A Family Literacy Program for Latino Families

Sponsor

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT03941197

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arm

Actual Duration (Months)

3.5

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

A pilot study of a health-focused family literacy program. The program will consist of a series of 8 weekly workshops centered around different health topics (e.g. physical activity) that introduce basic literacy skills. The workshops are designed for children entering kindergarten and their parents

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Literacy	Behavioral: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy program	N/A

Detailed Description

This is a pilot study of a health-focused family literacy program. The program consists of 8 weekly health-themed workshops designed to introduce basic literacy skills to children entering Kindergarten and their parents. There will be a pre and post test assessment for participating parents and children. During the 8 weeks, parents will receive 2-3 weekly text messages to reinforce material presented at the weekly workshop.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

14 participants

Allocation:

N/A

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten- A Family Literacy Program for Latino Families

Actual Study Start Date :

May 28, 2019

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Sep 28, 2019

Actual Study Completion Date :

Sep 28, 2019

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy Program Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy Program- 8 weekly parent child workshops with text message reminders	Behavioral: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy program Participants will participate in 8 parent-child health-themed literacy workshops. Participants will receive 2-3 text messages per week for 8 weeks.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy Program

Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy Program- 8 weekly parent child workshops with text message reminders

Behavioral: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy program

Participants will participate in 8 parent-child health-themed literacy workshops. Participants will receive 2-3 text messages per week for 8 weeks.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) Questionnaire [After 8 week period.]
Acceptability will be measured using the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM). The AIM consists of 4 questions that assess acceptability. Responses range from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree). Scales are created by averaging responses.

Secondary Outcome Measures

StimQ-Preschool survey [At enrollment and after 8 week period.]
Parent reported measure of the cognitive home environment for children 5 months to 6 years to assess aspects of the home environment that affect child development.
Alphabet knowledge assessment survey [At enrollment and after 8 week period.]
Alphabet knowledge will be assessed.
Sight word knowledge assessment survey [At enrollment and after 8 week period.]
Sight word knowledge will be assessed

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 is either Spanish or English.
Parent or legal guardian of child
Parent age 18 or older
Willing to accept text messages

Exclusion Criteria:

Children not entering Kindergarten in Fall 2019 and their parents will be excluded

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Manuel E Jimenez	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 Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

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:

NCT03941197

Other Study ID Numbers:

Pro2019000570

First Posted:

May 7, 2019

Last Update Posted:

Feb 18, 2020

Last Verified:

Feb 1, 2020

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by Manuel E. Jimenez, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

child development

family literacy program

primary care

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 18, 2020