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The Impact of Default Options for Parent Participation in an Early Language Intervention.

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Gennetian, LA; Coskun, LZ; Kennedy, JL; Kuchirko, Y; Aber, JL
Published in: Journal of child and family studies
December 2020

In this study we tested, via a randomized control study design, different enrollment options for a scaled city-wide text-based early learning program among 405 mothers who were receiving newborn home visiting services. We found that when automatically enrolled with a voluntary option to opt out, 88.7 percent of mothers in the experimental group stayed in the program and continued to receive the text-based content over the course of 26 weeks. In contrast, only 1 percent of mothers in the control group who heard about the text-based program through conventional recruitment flyers voluntarily enrolled in the program. Opt-out and opt-in patterns did not differ by characteristics typically considered as interfering with program participation: low income status, first-time motherhood status, total number of children, maternal language, flagging for depressive symptoms, and household residential instability. Findings suggest that automatic enrollment might be an effective engagement strategy for text- and similar digitally-based early childhood programs.

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Journal of child and family studies

DOI

EISSN

1573-2843

ISSN

1062-1024

Publication Date

December 2020

Volume

29

Issue

12

Start / End Page

3565 / 3574

Related Subject Headings

  • Family Studies
  • 52 Psychology
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Gennetian, L. A., Coskun, L. Z., Kennedy, J. L., Kuchirko, Y., & Aber, J. L. (2020). The Impact of Default Options for Parent Participation in an Early Language Intervention. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(12), 3565–3574. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01838-7
Gennetian, Lisa A., Lerzan Z. Coskun, Joy L. Kennedy, Yana Kuchirko, and J Lawrence Aber. “The Impact of Default Options for Parent Participation in an Early Language Intervention.Journal of Child and Family Studies 29, no. 12 (December 2020): 3565–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01838-7.
Gennetian LA, Coskun LZ, Kennedy JL, Kuchirko Y, Aber JL. The Impact of Default Options for Parent Participation in an Early Language Intervention. Journal of child and family studies. 2020 Dec;29(12):3565–74.
Gennetian, Lisa A., et al. “The Impact of Default Options for Parent Participation in an Early Language Intervention.Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 29, no. 12, Dec. 2020, pp. 3565–74. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s10826-020-01838-7.
Gennetian LA, Coskun LZ, Kennedy JL, Kuchirko Y, Aber JL. The Impact of Default Options for Parent Participation in an Early Language Intervention. Journal of child and family studies. 2020 Dec;29(12):3565–3574.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of child and family studies

DOI

EISSN

1573-2843

ISSN

1062-1024

Publication Date

December 2020

Volume

29

Issue

12

Start / End Page

3565 / 3574

Related Subject Headings

  • Family Studies
  • 52 Psychology
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services