NCT03847675

Reach Out and Read Arabic to Promote Arabic Literacy in Toddlers

"Reach Out and Read" Arabic to Promote Parental Reading to Toddlers and Preschoolers

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: American University of Beirut Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Months – 6 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to encourage parents to read Arabic books to their children from an early age and by extension children will be more likely to read Arabic books and ultimately improve their Arabic literacy. The investigators' hypothesis is that an adapted "Reach Out and Read" program will result in an increase in the proportion of parents reading Arabic books to their children after the intervention.

Detailed description

Early reading for toddlers has been linked to a better grasp of the fundamentals of language as they approach school age, as reading exposes the child to rich language and diverse content. Reach Out and Read program (ROR) is an American non-profit organization that advocates for childhood literacy. In this study the investigators aim to implement an adapted version of the "Reach Out and Read" program and to encourage parents to read Arabic books to their children in order for this to become a daily habit. The goal of this study is to see an increase in the proportion of parents who read Arabic books to their children and by extension children will grow up loving to read Arabic books and ultimately may have improved Arabic literacy.

Conditions

• Child Development

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Reach out and Read	The intervention group will be viewing a video encouraging to read to their children and giving tips on reading methods, in addition will be given a schematic pamphlet highlighting the importance of reading Arabic to children. After each visit participants will receive an age appropriate book for their child (a total of 3 books). The first book consist of popular nursery rhymes that are usually sung for younger infants. The choice of the 2 other books is based on recommendations from an early child educator according to age specificity. Focus group conducted by a qualitative researcher will follow the protocol reported by Richard A. Krueger.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-11-01
• Primary completion: 2022-05-30
• Completion: 2022-07-30
• First posted: 2019-02-20
• Last updated: 2023-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Lebanon