The purpose of this research study is to learn new things about how parents and others who care for babies think about sharing books with their baby and how they might respond to guidance from their doctors. The study involves participants filling out a survey with questions about a newborn baby and thoughts about the baby's development. The study should not take more than an hour and fifteen minutes during the delivery hospital stay and another 20 minutes at the baby's one month well child visit by phone or emailed survey link. Participants may also be interviewed and asked some questions about these topics. The conversation will be audio recorded, and should last no more than 30 minutes. The survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. The participant and their child will be randomized, like flipping a coin, to either receive the study intervention book, Cluck and Moo, along with standard or care or solely standard of care at your time of hospital discharge. The greatest risks to this study would be feeling uncomfortable about answering some of the questions and potential risk of loss of confidentiality.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
Similar to the standard Reach out and Read model, parents will be given a high-contrast board book, Cluck and Moo, and education about the importance of and how to engage with newborns in early shared reading behaviors. This will include instructive information for families about using books to stimulate newborns through pictures and spoken words.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Program acceptability as measured by survey data
Survey data will be analyzed using grounded theory.
Time frame: 1 month
Program acceptability as measured by structured interviews
The structured interviews will be evaluated and themes and subthemes will be identified using NVivo software.
Time frame: 1 month
Program feasibility assessed by determining the cost of books required for the intervention
Time frame: 1 month
Program feasibility assessed by the time required to complete enrollment
Time frame: 1 month
Program feasibility assessed by the time required to complete the intervention
Time frame: 1 month
Program feasibility assessed by the number of eligible families enrolled in the study.
Time frame: 1 month
Program feasibility assessed by the percentage of families who are followed through to study completion
Time frame: 1 month
Family's home literacy environment as measured by the READ subscale of the StimQ2-Infant.
Age appropriate items will be pulled from the StimQ2-Infant READ subscale. The StimQ2-Infant READ subscale measures a family's shared reading behaviors in the home.
Time frame: 1 month
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