SME Ambassadors Pilot Project Research Study

NCT03332823 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SPH-MHP-HKCSS02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 69
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Aims: To enhance mental well-being of adults by creating a positive, happy and joyful environment in the community. Targets: Adults aged 18-59 in Hong Kong. Methods: SME Ambassadors Pilot Project will adopt the public health and family-focused approach, under the brand name of "Joyful@HK Campaign". Evidence-based and Evidence Generating approach with vigorous study design, both qualitative (e.g. focus groups) and quantitative (e.g. pre- and post- test), will be used to evaluate the overall programme effectiveness including follow-up of at least one month ("best science"). To ensure the practicability and sustainability of the community-based engagement project, we will engage community partners with strong track records of "best practice" to design, plan, and implement the intervention. This project will use innovative and integrated positive psychology and public health theories and methods to plan brief, simple, and cost-effective intervention. Significance: By using "best science" in the design and evaluation of intervention programme, and the "best practice" of the partners' skills, experience and strong connection with service targets in the community, the intervention, if proven to be effective, for promoting sharing, mind and enjoyment and enhancing mental well-being can be further developed and widely disseminated to and adopted by the practitioners in the health and social service sectors for replication and improvement to benefit the whole population.

Conditions

Mental Well-being; Happiness

Keywords

Mental health; Mental well-being; Community-based engagement; Positive psychology; Public health approach

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in participants' frequency of performing the suggested Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) related behaviours

  The frequency of performing the SME (Sharing: share happy experience with others, help others, express care to others; Mind: recall the good memory, be grateful for what you already have, keep positive; Enjoyment: enjoy physical activity) related behaviours in the past 7 days will be assessed. The questions are rated 0-7 with 0 indicating none of this behavior happened in the past 7 days and 7 indicating this behavior happened every day in the past 7 days.

  T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline

Secondary Outcomes (11)

• Changes in personal happiness from baseline to three-month after baseline

  T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline

• Changes in mental well-being from baseline to three-month after baseline

  T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline

• Changes in family relationship from baseline to three-month after baseline

  T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline

• Changes in individual and family health from baseline to three-month after baseline

  T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline

• Changes in family happiness from baseline to three-month after baseline

  T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline

Study Arms (1)

SME Ambassadors training & program

EXPERIMENTAL

\- SME Ambassadors will participate in train-the-ambassador workshops and provide voluntary services and promote mental well-being activities to vulnerable groups.

Behavioral: SME Ambassadors training & program

Interventions

SME Ambassadors training & program BEHAVIORAL

* Two train-the-ambassador workshops: to train the ambassadors on positive thinking and understanding of adult mental health problem (in particular the mixed anxiety and depressive disorder) and mental well-being. * The trained SME ambassadors will provide voluntary services and promote mental well-being messages to vulnerable groups, such as ex-mental illness people, new arrivals, etc.

SME Ambassadors training & program

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• \) SME Ambassadors (major subjects):
• Adults who aged 18-59
• Chinese speaking
• Able to complete study questionnaires/ focus groups (2) Service recipients (which may include children/adolescents)
• Chinese speaking
• Able to complete study questionnaires/ focus groups (3) Community partners
• Service provider and participating NGO service units
• Chinese speaking
• Able to complete study questionnaires/ individual in-depth interviews

You may not qualify if:

• Those who cannot read Chinese
• Those who suffered from severe mental illness

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

Study Sites (1)

The Hong Kong Council of Social Service

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Man Ping Wang

  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: Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 29, 2017
• First Posted: November 6, 2017
• Study Start: September 20, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2018
• Study Completion: November 30, 2018
• Last Updated: January 23, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)