Bilingual Family Literacy Program Pilot

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Behavior; Language Development; Literacy
• Interventions: Behavioral: Online Family Literacy Program

• Registration Number: NCT04423133
• Lead Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Brief Summary

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

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 Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-05
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-09
• Study Start: 2020-06-10
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Primary Completion: 2020-09-04
• Study Completion: 2020-09-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-25
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 35

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Online Family Literacy Program	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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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.
Acceptability of the program	8 weeks	Data on acceptability of the program will be collected via parent surveys

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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.
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.
Child Literacy Skills	Baseline, 8 weeks	Investigator developed assessments of child alphabet knowledge and sight word recognition. Higher scores reflect higher literacy skills.
Family Health Routines Assessment	Baseline, 8 weeks	Descriptive survey measuring family health routines and behaviors.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Child Health Institute of NJ; 🇺🇸 New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States