A Family Literacy Program for Latino Families

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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A pilot study of a health-focused family literacy program. The program will consist of a series of 8 weekly workshops centered around different health topics (e.g. physical activity) that introduce basic literacy skills. The workshops are designed for children entering kindergarten and their parents

Detailed Description
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This is a pilot study of a health-focused family literacy program. The program consists of 8 weekly health-themed workshops designed to introduce basic literacy skills to children entering Kindergarten and their parents. There will be a pre and post test assessment for participating parents and children. During the 8 weeks, parents will receive 2-3 weekly text messages to reinforce material presented at the weekly workshop.

Official Title
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Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten- A Family Literacy Program for Latino Families

Conditions
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Literacy

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Preferred language is either Spanish or English. Parent or legal guardian of child Parent age 18 or older Willing to accept text messages Exclusion Criteria: Children not entering Kindergarten in Fall 2019 and their parents will be excluded

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: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy Program<br>Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy Program- 8 weekly parent child workshops with text message reminders | Behavioral: Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Family Literacy program<br>* Participants will participate in 8 parent-child health-themed literacy workshops. Participants will receive 2-3 text messages per week for 8 weeks.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) Questionnaire | Acceptability will be measured using the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM). The AIM consists of 4 questions that assess acceptability. Responses range from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree). Scales are created by averaging responses. | After 8 week period. | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| StimQ-Preschool survey | Parent reported measure of the cognitive home environment for children 5 months to 6 years to assess aspects of the home environment that affect child development. | At enrollment and after 8 week period. | 
| Alphabet knowledge assessment survey | Alphabet knowledge will be assessed. | At enrollment and after 8 week period. | 
| Sight word knowledge assessment survey | Sight word knowledge will be assessed | At enrollment and after 8 week period. | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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child development, family literacy program, primary care