Bilingual Family Literacy Program Pilot

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Status: Completed

Conditions: Literacy; Health Behavior; Language Development

Treatments: Behavioral: Online Family Literacy Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04423133

Pro2020000656

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will examine the feasibility of implementing a virtual bilingual health-focused family literacy program.

Full description

"Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten" is a bilingual family literacy program that uses anticipatory guidance on important health routines to introduce critical language and literacy skills to young Latino children entering Kindergarten and their families.

The objectives of this study are 1) To assess the feasibility of implementing the bilingual family literacy program online via video conference by collecting information on family attendance and participation, 2) To examine the acceptability of the program, and 3) To explore preliminary effects of the program on the family health and language routines as well as child language and literacy skill acquisition.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Preferred language either Spanish or bilingual (English and Spanish)
• Parent or legal guardian of the child
• Parent Age ≥ 18

Exclusion criteria

• Children not entering Kindergarten.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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35 participants in 1 patient group

Online Family Literacy Program

Experimental group

Description:

The Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten program is a bilingual family literacy program that uses anticipatory guidance on health routines (e.g., physical activity) to introduce language and literacy skills to children and their families delivered via an online video conference format.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online Family Literacy Program