Bilingual Family Literacy Program Pilot

Health Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

Bilingual Family Literacy Program Pilot: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04423133
• Other study ID #: Pro2020000656
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 10, 2020
• Est. completion date: September 4, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: September 2020
• Source: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will examine the feasibility of implementing a virtual bilingual health-focused family literacy program.

Description:

"Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten" is a bilingual family literacy program that uses anticipatory guidance on important health routines to introduce critical language and literacy skills to young Latino children entering Kindergarten and their families.

The objectives of this study are 1) To assess the feasibility of implementing the bilingual family literacy program online via video conference by collecting information on family attendance and participation, 2) To examine the acceptability of the program, and 3) To explore preliminary effects of the program on the family health and language routines as well as child language and literacy skill acquisition.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 35
• Est. completion date: September 4, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: September 4, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 99 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Preferred language either Spanish or bilingual (English and Spanish)

• Parent or legal guardian of the child

• Parent Age = 18

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children not entering Kindergarten.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Health Behavior
• Language Development
• Literacy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Online Family Literacy Program
Parent-child dyads will participate in 8 weekly online health-themed workshops that introduce language and literacy skills. Participants will also receive 2-3 text messages per week for the duration of the program and children's books.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Child Health Institute of NJ	New Brunswick	New Jersey

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of sessions attended by participants	Data on the number of sessions attended by participants will be used to assess the feasibility of the online family literacy program.	8 weeks
Primary	Acceptability of the program	Data on acceptability of the program will be collected via parent surveys	8 weeks
Secondary	StimQ Reading Scale	Reading activity will be measured using the StimQ Reading Scale. The StimQ is a structured interview. Individual items are summed and scores range from 0 to 19. Higher scores reflect higher reading activities.	Baseline, 8 weeks
Secondary	StimQ Parental Verbal Responsivity Scale	Parent verbal responsiveness will be measured using the StimQ Parental Verbal Responsivity Scale. The StimQ is a structured interview. Individual items are summed and scores range from 0 to 7. Higher scores reflect higher parent verbal responsiveness.	Baseline, 8 weeks
Secondary	Child Literacy Skills	Investigator developed assessments of child alphabet knowledge and sight word recognition. Higher scores reflect higher literacy skills.	Baseline, 8 weeks
Secondary	Family Health Routines Assessment	Descriptive survey measuring family health routines and behaviors.	Baseline, 8 weeks