Abstract
Purposes: To examine the effectiveness of a community-based education programme adopting CBPR approach for increasing vaccination rate and enhancing self-protection measures against COVID-19 in Hong Kong.
Methods: A health education programme named “Assistant, Improvement, and Development (AID)” was implemented in the Hong Kong community (ethical No.: HSEARS20210809004). Two local NGOs were invited to join the programme and trained as research partners. Following the CBPR principle, the NGOs were involved in the recruitment, design and delivery of interventions, and data collection. The two NGOs were randomly assigned to either intervention group or active control group, to recruit participants that aged 12 years or above and eligible for taking at least one more dose of COVID-19 vaccine. NGO assigned to
the intervention group delivered a 3-month multicomponent education programme to the participants. The core contents included 13 videos containing knowledge about the vaccination and the self-protection skills like correct mask wearing and hand hygiene. NGO for the control group just shared the COVID-19
information to the participants. The primary and secondary outcomes were vaccination rate and frequency of correct handwashing and mask wearing, respectively.
Results: In total 54 and 50 participants were involved in the intervention group and control group, respectively. The mean age was 46.9±18.1 years, and 67.3% were females. After intervention, an increase of 37.04% (95% CI: 22.62%~57.20%) and 15% (95% CI: 5.63%~28.85%) in vaccination rate was observed in the intervention group and control group, respectively. The between-group difference was significant (P0.05).
Conclusions: The multicomponent health education programme with CBPR approach could significantly improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake and handwashing behavior in Hong Kong residents.
Methods: A health education programme named “Assistant, Improvement, and Development (AID)” was implemented in the Hong Kong community (ethical No.: HSEARS20210809004). Two local NGOs were invited to join the programme and trained as research partners. Following the CBPR principle, the NGOs were involved in the recruitment, design and delivery of interventions, and data collection. The two NGOs were randomly assigned to either intervention group or active control group, to recruit participants that aged 12 years or above and eligible for taking at least one more dose of COVID-19 vaccine. NGO assigned to
the intervention group delivered a 3-month multicomponent education programme to the participants. The core contents included 13 videos containing knowledge about the vaccination and the self-protection skills like correct mask wearing and hand hygiene. NGO for the control group just shared the COVID-19
information to the participants. The primary and secondary outcomes were vaccination rate and frequency of correct handwashing and mask wearing, respectively.
Results: In total 54 and 50 participants were involved in the intervention group and control group, respectively. The mean age was 46.9±18.1 years, and 67.3% were females. After intervention, an increase of 37.04% (95% CI: 22.62%~57.20%) and 15% (95% CI: 5.63%~28.85%) in vaccination rate was observed in the intervention group and control group, respectively. The between-group difference was significant (P0.05).
Conclusions: The multicomponent health education programme with CBPR approach could significantly improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake and handwashing behavior in Hong Kong residents.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 11 Mar 2023 |
| Event | The 26th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars conference: EAFONS 2023 - UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, TOKYO, Japan Duration: 10 Mar 2023 → 11 Mar 2023 https://www.eafons2023.com/index.html |
Conference
| Conference | The 26th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars conference: EAFONS 2023 |
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| Abbreviated title | EAFONS 2023 |
| Country/Territory | Japan |
| City | TOKYO |
| Period | 10/03/23 → 11/03/23 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Health Professions
