Jason H. Choi|Alan L. Mendelsohn|Adriana Weisleder|Carolyn Brockmeyer Cates|Caitlin F. Canfield|Anne M. Seery|Benard P. Dreyer|Suzy Tomopoulos
Real-World Usage of Educational Media Does Not Promote Parent–Child Cognitive Stimulation Activities
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determine whether educational media actually used lowincome families promote parentchild cognitive stimulation activitieswe performed secondary analysis control group longitudinal cohort motherinfant dyads enrolled postpartum urban public hospital educational media exposure via 24hour recall diary parentchild activities may promote cognitive stimulation home using stimq assessed 6 14 24 36 monthsdata 149 motherchild dyads 933 latino analyzed mean standard deviation educational media exposure 6 14 24 36 months respectively 25 40 42 58 39 49 39 50 minutes per day multilevel model analyses prior educational media exposure small positive relationship subsequent total stimq scores 011 p 03 nonsignificant 008 p 09 adjusting confounders child age gender birth order noneducational media exposure language mother age ethnicity marital status country origin language depressive symptoms educational media predict small increases verbal interactions toy provision adjusted models respectively 013 p 02 011 p 03 contrast consistent relationships seen models relationship prior stimq total verbal interactions teaching adjusted models respectively 020 p 002 015 p 006 020 p 001 predicted subsequent educational mediaeducational media used sample lowincome families promote cognitive stimulation activities important early child development activities reading teaching