A Kinder Coaching Program With Community Health Workers "READY"

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Conditions studied: School Readiness, Parent School Readiness Confidence and Skills, Preschool Enrollment

In brief

In this study, the investigators compare two novel primary care interventions (School Readiness Checklist vs. Kinder Coaching) for low-income parents, which were co-developed by parent, clinical, and educational stakeholders. This R01 builds evidence on a low touch (low intensity, lower cost intervention) School Readiness Checklist compared to high touch (higher intensity, embedded program) Kinder Coaching with Community Health Workers in a hybrid effectiveness-implementation RCT.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07677618

Run by

Oregon Health and Science University

People needed

480

Starts

2027-07-01

Expected to finish

2031-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-01

Who can join

Age: 2 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Parent or caregiver is 18 years of age or older with no intellectual disability and can speak and understand Spanish and/or English. Participants unable to read will be eligible as data will be verbally collected by bilingual research staff.
• Child is between 3 and 4 years of age at enrollment and receives primary care at a study site.
• Child is from a low-income household on Medicaid insurance.
• Child has no significant developmental disability or serious medical condition that limits communication with the Kinder Coach. Children with mild developmental delays including speech delay, gross motor delay, autism spectrum disorder, mild cerebral palsy, and ADHD will be included to capture a heterogenous, real-world sample from primary care.

You may not qualify if…

• Parent or child with significant intellectual disability.
• Teen parents under the age of 18.
• Child is in foster care or other situation in which consent cannot be obtained from a legal guardian.
• Child with a significant developmental disability that limits participation including cerebral palsy, non-verbal autism spectrum disorder, Down's syndrome, global developmental delay, or other serious medical condition impacting ability to participate in a Kinder Coaching visit. Developmental conditions will be defined as children who screen negative on the Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) screener for developmental and/or behavioral special needs "above and beyond what would be expected" for a child of that age.

Where it is running

• Hillsboro Pediatric Clinic — Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

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