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Impact of Literacy Advocacy Among Low-Income, Firstborn Infants in the Newborn Nursery: A Pilot Randomized Control Study

Abstract

Reach Out and Read (ROR) program is an evidence-based method for incorporating literacy education into pediatric visits and teaching parents the importance of reading aloud, starting at the 6 month well child visit 1​ Studies of the effect of encouraging reading during the birth hospitalization on shared reading behaviors are limited​.