Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: DVD Production milestones achieved: 1) Phase II video prototype completed-10/2011; 2) DVD duplication for 200 evaluation copies completed- 11/2011; 3) Written Spanish translation completed then modified for audio recording- 7.2012. Prototype Videos Evaluation milestones achieved: IN DEPTH EVALUATION: 1) Home Visitors (19) and Research Specialists (5) recruited and trained- 8.2011-1.2012; 2) Evaluation instruments and processes IRB approved- 6.2010-7.2012; 3) Family participants recruited by Home Visitors (124)- 1.2012; 4) Family participants completed pre-surveys (104), participating in video interventions, post-surveys (91), and followup survey (78)- 1.2012-8.2012; 5) Data entered- pre/post surveys (scanned), followup surveys (double entry)- 5.2012-still in progress; 6) Online surveys completed and entered for Home Visitors (14) and Program Administrators (still in progress); 7) Group interviews for Home Visitors conducted, transcribed, and ready for analysis- 8.2012-10.2012. BROAD EVALUATION: 1) Evaluation workshops completed in Hawaii (2), Oregon (1), and Tennessee (1) with a total of 87 participants; 2) Pre/post survey data entered (double entry)- 7.20012-10.2012 PARTICIPANTS: PROJECT R&D TEAM: Lynn B. Wilson, PhD, Principal Investigator/Project Director Sharon Taba, MEd, Early Childhood & Medical Home Consultant David Breese, DDS, Oral Health Consultant Barbara DeBaryshe, PhD, Research Advisor Malkeet Singh, PhD, Data Analysis COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Committee on Human Subjects, University of Hawaii at Manoa IRB approvals Lynn Fujimoto, DMD- Advisor Past president of Hawaii Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Debbi Amaral- Advisor Director, Maui Support Services Head Start President, Head Start Association of Hawaii Lynn Cabato, ED- Advisor Executive Director, HCAP Head Start Vice President, Head Start Association of Hawaii Chris Jackson, MEd- Advisor Hawaii Head Start Collaboration Office Kathy Sthay, ED- Advisor American Academy of Pediatrics, Hawaii Chapter Robert Bidwell, MD, FAAP- Advisor Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii at Manoa Elisabeth Chun- Advisor Executive Director, Good Beginnings Alliance (Retired 7.2012) Aloha Data- evaluation data entry, group interview transcription INDEPTH EVALUATION: Research Specialists Monique Weisman, MSW- Oahu Gail Flynn, MSW- Oahu Kathy Bentley, MEd- Oahu Sonia Driscoll- Oahu Jennifer deCosta, PhD- Big Island Partner Organizations to implement indepth evaluation activities Parents And Children Together (PACT) Early Head Start- Oahu Ruthann Quitiquit, Executive Director Ha`aheo Mansfield, Assistant Director/Research Coordinator Ben Naki, EHS Director Kehau Golis, Education Director 14 EHS Parent Child Educators Family Support Hawaii- Big Island Paki Story, Executive Director (left position early 2012) Ellen O'Kelly, EHS Director (left position 9.2012) Stacy Brown, EHS Coordinator 5 Home Visitors BROAD EVALUATION: Conducted evaluation workshops at four locations: Early Education Center, Honolulu, HI (3.2012) Lisa Uehara, Director Albina Head Start, Portland, OR (4.2012) Elaine Harrison, Executive Director Chattanooga Head Start, Chattanooga, TN (5.2012) Gail McMahan, Health Director Parents and Children Together, Honolulu, HI (7.2012) Ruthann Quitiquit, Executive Director Also met with: Lane County Head Start, Eugene, OR (4.2012) Cheri Peterson, EHS Director Umatilla Morrow Early Head Start, Hermiston, OR (4.2012) Cathy Wamsley, EHS Director TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED BY PROJECT: Wilson and Taba attended USDA/SBIR Commercialization Training (3.2011) Provided by LARTA Wilson and Taba provided half-day training to 5 Research Specialists (11.2011) On the use of research instruments and research protocol Wilson and Taba provided half-day training to 19 EHS Home Visitors (1.2012) On the use of the ECOH videos Wilson and Taba provided 1.5 hour trainings to EHS families and staff in Honolulu, HI, Portland, OR, Eugene, OR, Chattanooga, TN (see above for dates) TARGET AUDIENCES: Our target audience for evaluation and for subsequent commercialization promoting positive family choices related to early childhood oral health comprises Early Head Start programs across the United States, EHS staff (home visitors, classroom teachers, health, family engagement), and EHS enrolled families, particularly targeting those in rural communities. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Webfish Pacific emailed Program Officer on 10.11.11, notifying him that we had changed strategies for the number of our Research Specialists to conduct interviews with family participants. Rather than contracting only with M. Weisman to conduct pre and post interviews on both Oahu and the Big Island (this would have extended our research period, and her full-time employment was extended unexpectedly), we contracted with one Research Specialist who lives on the Big Island, J. deCosta, and four on Oahu, M. Weisman, G. Flynn, K. Bentley, and S. Driscoll. Webfish Pacific applied for and was granted a no-cost extension because we needed to schedule evaluation activities to more effectively coincide with Early Head Start program cycles. These are the only significant modifications to our approved proposal.
Impacts
Approximately 90% of the data has been entered. We are just starting to run and analyze INDEPTH pre/post surveys. Research Team, including Dr. Wilson, Ms. Taba, Dr. DeBaryshe, Dr. Singh convened in 8.2012 and 9.2012 to coordinate data anaysis and report writing. We will continue to finalize data entry and move toward analysis. Results of data analysis and reporting on findings, techniques, and other products will be included in final report with a target deadline of 2/15/12.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Webfish Pacific has completed prototype development of DVD videos including the following: video production planning and interview question development; conducting interviews with broad range of families who have young children, pediatricians, a dental hygienist, and pediatric dentists; captured B-roll shots to demonstrate major learning points; logging and capturing the raw footage and photos; creating an assembly cut with original music and graphics; solicit feedback from dental professionals; creating a rough cut; solicit feedback from dental health professionals and families with young children; creating the final cut of Version One for evaluation purposes; and, compressing and authoring DVD of Version One for evaluation purposes. Webfish Pacific is currently developing evaluation activities related to the Version One DVD video prototype and a state-of-the-art DVD videos produced by a leading university's School of Dentistry. We have completed agreements with two Early Head Start (EHS) programs (Oahu, Big Island). We have recruited EHS Home Visitors to implement 10 weeks of video intervention and who are currently recruiting 130 families for evaluation. We are recruiting Research Specialists who will conduct baseline interviews, followup interviews, and end survey interviews. We have developed all consent forms and research instruments and just submitted them for modification of our IRB approval by the University of Hawaii Committee on Human Studies (CHS No. 18282). We have had two meetings with representatives of the National Head Start Association in Alexandria, VA, and they are very interested in partnering with us in distributing these family-centered, research-based early childhood oral health videos to programs across the U.S. [Copyright 2011 Webfish Pacific] PARTICIPANTS: Webfish Pacific's Early Childhood Oral Health Initiative for Rural Families (ECOH) has benefited from the project leadership of Lynn B. Wilson, PhD, ECOH Principal Investigator and Project Director, Founder/Owner of Webfish Pacific and Sharon C. Taba, MEd, ECOH Early Childhood and Medical Home Consultant. David Breese, DDS, has provided key guidance as our Oral Health Consultant. Our research team includes: Barbara DeBaryshe, PhD, ECOH Research Consultant; Malkeet Singh, PhD, ECOH Research Design and Data Specialist; Monique Weisman, MSW, ECOH Research Specialist/Oahu; Jennifer DeCosta, PhD, Research Specialist/Big Island. We have had strong participation from other partners: Lynn Fujimoto, DMD, ECOH Advisor and Past President of Hawaii Academy of Pediatric Dentistry; Chris Jackson, MEd, ECOH Advisor and Project Director of Hawaii Head Start Collaboration Office; Ruthann Quitiquit, Executive Director, and Ha`aheo Mansfield, Assistant Director, Parents And Children Together; Paki Story, Executive Director, and Ellen O'Kelly, Early Head Start Program Director, Family Support Hawaii; Lynn Cabato, Executive Director, HCAP/Head Start; Elisabeth Chun, Executive Director, Good Beginnings Alliance; Louise Iwaishi, MD, FAAP, faculty in the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Pediatrics, Past President of Hawaii Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics, and Medical Director for Hawaii Department of Health Family Services Division. In two meetings, Katrina Holt and Jolene Bertness of the U.S. Maternal and Child Health Oral Health Resource Center at Georgetown University, provided encouragement for the unique contributions of our ECOH project and will be reviewing the ECOH videos in the near future. In two meetings, Ben Allen, Research and Policy Director of the National Head Start Association, expressed enthusiasm in the possibility of partnering with us for distributing the DVDs to programs across the country once the evaluation phase of the ECOH project is completed. [Copyright 2011 Webfish Pacific] TARGET AUDIENCES: Families enrolled in Early Head Start which is a primarily home visiting program offering comprehensive health, early learning, and family support services to low income families with children ages birth to three. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
We have not yet completed the in-depth phase nor the broad phase of evaluating the prototype.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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