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Parent Education Database in Hong Kong A Pilot Study Education and Manpower Bureau (Parent Education Implementation Team) Department of Health The University of Hong Kong Caritas-Hong Kong Christian Family Services Centre Hong Kong Family Welfare Society September, 2003 Education and Manpower Bureau

Parent Education Database in Hong Kong A Pilot Study Education and Manpower Bureau (Parent Education Implementation Team) 1 Department of Health 2 The University of Hong Kong 3 Caritas-Hong Kong 4 Christian Family Services Centre 4 Hong Kong Family Welfare Society 4 September, 2003 1 Research design, funding programmes and questionnaires, data management and printing of reports 2 Data analysis and report writing 3 Research design, data analysis and report writing 4 Programme implementation, data collection and data entry

This project is undertaken by the following parties: Principal investigators: Dr Cynthia Leung (Chief Project Officer, Education and Manpower Bureau, 2001-2003, Senior Research Officer, Department of Health, 2003 onwards) Dr Sandra Tsang (Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong) Associate investigators: Ms Rebecca Pang (Project Officer I, Parent Education Implementation Team, Education and Manpower Bureau) Mr Wallace Cheng (Project Officer II, Parent Education Implementation Team, Education and Manpower Bureau) Ms Sylvia Chan (Research Executive, Parent Education Implementation Team, Education and Manpower Bureau) Ms Angie Lai (Coordinator, Caritas-Hong Kong) Ms Agnes Ng (Social Work Supervisor, Christian Family Service Centre) Ms Annie Lo (Principal Social Worker, Hong Kong Family Welfare Society)

Abstract This study was a pilot study to examine the effectiveness of parent education programmes and the factors related to the effectiveness of these programmes. The participants included 117 parents who participated in 10 different parent education programmes organized by three different non-government organizations. The participants completed questionnaires on child behaviour problems and parenting stress both before and after programme participation. The results indicated that overall, the programmes were effective in reducing child behaviour problems and parenting stress. The effectiveness of the programmes were related to facilitator social work experience and qualifications, programme theoretical approach, age of target child, programme duration, length of individual programme sessions, as well as parents time with target children. The results supported the potential for the establishment of a database for parent education programmes to map out possible factors affecting the effectiveness of parent education programmes. i

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Table of Content Page Abstract i ii Chapter 1: Introduction 1-6 Parent education: definition and objectives 1 Evaluation research 1 Parent education in Hong Kong 2 Evaluation of the overall service 4 Chapter 2: Method 7-10 Participants 7 Measures 8 Procedures 9 Data analysis 10 Chapter 3: Results 11-18 Comparison between participants with complete and incomplete data 11 Reliability estimates 11 Overall effectiveness of programmes 11 Facilitator background and programme effectiveness 12-14 Facilitator qualification 12 Facilitator social work experience 13 Facilitator parent education experience 14 Programme issues and programme effectiveness 14-16 Programme theoretical framework 14 Programme format 15 Number of sessions and session length 16 Participant background 16-18 Education level of target child 16 Sex of target child 18 Others 18 Chapter 4: Discussion 19-20 References 21-22 iii

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