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Trial reportJournal of community psychology2026

The Locus-of-Hope Enhancement Program for Filipino Community Health Workers' Hope and Well-Being: A Parallel Randomized Alternative-Treatments Study.

Sixtus Dane A Ramos, Juanito D Alcazar, Maria Carmen S Apuli, Peejay D Bengwasan, Anika Bianca R Comandao, Angela Lorraine P Cunanan, Allan B I Bernardo

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Sixtus Dane A RamosDepartment of Psychology, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.ORCID 0000-0003-4833-423X
Juanito D AlcazarCenter for Social Concern and Action, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.ORCID 0009-0003-5026-0759
Maria Carmen S ApuliCenter for Social Concern and Action, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.ORCID 0009-0001-6395-2952
Peejay D BengwasanDepartment of Psychology, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.ORCID 0000-0002-2876-1659
Anika Bianca R ComandaoDepartment of Psychology, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.ORCID 0009-0001-7903-0215
Angela Lorraine P CunananDepartment of Psychology, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.ORCID 0000-0002-6086-1254
Allan B I BernardoDepartment of Psychology, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.ORCID 0000-0003-3938-266X

Funding

Research and Grants Management Office, De La Salle University, Philippines 11_IR_R_3TAY23-3TAY24
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the Philippines, community health workers (CHWs) face psychosocial difficulties as they deliver health services to communities with limited access to healthcare, yet they receive no support for their well-being. To maintain their psychological strengths, we adapted the Locus-of-Hope Enhancement Program (LEAP), a positive intervention that strengthens hope of CHWs from urban-poor communities in Metro Manila. Using a double-blind, parallel randomized alternative-treatments experiment, LEAP's effects on locus-of-hope and other psychological resources across three time-points were tested in Manila. Group contrast estimates indicate improvements in external-peer and family locus-of-hope, and psychological well-being. LEAP boosted external-peer and family locus-of-hope after 1 month via peer and family hope at posttreatment. LEAP also increased psychological well-being, civic engagement attitudes, and behaviors posttreatment, and civic engagement attitudes at follow-up through peer locus-of-hope at posttreatment. Findings suggest how LEAP empowers CHWs from urban-poor communities by fortifying hope, thus sustaining their role in community health. Trial Registration: Open Science Framework (OSF) Registries (https://osf.io/egtju).

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Community Health WorkersHopeAdultDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhilippinesPsychological Well-Beingcommunity health workersempowermentlocus‐of‐hopeLocus‐of‐Hope Enhancement ProgramPhilippinespositive psychological interventionpsychological well‐being

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PMID42430710
PMCPMC13354304

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