This project will evaluate the feasibility of Recipe For Success (RFS), a strengths-based family literacy and health program for low-income Latino parents and their preschoolers in the Pittsburgh (PA) area. RFS is led by promotoras (Latina community health workers) and aims to improve child literacy (vocabulary and narrative skills) and diet (healthy dietary intake) outcomes. We will compare changes in outcomes from pre- to post-test in families in the RFS versus an active control condition and examine RFS families’ implementation levels (dosage and adherence). Ninety Latino families will participate in this project.
This project is funded by the Brady Education Foundation. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Diana Leyva, Associate Professor of Psychology (Arts and Sciences) and the co-Investigators are Dr. Sharon Ross, Associate Professor of Health and Human Development (School of Education), and Dr. Patricia Documet, retired Associate Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences (School of Public Health) at the University of Pittsburgh.
