Manuel E Jimenez1, Benjamin F Crabtree2, Shawna V Hudson2, Alan L Mendelsohn3, Daniel Lima4, Patricia A Shelton4, Julissa Veras5, Yong Lin6, Maria Pellerano2, Lesley Morrow7, Brian L Strom8. 1. The Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (ME Jimenez, D Lima, and PA Shelton), New Brunswick, NJ; Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (ME Jimenez), New Brunswick, NJ; Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (ME Jimenez), New Brunswick, NJ; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (ME Jimenez, BF Crabtree, SV Hudson, and M Pellerano), New Brunswick, NJ; Children's Specialized Hospital (ME Jimenez), New Brunswick, NJ. Electronic address: jimenema@rwjms.rutgers.edu. 2. Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (ME Jimenez, BF Crabtree, SV Hudson, and M Pellerano), New Brunswick, NJ. 3. NYU Grossman School of Medicine (AL Mendelsohn), New York, NY. 4. The Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (ME Jimenez, D Lima, and PA Shelton), New Brunswick, NJ. 5. School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Rochester (J Veras), Rochester, NY. 6. Rutgers School of Public Health (Y Lin), Piscataway, NJ. 7. Rutgers Graduate School of Education (L Morrow), New Brunswick, NJ. 8. Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences (BL Strom), Newark, NJ.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of adding a video and text messages to Reach Out and Read (ROR) on parent-reported literacy activities compared to the standard version. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a mixed methods hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation randomized trial in a community health center that serves low-income Latino families. We assessed shared reading frequency and the StimQ Reading subscale, at enrollment and 6-month follow-up and the StimQ Parent Verbal Responsivity subscale, Parent Reading Belief Inventory, and Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children-Milestones at follow-up. We randomized 160 parent-child dyads to ROR or ROR plus video and text messages (enhanced ROR). We collected process data on ROR and engagement with texts. We interviewed 15 enhanced ROR participants. We analyzed quantitative data using regression and qualitative data using immersion/crystallization. RESULTS: One hundred thirty-seven parent-child dyads completed the study (87% Latino, mean child age 9 months). We found differences in the StimQ Reading subscale (B = 0.32; P = .034) and marginal differences in attitudes about reading favoring enhanced ROR. Between-group differences for shared reading frequency, verbal responsivity, and developmental delay were not significant. Qualitative themes provided insight into the enhanced ROR including how it encouraged parents, remaining barriers like competing priorities and lack of social support, and unanticipated benefits (ie, parent appreciation for attention on their families' wellbeing). CONCLUSIONS: A video and text message enhancement to ROR resulted in modest improvements in the home literacy environment over ROR alone. Additional strategies are needed to overcome potent barriers faced by low-income families.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of adding a video and text messages to Reach Out and Read (ROR) on parent-reported literacy activities compared to the standard version. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a mixed methods hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation randomized trial in a community health center that serves low-income Latino families. We assessed shared reading frequency and the StimQ Reading subscale, at enrollment and 6-month follow-up and the StimQ Parent Verbal Responsivity subscale, Parent Reading Belief Inventory, and Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children-Milestones at follow-up. We randomized 160 parent-child dyads to ROR or ROR plus video and text messages (enhanced ROR). We collected process data on ROR and engagement with texts. We interviewed 15 enhanced ROR participants. We analyzed quantitative data using regression and qualitative data using immersion/crystallization. RESULTS: One hundred thirty-seven parent-child dyads completed the study (87% Latino, mean child age 9 months). We found differences in the StimQ Reading subscale (B = 0.32; P = .034) and marginal differences in attitudes about reading favoring enhanced ROR. Between-group differences for shared reading frequency, verbal responsivity, and developmental delay were not significant. Qualitative themes provided insight into the enhanced ROR including how it encouraged parents, remaining barriers like competing priorities and lack of social support, and unanticipated benefits (ie, parent appreciation for attention on their families' wellbeing). CONCLUSIONS: A video and text message enhancement to ROR resulted in modest improvements in the home literacy environment over ROR alone. Additional strategies are needed to overcome potent barriers faced by low-income families.
Authors: Lisa Ross DeCamp; Sashini K Godage; Doris Valenzuela Araujo; José Dominguez Cortez; Linxuan Wu; Kevin J Psoter; Kassandra Quintanilla; Tatiahna Rivera Rodríguez; Sarah Polk Journal: Pediatrics Date: 2020-01 Impact factor: 7.124