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

This study has been completed.

Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Wendy Shields, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT01432041

First received: September 8, 2011

Last updated: September 9, 2011

Last verified: September 2011

History of Changes

Purpose

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.

Condition	Intervention
Injury Prevention	Behavioral: tailored health education


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title:	Brief Child Safety Interventions in Emergency Departments (Safety in Seconds)

Further study details as provided by Wendy Shields, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Knowledge outcome
Measures of Home safety Knowledge
Reported and Observed Home Safety behaviors
Reportedf and Observed Home Safety Behaviors (Car Seats, Smoke Alarms)


Enrollment:	901
Study Start Date:	September 2004
Study Completion Date:	December 2005
Primary Completion Date:	December 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Intervention Details:

Health Information via a computer kiosk in the pediatric emergency department

Other Name: Tailored health Communication

Eligibility


Ages Eligible for Study:	Child, Adult, Senior
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

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

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01432041

Sponsors and Collaborators

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Investigators


Principal Investigator:	Andrea C Gielen, ScD	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

More Information

Publications:

Gielen AC, McKenzie LB, McDonald EM, Shields WC, Wang MC, Cheng YJ, Weaver NL, Walker AR. Using a computer kiosk to promote child safety: results of a randomized, controlled trial in an urban pediatric emergency department. Pediatrics. 2007 Aug;120(2):330-9.


Responsible Party:	Wendy Shields, Research Associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01432041 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	JHSPH-H.31.02.04.03.B2
Study First Received:	September 8, 2011
Last Updated:	September 9, 2011

Keywords provided by Wendy Shields, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health:


Injury prevention smoke alarms car seats

Additional relevant MeSH terms:


Emergencies Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 28, 2017

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