A Family Literacy Program for Latino Families

February 14, 2020 updated by: Manuel E. Jimenez, MD, MS, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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

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

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

14

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

  • United States
    • New Jersey
      • New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901
        • Manuel E Jimenez

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

18 years to 99 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

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: N/A
  • Interventional 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
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
Participants will participate in 8 parent-child health-themed literacy workshops. Participants will receive 2-3 text messages per week for 8 weeks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) Questionnaire
Time Frame: After 8 week period.
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
Time Frame: At enrollment and after 8 week period.
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
Time Frame: At enrollment and after 8 week period.
Alphabet knowledge will be assessed.
At enrollment and after 8 week period.
Sight word knowledge assessment survey
Time Frame: At enrollment and after 8 week period.
Sight word knowledge will be assessed
At enrollment and after 8 week period.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Manuel E Jimenez, MD, MS, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

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)

May 28, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 28, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

September 28, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 18, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 3, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

May 7, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 18, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 14, 2020

Last Verified

February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Pro2019000570

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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