Relative Validity of a Short Food Frequency Questionnaire for Disadvantaged Families in Hong Kong.

Individuals with lower socioeconomic status are more vulnerable in securing good nutritional quality. It was also found that people who had received a lower education level had greater difficulty in completing the conventional dietary assessment such as a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Previous studies have demonstrated the validity of a short FFQ in Hong Kong's pregnant women, but its validity among a wider community was still unknown.

Lay health worker intervention in pre-diabetes management: Study protocol of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial for Chinese families living in inadequate houses.

Introduction: Lay health workers, despite their lack of formal trainings, are important partners in providing accessible care to people with risk to develop diabetes in the community. While pre-diabetes and diabetes are more prevalent among people with low socio-economic status, including those living in inadequate houses. However, this population often have accessibility problems to formal care services due to their financial and social disadvantages.