Project Grant R01HD112446

This is a $696,317 federal Project Grant awarded on May 1, 2024 by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The grant funds a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial called "TALK WITH ME BABY" (TWMB) that aims to leverage well-child care visits to enhance early home language environments and improve child language outcomes. The project is being led by the University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. (KUMCRI) and involves a sub-award to Emory University to provide expertise on study design, recruitment, intervention implementation, and evaluation. A second sub-award to New York University School of Medicine will contribute expertise on recruiting and retaining underserved families in primary care-based research. The project seeks to measure the impact of the TWMB language promotion intervention delivered during well-child visits on gains in home language environments and child language development. It will also examine factors that influence the intervention's effectiveness and implementation.