"Reach Out and Read" Arabic to Promote Parental Reading to Toddlers and Preschoolers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 终止
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Proportion of parents reading Arabic books to their children
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this study is to encourage parents to read Arabic books to their children from an early age and by extension children will be more likely to read Arabic books and ultimately improve their Arabic literacy.
The investigators' hypothesis is that an adapted "Reach Out and Read" program will result in an increase in the proportion of parents reading Arabic books to their children after the intervention.
详细描述
Early reading for toddlers has been linked to a better grasp of the fundamentals of language as they approach school age, as reading exposes the child to rich language and diverse content. Reach Out and Read program (ROR) is an American non-profit organization that advocates for childhood literacy.
In this study the investigators aim to implement an adapted version of the "Reach Out and Read" program and to encourage parents to read Arabic books to their children in order for this to become a daily habit. The goal of this study is to see an increase in the proportion of parents who read Arabic books to their children and by extension children will grow up loving to read Arabic books and ultimately may have improved Arabic literacy.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 4 Months 至 6 Months（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Parents must identify the study's settings as the usual site for their child regular checkups
- •Families are eligible if at least one parent understands, speaks and reads Arabic.
- •The child's age between 4 and 6 months at the time of the enrollment
排除标准
- •Children diagnosed or displaying severe behavioral, cognitive, or physical impairment, that prevents them in meaningfully engaging in a reading activity example: severe autism, profound developmental or intellectual delay.
结局指标
主要结局
Proportion of parents reading Arabic books to their children
时间窗: 3 years
Measure the proportion of parents reading Arabic books to their children after 3 intervention visits, when their child is about 15 months of age. Parental reading is defined as reading for a minimum of 10 minutes daily for at least 5 days per week.
次要结局
- Children's vocabulary and language / words'(3 years)
- Children's early developmental milestones(3 years)
- Weekly frequency of parental reading in Arabic before, and after the intervention(3 years)
研究者
Lama Charafeddine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology
American University of Beirut Medical Center