A Family Literacy Program for Latino Families

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Literacy
• Interventions: Behavioral: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy program

• Registration Number: NCT03941197
• Lead Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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

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 Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-05-03
• Study First Posted: 2019-05-07
• Study Start: 2019-05-28
• Primary Completion: 2019-09-28
• Study Completion: 2019-09-28
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-14
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 14

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy Program	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

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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

Name	Time	Method
Alphabet knowledge assessment survey	At enrollment and after 8 week period.	Alphabet knowledge will be assessed.
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.
Sight word knowledge assessment survey	At enrollment and after 8 week period.	Sight word knowledge will be assessed

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Manuel E Jimenez; 🇺🇸 New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States