Promoting Mother-Infant Book sharing in Khayelitsha, South Africa
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN39953901 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN39953901 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | MIBSA1 |
- Submission date
- 23/07/2012
- Registration date
- 26/07/2012
- Last edited
- 08/04/2016
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Plain English summary of protocol
Background and study aims
It is clear that children in South Africa are struggling at school and are failing to achieve good grades, especially in reading. We know from studies in other countries, that training mothers how to share books with their babies improves infants' language and literacy. This study tests whether mothers in Khayelitsha can be trained in good book sharing practices and whether this has an impact on their babies language and attention skills. As secondary aims, we will investigate whether such training impacts childrens emotion recognition abilities and the quality of mothers general interactive behaviours.
Who can participate?
Mothers resident in the Khayelitsha area who have a baby aged 14 to 16 months old.
What does the study involve?
Participants will attend training sessions at our research centre on a weekly basis over the course of 8 weeks. They will receive both group lectures and individual sessions with our trainers. They will also be asked to attend an assessment session before starting the training and another immediately after the last training session.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
There are considerable benefits anticipated both for mother and for child: children's expressive and receptive vocabulary, attention, and emotion recognition is expected to improve while mothers are expected to become more sensitive, responsive, and attuned to their infants. There are no risks associated with participation in this study.
Where is the study run from?
At our research centre at Grassroots Football in Khayelitsha
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
July 2012 to May 2013
Who is funding the study?
The study is funded by the DG Murray Trust, Constable & Robinson Publishing, and the Felix Foundation.
Who is the main contact?
Mr Zahir Vally
zvally@gmail.com
Contact information
Scientific
University of Reading
Winnicott Research Unit
Reading
RG6 6AL
United Kingdom
Study information
| Study design | Randomized controlled trial |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Study setting(s) | Other |
| Study type | Quality of life |
| Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet |
| Scientific title | Promoting Mother-Infant Book sharing: a randomized controlled trial in Khayelitsha, South Africa |
| Study acronym | MIBSA |
| Study objectives | A study will be conducted to determine the efficacy of a program to train mothers in Khayelitsha in sharing books with their infants. We hypothesize that training mothers in good book sharing practices will promote their babies' language development, improve infant attention, as well as infant emotion recognition. Furthermore, we hypothesize that training mothers in Khayelitsha in good book-sharing practices with their infants will improve the general quality of maternal interactive behaviours. |
| Ethics approval(s) | 1. University Research Ethics Committee, School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, UK, 14/03/2012, ref: 2012/007/PC 2. Stellenbosch University Research Ethics Committee, South Africa, May 2013, ref: S12/04/088 |
| Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Infant cognitive development |
| Intervention | There will be two groups: an index group who will receive a book sharing training program and a waitlist control group. The intervention involves weekly training sessions run over 8 weeks. |
| Intervention type | Behavioural |
| Primary outcome measure | 1. Child language (i.e. vocabulary and comprehension) assessed as a count at the end of the training phase. 2. Infant attention assessed by two means: 2.1. The longest bout of attention and quality of attention measured during a 5 minute segment of free play and book-sharing 2.2. The longest bout of sustained attention during a computerized vigilance task |
| Secondary outcome measures | 1. Maternal book-sharing practices (i.e. ratings of video-taped episodes of book sharing for maternal sensitivity and facilitation, and pointing, repetitions, and elaborations) assessed as ordinal variables (and, where appropriate, counts) at the end of the training phase. 2. Maternal general interactive behaviours (i.e. ratings of video-taped episodes of joint play for sensitivity, facilitation, and reciprocity) assessed as ordinal variables at the end of the training phase. 3. Infant emotion recognition (i.e. a count of the number of correct child emotions identified (i.e. happy, sad, angry, and fearful). |
| Overall study start date | 30/07/2012 |
| Completion date | 30/06/2013 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Adult |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | 100 |
| Key inclusion criteria | 1. Able (in the investigators opinion) and willing to comply with all study requirements 2. Primary caregiver is able to attend sessions this may be the mother, father, grandparent, aunt, or other carer 3. Mother is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study 4. Mother/ primary caregiver, aged 16 years or above 5 Infant is aged 14, 15, or 16 months old at the time of the first assessment 6. Resident in one of the four catchment areas |
| Key exclusion criteria | 1. Children which have significant physical or established intellectual impairment 2. Carers suffering from a significant physical or psychiatric condition which would impair their ability to engage in the program |
| Date of first enrolment | 30/07/2012 |
| Date of final enrolment | 30/06/2013 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
RG6 6AL
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
University/education
School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences
Whiteknights
Reading
RG6 6AL
England
United Kingdom
| Website | http://www.reading.ac.uk/ |
|---|---|
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/05v62cm79 |
Funders
Funder type
Charity
No information available
No information available
No information available
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
| IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results article | results | 01/08/2015 | Yes | No |
Editorial Notes
08/04/2016: Publication reference added.
