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

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01432041
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 12, 2011
Last Update Posted : September 12, 2011
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Wendy Shields, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
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 or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Injury Prevention Behavioral: tailored health education Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 901 participants
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Brief Child Safety Interventions in Emergency Departments (Safety in Seconds)
Study Start Date : September 2004
Actual Primary Completion Date : December 2005
Actual Study Completion Date : December 2005
Arms and Interventions
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Intervention Details:
  • Behavioral: tailored health education
    Health Information via a computer kiosk in the pediatric emergency department
    Other Name: Tailored health Communication

Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Knowledge outcome
    Measures of Home safety Knowledge

  2. Reported and Observed Home Safety behaviors
    Reportedf and Observed Home Safety Behaviors (Car Seats, Smoke Alarms)


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   Child, Adult, Older Adult
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 (NCT number): 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
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Publications:

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
First Posted: September 12, 2011    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: September 12, 2011
Last Verified: September 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