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Literary Promotion Using Automated Hovering to Improve Development in Young Low-Income Children
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Texting, Regret, and 1 other intervention for Parent-Child Relations and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 55 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study is to incorporate behavioral economics (BE) approaches to determine whether 3 novel interventions of varying intensity improve the frequency of parent-child reading behaviors among low-income families. In the first phase, 10 parents will be recruited to participate in rapid cycle interviews to determine the appropriateness of text messages. In the second phase, 45 participants will be randomized to comparative groups to test the effects of automated hovering and other BE approaches on frequency of parent-child shared reading. Investigators long-term goal is to test the effects of these approaches to promote child language and socio-emotional development.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Text Messages will be sent to participants using Penn's Way to Health Platform. Participants will be asked to reply to daily text messages on daily shared reading activities including the titles of books and time spent reading.
Personalized coaching content will be made available to participants through links in the text messages and will provide comparisons of their reading frequency with that of other participants.
Participants who reply to a text message that they read on a particular day will be entered into daily and weekly drawings to receive cash payments.