The Expansion of a Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood Called PLAYshop

NCT ID: NCT05436197

Last Updated: 2024-12-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 32 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-07-18
• Study Completion Date: 2024-02-06

Brief Summary

The PLAYshop program is a novel, brief, theory-based, parent-focused physical literacy intervention, that can help mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity of children from diverse and vulnerable families who have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Primary Research Question: Among vulnerable families (e.g., lower socioeconomic status), does the PLAYshop program increase parental capability, opportunity, and motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development, compared to controls?

Detailed Description

The overall objective of this study is to generate evidence for the efficacy of the PLAYshop program in diverse and vulnerable populations, such as families of lower socioeconomic status, who have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Research Questions:

Primary: Among vulnerable families (e.g., lower socioeconomic status), does the PLAYshop program increase parental capability, opportunity, and motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development, compared to controls? Secondary: What is the level of, and factors that influence, implementation at the family and program delivery level when working with vulnerable families? Tertiary: Does the PLAYshop program increase preschool-aged children's motivation and enjoyment, compared to controls?

Hypothesis for the primary research question: Increases in parental outcomes, including capability, opportunity, and motivation, will be greater in the intervention group, compared to the control group.

Conditions

Motor Activity; Parent-Child Relations; Child Development

Keywords

Questionnaires; Semi-structured Interviews

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

PLAYshop Intervention

Participants will receive a 60 minute virtual/hybrid physical literacy workshop, an equipment goody-bag with basic play equipment and printed resources, and access to a digital app with an online toolkit and four bi-weekly boosters lessons.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

PLAYshop Program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The intervention includes: 1. Educational Training - the 60 min virtual/hybrid workshop will be delivered by a trained facilitator. Parents will be introduced to physical literacy via education, group discussion, and active participation in fundamental movement skills (FMS) based activities with their child. 2. Distribution of Education Resources- Parents will be provided with physical literacy and physical activity printed resources. 3. Material resources -parents will also be provided a bag of inexpensive active play equipment (e.g., ball, bean bag, balloons). 4. Provide Follow-up Support- After the workshop, participants will gain access to an app with an online toolkit including new active play ideas, tips, and equipment they can make at home for active play. Additionally, participants will receive four bi-weekly booster lessons that include key workshop messages, support and encouragement for parents, reflection and check-in questions, and new activities to try with their child.

Control

Participants will receive the 60 minute virtual/hybrid physical literacy workshop, equipment goody-bag, and access to the digital app after completing the follow-up measures.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

PLAYshop Program

The intervention includes: 1. Educational Training - the 60 min virtual/hybrid workshop will be delivered by a trained facilitator. Parents will be introduced to physical literacy via education, group discussion, and active participation in fundamental movement skills (FMS) based activities with their child. 2. Distribution of Education Resources- Parents will be provided with physical literacy and physical activity printed resources. 3. Material resources -parents will also be provided a bag of inexpensive active play equipment (e.g., ball, bean bag, balloons). 4. Provide Follow-up Support- After the workshop, participants will gain access to an app with an online toolkit including new active play ideas, tips, and equipment they can make at home for active play. Additionally, participants will receive four bi-weekly booster lessons that include key workshop messages, support and encouragement for parents, reflection and check-in questions, and new activities to try with their child.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Parents of children aged 3 to 5 years who live in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Statistics Canada's low income before tax cut-off based on household size and the population of the municipality they live in
• have an education level below a bachelor's degree (participating parent)
• are unemployed (participating parent)
• are a single adult in their household
• are connected with an agency partner that supports vulnerable populations

2. Research staff and any organization partners who lead the workshop

Exclusion Criteria

1) Parents:

• who do not have internet access to complete the questionnaires and join the virtual workshop. This includes access to a device such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop/computer and a data plan or WIFI.
• who are not comfortable reading, writing, speaking and listening to at least one the following languages: English, Spanish, Farsi, Mandarin (Simplified Chinese), or Cantonese (Traditional Chinese).
• that have participated in prior PLAYshop pilot and feasibility trials

• Minimum Eligible Age: 3 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 5 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Victoria

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Alberta

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Valerie Carson, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Alberta

Patti-Jean Naylor, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Victoria

Ryan Rhodes, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Victoria

Sam Liu, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Victoria

Locations

Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Countries

Canada

References

Heitzler CD, Martin SL, Duke J, Huhman M. Correlates of physical activity in a national sample of children aged 9-13 years. Prev Med. 2006 Apr;42(4):254-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.01.010. Epub 2006 Feb 20.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 16490241 (View on PubMed)

Cairney J, Clark HJ, James ME, Mitchell D, Dudley DA, Kriellaars D. The Preschool Physical Literacy Assessment Tool: Testing a New Physical Literacy Tool for the Early Years. Front Pediatr. 2018 Jun 7;6:138. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00138. eCollection 2018.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 29930933 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

PLAYshop Expansion

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id