The 2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start AIAN FACES Programs

NCT06510218 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 51307-B
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 560
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The 2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Experiences in American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey Programs (the 2021-2022 Study) builds on AIAN FACES 2019, a national study of children and families participating in Head Start programs funded through grants to federally recognized tribes and consortia. In the year following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a need to understand how children, families, and Head Start staff were faring. The 2021-2022 Study explores this with some of the programs that participated in AIAN FACES 2019.

Conditions

Head Start Participation

Keywords

child care; child development; child health; child rearing; children; curriculum; early childhood education; families; Head Start; parenting; parents; parent well-being; teacher well-being; early childhood workforce; school readiness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (12)

• General health status

  Indicators of physical well-being were assessed by parent report to a survey item on if child's health is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor

  October 2021-January 2022; April-July 2022

• Social-emotional development

  Indicators of social-emotional development were assessed using teacher report of several items on children's positive and problem behaviors. Please see the 2021-2022 Study User's Manual (Reid et al. 2024) for more information on the scores and technical information.

  November 2021-January 2022; April-July 2022

• Social-emotional development - Approaches to learning

  Indicators of social-emotional development were assessed using teacher and parent report of approaches to learning using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Kindergarten Class of 1998 (ECLS-K). The items assess a child's motivation, attention, organization, persistence, and independence in learning. Please see U.S. Department of Education 2002 for more information on the scores and technical properties.

  October 2021-January 2022; April-July 2022

• Parents' depressive symptoms

  Parents' levels of depressive symptoms were measured using the short form of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). Please see Radloff 1977 for more information.

  October 2021-January 2022; April-July 2022

• Teachers' depressive symptoms

  Teachers' levels of depressive symptoms were measured using the short form of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). Please see Radloff 1977 for more information.

  November 2021-January 2022; April-July 2022

• Program directors' depressive symptoms

  Program directors' levels of depressive symptoms were measured using the short form of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). Please see Radloff 1977 for more information.

  April-July 2022

• Center directors' depressive symptoms

  Center directors' levels of depressive symptoms were measured using the short form of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). Please see Radloff 1977 for more information.

  April-July 2022

• Parents' anxiety

  Parents' and caregivers' anxiety levels were measured using items from the General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). Please see Spitzer et al. 2006 for more information.

  October 2021-January 2022; April-July 2022

• Teachers' anxiety

  Teachers' anxiety levels were measured using items from the General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). Please see Spitzer et al. 2006 for more information.

  November 2021-January 2022; April-July 2022

• Program directors' anxiety

  Program directors' anxiety levels were measured using items from the General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). Please see Spitzer et al. 2006 for more information.

  April-July 2022

• Center directors' anxiety

  Center directors' anxiety levels were measured using items from the General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). Please see Spitzer et al. 2006 for more information.

  April-July 2022

• Staffing challenges

  Staffing challenges were measured by summarizing center director survey items about the extent to which staff turnover has been a problem in terms of maintaining consistency in operations and care of children, and about finding classroom coverage and having enough staff to operate at full capacity.

  April-July 2022

Study Arms (1)

Head Start children and families

Children (261) Parents (261) Teachers (88) Program directors (18) Center directors (43)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 2 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Region XI Head Start children (and their families), Region XI Head Start programs, Region XI Head Start centers, Region XI Head Start classrooms/teachers.

You may qualify if:

• providing services directly to children ages 3 to 5
• o 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, teachers within each center, and children within each teacher. Further, the programs that participated in the 2019-2020 study had to have participated in AIAN FACES 2019-2020.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.: lead
• Department of Health and Human Services: collaborator
• Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Mathematica

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20002, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Radloff, L. "The CES-D Scale: A Self-Report Depression Scale for Research in the General Population." Applied Psychological Measurement, vol. 1, no. 3, 1977, pp. 385-401.

  BACKGROUND

• Reid, M., A. Kopack Klein, E. Doran, B. Lepidus Carlson, J. Cannon, N. Aikens, N. Reid, S. Skidmore, K. Gonzalez, X. Li, L. Malone, S. Bernstein. "2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Experiences in AIAN Head Start FACES Programs (2021-2022 Study): User's Manual." Washington, DC: Mathematica, 2024.

  BACKGROUND

• Spitzer RL, Kroenke K, Williams JB, Lowe B. A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7. Arch Intern Med. 2006 May 22;166(10):1092-7. doi: 10.1001/archinte.166.10.1092.

  PMID: 16717171 BACKGROUND

• U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), Psychometric Report for Kindergarten through First Grade. NCES 2002-05. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, 2002.

  BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Sara Bernstein, Ph.D.

  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Nikki Aikens, Ph.D.

  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Louisa Tarullo, Ed.D.

  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ashley Kopack Klein, M.A.

  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 15, 2024
• First Posted: July 19, 2024
• Study Start: August 2, 2021
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2022
• Study Completion: July 31, 2022
• Last Updated: July 22, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Time Frame: Data will become available within 2 years of completion.
• Access Criteria: Applications for access to restricted-use data file will include completing and adhering to a User Agreement, and undergoing review by the AIAN FACES Data Committee.

Locations

US (1)