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

NCT05436197 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PLAYshop Expansion
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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?

Conditions

Motor Activity; Parent-Child Relations; Child Development

Keywords

Questionnaires; Semi-structured Interviews

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change in parents' capability to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development

  Parental capability (i.e., knowledge), will be assessed via a parental questionnaire. This scale includes 9 items with values of 1-5; higher values mean more capability.

  Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control)

• Change in parents' opportunity to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development

  Parental opportunity (e.g., perceived availability of resources (1 item), perceived barriers (5 items)) will be assessed via a parental questionnaire. Items have values of 1-5; higher values mean less parental opportunity. Citation for perceived barriers: Heitzler et al., 2006

  Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control)

• Change in parents' motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development

  Parental motivation (i.e., confidence (11 items), beliefs (4 items), outcome expectations (3 items), intentions (2 items), perceived behavioural control (4 items)) will be assessed via a parental questionnaire. Citation for beliefs and outcome expectations: Heitzler et al., 2006. Items have values of 1-5; higher values mean more parental motivation.

  Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control)

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Implementation: satisfaction and perceived usefulness (questionnaire)

  Intervention group: Immediately after the workshop

• Implementation: satisfaction and perceived usefulness (parental interview)

  Intervention group: 2-month follow-up

• Implementation: facilitators and barriers (parental interview)

  Intervention group: 2-month follow-up

• Implementation: facilitators and barriers (workshop leader interview)

  At study completion, approximately 1 year from first workshop.

• Implementation: dose (parental interview)

  Intervention group: 2-month follow-up

Other Outcomes (1)

• Change in children's motivation and enjoyment

  Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control)

Study Arms (2)

PLAYshop Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Behavioral: PLAYshop Program

Control

NO INTERVENTION

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.

Interventions

PLAYshop Program 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.

PLAYshop Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 5 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• 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
• Research staff and any organization partners who lead the workshop

You may not qualify if:

• \) 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alberta: lead
• University of Victoria: collaborator
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation

Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H9, Canada

Location

Related Publications (2)

• 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.

  PMID: 16490241 BACKGROUND

• 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.

  PMID: 29930933 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Valerie Carson, PhD

  University of Alberta

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Patti-Jean Naylor, PhD

  University of Victoria

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ryan Rhodes, PhD

  University of Victoria

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Sam Liu, PhD

  University of Victoria

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: Participants: While the families will not be told explicitly if they have been assigned to the intervention or control group, they may be able to determine their group based on when their workshop is scheduled (i.e., immediately versus after completion of all study measures). Research Coordinator: The research coordinator will be aware of the group allocations as they will be in charge of coordinating random assignment and have to schedule participants into workshops and other measures based on their specific allocation.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: All participants will complete the baseline measure and then be randomly assigned to group 1 (intervention) or group 2 (control), in a computer generated 1:1 sequence.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 23, 2022
• First Posted: June 29, 2022
• Study Start: July 18, 2022
• Primary Completion: February 6, 2024
• Study Completion: February 6, 2024
• Last Updated: December 11, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)