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Yoon S, Lam WWT, Ho DSY. Underage drinking motivation and contexts in Hong Kong: a qualitative analysis. Hong Kong Med J 2019; 25 Suppl 3:16-19. [PMID: 30792367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- S Yoon
- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
- Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore
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- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
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- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
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Ho DSY, Huang R, Wang MP, Lo WS, Lam TH. Adolescent alcohol drinking in Hong Kong: a school-based survey. Hong Kong Med J 2019; 25 Suppl 3:13-15. [PMID: 30792366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- D S Y Ho
- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
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- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong
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- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
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- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
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Lai AYK, Stewart SM, Wan ANT, Shen C, Ng CKK, Kwok LT, Chan SS, Ho DSY, Lam TH. Training to implement a community program has positive effects on health promoters: JC FAMILY Project. Transl Behav Med 2018; 8:838-850. [PMID: 29961808 DOI: 10.1093/tbm/iby070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To ease the shortage of professionals, lay volunteers were trained to become health promoters and role models for a large community program to enhance physical activity, well-being, and neighborhood cohesion in socioeconomically disadvantaged groups in Hong Kong. This study aimed to examine the effects on health promoters (trainees) and the feasibility and acceptability of capability-building train-the-trainer workshops (TTTs) using Zero-time Exercise (ZTEx) to implement a community program for about 1,000 participants. A four-session (totally 8 hours) TTT introduced an evidence-based ZTEx intervention to enhance physical activity and well-being, and build capacity for community program implementation. Twenty-eight trainees actively participated in the TTT. Twenty-five and 21 trainees completed the 1- and 3-month questionnaires, respectively. Eleven trainees attended the 1-year focus group interview. Repeated measures analysis of variance and Friedman test were used to compare the parametric and nonparametric data, respectively. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. The trainees reduced their sedentary behavior and improved their interpersonal communication skills, knowledge, and attitude toward ZTEx, grip strength, balance, and perceived well-being. The community participants reported improvements in neighborhood cohesion and grip strength. The 1-year qualitative results supported the 3-month quantitative findings. This brief and innovative TTT affirmed the feasibility of using ZTEx and the role modeling approach for lay health promoters to reduce sedentary behavior and enhance physical activity, fitness, and well-being. They then contributed to the successful implementation of community programs that benefited many. This study provides a new model for building capacity for health promotion in the community.
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- Agnes Y K Lai
- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Christian Family Service Centre, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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Leung SSK, Stewart SM, Wong JPS, Ho DSY, Fong DYT, Lam TH. The association between adolescents' depressive symptoms, maternal negative affect, and family relationships in Hong Kong: cross-sectional and longitudinal findings. J Fam Psychol 2009; 23:636-645. [PMID: 19803600 DOI: 10.1037/a0016379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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This study investigated the bidirectional relationships of adolescents' and maternal mood, and the moderating effect by gender and perceived family relationships on these relationships. Data were obtained from 626 adolescent-mother dyads and follow-up data were collected one year later from a subset. Adolescents reported their depressive symptoms, and their mothers reported their negative affect. Adolescents described their perception of family relationships. Maternal negative affect and adolescents' depressive symptoms were significantly correlated at baseline. This association was moderated by gender and family relationships. The association was stronger in mother-daughter compared to mother-son dyads. In families where relationships were reported to be poor, adolescent depressive symptoms were uniformly high, regardless of maternal negative affect. However, in families where relationships were good, maternal negative affect was associated with higher adolescents' depressive symptoms. In longitudinal analyses, adolescents' mood at baseline was found to relate to maternal negative affect at follow-up. Family relationships at baseline were also associated with adolescents' depressive symptoms at follow-up. However, there was no prediction from maternal negative affect at baseline to adolescents' depressive symptoms at follow-up. Gender and quality of family relationships did not moderate the longitudinal relationships between adolescents' depressive symptoms and maternal negative affect in either direction.
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