Utilizing the Primary Care Setting to Deliver a Brief Program to Enhance Parenting Behaviors
Overview
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Parenting
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Enrollment
- 61
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Parental Knowledge
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The objective of this study to evaluate potential impact of a brief, low-cost primary care-based intervention of parenting self-efficacy, knowledge, and behavior.
Detailed Description
Enriching parenting behaviors in early childhood promotes child development and offers a promising strategy to reduce future educational disparities. However, current interventions are limited by cost and have not been widely disseminated. Recognized as a target for research to improve early childhood development and subsequent school readiness skills among at-risk families, the primary care setting offers an ideal opportunity to reach the millions of children living in poverty. However, what remains unknown is how to more efficiently leverage the primary care setting to deliver a sustainable and effective preventive program to promote positive parenting behaviors and encourage early childhood development in low-income families. Therefore, the investigators designed Sit Down and Play (SDP) a brief parent-directed program delivered in the primary care setting. Modeled after the widely disseminated literacy program Reach Out and Read and grounded in social cognitive theory, SDP is intended to take place during each pediatric well-child visit occurring in a child's first two years with the goal of promoting positive parenting behaviors.
Investigators
Reshma Shah, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Illinois at Chicago
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Parent is 18 years or older Child is present for a 6, 9, or 12 month well-child visit who attends University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) for well-child care Adult present with child at appointment is parent/caregiver of child
Exclusion Criteria
- •Parent is non-English speaking Child is acutely sick
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Parental Knowledge
Time Frame: Enrollment and 7 months post-enrollment
Change in parental knowledge regarding importance of talking with children
Change in participation in cognitively stimulating activities
Time Frame: Enrollment and 7 months post-enrollment
Change in participation in cognitively stimulating activities such as reading and play as measured by the StimQ
Change in parenting self-efficacy
Time Frame: Enrollment and 7 months post-enrollment
Change in perceived self-efficacy in parenting activity as measured by The Tool to Measure Parenting Self Efficacy