Training Workshop for Promoting Family Well-being Through a Community-based "Learning Families" Campaign
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
To strengthen family well-being and neighborhood cohesion in Kwun Tong community, a community -based "Learning families" campaign was conducted. As an initial step of this project, the investigators conducted a need assessments before designing and conducting a train-the-trainer workshop.The train-the-trainer workshop aimed to prepare the members of Estate Management Advisory Committees (EMAC) and Mutual Aid Committees (MACs) to implement and assist in conducting a series of community-based family well-being activities for residents in a public housing estate. Focus group interviews (before and one year after training workshop) were conducted to obtain opinion from the members of EMAC and MACs of the public housing estate. Questionnaire assessments were conducted before, immediately after finishing the training workshop, one year after training workshop.
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Detailed Description
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 Families" campaign in Kwun Tong district with our 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 the public housing estate
Given that CFSC is the leading non-government organization based in Kwun Tong district, the investigators believe that the proposed campaign will deliver the family well-being messages effectively in the community via engaging major stakeholders such as the Estate Management Advisory Committees (EMACs) and the Mutual Aid Committees (MACs).
The investigators implemented a brief training sessions to the resident leaders of EMAC & MACs to engage and equip them with the general concept of "Family well-being", " Learning family", "Neighbourhood cohesion" and activities organizing skills. The train-the-trainer workshop aimed to prepare the members of Estate Management Advisory Committees (EMAC) and Mutual Aid Committees (MACs) to implement and assist in conducting a series of community-based family well-being activities for residents in a public housing estate.
Focus group interviews (before and one year after training workshop) were conducted to obtain opinion from the members of EMAC and MACs of the public housing estate. Questionnaire assessments were conducted before, immediately after finishing the training workshop, one year after training workshop.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: training group Two two-hour training sessions for the participants. It aimed to train lay resident leaders to be peer health promoters. The peer health promoters were taught either to independently implement or to assist social workers to conduct a series of community-based family well-being activities. |
Behavioral: training group
The training workshop included two two-hour sessions. It focused on the enhancement of knowledge, attitude, and practice of peer health promoters on implementing community activities for the residents.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Change in learning [Baseline, immediately after finishing training workshop "up to 30 min" and one year after training workshop]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Reactions to training content [Immediately after finishing training workshop "up to 30 min" and one year after training workshop]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Practice of implementing community activities [Baseline and one year after training workshop]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- change the residents' family well-being [Baseline and one year after training workshop]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Ethnic Chinese older 18 years of age,
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able to read Chinese and speak Cantonese,
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willing to carry out the duties of peer health promoters in the project.
Exclusion Criteria:
- not fit the inclusion criteria
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- The University of Hong Kong
- Christian Family Service Centre
- The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Investigators
- Study Director: Tai Hing Lam, MD, The University of Hong Kong
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
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- UW10-415