An Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Social Service Workers to Develop Community-Based Family Interventions
IntroductionEvaluation studies on train-the-trainer workshops (TTTs) to develop family well-being interventions are limited in the literature. The Logic Model offers a framework to place some important concepts and tools of intervention science in the hands of frontline service providers. This paper...
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| description | IntroductionEvaluation studies on train-the-trainer workshops (TTTs) to develop family well-being interventions are limited in the literature. The Logic Model offers a framework to place some important concepts and tools of intervention science in the hands of frontline service providers. This paper reports on the evaluation of a TTT for a large community-based program to enhance family well-being in Hong Kong.MethodsThe 2-day TTT introduced positive psychology themes (relevant to the programs that the trainees would deliver) and the Logic Model (which provides a framework to guide intervention development and evaluation) for social service workers to guide their community-based family interventions. The effectiveness of the TTT was examined by self-administered questionnaires that assessed trainees’ changes in learning (perceived knowledge, self-efficacy, attitude, and intention), trainees’ reactions to training content, knowledge sharing, and benefits to their service organizations before and after the training and then 6 months and 1 year later. Missing data were replaced by baseline values in an intention-to-treat analysis. Focus group interviews were conducted approximately 6 months after training.ResultsFifty-six trainees (79% women) joined the TTT. Forty-four and 31 trainees completed the 6-month and 1-year questionnaires, respectively. The trainees indicated that the workshop was informative and well organized. The TTT-enhanced trainees’ perceived knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward the application of the Logic Model and positive psychology constructs in program design. These changes were present with small to large effect size that persisted to the 1 year follow-up. The skills learned were used to develop 31 family interventions that were delivered to about 1,000 families. Qualitative feedback supported the quantitative results.ConclusionThis TTT offers a practical example of academic-community partnerships that promote capacity among community social service workers. Goals included sharing basic tools of intervention development and evaluation, and the TTT offered, therefore, the potential of learning skills that extended beyond the lifetime of a single program.Clinical trial registrationThe research protocol was registered at the National Institutes of Health (identifier number: NCT01796275). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ee79bfbf55e4ada817500ef2ce89c5d2022-12-22T01:44:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652017-06-01510.3389/fpubh.2017.00141252886An Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Social Service Workers to Develop Community-Based Family InterventionsAgnes Y. Lai0Sunita M. Stewart1Moses W. Mui2Alice Wan3Carol Yew4Tai Hing Lam5Sophia S. Chan6School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong KongDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, United StatesThe Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Hong Kong, Hong KongSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong KongUnited Centre of Emotional Health and Positive Living, United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service, Hong Kong, Hong KongSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong KongSchool of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong KongIntroductionEvaluation studies on train-the-trainer workshops (TTTs) to develop family well-being interventions are limited in the literature. The Logic Model offers a framework to place some important concepts and tools of intervention science in the hands of frontline service providers. This paper reports on the evaluation of a TTT for a large community-based program to enhance family well-being in Hong Kong.MethodsThe 2-day TTT introduced positive psychology themes (relevant to the programs that the trainees would deliver) and the Logic Model (which provides a framework to guide intervention development and evaluation) for social service workers to guide their community-based family interventions. The effectiveness of the TTT was examined by self-administered questionnaires that assessed trainees’ changes in learning (perceived knowledge, self-efficacy, attitude, and intention), trainees’ reactions to training content, knowledge sharing, and benefits to their service organizations before and after the training and then 6 months and 1 year later. Missing data were replaced by baseline values in an intention-to-treat analysis. Focus group interviews were conducted approximately 6 months after training.ResultsFifty-six trainees (79% women) joined the TTT. Forty-four and 31 trainees completed the 6-month and 1-year questionnaires, respectively. The trainees indicated that the workshop was informative and well organized. The TTT-enhanced trainees’ perceived knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward the application of the Logic Model and positive psychology constructs in program design. These changes were present with small to large effect size that persisted to the 1 year follow-up. The skills learned were used to develop 31 family interventions that were delivered to about 1,000 families. Qualitative feedback supported the quantitative results.ConclusionThis TTT offers a practical example of academic-community partnerships that promote capacity among community social service workers. Goals included sharing basic tools of intervention development and evaluation, and the TTT offered, therefore, the potential of learning skills that extended beyond the lifetime of a single program.Clinical trial registrationThe research protocol was registered at the National Institutes of Health (identifier number: NCT01796275).http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00141/fulltrain-the-trainertraining programpositive psychologyLogic Modelfamily intervention |
| spellingShingle | Agnes Y. Lai Sunita M. Stewart Moses W. Mui Alice Wan Carol Yew Tai Hing Lam Sophia S. Chan An Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Social Service Workers to Develop Community-Based Family Interventions Frontiers in Public Health train-the-trainer training program positive psychology Logic Model family intervention |
| title | An Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Social Service Workers to Develop Community-Based Family Interventions |
| title_full | An Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Social Service Workers to Develop Community-Based Family Interventions |
| title_fullStr | An Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Social Service Workers to Develop Community-Based Family Interventions |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Social Service Workers to Develop Community-Based Family Interventions |
| title_short | An Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Social Service Workers to Develop Community-Based Family Interventions |
| title_sort | evaluation of a train the trainer workshop for social service workers to develop community based family interventions |
| topic | train-the-trainer training program positive psychology Logic Model family intervention |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00141/full |
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