Clinical trial NCT02934165: Safety Skills Training For Parents of Preschool Children
Official title: Safety Skills Training For Parents of Preschool Children
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Behavior
Keywords: child safety
injury
computer
prevention
internet
Lead sponsor: Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
Collaborators: name: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
First posted: 2016-10-14
Enrollment: 151
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: As the leading cause of death and disability in children in America, unintentional injuries are a critical public health issue. Most injuries can be prevented by parents implementing effective child safety practices. This project produced an interactive multimedia (IMM) program delivered via Internet/Intranet that taught injury prevention skills to parents of children aged 2 through 5 years, with the ultimate goal of reducing mortality and disability from unintentional injury in this population.

Detailed description: This project produced a comprehensive, interactive multimedia (IMM) program called Family Safety 123 to teach childhood injury prevention skills to parents of children 2 to 5 years of age. The program contained 40 high-quality video clips, each 2 to 5 minutes in length, depicting injury prevention strategies in 13 content areas: supervision, preventing airway obstructions, poison awareness, preventing burns, preventing falls, firearm safety, motor vehicle safety, pedestrian awareness, sports, playgrounds, water safety, bike safety, and other safety concerns. Each content area contained 1 to 6 videos comprised of short video presentations, modeling vignettes demonstrating desired behaviors, supportive testimonials, and suggestions for modifications to home and recreational environments. Family Safety 123 video content is derived from The Injury Prevention Program (TIPP) sheets developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which recognizes injury prevention as a primary topic for parents.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Parents of children aged 2-5 potentially were as young as 18 years old. Parents or legal guardians could potentially be as old as 65 or older.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Only English-speaking participants were accepted because the program was developed only for English speakers. All English-speaking parents of children aged 2-5 years old who wished to participate were included. Online Survey: parents under 18 years of age were excluded because we were unable to obtain parental consent online.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Behavioral measure: Change from baseline in identification of correct/incorrect child car safety seat and booster seat situations and bicycle helmet placement situations.
timeFrame: 30 days and 60 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in knowledge of injury prevention strategies
timeFrame: 30 days and 60 days
measure: Change in attitudes and beliefs about injury prevention strategies
timeFrame: 30 days and 60 days
measure: Change in self-efficacy for engaging in injury prevention strategies
timeFrame: 30 days and 60 days
measure: Change in car safety knowledge of injury prevention
timeFrame: 30 days and 60 days
measure: Change in car safety attitudes & beliefs of injury prevention
timeFrame: 30 days and 60 days
measure: Change in car safety self-efficacy in performing injury prevention skills
timeFrame: 30 days and 60 days
measure: Change in wheeled sports knowledge of injury prevention
timeFrame: 30 days and 60 days
measure: Change in wheeled sports attitudes & beliefs of injury prevention
timeFrame: 30 days and 60 days
measure: Change in wheeled sports self-efficacy in performing injury prevention skills
timeFrame: 30 days and 60 days
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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