Home-Visiting in a Shared Reading Intervention: Effects on Children from Low SES and Ethnic Minority Families

Autor/inn/en	Dias-Broens, Aike S.; van Steensel, Roel
Titel	Home-Visiting in a Shared Reading Intervention: Effects on Children from Low SES and Ethnic Minority Families
Quelle	In: Early Education and Development, 34 (2023) 8, S.1919-1940 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-9289
DOI	10.1080/10409289.2022.2123294
Schlagwörter	Program Effectiveness; Low Income Groups; Minority Groups; Reading Strategies; Parent Role; Parent Child Relationship; Young Children; Family Literacy; Family Environment; Reading Comprehension; Story Reading; Foreign Countries; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnische Minderheit; Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; Parental role; Elternrolle; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Frühe Kindheit; Familienmilieu; Leseverstehen; Ausland; Niederlande
Abstract	Research Findings: In this study, we examined the short- and long-term effects of Reading Express, a home-visiting intervention in which volunteers encourage low socio-economic status and ethnic minority parents to engage in interactive shared reading with their child. Outcomes of a quasi-experiment involving 176 children in the Netherlands (mean age 72 months; n[subscript experimental] = 95; n[subscript control] = 81) revealed favorable outcomes of Reading Express for children's home literacy environments (i.e., children's book exposure and parents' reported shared reading frequency), which were maintained over time. Reading Express also had a positive short-term effect on story comprehension. However, the positive trend in story comprehension leveled off 20 weeks after program termination and there were neither short-term nor long-term effects on receptive vocabulary. Practice or Policy: Our results show that longer-term changes can be made in children's home literacy environments by means of home visiting programs such as Reading Express, but they also suggest the relevance of better adapting programs to the characteristics and needs of participating families. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01