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Article: 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
Title | 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 |
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Issue Date | 2017 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action |
Citation | PLoS One, 2017, v. 12 n. 8, article no. e0183636 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper presents the development and evaluation of the train-the-trainer (TTT) workshop for lay resident leaders to be lay health promoters. The TTT workshop aimed to prepare the trainees to implement and/or assist in conducting a series of community-based family well-being activities for the residents in a public low rent housing estate, entitled “Learning Families Project”, under the FAMILY project. The four-hour TTT workshop was conducted for 32 trainees (72% women, 43% aged ≥ 60, 41% ≤ elementary school education). The workshop aimed to promote trainees’ knowledge, self-efficacy, attitude and practice of incorporating the positive psychology themes into their community activities and engaging the residents to join these activities and learn with their family members. Post-training support was provided. The effectiveness of the TTT was examined by self-administered questionnaires about trainees’ reactions to training content, changes in learning and practice at three time points (baseline, and immediately and one year after training), and the difference in residents’ survey results before and after participating in the community activities delivered by the trainees. The trainees’ learning about the general concepts of family well-being, learning family, leadership skills and planning skills increased significantly with medium to large effect sizes (Cohen’s d: 0.5–1.4) immediately after the training. The effects of perceived knowledge and attitude towards practice were sustained to one year (Cohen’s d: 0.4–0.6). The application of planning skills to implement community activities was higher at one year (Cohen’s d: 0.4), compared with baseline. At one year, the residents’ survey results showed significant increases in the practice of positive communication behaviours and better neighbour cohesions after joining the family well-being activities of LFP. Qualitative feedback supported the quantitative results. Our TTT workshop could serve as a practical example of development and evaluation of training programs for lay personnel to be lay health promoters.
Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02844244 |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/244555 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.839 |
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dc.contributor.author | Lai, AY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Stewart, SM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wan, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fok, H | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lai, HYW | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, TH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, SS | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-18T01:54:38Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-18T01:54:38Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | PLoS One, 2017, v. 12 n. 8, article no. e0183636 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/244555 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper presents the development and evaluation of the train-the-trainer (TTT) workshop for lay resident leaders to be lay health promoters. The TTT workshop aimed to prepare the trainees to implement and/or assist in conducting a series of community-based family well-being activities for the residents in a public low rent housing estate, entitled “Learning Families Project”, under the FAMILY project. The four-hour TTT workshop was conducted for 32 trainees (72% women, 43% aged ≥ 60, 41% ≤ elementary school education). The workshop aimed to promote trainees’ knowledge, self-efficacy, attitude and practice of incorporating the positive psychology themes into their community activities and engaging the residents to join these activities and learn with their family members. Post-training support was provided. The effectiveness of the TTT was examined by self-administered questionnaires about trainees’ reactions to training content, changes in learning and practice at three time points (baseline, and immediately and one year after training), and the difference in residents’ survey results before and after participating in the community activities delivered by the trainees. The trainees’ learning about the general concepts of family well-being, learning family, leadership skills and planning skills increased significantly with medium to large effect sizes (Cohen’s d: 0.5–1.4) immediately after the training. The effects of perceived knowledge and attitude towards practice were sustained to one year (Cohen’s d: 0.4–0.6). The application of planning skills to implement community activities was higher at one year (Cohen’s d: 0.4), compared with baseline. At one year, the residents’ survey results showed significant increases in the practice of positive communication behaviours and better neighbour cohesions after joining the family well-being activities of LFP. Qualitative feedback supported the quantitative results. Our TTT workshop could serve as a practical example of development and evaluation of training programs for lay personnel to be lay health promoters. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02844244 | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS ONE | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.title | 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 | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lai, AY: agneslai@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Stewart, SM: smstewar@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wan, A: wanalice@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, TH: hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, SS: scsophia@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lai, AY=rp02579 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, TH=rp00326 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, SS=rp00423 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0183636 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 28841677 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC5571957 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85029106625 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 276953 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 12 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 8 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. e0183636 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. e0183636 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000408370700045 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1932-6203 | - |