Brief Child Safety Interventions in Emergency Departments (Safety in Seconds)

Safety in seconds is a randomized controlled trial of a computer tailored Injury Prevention program which was conducted in the waiting area of a level 1 pediatric trauma center. A computer kiosk was used to randomly assign participants to study groups, collect baseline data and generate tailored reports based on responses to assessment items. An intervention group received a personalized and stage-tailored safety report and a control group received a personalized, but otherwise generic report on other child health topics. Telephone follow-up interviews were conducted 2-4 weeks and again 4-6 months after enrollment. Home visits were completed for a subset (n=100) of parents who completed the 4-6 month follow-up interview. The study aimed to increase knowledge, self reported and observed safety behaviors.

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Key information

Conditions

Injury Prevention

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Eligible parents or guardians had to be English-speaking;
have a child between 4-66 months of age seeking treatment for an injury or medical complaint, or have an age-appropriate sibling of a child being seen for these reasons;
live in Baltimore City;
and live with the child at least some of the time.

Exclusion criteria

-parents which did not meet inclusion criteria

Treatment and study plan

tailored health education

Behavioral

Health Information via a computer kiosk in the pediatric emergency department

Other names: Tailored health Communication

Primary outcomes

Knowledge outcome

Measures of Home safety Knowledge
Reported and Observed Home Safety behaviors

Reportedf and Observed Home Safety Behaviors (Car Seats, Smoke Alarms)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2004
Primary completion: 2005
Study completion: 2005
First posted: Sep 12, 2011
Registry last updated: Mar 22, 2023

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