NCT03242850

Assuring Patient-centered Literacy Promotion for Underserved Children Study

Assuring Patient-centered Literacy Promotion for Underserved Children to Promote School Readiness

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Literacy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Intervention Group	This group will view a video on shared reading upon enrollment, receive standard guidance on shared reading, and receive a series of text messages for a period of 6 months.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-24
• Primary completion: 2019-08-24
• Completion: 2019-08-24
• First posted: 2017-08-08
• Last updated: 2020-02-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States