Primary Care and Parenting

February 12, 2020 updated by: Reshma Shah, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago

Utilizing the Primary Care Setting to Deliver a Brief Program to Enhance Parenting Behaviors

The objective of this study to evaluate potential impact of a brief, low-cost primary care-based intervention of parenting self-efficacy, knowledge, and behavior.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Enriching parenting behaviors in early childhood promotes child development and offers a promising strategy to reduce future educational disparities. However, current interventions are limited by cost and have not been widely disseminated. Recognized as a target for research to improve early childhood development and subsequent school readiness skills among at-risk families, the primary care setting offers an ideal opportunity to reach the millions of children living in poverty. However, what remains unknown is how to more efficiently leverage the primary care setting to deliver a sustainable and effective preventive program to promote positive parenting behaviors and encourage early childhood development in low-income families. Therefore, the investigators designed Sit Down and Play (SDP) a brief parent-directed program delivered in the primary care setting. Modeled after the widely disseminated literacy program Reach Out and Read and grounded in social cognitive theory, SDP is intended to take place during each pediatric well-child visit occurring in a child's first two years with the goal of promoting positive parenting behaviors.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

61

Phase

  • Early Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
        • University of Illinois at Chicago

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

6 months to 1 year (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Parent is 18 years or older Child is present for a 6, 9, or 12 month well-child visit who attends University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) for well-child care Adult present with child at appointment is parent/caregiver of child

Exclusion Criteria:

Parent is non-English speaking Child is acutely sick

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention
Parent of child to receive intervention, Sit Down and Play
Sit Down and Play (SDP) is designed to be a brief, low-cost intervention that incorporates key theoretical constructs to elicit positive parenting behaviors. It is intended to be delivered by existing clinical staff, nonprofessionals, or volunteers during each of the eight well-child visits between 2-24 months of age while a family waits to be seen by their pediatrician in the examination room
Other Names:
  • Handout
Active Comparator: Control
Parent will receive handout to promote positive behavior
Handout providing written descriptions of strategies to encourage positive parenting behaviors

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Parental Knowledge
Time Frame: Enrollment and 7 months post-enrollment
Change in parental knowledge regarding importance of talking with children
Enrollment and 7 months post-enrollment
Change in participation in cognitively stimulating activities
Time Frame: Enrollment and 7 months post-enrollment
Change in participation in cognitively stimulating activities such as reading and play as measured by the StimQ
Enrollment and 7 months post-enrollment
Change in parenting self-efficacy
Time Frame: Enrollment and 7 months post-enrollment
Change in perceived self-efficacy in parenting activity as measured by The Tool to Measure Parenting Self Efficacy
Enrollment and 7 months post-enrollment

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Reshma Shah, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 3, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 11, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

April 6, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 7, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 7, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

May 10, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 13, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 12, 2020

Last Verified

February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2014-0337_2
  • SDBP (Other Identifier: Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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