Community-Based Health Education Programs for the Early Detection of, and Vaccination Against, COVID-19 and the Adoption of Self-Protective Measures of Hong Kong Residents

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: COVID-19

Treatments: Behavioral: Health Information Sharing Group; Behavioral: Community-based Health Education based on core intervention package

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05539482

P0039048

COVID1903006-A (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the community-based health education program in improving early testing for COVID-19, increasing vaccination acceptability and enhancing emergency preparedness and self-protection measures against COVID-19 in HK. We established a partnership with several local community stakeholders and they will be responsible for recruiting participants and implementing educational programs. Half of the community collaborators will receive the core intervention package, and use it as education material. The other half will be encouraged to self-collect and send health information to the participants.

Full description

This health education program is based on a Community-based Participants Research (CBPR) approach, which is a partnership approach that equitably involves community members and researchers in all aspects of the research process. Given the different cultural, professional or living background of Hong Kong residents, we think this simple, flexible and sustainable approach will effectively mitigate the COVID-19 risk in HK society,

An academic-community collaboration platform with several nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), companies and schools will be established before this study. They will work together to recruit participants, design and implement a series of educational programs aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the community.

Enrollment: 1,200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

For participants recruited by NGOs and companies, the Inclusion Criteria will be:

• HK resident aged 18 years or above;
• Agreement to participate in the study and provide written informed consent.

The Exclusion Criteria will be:

• Cognitive impairment that inhibits communication with the investigators;
• Inability or unwillingness to provide written informed consent.

For participants recruited by schools, the Inclusion Criteria will be:

• HK students aged 12 to 18 years and their parents.

The Exclusion Criteria will be:

• Cannot provide written informed consent (or assent for the younger students).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,200 participants in 2 patient groups

Community-Based Health Education Group

Experimental group

Description:

The collaborators will design the Community-based education approach (based on the core intervention package). Collaborators will be required to submit a brief standardized proposal to the academic investigators for review and approval, to ensure that all intervention programs have the same core intervention content and can be implemented appropriately. Collaborators will be able to use any reasonable strategies, such as social media platforms, information technology, posters, leaflets, and videos, to implement the programs . The use of incentives will be encouraged to improve participation. Each programs will last for 3 months. A booster session will be conducted at the mid of the intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Community-based Health Education based on core intervention package

Health Information Sharing Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The collaborators will design the community-based education approach and deliver health information to the participants. Researchers will provide some information, while collaborators need to self-collect the rest. Collaborators also need to submit a proposal to ensure the feasibility of intervention programs and the accuracy of health information. Collaborators can use any reasonable strategies to implement the programs . The use of incentives will be encouraged to improve participation. Each programs will last for 3 months. A booster session will be conducted at the mid of the intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health Information Sharing Group