Clinical trials: Early Literacy
School Readiness, Racial Socialization
Cultural Pride Reinforcement for Early School Readiness
Minority children disproportionately experience racial bias, which is linked to school failure, toxic stress, and health disparities.
- Conditions
- School Readiness, Racial Socialization, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT05140460
- Testing
- Cultural Pride Reinforcement for Early School Readiness (CPR4ESR), Reach Out and Read (ROR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Pediatric Obesity
Healthy Start to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Healthy Eating in Early Childcare Centres
Childhood obesity is one of the greatest challenges facing public health and recent evidence shows it begins in preschool aged children.
- Trial name
- NCT02375490
- Testing
- Healthy Start
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 897 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Mental Health Promotion
Designing and Evaluating a Classroom-Based Mental Health Programme for Adolescents.
This study is a mixed-methods feasibility trial designed to examine whether a universal classroom-based psychoeducational programme which covers unusual sensory experiences, psychosis, mental health stigma, and coping strategies…
- Trial name
- NCT07660874
- Testing
- School-Based Mental Health Programme
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Stress, Psychological, Child Behavior
Tele-Wellness Supported App for Family Child Care Home Providers and Families to Promote Health, Family Engagement, and School Readiness Amid COVID-19
The investigators aim to deliver a tele-wellness supported app to Baltimore City's Family Child Care Home (FCCH) providers who are caring for children of Essential Personnel.
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Child Behavior, Social Competence
- Trial name
- NCT04453657
- Testing
- FamilyChildCare (provisional name of app)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Mental Health Impairment
Impact Study of Workplace Mental Health Education on Early Intervention for Healthcare Workers With Mental Health Issues
The purpose of this study is to compare the impact of a new workplace-based mental health peer education program with standardized mental health literacy training on early intervention and support for healthcare employees with…
- Trial name
- NCT02158871
- Testing
- Beyond Silence, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Early Literacy, Articulatory Gestures
The Effect of Articulatory Gestures on Early Literacy Skills in 4-year Olds
This study will use an experimental design to explore if articulatory gestures (with letters and phonemic awareness training) enhance early literacy skills more than general mouth awareness training (with letters and phonemic…
- Conditions
- Early Literacy, Articulatory Gestures, Phonemic Awareness
- Trial name
- NCT06504264
- Testing
- phonemic segmentation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montclair State University
Child Development
Play and Pre-Literacy Among Young Children
Children begin to develop fundamental motor skills (FMS), such as running and kicking, and pre-literacy skills, such as rhyming, during early childhood.
- Trial name
- PLAY (NCT02432443)
- Testing
- Motor and pre-literacy program, Wait-list Comparison
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Parenting, Language Development
Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten
This study pilot tests a family wellness program that promotes academic and physical readiness for school among Latino dual language learners using a mixed methods and community engaged approach.
- Conditions
- Parenting, Language Development, Literacy, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05339464
- Testing
- Family Wellness program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Early Childhood Literacy
Preschool Literacy Screening: Validating a 5 Question Survey Using the GRTR-R and the Efficacy of Literacy-promoting Interventions
This study's aim is to validate a parent-completed brief literacy screening tool (Early Literacy Screener) at the 4 year well child check using the Get Ready to Read- Revised screening tool as a gold standard.
- Trial name
- NCT01905332
- Testing
- Literacy promoting home based program, Literacy Toolkit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Abusive Head Trauma, Early Literacy
The Early ABCs Study
Regular reading with young children strengthens the parent-child relationship and builds their language, literacy and social emotional skills.
- Trial name
- EarlyABCs (NCT02055573)
- Testing
- Ready To Learn (RTL), All Babies Cry (ABC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Otitis Media, Middle Ear Effusion
Middle Ear Disease Before Age 3, Treatment With Ear Tubes, and Literacy and Attentional Abilities at Ages 9 to 11
Middle-ear disease (infection and fluid) is the most common illness in young children after the common cold. Because hearing loss accompanies middle-ear disease, and because early life is a period of rapid development, concern…
- Trial name
- NCT00365092
- Testing
- Insertion of tympanostomy tubes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Motor Activity, Parent-Child Relations
The Expansion of a Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood Called PLAYshop
The PLAYshop program is a novel, brief, theory-based, parent-focused physical literacy intervention, that can help mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity of children from diverse and vulnerable…
- Conditions
- Motor Activity, Parent-Child Relations, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT05436197
- Testing
- PLAYshop Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Literacy
Text Messaging Pilot Study
This pilot study aims to assess the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effectiveness of text messages designed to encourage shared reading among urban parents.
- Trial name
- NCT03281356
- Testing
- Intervention Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Colorectal Cancer
Low-Literacy Physician-Patient Intervention Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a low literacy, physician and patient-directed intervention to promote colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among the medically underserved.
- Trial name
- NCT01103479
- Testing
- Physician Intervention, Physician and Patient Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 569 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Media Effects on Literacy Gains in Young Children
Literacy Instruction Through Media for Everyone
The goal of this study is to determine whether an intervention to support caregivers in engaging with their children while using educational media together can improve children's early literacy skills, compared to an aligned…
- Trial name
- LIME (NCT06796790)
- Testing
- Media instruction, Storybook intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Child Behavior, Child Behavior Problem
Self-Concept Reinforcement for Early School Readiness
The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to evaluate a self-concept intervention (Self-Concept Reinforcement for Early School Readiness (SCR4ESR)) in young African American children using experimental and mixed…
- Conditions
- Child Behavior, Child Behavior Problem, Child Behavior Disorders
- Trial name
- SCR4ESR (NCT06084910)
- Testing
- Self-Concept Reinforcement for Early School Readiness, Reach Out and Read
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Parenting, Language Development
The Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether a family wellness program enhances child and parenting outcomes among Latino dual language learners entering Kindergarten and their families.
- Conditions
- Parenting, Language Development, Literacy, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05760573
- Testing
- Family Wellness Program (FWP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 396 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Language Development, Behavior, Child
Literacy Promotion for Latinos Study
This study tests the extent to which tailored outreach text messages that provide a cue to action and an intervention that enhances access to poverty-reducing resources, in combination with standard primary care literacy…
- Conditions
- Language Development, Behavior, Child, Parenting, Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT04609553
- Testing
- Usual care including ROR, Text messages, Connection to community resources
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 662 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
General Population of Children Aged 3 to 5 Years Old
Early Development of Academic Skills in the Classroom
This is a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. The two arms will be: 1) Intervention group, where the stimulation program will be implemented; and 2) Comparison group (active).
- Trial name
- JAPI (NCT05224700)
- Testing
- JAPI, Painting group
- Volunteers
- 754 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Talca
Developmental Language Disorder
Early Achievements - Shaping Early Language and Literacy Skills
Language skills are important for long-term reading comprehension success. Yet there are limited instructional approaches available for prekindergarten (pre-K) teachers to use in their inclusive classrooms to boost…
- Trial name
- EA-SHELLS (NCT07103044)
- Testing
- Early Achievements - Shaping Early Language and Literacy Skills
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.