Status:
COMPLETED
Promoting Infant-Directed Speech in Ghana
Lead Sponsor:
Northwestern University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Stanford University
Conditions:
Infant Development
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-40 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The study is a randomized evaluation of a low-cost intervention that encourages mothers and other caregivers to talk to infants, or to engage in what is known as infant-directed speech (IDS) as a way ...
Detailed Description
While parents universally use "baby talk" to soothe an infant or get her attention, engaging in a second form of infant-directed speech (IDS) - talking to young children with complete, if simplified, ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult women who visit government health facilities/outreach posts for antenatal, postnatal, or child welfare clinic visits in Tamale and surrounding areas, Ghana.
- Must be age 18 to 40 years old
- Be either pregnant or mothers of young infants at the time of baseline.
- Must speak English or Dagbani (a language local to Tamale and the surrounding areas)
- The endline survey will also include child participants.
- Child Inclusion Criteria:
- Must be the biological children (or wards) of the baseline respondents
- Must be age 2-18 months old during the endline period
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 2 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
2800 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04807907
Start Date
March 2 2021
End Date
June 1 2024
Last Update
July 24 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60208