Brief Mental Health First Aid Program (bMHFA) for Parents to Improve Mental Health Literacy in Low-Income Families: A Three-Arm Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
NCT ID: NCT06148922
Last Updated: 2023-11-28
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
788 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-09-01
2026-04-30
Brief Summary
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* Does the brief MHFA program improve mental health literacy among parents in low-income families?
* Does the brief MHFA program improve mental well-being among children in low-income families?
Participants will be randomly assigned to two groups, intervention and control group.
* Intervention group: attend a 2-hour training program on brief MHFA
* Intervention group: complete a set of questionnaire
* Intervention group: Interviews will be conducted at 12-month follow up
* Control: no need to attend any workshop
* Control: complete a set of questionnaire
Detailed Description
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While the other group (control) will just have to complete a set of questionnaire, same set also need to complete by the intervention group.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention
Intervention group parents will receive a 2-hour workshop delivered by a registered nurse with a MHFA training certificate, in groups of up to 10 parents. Parents will receive a leaflet summarizing the training contents after the workshop. At 1 week and 1-, 3-, and 6-month follow-ups, the trained registered nurse will send a 5-minute reminder video via WhatsApp/WeChat to parents describing the key MHFA techniques. A set of online questionnaires will also be delivered to the parent-child dyads at these follow-ups.
Brief Mental Health First Aid Workshop
a 2-hour workshop delivered by a registered nurse with a MHFA training certificate
Control
The control group will receive no intervention. Only completing the sets of questionnaire.
No interventions assigned to this group
Intervention (Interview)
Parents in the intervention group with the highest and lowest mental health literacy scores will be purposively invited to participate in one-to-one semi-structured interviews to explore their experience of the intervention.
Semi-structured interviews
One-to-one, face-to-face semi-structured interviews will be conducted by a research assistant. The duration would be around 30 minutes.
Interventions
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Brief Mental Health First Aid Workshop
a 2-hour workshop delivered by a registered nurse with a MHFA training certificate
Semi-structured interviews
One-to-one, face-to-face semi-structured interviews will be conducted by a research assistant. The duration would be around 30 minutes.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese
* parenting at least one child aged 8-13 years
* receiving Comprehensive Social Security Assistance or have a household income less than the half of the median
* Children must be able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Ka Wai Katherine Lam, Phd
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
the polytechnic university of hong kong
Locations
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The polytechnic university of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, , Hong Kong
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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bMHFA_low income family
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id