ExCEL3

  Self-help Groups

Capacity Building for Leaders of Self-help Groups in Hong Kong

 

Objectives

  • To understand the impact of self-help groups for people with disabilities or chronic illness in Hong Kong
  • To examine factors conducive for effective self-help group leadership enabling leaders to manage their organisations

Principal Investigator    

  • Dr Ben Law, Department of Social Work and Social Administration

Collaborator

  • Community Rehabilitation Network of The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation

Achievements

  • Helped draft the “Patient-Centered Healthcare (PCH) in Hong Kong: An exploratory report  for the International Alliance of Patients’ Organization (IAPO)” (2012)
  • Conducted an action research project to thoroughly understand the impact of self-help groups and their best practices. The findings were transformed into a 2-day training package
  • Conducted two training workshops for self-help group leaders and professionals involved with self-help groups
  • A training manual, public education booklet, and website has been published and launched

Impact

  • Raised the awareness of the importance of capacity building among self-help group leaders

Event Highlights 

  Dec 8 & 15, 2012 Intervention Workshop for Self-help Organisations Leaders
  May 28; Jun 4; Workshop for Self-help Organisations Leaders
  Jun 11 & Jul 2, 2013
  Nov 2, 2013 & Condensed Training Workshop for Patients Self-help Group
  Jan 9,2014
  Mar 28, 2014 Patient Self-Help Group Development in Hong Kong Seminar Series: Reviewing the Past, Stocktaking the Present and Looking Forward
  Mar 29, 2014 Patient Self-Help Group Development in Hong Kong Seminar Series: An Indispensable Companion to Patients
  Apr 8, 2014 Training Program for Self-help Group Caregivers and Patients
  Apr 11, 2014 
Training Program for Self-help Group Caregivers and Patients: Raised the awareness of the importance of capacity building among self-help group leaders 

Survey Re-validation Report on Progress of Patient-Centered Healthcare in Hong Kong 

ExCEL3 Coordinator: Mr Larry Kwan

PowerPoint Presentation 1 PowerPoint Presentation 2 Project Website Training Manual