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CompletedNCT02844244Updated Jul 26, 2016

Training Workshop for Promoting Family Well-being Through a Community-based "Learning Families" Campaign

An interventional study of training group in Family and Well-being, sponsored by The University of Hong Kong. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-07-26.

Sponsored by The University of Hong Kong · Not applicable and Interventional

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
32
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All
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Study 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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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.

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Conditions studied

  • Family
  • Well-being

Keywords

  • family well-being
  • positive psychology
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In context

Lead sponsor

The University of Hong Kong is the lead sponsor of 1,262 studies on the registry; 340 are open to participants now.

Of its 8 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 100 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Ethnic Chinese older 18 years of age,
  • able to read Chinese and speak Cantonese,
  • willing to carry out the duties of peer health promoters in the project.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • not fit the inclusion criteria
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
32 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • 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

Interventions

  • Behavioraltraining 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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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in learning

    Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline, immediately after finishing training workshop "up to 30 min" and one year after training workshop

Secondary outcomes

  1. Reactions to training content

    Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire

    Time frame: Immediately after finishing training workshop "up to 30 min" and one year after training workshop

  2. Practice of implementing community activities

    Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline and one year after training workshop

  3. change the residents' family well-being

    Assessed by outcome-based questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline and one year after training workshop

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Layne JE, Sampson SE, Mallio CJ, Hibberd PL, Griffith JL, Das SK, Flanagan WJ, Castaneda-Sceppa C. Successful dissemination of a community-based strength training program for older adults by peer and professional leaders: the people exercising program. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Dec;56(12):2323-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02010.x. PubMed 19112654 ↗
  • McClelland JW, Irving LM, Mitchell RE, Bearon LB, Webber KH. Extending the reach of nutrition education for older adults: feasibility of a Train-the-Trainer approach in congregate nutrition sites. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2002 Mar-Apr;34 Suppl 1:S48-52. doi: 10.1016/s1499-4046(06)60311-4. PubMed 12047829 ↗
  • Forst L, Lacey S, Chen HY, Jimenez R, Bauer S, Skinner S, Alvarado R, Nickels L, Zanoni J, Petrea R, Conroy L. Effectiveness of community health workers for promoting use of safety eyewear by Latino farm workers. Am J Ind Med. 2004 Dec;46(6):607-13. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20103. PubMed 15551366 ↗
  • Sin NL, Lyubomirsky S. Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice-friendly meta-analysis. J Clin Psychol. 2009 May;65(5):467-87. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20593. PubMed 19301241 ↗
  • Lai AY, Stewart SM, Wan A, Fok H, Lai HYW, Lam TH, Chan SS. Development and evaluation of a training workshop for lay health promoters to implement a community-based intervention program in a public low rent housing estate: The Learning Families Project in Hong Kong. PLoS One. 2017 Aug 25;12(8):e0183636. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183636. eCollection 2017. PubMed 28841677 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 26, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02844244
Lead sponsor
The University of Hong Kong
Collaborators
Christian Family Service Centre, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 26, 2016
Start date
Dec 2010
Primary completion
Aug 2012
Completion
Aug 2012
Last update
Jul 26, 2016

Study contacts

Tai Hing Lam, MD
study director · The University of Hong Kong

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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