A Community-based Family Holistic Health Promotion Project in Hong Kong: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (cRCT)

Summary

In Hong Kong, nearly 40% of adults were overweight or obese, and about 60% of total registered deaths were due to four major preventable non-communicable diseases. Many residents are lack of attention to personal healthy lifestyle and family holistic health. This project focuses particularly on the promotion of healthy diet and physical activities enhancement in families through the well-established community network of the Hong Kong Island Women Association (HKIWA). This project includes three major components: Train-the-trainer and -ambassador workshop, community-based family interventions, and public education events. It is expected that knowledge and skills of the community leaders and ambassadors are strengthened through the 'Train-the-trainer and -ambassador' (TTTA) workshops. Furthermore, they are expected to help the implementation of community-based family interventions and public education events on the personal and family holistic health of the community participants.

Conditions

• Family
• Well-being
• Physical Activity
• Healthy Diet

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PA1: Education sessions, Reminders, Whataps group

The intervention includes three components: * Physical activity knowledge enhancement session: one core session and one booster session on increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior * Physical activity Anti-inertia Reminder: souvenirs and electronic healthy messages are sent to participants in this group to promote the awareness of performing regular exercise * Physical activity ambassadors' electronic communication group: the community leaders and ambassadors' formed an electronic communication group to share their experience on performing regular physical activity and program implementation.

BEHAVIORAL

PA2: Education sessions, Reminders

The intervention includes two components: * Physical activity knowledge enhancement session: one core session and one booster session on increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior * Physical activity Anti-inertia Reminder: souvenirs and electronic healthy messages are sent to participants in this group to promote the awareness of performing regular exercise

BEHAVIORAL

PA3: Education sessions, Whataps group

The intervention includes two components: * Physical activity knowledge enhancement session: one core session and one booster session on increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior. * Physical activity ambassadors' electronic communication group: the community leaders and ambassadors' formed an electronic communication group to share their experience on performing regular physical activity and program implementation.

BEHAVIORAL

PA4: Education sessions

The intervention includes one component only: \- Physical activity knowledge enhancement session: one core session and one booster session on increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior

BEHAVIORAL

HD1: Education sessions, Reminders, Whataps group

The intervention includes two components: \- Healthy diet knowledge enhancement session: one core session and one booster session on increasing reducing sugary intake. Healthy diet Anti-inertia Reminder: souvenirs and electronic healthy messages are sent to participants in this group to promote the awareness of reducing sugary intake. \- Healthy diet ambassadors' electronic communication group: the community leaders and ambassadors' formed an electronic communication group to share their experience on reducing sugary intake and program implementation.

BEHAVIORAL

HD2: Education sessions, Reminders

The intervention includes two components: * Healthy diet knowledge enhancement session: one core session and one booster session on increasing reducing sugary intake. * Healthy diet Anti-inertia Reminder: souvenirs and electronic healthy messages are sent to participants in this group to promote the awareness of reducing sugary intake.

BEHAVIORAL

HD3:Education sessions, Whataps group

The intervention includes two components: * Healthy diet knowledge enhancement session: one core session and one booster session on increasing reducing sugary intake. * Healthy diet ambassadors' electronic communication group: the community leaders and ambassadors' formed an electronic communication group to share their experience on reducing sugary intake and program implementation.

BEHAVIORAL

HD4: Education sessions

The intervention includes one component only: \- Healthy diet knowledge enhancement session: one core session and one booster session on increasing reducing sugary intake.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hong Kong Island Women Association

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust

  collaborator OTHER

• The University of Hong Kong

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Tai-hing Lam, MD · School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

• Piana He, MSc · Hong Kong Island Women Association

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

12 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-01-31

Primary Completion

2017-08-31

Completion

2017-08-31

Countries

• Hong Kong

Study Locations