Parent Training in Child Safety Practices

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This project completed an intervention designed to teach parents of children aged 0-2 years of age how to prevent injuries to their child. The intervention consisted of a two DVD package with information on creating a safe home environment and correctly choosing and installing an appropriate car safety seat. The study hypothesis was that parents who used the intervention would score significantly higher on measures of knowledge, motivation, intention and self-efficacy in implementing injury prevention strategies.

Official Title
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Parent Training in Child Safety Practices

Conditions
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Injury

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Keeping Baby Safe 2-DVD package
* Behavioral: The Injury Prevention Program (TIPP) sheets


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: 18 years or older Parent whose oldest child is 0-24 months old Speak and read English Have internet access (online study only) Exclusion Criteria: Parents who do not have legal or physical custody Subjects live in a household in which a family member had an overnight stay in the hospital as a result of an injury in the last 2 years

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 13 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Keeping Baby Safe<br>Keeping Baby Safe 2-DVD package, designed for parents of children from birth to 24 months. One DVD addresses automobile passenger safety and focuses on the correct choice and proper installation of child safety seat for the age of the parent's child. The second DVD covers a core set of home safety skills: (a) preventing falls, (b) preventing fires and burns, (c) preventing poisoning, (d) firearm safety, (e) preventing drowning, (f) preventing suffocation and choking, (e) play equipment safety, and (f) animal safety. Content in the home safety DVD is based on information the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that physicians provide to parents during well-baby visits. | Behavioral: Keeping Baby Safe 2-DVD package<br>* Keeping Baby Safe is a 2-DVD package that teaches childhood injury prevention skills to parents of children from birth to 24 months of age. One DVD addresses automobile passenger safety and focuses on the correct choice and proper installation of child safety seat for the age of the parent's child. The second DVD covers a core set of home safety skills: (a) preventing falls, (b) preventing fires and burns, (c) preventing poisoning, (d) firearm safety, (e) preventing drowning, (f) preventing suffocation and choking, (e) play equipment safety, and (f) animal safety. Content in the home safety DVD is based on information the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that physicians provide to parents during well-baby visits.<br>|
| Active Comparator: AAP TIPP Sheets<br>American Academy of Pediatrics The Injury Prevention Program (TIPP) sheets. Paper-based information sheets that parents would typically receive from their pediatrician or general practitioner at well-baby visits. | Behavioral: The Injury Prevention Program (TIPP) sheets<br>* American Academy of Pediatrics The Injury Prevention Program (TIPP) sheets. Paper-based information sheets parents would typically receive from their pediatrician or general practitioner at well-baby visits.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in parent motivation to implement injury prevention strategies |  | 7 day and 30 day post intervention | 
| Change in parent knowledge of injury prevention practices |  | 7 and 30 day post intervention | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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injury, child, cars, pedestrians, child safety, interactive, computer, prevention, internet, CD-ROM