Bright by Three (BB3) Effectiveness Study

University of Colorado, Denver100 enrolled

Overview

The Investigators propose to conduct a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of 350 one to four year old children and their caregivers to study the effectiveness of 1) the Bright By Three (BB3) intervention for promoting children's language and socio-emotional development and 2) a modified version of the Safe 'N Sound (SNS) intervention for reducing safety hazards and injuries. The SNS intervention will serve as a control for the BB3 group and vice versa so that all study participants will receive a clinically meaningful intervention. In collaboration with primary care clinics that serve low-income and minority children, the Investigators will recruit and randomize 350 twelve to fifteen month olds and their parents/caregivers to one of the two intervention arms and deliver the interventions over a 2 year period.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Developmental Delay

Interventions

The purpose of the BB3 intervention (annual home visit, written materials, and BB3 mobile application 'app') is to increase parental talking, reading, playing, and praise (TRPP) behaviors and improves children's social-emotional and language development at ages 2, 3, and 4 years.

Texts for Child Safety (TCS)BEHAVIORAL

The purpose of the injury prevention arm is to reduce the prevalence of safety hazards in the home and car environments, decrease the number of self-reported and medically-attended injuries among children, and increase caregiver's self-reported safety behaviors and knowledge of child safety. The Investigators will compare the results of our tailored child safety intervention (Texts for Child Safety \[TCS\]) among participants in the injury prevention arm with those randomized to the BB3 arm.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 12 MonthsMax age: 15 MonthsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Low-income (based on insurance status of child being Medicaid or CHIP), * Lower educational level (less than college level education) parents of 12 to 15 month old children from the Rocky Mountain Youth Clinic and the Child Health Clinic who speak either English or Spanish or both and their 12-15 month old toddlers. Exclusion Criteria: * Parents with children born prior to 36 weeks gestation (premature infants) * Children with chronic conditions known to affect neuro-development, such as trisomy 21, or * Children who have a positive screen on the Children with Special Health Care Needs screener 57 * Parents who have already participated in the BB3 program * Parents without access to a smart phone * Parents who cannot read or converse in either English or Spanish

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in parental behavior based on the Stim-Q

The Stim-Q assessment tool is a reliable and valid of the cognitive stimulation provided in the home for children between 5 months and 6 years old. It can be completed by a parent in English or Spanish in about 20 minutes and has been used in several studies of interventions to support early childhood development

Time frame: Child ages 1, 2, 3 and 4

Change in children's language development based on the CDI

The MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI)-Words and Gestures, Words and Sentences, and CDI-III forms are norm- referenced measures of children's language development that can be completed by a parent in English or Spanish in about 20 minutes for children 8 through 37 months of age.

Time frame: Child ages 1 and 2.

Change in children's language development based on the E/ROWPVT-4

The Receptive and Expressive One- Word Picture Vocabulary Tests (E/ROWPVT-4) are norm-referenced assessments used to assess receptive and expressive vocabulary skills in children ages 2 years and older who speak English or Spanish. These tests can be administered in-person by a trained research assistant and each take about 20 minutes to complete. Both the CDI and the E/ROWPVT have been used in studies of interventions for language development.

Time frame: Child age 3.

Secondary Outcomes

Parental attitudes, norms, self-efficacy, and intentions toward talking, reading, playing, praising (TRPP) behaviors

Measured by a survey similar to the one used in the pilot study - Survey developed by the study team based on the Theories of Planned Behavior and Social Cognitive Theory using measures on attitudes, norms, self-efficacy and intentions validated from other research as a template.

Time frame: Child ages 1, 2 and 3

Parental positive regard for the children measured by the Parenting Stress Index

The Parenting Stress Index has been validated with diverse populations to identify dysfunctional parent-child systems in families with infants to 10 year old children, can be completed by a parent in English or Spanish in about 20 minutes, and has been used in hundreds of studies related to early childhood development

Time frame: Child ages 1, 2 and 3

Children's socio-emotional development based on the Child Behavior Checklist

The Child Behavior Checklist, Preschool is a validated, commonly used, parent completed tool to identify children ages 1.5 to 5 with emotional and behavioral problems

Time frame: Child ages 2 and 3