Mental Health Issue
Conditions
Keywords
Low-Income families, Parents, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), brief intervention
Brief summary
The goal of this Randomized Controlled Trial study is to test the effectiveness of the brief Mental Health First Aid Program (bMHFA) for parents to improve Mental Health Literacy in Low-Income families. The main questions it aims to answer are: * 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
The traditional MHFA program covers many more mental disorders. Parents in the intervention group will receive a 2-hour workshop delivered by a registered nurse who has a MHFA training certificate from the Mental Health Association of Hong Kong. The first part includes an introduction that defines mental health and identifies mental health crises and symptoms, risk factors, and impacts. The second part of the workshop involves teaching parents the five key ALGEE techniques. The final part of the workshop concerns application of ALGEE in common types of mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and substance abuse. Interviews will be held after 12-month of the intervention. While the other group (control) will just have to complete a set of questionnaire, same set also need to complete by the intervention group.
Interventions
OTHERBrief Mental Health First Aid Workshop
a 2-hour workshop delivered by a registered nurse with a MHFA training certificate
OTHERSemi-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.
Sponsors
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* aged 18 years or above * 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
* Parents and children with identified cognitive, behavioral, or mental problems will be excluded
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parents' level of mental health literacy | 12-month follow-up | Chinese version of the mental health literacy scale |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parents' level of mental health literacy | 1-week and 1-, 3-, and 6- month follow-ups | Chinese version of the mental health literacy scale |
| Children's self-esteem | baseline and at the 1-week and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups | Chinese version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale |
| Children's depressive symptoms | baseline and at the 1-week and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups | Chinese version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children |
| Children's anxiety symptoms | baseline and at the 1-week and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups | Chinese version of the separation anxiety scale for children |
Countries
Hong Kong
Contacts
Primary ContactKa Wai Katherine Lam, Phd
Outcome results
None listed