Training Program for Community Health Campaign: Fitter Families Project
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
In recent years, Hong Kong has been undergoing rapid changes with macro social and economic trends. The increasingly complex and diverse family structure contribute to concerns regarding the well-being of families in Hong Kong, including their health, happiness and harmony (FAMILY 3Hs). Family life and health education should be strengthened to meet the increasing needs of promoting healthy active lifestyle among Hong Kong families. In this connection, the FAMILY Project initiates the Fitter Families Project (FFP) with a focus on "FAMILY Holistic Health", will be conducted in order to increase the awareness of the importance of FAMILY 3Hs. FFP is a community-based research project with 3 main components - train-the-trainer program, community-based family interventions and public education events. It is expected that trainees from the train-the-trainer program will acquire adequate skills to organize community-based health education programs effectively. Participants of the community-based family interventions will gain knowledge on family holistic health and live a healthy active lifestyle. Attendees of the public education events will become more aware of the importance of FAMILY 3Hs.
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Detailed Description
In 2011, United Nations (UN) addressed the prevention and control of four non-communicable diseases (NCDs: cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes mellitus) worldwide. The UN, in its Political Declaration, recognized the critical importance of reducing the exposure to the common modifiable risk factors for NCDs, namely, tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and the harmful use of alcohol.In Hong Kong, NCDs are responsible for more than 85% of all deaths and most of these are preventable. FAMILY Project Cohort Study (2014) also found that 88.6% of Hong Kong people had inadequate vegetable and fruit intake, 70.6% had inadequate physical exercise, 26.4% were overweight and 5.4% were obese.
Families worldwide have been undergoing rapid changes with macro, social and economic trends. Demographic shifts, economic upheavals, changing societal norms and values, immigration across national borders and migration within nations are creating new and altered structures, processes and relationships within families. The increasingly complex and diverse family structure contributes to concerns regarding the well-being of families in Hong Kong, including their health, happiness and harmony (FAMILY 3Hs). Family life and health education should be strengthened to meet the increasing needs of promoting healthy lifestyle among Hong Kong families.
The Fitter Families Project is developed based on the strong foundation of the Learning Families Project in the previous years. In view of the health challenges locally and globally, the new phase of FAMILY project will put more emphasis on health in the upcoming three years. Following the themes on FAMILY health, happiness and harmony (3Hs), the Fitter Families Project focuses on family holistic health with emphasis on the interaction and integration of both physical and psychosocial health.
As an initial step of this project, the investigators conducted a need assessments before designing and conducting a train-the-trainer program. The train-the-trainer program aimed to prepare the staff and lay volunteers to conduct and or assist to implement a series of community-based activities and interventions for the participants of Fitter Families Project. Focus group interviews were conducted to obtain feedback and opinion from the trainees . Questionnaire assessments were conducted before, immediately after finishing the training, three months after training.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: Training group Four two-hour training sessions were conducted at baseline, and one week, one month and three months after the first session. |
Behavioral: Training group
The training workshop includes four two-hour sessions:
Session one - a knowledge, self-efficacy, and motivation enhancement session at baseline; Session two - an interpersonal communication and leadership skills session at one week; Session three - a motivation enhancement session at one month Session four - an experience sharing session at three months
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Change in trainees' learning [baseline, immediately after first session "up to 30 min", one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Trainees' reactions to training content [Immediately after the training workshop]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Trainees' changes in the frequency and amount on performing physical exercise adn Zero Time Exercise [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire on performing moderate exercise, vigorous exercise and Zero Time Exercise and walking
- Trainees' changes in grip strength (kg) [baseline and one month]
assessed by a hand grip dynamometer
- Trainees' changes in chair stand (times) [Assessed 30s Chair stand test ( a test counting number of times from sitting position to standing position in 30 seconds]
baseline and one month
- Trainees' changes in single-leg standing time (second) [Assessed by a single-leg stance test ( a test measuring the longest duration of a single leg in 120 seconds)]
baseline and one month
- Trainees' changes in seat and reach (cm) [Baseline and one month]
Assessed by a ruler
- Trainees' changes in body fat (%) [Baseline and one month]
Assessed by a standard body fat and weight measuring scale
- Trainees' changes in body weight (kg) [Baseline and one month]
Assessed by a standard body fat and weight measuring scale
- Trainees' changes in frequency and amount on performing physical activity and Zero Time Exercise) [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire on performing moderate exercise, vigorous exercise and Zero Time Exercise and walking
- Trainees' changes in personal happiness [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Trainees' changes in personal health [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Trainees' changes in family health [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Trainees' changes in family happiness [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Trainees' changes in family harmony [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Trainees' changes in sharing health knowledge with family members in relation to physical activity [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Trainees' changes in doing physical activity and exercise with family [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Trainees' comments on the received electronic health messages [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Community participants' changes in family health [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Community participants' changes in family happiness [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
- Community participants' changes in family harmony [baseline, one month and three months]
Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Chinese speaking
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able to complete assessments
Exclusion Criteria:
- not fit the inclusion criteria
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | Christian Family Service Centre | Kwun Tong | Hong Kong | 852 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- The University of Hong Kong
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Agnes YK Lai, PhD, The University of Hong Kong
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
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