Bilingual Family Literacy Program Pilot

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

Detailed Description
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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.

Official Title
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Bilingual Family Literacy Program Pilot: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten

Conditions
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Language Development, Literacy, Health Behavior

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Online Family Literacy Program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Online Family Literacy Program<br>The Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten program is a bilingual family literacy program that uses anticipatory guidance on health routines (e.g., physical activity) to introduce language and literacy skills to children and their families delivered via an online video conference format. | Behavioral: Online Family Literacy Program<br>* 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.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | 8 weeks | 
| Acceptability of the program | Data on acceptability of the program will be collected via parent surveys | 8 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | 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. | Baseline, 8 weeks | 
| Child Literacy Skills | Investigator developed assessments of child alphabet knowledge and sight word recognition. Higher scores reflect higher literacy skills. | Baseline, 8 weeks | 
| Family Health Routines Assessment | Descriptive survey measuring family health routines and behaviors. | Baseline, 8 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Language development, Health routines, Literacy