The Expansion of a Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood Called PLAYshop

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The PLAYshop program is a novel, brief, theory-based, parent-focused physical literacy intervention, that can help mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity of children from diverse and vulnerable families who have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Primary Research Question: Among vulnerable families (e.g., lower socioeconomic status), does the PLAYshop program increase parental capability, opportunity, and motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development, compared to controls?

Detailed Description
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The overall objective of this study is to generate evidence for the efficacy of the PLAYshop program in diverse and vulnerable populations, such as families of lower socioeconomic status, who have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Research Questions: Primary: Among vulnerable families (e.g., lower socioeconomic status), does the PLAYshop program increase parental capability, opportunity, and motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development, compared to controls? Secondary: What is the level of, and factors that influence, implementation at the family and program delivery level when working with vulnerable families? Tertiary: Does the PLAYshop program increase preschool-aged children's motivation and enjoyment, compared to controls? Hypothesis for the primary research question: Increases in parental outcomes, including capability, opportunity, and motivation, will be greater in the intervention group, compared to the control group.

Official Title
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The Expansion of a Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood Called PLAYshop

Conditions
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Motor Activity, Parent-Child Relations, Child Development

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: PLAYshop Program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Parents of children aged 3 to 5 years who live in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and meet at least one of the following criteria: Statistics Canada's low income before tax cut-off based on household size and the population of the municipality they live in have an education level below a bachelor's degree (participating parent) are unemployed (participating parent) are a single adult in their household are connected with an agency partner that supports vulnerable populations Research staff and any organization partners who lead the workshop Exclusion Criteria: 1) Parents: who do not have internet access to complete the questionnaires and join the virtual workshop. This includes access to a device such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop/computer and a data plan or WIFI. who are not comfortable reading, writing, speaking and listening to at least one the following languages: English, Spanish, Farsi, Mandarin (Simplified Chinese), or Cantonese (Traditional Chinese). that have participated in prior PLAYshop pilot and feasibility trials

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 3 Years
Maximum Age: 5 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: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: All participants will complete the baseline measure and then be randomly assigned to group 1 (intervention) or group 2 (control), in a computer generated 1:1 sequence.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: PLAYshop Intervention<br>Participants will receive a 60 minute virtual/hybrid physical literacy workshop, an equipment goody-bag with basic play equipment and printed resources, and access to a digital app with an online toolkit and four bi-weekly boosters lessons. | Behavioral: PLAYshop Program<br>* The intervention includes: 1. Educational Training - the 60 min virtual/hybrid workshop will be delivered by a trained facilitator. Parents will be introduced to physical literacy via education, group discussion, and active participation in fundamental movement skills (FMS) based activities with their child. 2. Distribution of Education Resources- Parents will be provided with physical literacy and physical activity printed resources. 3. Material resources -parents will also be provided a bag of inexpensive active play equipment (e.g., ball, bean bag, balloons). 4. Provide Follow-up Support- After the workshop, participants will gain access to an app with an online toolkit including new active play ideas, tips, and equipment they can make at home for active play. Additionally, participants will receive four bi-weekly booster lessons that include key workshop messages, support and encouragement for parents, reflection and check-in questions, and new activities to try with their child.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control<br>Participants will receive the 60 minute virtual/hybrid physical literacy workshop, equipment goody-bag, and access to the digital app after completing the follow-up measures. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in parents' capability to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development | Parental capability (i.e., knowledge), will be assessed via a parental questionnaire. This scale includes 9 items with values of 1-5; higher values mean more capability. | Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control) | 
| Change in parents' opportunity to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development | Parental opportunity (e.g., perceived availability of resources (1 item), perceived barriers (5 items)) will be assessed via a parental questionnaire. Items have values of 1-5; higher values mean less parental opportunity. Citation for perceived barriers: Heitzler et al., 2006 | Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control) | 
| Change in parents' motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development | Parental motivation (i.e., confidence (11 items), beliefs (4 items), outcome expectations (3 items), intentions (2 items), perceived behavioural control (4 items)) will be assessed via a parental questionnaire. Citation for beliefs and outcome expectations: Heitzler et al., 2006. Items have values of 1-5; higher values mean more parental motivation. | Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control) | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Implementation: satisfaction and perceived usefulness (questionnaire) | Satisfaction and perceived usefulness of the intervention will be assessed via a parental questionnaire in the intervention group only. This scale includes 3 items with values of 1-5; higher values mean more satisfaction and perceived usefulness. | Intervention group: Immediately after the workshop | 
| Implementation: satisfaction and perceived usefulness (parental interview) | Satisfaction and perceived usefulness of the intervention will also be explored via brief semi-structured interviews with parents from the intervention group. | Intervention group: 2-month follow-up | 
| Implementation: facilitators and barriers (parental interview) | Implementation facilitators and barriers will be explored via brief semi-structured interviews with parents from the intervention group. | Intervention group: 2-month follow-up | 
| Implementation: facilitators and barriers (workshop leader interview) | Implementation facilitators and barriers will be explored via brief semi-structured interviews with workshop leaders. | At study completion, approximately 1 year from first workshop. | 
| Implementation: dose (parental interview) | The dose of the intervention will be explored via brief semi-structured interviews with parents from the intervention group. | Intervention group: 2-month follow-up | 
| Implementation: dose (app check-in questions) | The dose of the intervention will be assessed via check-in questions as part of the booster lessons in the intervention group. | Intervention group: Bi-weekly after workshop (i.e., 1, 3, 5, and 7 weeks) | 
| Implementation: dose (app usage data) | The dose of the intervention will be assessed via tracking of app usage in the intervention group. | Intervention group: 2-month follow-up | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Questionnaires, Semi-structured Interviews