Parenting InterventionNCT07403903
Amazing Start Parenting Program
A study testing Amazing start parenting intervention in people with Parenting Intervention, run by The University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.
Trial summary
Whether young children can develop healthily depends a lot on the family environment where they grow up in. Risk factors, such as low family income or health issues within the family, may pose threats to young children's development. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 0 to 36 months
- Conditions the study is for
- Parenting Intervention
- What is being tested?
- Amazing start parenting intervention
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 270 participants
- Where
- 1 siteHong Kong
- Study dates
- 1 Sep 2023to 30 Jun 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 0 to 36 months
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child
Who may be able to join
- 1. Families with infants and toddlers aged 0 to 36 months
- 2. Families residing in Kwun Tong, Yuen Long, and Yau Tsim Mong Districts
- 3. Families with at least 2 risk factors listed below
- single-parent family,
- ethnic minority,
- new parents,
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- low-income family,
- families with newborn twins,
- persistent family conflicts, and
- family members suffering from long-term illness
Who cannot join
- Families with fewer than 2 risk factors listed above
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Having an Amazing Start? A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Parenting Intervention
Whether young children can develop healthily depends a lot on the family environment where they grow up in. Risk factors, such as low family income or health issues within the family, may pose threats to young children's development. To mitigate the effects of these risk factors, the research team has developed a community parenting program titled "Amazing Start", which aims to improve young children's well-being through the provision of parenting interventions to the families with known risk factors. The parenting interventions include one-to-one coaching on parent-child interactions as well as parent support groups that are led by social workers. This 2-year study aims to investigate the effectiveness and sustainability of the "Amazing Start" community parenting intervention program for at-risk families across three districts in Hong Kong using a randomized controlled trial. Participating families are randomized to either the experimental group, where parenting interventions are provided for a period of 9 months, or the wait-list control group, where no parenting intervention is provided during this 9-month period. Pre-test and post-test are conducted to assess the development of young children, as well as the parental stress, parental sense of competence, and parental satisfaction of the participating families. The wait-list control group receives the parenting intervention after the post-test.
Read the detailed description
There are strong relations between children's family background and their development. Infants and toddlers growing up in single-parent families, low-income families, and families with members having physical or mental health issues are less likely to meet developmental milestones at appropriate times compared to their peers who grow up in intact, well-off, and healthy families. The lack of parenting knowledge and skills is one of the potential factors that may explain the relation between children's family background and their development. Infants and toddlers growing up in at-risk families may face more stressors, and they may not have the means to acquire relevant parenting knowledge and skills that are important for children's development. Intervention programs that target parenting skills may help mitigate the negative effects of these risk factors on children's development.
Observing this service gap, the research team has developed a parenting program titled "Amazing Start". The program aims to improve infants' and toddlers' development through improving parents' parenting skills and reducing their parental stress. These interventions involve one-to-one coaching on parent-child interactions as well as parent support groups that are led by social workers. The intervention is delivered to those who have 2 or more of the risk factors listed below: (1) single-parent family, (2) ethnic minority, (3) new parents, (4) low-income family, (5) families with newborn twins, (6) persistent family conflicts, and (7) family members suffering from long-term illness.
A randomized controlled trial will be conducted to examine the effectiveness of the intervention. Families who are identified as having at least 2 risk factors will be randomly assigned to one of the two conditions. Families assigned to the experimental condition will receive the intervention for nine months, while families assigned to the wait-list control condition will not receive any services during this period. Pre-test and post-test will be conducted to assess the program's effectiveness in improving parental sense of competence, reducing parental stress, enhancing parents' satisfaction about parenting, as well as promoting infants' and toddlers' development. The wait-list control group will receive the parenting intervention after the post-test.
- Conditions
- Parenting Intervention
- Being tested
- Amazing start parenting intervention
- Keywords
- Child development, Parenting, Well-being
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Amazing start parenting interventionBehavioural
- 14 session on Parent-child Play Group
- 14 session on 1 on 1 Playdate cum Parent-child Play-based Coaching
- 6 session on Mentorship \& Parents Social Network
- 4-6 session on Parents' Wellness Program
- 2 Amazing Start Boxes
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | Amazing start parenting intervention Receives: Behavioral: Amazing start parenting intervention |
| Control | No intervention | • No service is provided to the families in the control group |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Child development
Ages and stages questionnaire - third edition (ASQ-3). The ASQ-3 is a brief screening tool for assessing young children's (aged 1 to 66 months) development in five different domains, namely communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, and personal-social. There are 6 items in each domain. Each item involves a simple task in which the child needs to complete with the relevant materials. As the ASQ-3 consists of different items for children of different age, the number of domains reaching the appropriate developmental milestones will be used as an overall indicator of the child's development.
Measured: 9 months after the start of the intervention
Secondary outcomes (4)
Parenting sense of competence
Parenting sense of competence scale (Gibaud-Wallston \& Wandersman, 1978; Ngai, et al., 2007). This is a 17-item 6-point Likert scale assessing parents' sense of competence. Total score is used in the analysis.
Measured: 9 months after the start of the intervention
Parental stress
Parental stress scale (Berry and Jones, 1995; translated to Chinese by Cheung, 2000). This is a 17-item 6-point Likert scale assessing parental stress. Total score is used in the analysis.
Measured: 9 months after the start of the intervention
Parents' life satisfaction
Satisfaction level on different life aspects. This is a self-report life satisfaction questionnaire developed by the research team. It covers various aspects ranging from parent's attitude towards parent-child interactions, the mastery of parenting knowledge and skills, family interaction patterns, as well as self-control of emotions. Each domain is rated along a 11 point Likert scale, ranging from 0 (very unsatisfactory) to 10 (very satisfactory). Total score is used in the analysis.
Measured: 9 months after the start of the intervention
Cost effectiveness
After the intervention, the research team will obtain information about the cost of service delivery in order to calculate the cost-effectiveness of the program. Cost-effectiveness of the parenting program versus control will be assessed and expressed in terms of incremental cost per one unit gain in effectiveness.
Measured: 48 months after the start of the intervention
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted11 Feb 2026
- Study start1 Sep 2023
- Primary completion30 Jun 2024
- Study completion30 Jun 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Parenting InterventionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by The University of Hong KongThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 270 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation, Lee Hysan Foundation
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Wong Tin Yau, The University of Hong Kong
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07403903
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- EA230380
- Status last verified
- Feb 2026
- First submitted
- 4 Feb 2026
- Last updated
- 11 Feb 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 11 Feb 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Having an Amazing Start? A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Parenting Intervention
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07403903
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- EA230380
- Conditions
- Parenting Intervention
- Keywords
- Child development, Parenting, Well-being
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 270 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Hong KongUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation, Lee Hysan Foundation
- Study start
- 1 Sep 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Jun 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Jun 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 11 Feb 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Whether young children can develop healthily depends a lot on the family environment where they grow up in. Risk factors, such as low family income or health issues within the family, may pose threats to young children's development. To mitigate the effects of these risk factors, the research team has developed a community parenting program titled "Amazing Start", which aims to improve young children's well-being through the provision of parenting interventions to the families with known risk factors. The parenting interventions include one-to-one coaching on parent-child interactions as well as parent support groups that are led by social workers. This 2-year study aims to investigate the effectiveness and sustainability of the "Amazing Start" community parenting intervention program for at-risk families across three districts in Hong Kong using a randomized controlled trial. Participating families are randomized to either the experimental group, where parenting interventions are provided for a period of 9 months, or the wait-list control group, where no parenting intervention is provided during this 9-month period. Pre-test and post-test are conducted to assess the development of young children, as well as the parental stress, parental sense of competence, and parental satisfaction of the participating families. The wait-list control group receives the parenting intervention after the post-test.
Detailed description
There are strong relations between children's family background and their development. Infants and toddlers growing up in single-parent families, low-income families, and families with members having physical or mental health issues are less likely to meet developmental milestones at appropriate times compared to their peers who grow up in intact, well-off, and healthy families. The lack of parenting knowledge and skills is one of the potential factors that may explain the relation between children's family background and their development. Infants and toddlers growing up in at-risk families may face more stressors, and they may not have the means to acquire relevant parenting knowledge and skills that are important for children's development. Intervention programs that target parenting skills may help mitigate the negative effects of these risk factors on children's development.
Observing this service gap, the research team has developed a parenting program titled "Amazing Start". The program aims to improve infants' and toddlers' development through improving parents' parenting skills and reducing their parental stress. These interventions involve one-to-one coaching on parent-child interactions as well as parent support groups that are led by social workers. The intervention is delivered to those who have 2 or more of the risk factors listed below: (1) single-parent family, (2) ethnic minority, (3) new parents, (4) low-income family, (5) families with newborn twins, (6) persistent family conflicts, and (7) family members suffering from long-term illness.
A randomized controlled trial will be conducted to examine the effectiveness of the intervention. Families who are identified as having at least 2 risk factors will be randomly assigned to one of the two conditions. Families assigned to the experimental condition will receive the intervention for nine months, while families assigned to the wait-list control condition will not receive any services during this period. Pre-test and post-test will be conducted to assess the program's effectiveness in improving parental sense of competence, reducing parental stress, enhancing parents' satisfaction about parenting, as well as promoting infants' and toddlers' development. The wait-list control group will receive the parenting intervention after the post-test.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: Amazing start parenting interventionAmazing start parenting intervention |
| Control | No intervention | –• No service is provided to the families in the control group |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 0 to 36 months
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (10 listed)
- 1. Families with infants and toddlers aged 0 to 36 months
- 2. Families residing in Kwun Tong, Yuen Long, and Yau Tsim Mong Districts
- 3. Families with at least 2 risk factors listed below
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Families with fewer than 2 risk factors listed above
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Amazing start parenting intervention* 14 session on Parent-child Play Group * 14 session on 1 on 1 Playdate cum Parent-child Play-based Coaching * 6 session on Mentorship \& Parents Social Network * 4-6 session on Parents' Wellness Program * 2 Amazing Start Boxes | Behavioural | Intervention |
Primary outcome
Child development
Time frame: 9 months after the start of the intervention
Ages and stages questionnaire - third edition (ASQ-3). The ASQ-3 is a brief screening tool for assessing young children's (aged 1 to 66 months) development in five different domains, namely communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, and personal-social. There are 6 items in each domain. Each item involves a simple task in which the child needs to complete with the relevant materials. As the ASQ-3 consists of different items for children of different age, the number of domains reaching the appropriate developmental milestones will be used as an overall indicator of the child's development.
4 secondary outcomes
Parenting sense of competence
Time frame: 9 months after the start of the intervention
Parental stress
Time frame: 9 months after the start of the intervention
Parents' life satisfaction
Time frame: 9 months after the start of the intervention
Cost effectiveness
Time frame: 48 months after the start of the intervention
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 11 Feb 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Amazing start parenting intervention in people with Parenting Intervention, run by The University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 10 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Feb 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Hong Kong. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Child development (time frame: 9 months after the start of the intervention). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Feb 2026.