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
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
788 participants
Sep 1, 2021
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
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
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- 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 Criteria1
- Parents and children with identified cognitive, behavioral, or mental problems will be excluded
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Interventions
a 2-hour workshop delivered by a registered nurse with a MHFA training certificate
One-to-one, face-to-face semi-structured interviews will be conducted by a research assistant. The duration would be around 30 minutes.
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NCT06148922