Public Education to Promote Family Communication and Well-being

NCT03960372 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: UW 19-247
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

With the increasing use of information and communication technology (ICT), family information can be easily accessed. Family information seeking was found to be associated with higher levels of family well-being. Alongside the growth in popularity of ICTs and its role in promoting family well-being, there is also a growing appreciation that ICTs such as internet-enabled devices and web-based applications can offer many advantages compared to traditional face-to-face approaches when delivering behaviour change programmes. Given the increasing use of ICT and its potential advantages in public education, ICTs emerge as new strategies of high impact service delivery in different community public education activities, including community events and workshops. Although ICT use is common in daily practice, the application of ICT in implementing public education activities is not common, especially in activities that promote family well-being. The SMART Family-Link Project is to use ICT in public education activities to promote family communication, sharing happiness with family members, and well-being in the community. The public education activities include community public education events and community public education workshops. The present study aims to assess participants' satisfaction toward the public education activities, the efficiency in activities implementation, and the effectiveness of public education activities. Feedback from participants will be collected by questionnaire survey and interviews. Participants' engagement and response will be observed by observers and video and/or photo-taking.

Conditions

Family Relations

Keywords

Family

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Satisfaction to the community activities

  Outcome-based questions will be used to assess the level of satisfaction toward the general performance of the community activities. The score for each question ranges from 1 to 5. The higher score indicates the higher satisfaction.

  Immediately after the activities

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Family communication time

  Baseline and 1 month

• Family communication quality

  Baseline and 1 month

• Family relationship

  Baseline and 1 month.

• Family happiness

  Baseline and 1 month

• Attitude and practice to share happiness with family and friends

  Baseline, immediately after activities and 1 month

Interventions

ICT activities BEHAVIORAL

Public education activities using ICT to promote family communication, sharing happiness with family members, and well-being in the community.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Social service users and general public

You may qualify if:

• Chinese-speaking
• Aged 18 years and above
• Able to complete the questionnaire

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead
• The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, 852, Hong Kong

RECRUITING

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  PMID: 36211703 DERIVED

Related Links

• The World Bank, 2016. Internet users (per 100 people).

Study Officials

• Tai-hing Lam, MD

  The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Tai-hing Lam, MD

CONTACT

39179287; hrmrlth@hku.hk

Agnes Lai, PhD

CONTACT

28315289; agneslai@hku.hk

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 2, 2019
• First Posted: May 23, 2019
• Study Start: March 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2024
• Study Completion: March 31, 2025
• Last Updated: January 3, 2024

Record last verified: 2023-12

Locations

HK (1)