New PlayReadVIP Findings Published in Pediatric Research!

Early Relational Health (ERH) (parenting practices, relationship quality) is critical for children’s learning and healthy development. Pediatric primary care is a promising platform for promoting ERH due to its capacity to reach many families in a convenient and accessible location and low cost.

PlayReadVIP (formerly Video Interaction Project) is a healthcare-based program that provides real-time video-feedback of parent-child play and reading interactions to families with children aged 0 to 36 months.
The current study tested the minimal effective dose of PlayReadVIP (i.e., fewest number of sessions needed to have an effect) in a real-world setting with 183 families at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull.

Results showed that a single visit was associated with a 22% increase in responsive parenting behaviors (behaviors shown to promote child learning), with cumulative increase of 37% following a second visit. These findings support offering PlayReadVIP widely, regardless of whether families can attend multiple visits.

​To learn more, visit: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38040989/

Piccolo, L. R., Roby, E., Canfield, C. F., Seery, A. M., Weisleder, A., Cates, C. B., Tutasig, L., Matalon, M., Custode, A., Rodriguez, L., & Mendelsohn, A. L. (2023). Supporting responsive parenting in real-world implementation: minimal effective dose of the Video Interaction Project. Pediatric research, 10.1038/s41390-023-02916-4.