A study of the effectiveness and scalability of a group-based early childhood development program in China

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Early childhood developmental delay; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13421990
• Lead Sponsor: Zhejiang University Qingshan Institute for Advanced Studies in Business

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-07-08
• Last Update Posted: 9 September 2024
• Study Completion: 2025-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 660

Inclusion Criteria

1. Children aged 6 - 24 months of age and their caregivers living in the sample region at the time of baseline data collection
2. With a rural household registration status (hukou)
3. Wiling to participate in the parenting support program
4. Willing to participate in the impact evaluation, including the child surveys, caregiver surveys, and household surveys
5. Able and willing to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Children and caregivers residing in clusters with a low prevalence of developmental delays (i.e., a prevalence of less than 20%)
2. Children and caregivers that are not residing in the region
3. Children with urban household registration status
4. Children with severe disabilities
5. Caregivers that are unwilling or unable to give informed consent
6. Caregivers who are unwilling to participate in the intervention program

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
All measures will be collected at baseline and at follow-up (i.e., after completion of the one-year intervention program):<br>Infants:<br>1.Birth information (only at baseline)<br>2.Basic demographic characteristics (only at baseline)<br>3.Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, third edition (Bayley-III)<br>4.Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA)<br>5.Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ-3)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
All measures will be collected at baseline and at follow-up (i.e., after completion of the one-year intervention program):<br>1. Caregivers:<br>1.1. Chinese Version of the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (C-PSOC)<br>1.2. Parenting Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale (PACOTIS)<br>1.3. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21)<br>1.4. Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)<br>1.5. Parenting Stress Index Short Form (PSI-SF)<br>1.6. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)<br><br>2. Parenting environment:<br>2.1. Composition of family members <br>2.2. Family socio-economic status (adult education, job, income, family property) (only at baseline)<br>2.3. Parents' migration history (only at baseline) and current place of residence<br>2.4. Health status of family members<br>2.5. Information on the network of social relationships among the sample families