The Health and Effect of Health Empowerment Programmes Among Families in Tung Chung

NCT03918720 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UW 12-517
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Kerry Group Kuok Foundation Limited (KGKF) has initiated the Trekkers Family Project that aims to enable low-income families to develop their full potentials by providing support and opportunities in education, employment, environmental harmony and health. Health is an essential component to enable a person to develop his/her full potential. This study looks into one of the key elements, health, of members of low-income families and the effect of health education, health enablement and mutual health support on health and social outcomes. It is a cohort study of around 800 subjects from 200 families of the Trekkers Family Project, and around 800 subjects not included in the Trekkers Family Project in Hong Kong, recruited base on pre-defined inclusion criteria. Health empowerment interventions consisting of three inter-related programmes, namely, the Health Literacy, the Self-care Enablement, and the Health Ambassador Programmes.

Conditions

Quality of Life; Empowerment

Keywords

Quality of Life; Empowerment; Low-income Families; Parent-child health relationship

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Patient enablement measured by the Chinese (HK) Patient Enablement Instrument at 60 months

  Patient Enablement Instrument-version 2 (PEI-2), score range 5 to 30, higher scores mean better enablement.

  Up to 60 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Change from Baseline Health Status (global health, mental health) measured by DASS at 60 month

  Up to 60 months

• Change from Baseline Health-related quality of Life at 60 months

  Up to 60 months

• Change from Baseline Lifestyle to 60 months

  Up to 60 months

• Change from Baseline Health parameters to 60 months

  Up to 60 months

• Change from Baseline Health service utilization pattern to 60 months

  Up to 60 months

Other Outcomes (2)

• Change from Baseline Health knowledge test to 60 months

  Up to 1 year

• Overall satisfaction after program

  Up to 1 year

Study Arms (2)

Trekkers

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Trekkers Family Health Empowerment Programme

Controls

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Trekkers Family Health Empowerment Programme BEHAVIORAL

Health Assessment, Health Enablement and Health Literacy provided to empower participants awareness towards a healthier life style

Also known as: Trekkers Family

Trekkers

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:

• Participants included must be part of a family whom all family members are usual residents in Tung Chung;
• The family must have at least one family member working full-time or part-time;
• The family household income does not exceed 75% of monthly median income of Hong Kong;
• At least one child studying Primary 1,2 or 3 at the time of recruitment; and
• At least one adult family member must be willing to participate in the long-term follow up study.
• Only fathers, mothers and children aged 6 or above will be included in this study.
• Control group
• Participants included must be part of a family whom all family members are usual residents in Hong Kong;
• The family household income does not exceed 75% of monthly median income of Hong Kong;
• At least one child studying Primary 1, 2 or 3 at the time of recruitment;
• Only fathers, mothers and children aged 6 or above will be included in this study.

You may not qualify if:

• None of the family member was able to understand or communicate in Chinese language,
• The family is receiving Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA),
• Refuse to give consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Empowerment

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Cindy Lo Kuen Lam

  The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Danny D B Ho Professor in Family Medicine and Department Head

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 3, 2017
• First Posted: April 17, 2019
• Study Start: February 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2022
• Study Completion: June 30, 2023
• Last Updated: December 17, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)