Primary Care and Parenting

Early Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Development, Child; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Parenting
• Interventions: Behavioral: Sit Down and Play; Other: Handout

• Registration Number: NCT03146572
• Lead Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-04-03
• Study First Submitted: 2017-05-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-05-07
• Study First Posted: 2017-05-10
• Primary Completion: 2018-02-11
• Study Completion: 2018-04-06
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-12
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 61

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Sit Down and Play	Parent of child to receive intervention, Sit Down and Play
Control	Handout	Parent will receive handout to promote positive behavior

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Parental Knowledge	Enrollment and 7 months post-enrollment	Change in parental knowledge regarding importance of talking with children
Change in participation in cognitively stimulating activities	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	Enrollment and 7 months post-enrollment	Change in perceived self-efficacy in parenting activity as measured by The Tool to Measure Parenting Self Efficacy

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Illinois at Chicago; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States