The Pittsburgh Study Early Childhood

Summary

The Early Childhood Collaborative of The Pittsburgh Study is a community-partnered, county-wide implementation of programs for children and families from birth through formal school entry to address real-world challenges that exist in providing effective preventive interventions for families with young children, particularly low-income families.

Conditions

• Child Development
• Child Language
• Child Behavior Problem
• Parenting
• Parent Child Abuse

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Text4Baby or Bright by Text Referral

Passive texting programs where participants receive free text messages on topics such as child development and parenting tips three times per week. Text4Baby serves parents of children under one year. Bright by Text serves parents of children under eight years of age.

BEHAVIORAL

Nurture Program Warm Referral

Nurture Program is a nonprofit organization that promotes healthy development in young children by pairing moms with experienced and knowledgeable mentors who use text messaging to answer questions and provide helpful information, while offering support and encouragement throughout the child's first few years of life.

BEHAVIORAL

Video Interaction Project

The Video Interaction Project is a program to support parents and their young children. Video Interaction Project is typically offered at a convenient location, such as a pediatric clinic. Parents are observed and videotaped for 3 to 5 minutes while interaction with their child. The Video Interaction Project coach then watches the video with the parent and talks about their interaction, highlighting how best to support the child's growth and language development.

BEHAVIORAL

Family Check-UP

The Family Check-Up is brief, taking place over the course of three sessions, each about an hour long. A Family Check-Up family coach will spend time getting to know the family during an "Initial Interview." Second, parents complete questionnaires that assess child and family adjustment, relationships, and other areas that influence children and families. The assessment includes videotaped family interaction tasks, where parents take part in activities with their child like playing together with toys and puzzles. Third, the Feedback session consists of sharing feedback - including strengths and challenges - about child and family well-being based on survey responses and video clips. Parents are invited to set goals for their family to support and maintain strengths and address areas of concern. Parents are paid 25 dollars after the Feedback Session. Parents have the option to continue meeting with the family coach to support the child's development and improve parental well-being.

BEHAVIORAL

Smart Beginnings

Smart Beginnings consists of delivering both Video Interaction Project and the Family Check-up packed together as a single intensive intervention.

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Families America Warm Referral

As part of Healthy Families America, professionally trained Nurse Home Visitors provide information during weekly home visits so that parents can provide the best for your new baby. Topics addressed are ways to keep the baby safe, how to take care of the baby, and activities parents can enjoy with their babies.

BEHAVIORAL

Family Center Warm Referral

There are 27 Family Centers across Allegheny County provide services to families of young children 5 and under. These centers focus on three primary activities: 1. enhancing child development; 2. facilitating parent education, and 3. ensuring parents are supported and connected.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Grable Foundation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• The Shear Family Foundation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Heinz Endowments

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Pittsburgh

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Max Age

6 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-06-02

Primary Completion

2030-12-31

Completion

2031-12-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations