ChildNCT05730075
The Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children Pilot Study
An observational study of Child, run by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The goal of this observational study is to pilot test the Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children (HBCC-NSAC Toolkit) with providers of home-based child care. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Child
- How many people
- 198 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 20 Mar 2023to 18 Oct 2023
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: The population consists of home-based child care providers and families who receive child care in a home for at least 10 hours per week.
Who may be able to join
- Home-based child care providers who care for at least one school-age child (age 5 and in kindergarten, or ages 6 through 12) in a home setting for at least 10 hours per week (within the past year).
- The families must be the primary caregivers of school-age children who receive care in a home-based child care setting for at least 10 hours per week.
Who cannot join
- Child care providers who do not care for at least one school-age child in a home setting for at least 10 hours per week.
- Primary caregivers (families) who do not have school-age children who receive child care in a home for at least 10 hours per week.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Mathematica Policy Research
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20002
About this study
The goal of this observational study is to pilot test the Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children (HBCC-NSAC Toolkit) with providers of home-based child care. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) the extent to which the questionnaires contained in the HBCC-NSAC Toolkit are a reliable and valid measure of HBCC quality and 2) the extent to which the statements and questions in the Toolkit are appropriate for HBCC providers with diverse characteristics and for families who receive care from an HBCC provider. Participants will complete the questionnaires in the Toolkit and participate in cognitive interviews about the questionnaires.
Read the detailed description
Home-based child care (HBCC), or child care and early education (CCEE) offered in a provider's or child's home, is the most common form of nonparental child care in the United States and is essential for many families. Families of color, those from immigrant backgrounds, those with low incomes who work nontraditional hours, and those living in rural areas are more likely to use HBCC than center-based care.
However, existing quality measures used in HBCC settings are often based on or designed to parallel measures of center-based CCEE. These measures may miss important features of HBCC, such as ways this CCEE meets the needs of families and features that may support positive outcomes for these children and families.
The Home-Based Child Care Supply and Quality (HBCCSQ) project being conducted by Mathematica and Erikson Institute is developing a Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children. The toolkit, which contains questionnaires for providers and families, will help HBCC providers who care for at least one school-age child (age 5 and in kindergarten, or ages 6 through 12) in a home setting identify and reflect on their strengths and areas of growth related to their caregiving practices and how they partner with children's families. The purpose of this study is to test the toolkit and ensure its appropriateness for HBCC providers with diverse characteristics and for families who receive care from an HBCC provider.
This pilot study will test the HBCC-NSAC Toolkit in two phases, (1) a pre-test of the Spanish version of the provider questionnaire and the Spanish and English versions of the family questionnaire and (2) a pilot of the full HBCC-NSAC Toolkit (in English and Spanish) and related recruitment and data collection procedures.
In phase one, the study team will recruit up to 9 purposively selected Spanish speaking HBCC providers to complete the Spanish version of the provider questionnaire. Up to 9 Spanish speaking families and up to 9 English speaking families will be purposively selected to complete the family questionnaire. The study team then will conduct a cognitive interview with each provider and family respondent.
In phase two, the study team will recruit 150 purposively selected providers from diverse backgrounds to complete the provider questionnaire. The study team will ask providers to recruit one or more families to complete the family questionnaire on paper, for a total of up to 150 families.
Results from the pilot study will be used to provide initial evidence of the psychometric properties of the items and potentially refine the study instrument for use with a larger number of providers and families in a future validation study.
- Conditions
- Child
- Keywords
- childcare, quality measures, early education, children
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 HBCC providers | This group will include up to 9 Spanish-speaking HBCC providers, who will receive the Spanish version of the provider questionnaire. | |
| Phase 1 families | This group will include up to 9 Spanish speaking families and up to 9 English speaking families who will each receive the family questionnaire and who will participate in cognitive interviews. | |
| 2 HBCC providers | This group will include 150 purposively selected providers from diverse backgrounds who will each complete the provider questionnaire and will also be asked to recruit one or more families to complete the family questionnaire. | |
| Phase 2 families | This group will include up to 150 purposively selected families who will each receive the family questionnaire. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children
We will assess the validity of the scale by administering the toolkit to HBCCs and families receiving home-based child care.
Measured: 12 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted15 Feb 2023
- Study start20 Mar 2023
- Primary completion28 Jul 2023
- Study completion18 Oct 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for ChildStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Other
- Enrolment
- 198 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau - Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Sally Atkins-Burnett, Principal investigator, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.Patricia Del Grosso, Study director, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.Ashley Kopack Klein, Study director, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05730075
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 50884
- Status last verified
- Feb 2023
- First submitted
- 26 Jan 2023
- Last updated
- 4 Mar 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 4 Mar 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children Pilot Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05730075
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 50884
- Conditions
- Child
- Keywords
- childcare, quality measures, early education, children
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 198 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau - Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation
- Study start
- 20 Mar 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 28 Jul 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 18 Oct 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 15 Feb 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The goal of this observational study is to pilot test the Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children (HBCC-NSAC Toolkit) with providers of home-based child care. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) the extent to which the questionnaires contained in the HBCC-NSAC Toolkit are a reliable and valid measure of HBCC quality and 2) the extent to which the statements and questions in the Toolkit are appropriate for HBCC providers with diverse characteristics and for families who receive care from an HBCC provider. Participants will complete the questionnaires in the Toolkit and participate in cognitive interviews about the questionnaires.
Detailed description
Home-based child care (HBCC), or child care and early education (CCEE) offered in a provider's or child's home, is the most common form of nonparental child care in the United States and is essential for many families. Families of color, those from immigrant backgrounds, those with low incomes who work nontraditional hours, and those living in rural areas are more likely to use HBCC than center-based care.
However, existing quality measures used in HBCC settings are often based on or designed to parallel measures of center-based CCEE. These measures may miss important features of HBCC, such as ways this CCEE meets the needs of families and features that may support positive outcomes for these children and families.
The Home-Based Child Care Supply and Quality (HBCCSQ) project being conducted by Mathematica and Erikson Institute is developing a Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children. The toolkit, which contains questionnaires for providers and families, will help HBCC providers who care for at least one school-age child (age 5 and in kindergarten, or ages 6 through 12) in a home setting identify and reflect on their strengths and areas of growth related to their caregiving practices and how they partner with children's families. The purpose of this study is to test the toolkit and ensure its appropriateness for HBCC providers with diverse characteristics and for families who receive care from an HBCC provider.
This pilot study will test the HBCC-NSAC Toolkit in two phases, (1) a pre-test of the Spanish version of the provider questionnaire and the Spanish and English versions of the family questionnaire and (2) a pilot of the full HBCC-NSAC Toolkit (in English and Spanish) and related recruitment and data collection procedures.
In phase one, the study team will recruit up to 9 purposively selected Spanish speaking HBCC providers to complete the Spanish version of the provider questionnaire. Up to 9 Spanish speaking families and up to 9 English speaking families will be purposively selected to complete the family questionnaire. The study team then will conduct a cognitive interview with each provider and family respondent.
In phase two, the study team will recruit 150 purposively selected providers from diverse backgrounds to complete the provider questionnaire. The study team will ask providers to recruit one or more families to complete the family questionnaire on paper, for a total of up to 150 families.
Results from the pilot study will be used to provide initial evidence of the psychometric properties of the items and potentially refine the study instrument for use with a larger number of providers and families in a future validation study.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Other
- Number of arms
- 4
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 HBCC providers | – | –This group will include up to 9 Spanish-speaking HBCC providers, who will receive the Spanish version of the provider questionnaire. |
| Phase 1 families | – | –This group will include up to 9 Spanish speaking families and up to 9 English speaking families who will each receive the family questionnaire and who will participate in cognitive interviews. |
| 2 HBCC providers | – | –This group will include 150 purposively selected providers from diverse backgrounds who will each complete the provider questionnaire and will also be asked to recruit one or more families to complete the family questionnaire. |
| Phase 2 families | – | –This group will include up to 150 purposively selected families who will each receive the family questionnaire. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- The population consists of home-based child care providers and families who receive child care in a home for at least 10 hours per week.
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Home-based child care providers who care for at least one school-age child (age 5 and in kindergarten, or ages 6 through 12) in a home setting for at least 10 hours per week (within the past year).
- The families must be the primary caregivers of school-age children who receive care in a home-based child care setting for at least 10 hours per week.
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Child care providers who do not care for at least one school-age child in a home setting for at least 10 hours per week.
- Primary caregivers (families) who do not have school-age children who receive child care in a home for at least 10 hours per week.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
The Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children
Time frame: 12 months
We will assess the validity of the scale by administering the toolkit to HBCCs and families receiving home-based child care.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 4 Mar 2024.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Sally Atkins-Burnett principal investigator
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Patricia Del Grosso study director
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Ashley Kopack Klein study director
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Child, run by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Mar 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
The Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children (time frame: 12 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Mar 2024.