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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

Hong Kong788 participantsStarted 2021-09-01

Plain-language 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

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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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

What they're measuring

Parents' level of mental health literacy

Timeframe: 12-month follow-up

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06148922

SponsorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-04-30

Contact for this trial

Ka Wai Katherine Lam, Phd

27666420 kw-katherine.lam@polyu.edu.hk