Assuring Patient-centered Literacy Promotion for Underserved Children Study (APLUS)

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Status: Completed

Conditions: Literacy

Treatments: Behavioral: Intervention Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03242850

73308 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Pro20170000878

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study tests whether an enhanced primary cared based literacy promotion intervention consisting of a video and text message will increase shared reading occurrences between parents and children compared to the standard version.

Full description

This is a randomized controlled trial aimed at assessing the effectiveness of an enhanced intervention consisting of a video and a series of text messages in promoting shared reading between parents and children. Participants will be randomized to one of two study arms (1) the enhanced intervention consisting of a video in the waiting room, standard guidance on shared reading, and a series of text messages (2) regular care which includes standard guidance on shared reading. The primary outcome will be shared reading occurrences. Secondary outcomes will include receipt of intervention, measure of the cognitive home environment, developmental screening results, and measure of parent reading beliefs.

Enrollment: 160 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. primary caregiver of a child age 6-15 months,
2. primary language English or Spanish,
3. cell phone ownership,
4. age ≥18 years,
5. willing to receive text messages, and
6. willing to accept randomization

Exclusion criteria

1. Individuals unable to provide consent
2. Individuals who do not meet inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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160 participants in 2 patient groups

Regular care group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group will receive regular care including standard guidance on shared reading. Participants in this arm will not view the video at the time of enrollment nor will they receive the text messages throughout the 6 months of the randomized controlled trial.

Intervention group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intervention Group