A Strength-based Parenting Program for Parents With Young Children From 3 to 6 Years Old
KeySteps@JC Phase Two Parenting Program
2 other identifiers
interventional
600
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The parent education and family support component in phase 2 aims to strengthen protective factors of healthy child development and reduce risk factors of child abuse and neglect among disadvantaged families by providing community-based preventive interventions for children and their significant adults. Participants include about 600 parents from randomly assigned 100 preschools to the four groups (group 1: hub + school support; group 2: school support; group 3: hub support; group 4: delay group). The primary hypothesis is to examine the efficacy of the parenting programs for young children and their parents from K1 to K3. The programs are delivered by social workers at kindergartens or community hubs. The second aim/hypothesis of this project is to investigate the overall synergy impact of the community hub. The success of the parent-child interactive program offers a foundation for the hub to further develop community-based parent education and family support programs that aim at building parents/caregivers' competence in optimizing child development and competence in caregivers and professionals through networking multiple ecological systems, i.e., family, school, and hub or other organizations in the community.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Aug 2022
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
August 1, 2022
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 2, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 9, 2026
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 31, 2027
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 31, 2027
March 27, 2026
February 1, 2026
5 years
February 2, 2026
March 23, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Change in early parenting attitude
1 indicates the lowest scores and 7 indicates the highest scores in affection and attachment between parents and children.
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4-6 months
Change in strength-based parenting practice
1 indicates lowest use of strength-based parenting practice and 7 indicates highest use of strength-based parenting practice
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 months
Change in child and parent relationship
1 indicates the lowest scores and 5 indicates the highest scores in closeness and conflicts
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4-6 months
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Change in synergy impact of inter-sectors
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4-6 months
Study Arms (4)
Parent-Child Parallel Program in school and hub
EXPERIMENTALIt is an intervention for Parent-Child Parallel Program in both school and hub.
Parent-Child Parallel Program in school
ACTIVE COMPARATORThe program is delivered in school.
Parent-Child Parallel Program in hub
ACTIVE COMPARATORThe parenting program is delivered in hub.
Parent-Child Parallel Program with a delayed format
ACTIVE COMPARATORThe parenting program will be delivered in a delayed format
Interventions
A parenting program is designed with strength-based parenting theory and practice. It has 6 sessions for parents and young children when the children are at 3 years old, 4 sessions for them at 4 years old and another 4 sessions for them at 5 years old.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- parents whose children study in the 100 preschools taking part in the project
You may not qualify if:
- parents who do not give consent to take part
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- City University of Hong Konglead
- The University of Hong Kongcollaborator
- Education University of Hong Kongcollaborator
- The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kongcollaborator
- Hong Kong Christian Servicecollaborator
- Tung Wah Group of Hospitalscollaborator
Study Sites (1)
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Related Publications (1)
Leung C, Hui ANN, Wong RS, Rao N, Karnilowicz W, Chung K, Chan J, Ip P. Effectiveness of a Multicomponent Parenting Intervention for Promoting Social-Emotional School Readiness Among Children From Low-Income Families in Hong Kong: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Apr 1;176(4):357-364. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6308.
PMID: 35129606BACKGROUND
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Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Anna Hui, PhD
City University of Hong Kong
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 2, 2026
First Posted
February 9, 2026
Study Start
August 1, 2022
Primary Completion (Estimated)
July 31, 2027
Study Completion (Estimated)
July 31, 2027
Last Updated
March 27, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-02
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
It is because the participants do not give right to share their data with researchers not in the study.