Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey32 enrolled

Overview

This study pilot tests a family wellness program that promotes academic and physical readiness for school among Latino dual language learners using a mixed methods and community engaged approach.

The investigators propose a pilot randomized controlled trial with wait list control to pilot test a family wellness program designed for Latino dual language learners entering Kindergarten and their families. The investigators will recruit up to 48 parent-child dyads to participate in the study. Families will be randomly assigned to session one beginning in June 2022 or session two beginning in July 2022. The investigators will examine the feasibility and acceptability of the family wellness program as well as preliminary effects on parenting behaviors and child language and literacy skills.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Parenting Language Development Literacy Health Behavior

Interventions

Family Wellness programOTHER

Weekly one-hour online workshops over an 8 week period. Families will also receive text message reminders as part of the intervention.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 4 YearsMax age: 6 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Primary caregiver of a child entering Kindergarten (4-6 years old), * Primary caregiver identifies as Hispanic/Latino/Latinx, * Family speaks Spanish at home, * Cell phone ownership, * Willing to receive texts, and * Willing to accept randomization Exclusion Criteria: * Children with multiple congenital anomalies or genetic disorders and previously identified developmental delays will be excluded.

Locations (1)

Child Health Institute

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of sessions attended

Number of sessions attended by participants will be used to assess the feasibility of the online family wellness program.

Time frame: 2months

Acceptability assessed by the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM)

Data on perceived acceptability will be captured via parent report on the AIM survey. The AIM is a 4 item survey that assesses acceptability. Higher scores indicate higher acceptability.

Time frame: 2 months

Secondary Outcomes

Home learning environment

The home learning environment will be assessed with the StimQ, a caregiver-reported measure of cognitive stimulation for children that includes domains on the home literacy environment (READ scale) and responsiveness (Parental Verbal Responsiveness scale). The READ scale includes 3 subdimensions (Book Reading Quantity, Diversity of Content, Book Reading Quality). Scores on the READ scale range from 0 to 18. The Parental Verbal Responsiveness scale includes a subdimension on responsiveness during routines (Everyday Routines). Scores range from 0 to 8. Higher scores indicate more cognitive stimulation

Time frame: Enrollment, 2months, 4months

Child vocabulary

Child vocabulary will be assessed using an investigator developed measure. Higher scores indicate higher skills

Time frame: Enrollment, 2months, 4months

Child literacy skills

Literacy skills including concepts about books, story retelling, narrative thematic knowledge, letter and sound identification will be assessed using an investigator developed measure. Higher scores indicate higher skills

Time frame: Enrollment, 2 months, 4 months

Home health routines

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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