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Primary Care-based Program to Enhance Positive Parenting Practices

A study testing Sit Down and Play and Handout in people with Parenting and Development, run by University of Illinois at Chicago at 1 site in United States.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The objective of this research is to conduct a small randomized pilot study to evaluate the feasibility of Sit Down and Play (SDP), a brief, low-cost program delivered in the primary care setting to enhance parent-child interactions and explore potential impacts on parenting behaviors. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Parenting, Development, Language
What is being tested?
Sit Down and Play and Handout
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
40 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jul 2016to Sep 2018
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Parent is 18 years or older
  • Child is present for a 2, 4, or 6 month well-child visit
  • Adult present with child at appointment is parent/caregiver of child

Who cannot join

  • Parent is non-English speaking
  • Child is acutely sick

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: Sit Down and Play: A Primary Care-Based Program to Promote Positive Parenting Practices

The objective of this research is to conduct a small randomized pilot study to evaluate the feasibility of Sit Down and Play (SDP), a brief, low-cost program delivered in the primary care setting to enhance parent-child interactions and explore potential impacts on parenting behaviors.

Read the detailed description

Enriching parenting behaviors in early childhood promotes child development and offers a promising strategy to reduce future educational disparities. However, current interventions are limited by cost and have not been widely disseminated. Recognized as a target for research to improve early childhood development and school readiness among at-risk families, the primary care setting offers an ideal opportunity to reach the millions of children living in poverty.However, what remains unknown is how to more efficiently leverage the primary care setting to deliver a sustainable and effective preventive intervention to promote positive parenting behaviors and encourage early childhood development in low-income families. Therefore, the investigators designed Sit Down and Play (SDP) a brief parent-directed program delivered in the primary care setting. Modeled after the widely disseminated literacy program Reach Out and Read and grounded in social cognitive theory, SDP is intended to take place during each pediatric well-child visit occurring in a child's first two years with the goal of promoting positive parenting behaviors.

Being tested
Sit Down and Play, Handout
Keywords
parenting, child development, language
Medical subject headings
Language

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Sit Down and PlayBehavioural

    Sit Down and Play (SDP) is designed to be a brief, low-cost intervention that incorporates key theoretical constructs to elicit positive parenting behaviors. It is intended to be delivered by existing clinical staff, nonprofessionals, or volunteers during each of the eight well-child visits between 2-24 months of age while a family waits to be seen by their pediatrician in the examination room.

  • HandoutBehavioural

    Handouts developed by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide information regarding age-specific early childhood milestones

Study groups in NCT02871973
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
SDPExperimentalFamilies randomized to intervention group will receive Sit Down and Play while they wait in the waiting room to be seen by their primary care provider at current and subsequent well-child visit.
Receives: Behavioral: Sit Down and Play
CDC HandoutActive comparatorFamilies in the control group will receive the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Handout at enrollment.
Receives: Behavioral: Handout

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Caregiver's participation in cognitively stimulating activities such as reading and playing using self-report measure StimQ

    Measured: 3-4 months post-enrollment

  2. Parental Self-Efficacy as measured by Parenting Sense of Competence Scale

    Measured: 3-4 months post-enrollment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Aug 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2016
  3. Primary completionJul 2018
  4. Study completionSep 2018

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
40 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02871973
Sponsor's protocol ID
2014-0337_1
Other IDs
UL1TR000050
Status last verified
Feb 2020
First submitted
10 Aug 2016
Last updated
13 Feb 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Shah R, Kennedy S, Clark MD, Bauer SC, Schwartz A. Primary Care-Based Interventions to Promote Positive Parenting Behaviors: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2016 May;137(5):e20153393. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-3393. Epub 2016 Apr 19.

    PubMed 27244800
  • Shah R, Sobotka SA, Chen YF, Msall ME. Positive Parenting Practices, Health Disparities, and Developmental Progress. Pediatrics. 2015 Aug;136(2):318-26. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3390.

    PubMed 26216325

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Sit Down and Play and Handout in people with Parenting and Development, run by University of Illinois at Chicago at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Feb 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Caregiver's participation in cognitively stimulating activities such as reading and playing using self-report measure StimQ (time frame: 3-4 months post-enrollment). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02871973, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Feb 2020.

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