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NCT Number: NCT02329340

Safety Skills Training: Parents of School-Aged Children

Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability in children in America. Most injuries can be prevented when parents implement effective child safety practices. This project will create a behaviorally based program to teach parents what to do to prevent injuries to their school aged child, in an effort to reduce the number of injuries, hospitalizations, medical costs, and missed work days.

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Key information

Conditions

Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Oregon Center for Applied Science

Eugene, Oregon, 97401, United States

About this study

This project will produce a comprehensive, interactive multimedia (IMM) program to teach childhood injury prevention skills to parents of children 6 through 11 years of age. This is one of a four-part series of funded programs to address injury prevention issues for three age groups of children (birth through 24 months, 2-5 years of age and 6-11 years of age). The program will be created in three formats: Internet/intranet, CD-ROM, and linear video (DVD) suitable for use in homes, worksites, medical settings, service agencies, and health information Web sites. On-screen narrators will guide the user through program material comprised of short video presentations, modeling vignettes demonstrating desired behaviors, supportive testimonials, and suggestions for modifications to home and recreational environments.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • The basic lower age limit for parents or guardians of children aged 6-11 for this study was 18. 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 or guardians living in the U.S., with children aged 6-11 years old, who wished to participate were included. Parents under 18 were excluded from this online study because parental consent cannot be obtained online.

Treatment and study plan

Am Academy of Pediatrics print materials

Behavioral

Print materials of injury prevention content.

Other names: The Injury Prevention Program; tip sheets

Family safety 1-2-3

Behavioral

Theoretically based school-aged childhood injury prevention videos for families

Primary outcomes

  1. Behavioral measure: identification of correct/incorrect car booster safety seat, seat belt, and bicycle helmet placement

    Time frame: Immediate posttest and 30-day follow-up

    Parents viewed 2 car seat installations and were asked whether 7 car booster safety seat situations (e.g., age of the child for the seat) and 7 seat belt installations (e.g., placement of the seat belt) were correct or incorrect. Parents also viewed a bicycle helmet on a dummy and were asked to identify whether 2 helmet situations were correct or incorrect.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Knowledge of injury prevention strategies

    Time frame: immediate posttest and 30-day follow-up

    An injury prevention knowledge scale was created across all content areas. The injury prevention knowledge scale contained 39 items (e.g., "To prevent scald injuries, hot water heaters should be set to …") for all age groups. The injury prevention knowledge scale represented the percent of items correctly endorsed.

  2. Attitudes and beliefs about injury prevention strategies

    Time frame: immediate posttest and 30-day follow-up

    An injury prevention attitudes & beliefs scale was created across all content areas (e.g., "A family emergency plan is extremely important strategy to keep your family safe in case of a fire."). Twenty-five items assessed attitudes & beliefs for the 6-9 year age group and 24-items the 10-11 age group (alpha = .81 for both younger and older children). All items were assessed using a 5-point Likert scale with 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree.

  3. Self-efficacy for engaging in injury prevention strategies

    Time frame: immediate posttest and 30-day follow-up

    An injury prevention self-efficacy scale was created from 29 items across all content areas for all age groups (e.g., "How confident are you that you know how to test the temperature of your water heater?") (alpha = .91 for all age groups) All items were assessed using a 5-point Likert scale with 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc.

Industry

Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Registry information

Acronym: SAS_2

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Dec 31, 2014
Registry last updated
Dec 31, 2014

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