Bilingual Family Literacy Program Pilot

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey35 enrolled

Overview

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

"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 Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Language Development Literacy Health Behavior

Interventions

Online Family Literacy ProgramBEHAVIORAL

Parent-child dyads will participate in 8 weekly online health-themed workshops that introduce language and literacy skills. Participants will also receive 2-3 text messages per week for the duration of the program and children's books.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 99 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

Child Health Institute of NJ

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of sessions attended by participants

Data on the number of sessions attended by participants will be used to assess the feasibility of the online family literacy program.

Time frame: 8 weeks

Acceptability of the program

Data on acceptability of the program will be collected via parent surveys

Time frame: 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

StimQ Reading Scale

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.

Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks

StimQ Parental Verbal Responsivity Scale

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.

Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks

Child Literacy Skills

Investigator developed assessments of child alphabet knowledge and sight word recognition. Higher scores reflect higher literacy skills.

Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks

Family Health Routines Assessment

Descriptive survey measuring family health routines and behaviors.

Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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