American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (AIAN FACES 2019)

NCT ID: NCT04046965

Last Updated: 2024-08-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 1587 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-07-31

Brief Summary

The American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (AIAN FACES) 2019 builds on AIAN FACES 2015 (NCT03842111), which was the first national study children and families participating in Region XI Head Start. In consultation with the AIAN FACES Workgroup, Mathematica developed instruments and data collection procedures to assess the school readiness skills of 720 children and survey their parents and Region XI Head Start teachers in fall 2019 and spring 2020; conduct observations in those children's Region XI Head Start classrooms; and survey Region XI Head Start staff in spring 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, spring 2020 child assessments and classroom observations were canceled after two weeks, while surveys of parents and staff continued.

Detailed Description

The design and execution of AIAN FACES has been informed by close collaboration with members of the AIAN FACES Workgroup which includes Region XI Head Start program directors, researchers with experience working with AIAN communities, Mathematica study staff, and federal officials from the Office of Head Start and the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Building on AIAN FACES 2015 as the foundation, members of the AIAN FACES Workgroup have shared insights and information on the kinds of information needed about children and families served by Region XI AIAN Head Start programs. Members also provided input on recruitment practices and study methods that are responsive to the unique cultural and self-governing contexts of tribal Head Start programs. They also consulted on priorities for dissemination and drafts of dissemination products.

AIAN FACES 2019 provides the mechanism for collecting data on a nationally representative probability sample in Region XI to provide valid and reliable information to federal, local, and tribal community stakeholders. AIAN FACES 2019 focuses on children and families to describe the school readiness skills, family characteristics, and Head Start experiences of these children, with a focus on Native culture and language. The investigators collected information on programs and classrooms to provide context for children's experiences. Data collection with Region XI children, families, classrooms, and programs took place in the Fall of 2019 and the Spring of 2020. Originally, AIAN FACES 2019 also sought to describe classroom quality for children in Region XI, but was unable to do so, with classroom observations cancelled after two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conditions

Head Start Participation

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Region XI Head Start children and families - Fall 2019 to Spring 2020

children (720) parents (720) classrooms/teachers (85) program directors (22) center directors (40)

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Providing services directly to children ages 3 to 5
• The Head Start Program Performance Standards require that children turn 3 by date used to determine eligibility for public school in the community in which the Head Start program is located. Therefore, some study children were 2 years old at the time of sampling if sampling occurred before the date used for public school eligibility.
• Not be in imminent danger of losing its grantee status. Probability samples of centers were selected within each program, classrooms within each center (within those classrooms, eligible classrooms needed to have at least one Head Start child enrolled) and children within each classroom. Teachers associated with selected classrooms were included in the study with certainty, as were parents associated with selected children.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 2 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Department of Health and Human Services

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Sara Bernstein, Ph.D.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Mathematica Policy Research

Nikki Aikens, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Mathematica Policy Research

Louisa Tarullo, Ed.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Mathematica Policy Research

Locations

Mathematica Policy Research

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Countries

United States

References

Bernstein, S., A. Kopack Klein, B. Lepidus Carlson, A. Li., N. Aikens, M. Dang, M. Scott, S. Skidmore, M. Cavanaugh, J. Cannon, and contributing authors. "American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2019: User's Manual." Report submitted to the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC: Mathematica, 2021.

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Related Links

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/project/american-indian-and-alaska-native-head-start-family-and-child-experiences-survey-ai-0

To learn more about AIAN FACES and access reports/publications, please visit the AIAN FACES ACF website.

https://mathematica.org/projects/american-indian-and-alaska-native-head-start-family-and-child-experiences-survey-ai-an-faces

To learn more about AIAN FACES and access reports/products, individuals may also visit the Mathematica study website.

Other Identifiers

50515B

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id