The Effect of a Parental mHealth Resource on Language Outcomes in 4- to 5-Year-Old Children

Autor/inn/en	Le Roux, Elizabeth W.; Eccles, Renata; Abdoola, Shabnam; Graham, Marien; van der Linde, Jeannie
Titel	The Effect of a Parental mHealth Resource on Language Outcomes in 4- to 5-Year-Old Children
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Childhood Education, 12 (2022) 1, (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Le Roux, Elizabeth W.) ORCID (Eccles, Renata) ORCID (Abdoola, Shabnam) ORCID (Graham, Marien) ORCID (van der Linde, Jeannie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2223-7674
Schlagwörter	Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Low Income Groups; Early Childhood Education; Emergent Literacy; Language Acquisition; Information Sources; Comparative Analysis; Intervention; Language Tests; Standardized Tests; Parent Child Relationship; Foreign Countries; Health Services; Health Promotion; Computer Software; Child Care Centers; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Parent Attitudes; South Africa; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Telekommunikationstechnik; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühleseunterricht; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Information source; Informationsquelle; Language test; Sprachtest; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ausland; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Elternverhalten; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Background: The use of mobile health (mHealth) technology is rapidly expanding in healthcare worldwide. mHealth tools may provide parents with access to resources essential for promoting language development. Aim: The current study aimed to determine how an mHealth parental resource influenced 42 preschool children's (4.0-5.11 months old) language abilities after a 17-week intervention period. Setting: Participants were identified from six early childhood development (ECD) centres from a low-income community in Tshwane, South Africa. Method: A randomised controlled trial (RCT), pre-test post-test research design was employed to determine whether an mHealth parental resource influenced 42 preschool children's (4.0-5.11 months old) language abilities after a 17-week intervention period. Data were collected using the language subtests of a South African standardised protocol, the Emergent Literacy and Language Assessment Protocol (ELLA). Results: The parental mHealth application targeting language stimulation did not significantly improve the experimental group's language outcomes when compared with the control group because most of the parents (n = 27) used the application for less than 20% of the active days. Conclusion: Providing parents with more support with mobile resources may lead to improved usage of the application. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01