Clinical trial NCT01094236: Interactive Program for Effective Playground Supervision
Official title: Interactive Program for Effective Playground Supervision
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Behavior
Keywords: behavior management
academic performance
playground supervision
harm reduction
Behavioral Research
Lead sponsor: Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2010-03-26
Enrollment: 2316
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL

Brief summary: The goal of the Playground supervision clinical trial is to see if playground management skills are improved, after implementing the school-wide behavior management program.

Detailed description: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that over 200,000 children every year are admitted to emergency rooms due to playground related injuries sustained at school. The National Association for Playground Safety recommends not only improving surface materials and equipment, but also improving adult supervision of children while at play. Yet, there are limited empirical studies in the literature that have examined the impact of a comprehensive training program to improve playground safety by improving supervisor knowledge and attitudes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a comprehensive, stand-alone interactive multimedia computer-based training program for elementary school faculty to implement a school-wide behavior management program for playground environments. To do this, a randomized control trial comparing the experiences of playground supervisors, students, and staff from schools of a large urban school district was carried out. School was both the unit of randomization and the unit of analysis. The comparisons were measured by pre, post and follow-up assessments conducted by the investigators. Results suggest significant positive differences due to treatment in knowledge, beliefs and attitudes for playground supervisors, students, and staff.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* school staff in elementary schools (grades K-5)
* must be in the included school district for Las Vegas, NV.

Exclusion Criteria:

* schools outside of the Las Vegas school district
* middle schools
* junior high schools
* high schools

Primary outcomes:
measure: Improved playground management skills for treatment schools
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Supervisors: Improved knowledge, attitude, intentions and efficacy in implementing effective playground management.
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Administrators: increased knowledge and attitudes about playground safety when compared to control schools.
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Students: Increased perception of playground safety compared to control schools
timeFrame: 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Eugene
country: United States
facility: Oregon Center for Applied Science
state: Oregon
Study officials:
affiliation: Oregon Center for Applied Science
name: Lynne H Grilley Swartz, MPH, CHES
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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