Research to Improve Smoke Alarm Functioning and Maintenance

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burns; Wounds and Injuries

Treatments: Behavioral: Fire safety education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00139126

CDC-NCIPC-4662

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study to evaluate whether (1) targeted smoke alarm education, (2) general fire safety education with a smoke alarm component, (3) basic fire safety education, or (4) an unrelated intervention is most effective way to improve smoke alarm maintenance and function.

Enrollment: 4,500 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• live within four target neighborhoods in Prince George's County, MD that are at high risk for residential fire and injury.

Exclusion criteria

• primary decision maker of home is less than 18 years old
• speak a language other than english or spanish
• nobody at home after six return visits to the home