 1 year after intervention

  Baseline and 1 year after intervention

Study Arms (1)

Training group

EXPERIMENTAL

Resident training programs such as talks, day camp and thematic activities were delivered in training group.

Behavioral: Resident training programs

Interventions

Resident training programs BEHAVIORAL

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.

Training group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

Christian Family Service Center

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Related Publications (6)

• Berge JM, Mendenhall TJ, Doherty WJ. Using Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) To Target Health Disparities in Families. Fam Relat. 2009 Oct 1;58(4):475-488. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00567.x.

  PMID: 20625444 BACKGROUND

• Macaulay AC. Promoting participatory research by family physicians. Ann Fam Med. 2007 Nov-Dec;5(6):557-60. doi: 10.1370/afm.755.

  PMID: 18025494 BACKGROUND

• White GW, Suchowierska M, Campbell M. Developing and systematically implementing participatory action research. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2004 Apr;85(4 Suppl 2):S3-12. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.08.109.

  PMID: 15083417 BACKGROUND

• Lam WW, Fielding R, McDowell I, Johnston J, Chan S, Leung GM, Lam TH. Perspectives on family health, happiness and harmony (3H) among Hong Kong Chinese people: a qualitative study. Health Educ Res. 2012 Oct;27(5):767-79. doi: 10.1093/her/cys087. Epub 2012 Aug 20.

  PMID: 22907531 BACKGROUND

• Shen C, Wan A, Kwok LT, Pang S, Wang X, Stewart SM, Lam TH, Chan SSC. A Community-Based Intervention Program to Enhance Family Communication and Family Well-being: The Learning Families Project in Hong Kong. Front Public Health. 2017 Sep 29;5:257. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00257. eCollection 2017.

  PMID: 29085815 DERIVED

• Shen C, Wan A, Kwok LT, Pang S, Wang X, Stewart SM, Lam TH, Chan SS. A community based intervention program to enhance neighborhood cohesion: The Learning Families Project in Hong Kong. PLoS One. 2017 Aug 21;12(8):e0182722. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182722. eCollection 2017.

  PMID: 28827798 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Tai Hing Lam, MD

  The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 28, 2016
• First Posted: August 1, 2016
• Study Start: November 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2012
• Study Completion: August 1, 2012
• Last Updated: August 1, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-07

Locations

HK (1)