Bilingual Family Literacy Program Pilot

• Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT04423133
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 35
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 2.8
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 12.4

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Language Development; Literacy; Health Behavior	Behavioral: Online Family Literacy Program	N/A

Detailed 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.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 35 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Bilingual Family Literacy Program Pilot: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten
• Actual Study Start Date: Jun 10, 2020
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Sep 4, 2020
• Actual Study Completion Date: Sep 4, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Online Family Literacy Program The Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten program is a bilingual family literacy program that uses anticipatory guidance on health routines (e.g., physical activity) to introduce language and literacy skills to children and their families delivered via an online video conference format.	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.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Number of sessions attended by participants [8 weeks]

   Data on the number of sessions attended by participants will be used to assess the feasibility of the online family literacy program.

2. Acceptability of the program [8 weeks]

   Data on acceptability of the program will be collected via parent surveys

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. StimQ Reading Scale [Baseline, 8 weeks]

   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.

2. StimQ Parental Verbal Responsivity Scale [Baseline, 8 weeks]

   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.

3. Child Literacy Skills [Baseline, 8 weeks]

   Investigator developed assessments of child alphabet knowledge and sight word recognition. Higher scores reflect higher literacy skills.

4. Family Health Routines Assessment [Baseline, 8 weeks]

   Descriptive survey measuring family health routines and behaviors.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 99 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

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.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Child Health Institute of NJ	New Brunswick	New Jersey	United States	08901

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Manuel E Jimenez, MD, MS, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Manuel E. Jimenez, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04423133
• Other Study ID Numbers: Pro2020000656
• First Posted: Jun 9, 2020
• Last Update Posted: Sep 29, 2020
• Last Verified: Sep 1, 2020

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Manuel E. Jimenez, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Language development; Health routines; Literacy

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 29, 2020