Safety Skills Training: Parents of School-Aged Children (SAS_2)

Oregon Center for Applied Science

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Injuries

Treatments: Behavioral: Family safety 1-2-3; Behavioral: Am Academy of Pediatrics print materials

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02329340

R44HD048005 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

SBIR76R-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 175 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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175 participants in 2 patient groups

Am Academy of Pediatrics print materials

Active Comparator group

Description:

In-person session to read online version of American Academy of Pediatrics The Injury Prevention Program (TIPP sheets) childhood injury prevention print materials, followed by access to the TIPP sheets for 30 days.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Am Academy of Pediatrics print materials

Family Safety 1-2-3

Experimental group

Description:

In-person session to view video and text-based interactive web site on injury prevention information and strategies, followed by 8 emails delivered over a 30-day period inviting participant to view additional child safety videos.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Family safety 1-2-3