Actively Recruiting
Talk With Me Baby: Leveraging Well-Child Care to Enhance the Early Home Language Environment
Led by University of Kansas Medical Center · Updated on 2026-03-24
400
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
173 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Kansas Medical Center
Lead Sponsor
E
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Language-rich interactions with a parent or caregiver can serve as a protective factor for young children, by supporting their language development and other positive long-term outcomes, but existing interventions have not had the necessary reach to families who need this information the most. This study utilizes the primary care setting as a low cost, scalable way to deliver language promotion intervention. Specifically, we will test the effectiveness and explore implementation of language promotion intervention (Talk With Me Baby) that embeds within anticipatory guidance during pediatric well-child care to boost early language development and optimize health, academic, and economic outcomes.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Talk With Me Baby: Leveraging Well-Child Care to Enhance the Early Home Language Environment
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Child must be enrolled prior to attending their 2-month well-child care visit (age 1 month plus or minus 30 days)
- Child was born full term (37 weeks gestation or later)
- Child is a singleton birth
- Home language is English and/or Spanish
- Child must receive well-child care at a participating clinic
- Clinic must be a primary care practice delivering well-child care for children 0-36 months old
- Clinic must have at least 30% Medicaid or uninsured visits per year
- Clinic must serve at least 300 unique patients aged 0 to 36 months each year
You will not qualify if you...
- Child has a severe congenital disorder affecting neurodevelopment or a hearing impairment that could affect participation
- Parent does not live with or spend at least 2 days per week with the child
- Family does not plan to continue services at the clinic
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
Not Yet Recruiting
2
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
B
Brenda J Salley, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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