Evaluating a Strengths-based Community-grounded Intervention
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Conditions studied: Parenting, Child Development, Brain Development, Household and Family
In brief
Structural inequities and historical underinvestment in marginalized communities create developmental contexts that constrain access to high-quality education, healthcare, stable housing, and other critical resources. This study evaluates effects of a strengths-based, community-led intervention on young children and their families, which aims to buffer structural inequities while recognizing families' strengths. Between ages 18-36 months, English- and Spanish-speaking families consented and were randomly assigned to the intervention group (ParentChild+) or the active control group (FamilyNutrition+). Each group received 92 contacts from a specialist matched with their demographics. For the intervention group, contact focused on supporting parents and children's early learning, and families received a book or toy each week; for the control group, contact focused on supporting child nutrition, and families received a small food voucher each week. The current study evaluates whether the intervention altered parents' mental health, children's early environments, and/or children's test performance and brain development.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06701240
- Run by
- University of Pennsylvania
- People needed
- 199
- Starts
- 2022-06-08
- Expected to finish
- 2027-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-08-07
Who can join
Age: 2 and older, up to 3. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Live in Philadelphia
- Family qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch (185% or below the federal poverty line, based on income and number of people in the household, e.g. $57,000/year for a family of 2 adults and 2 children), or is currently receiving support from other government assistance programs (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP)
- Parents/guardians speak English or Spanish
You may not qualify if…
- Premature birth (<34 weeks gestation)
- Neurological or psychiatric condition
- Hearing or vision problem
- Language delay (if a parent reported a language problem, we followed up with additional questions; we did not exclude children under the age of 2 who were not speaking a lot, as it is more common for children to be less verbal below this age)
- Family previously participated in ParentChild+ with an older sibling
Where it is running
- University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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