NCT01291225

Safe Play Areas for Ross County Kids Project

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 311 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Specific Aim 1 - In collaboration with partners in Ross County, renovate and develop playgrounds in Chillicothe. Specific Aim 2 - In collaboration with partners in Ross County, promote safe play and play areas for children on farms.

Detailed description

Injury is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity among children in the United States. Because children spend much of their time playing, it is important that they have safe play environments where they can challenge themselves and develop physically, mentally, and socially. The SPARK Project will focus its intervention in Ross County, Ohio, an area with more than 930 farms. Prior to this project, relatively little has been done to promote the prevention of injuries to children who live and play on farms. The specific aims of this project are as follows: * In collaboration with partners in Ross County, renovate and develop playgrounds in Chillicothe, Ohio. * In collaboration with partners in Ross County, promote safe play areas for children on farms. The SPARK Project will employ a multi-faceted approach to injury prevention, centered on community partnership and collaboration. Utilizing methodology that was successfully developed and implemented as part of the Community Action for Playground Safety (CAPS) Program in Columbus, the SPARK Project will combine both active and passive injury prevention strategies to reduce playground and play-related farm injuries to children in Ross County.

Conditions

• Other Specified Personal Exposures and History Presenting Hazards to Health
• Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Fall Involving Playground Equipment, Occurrence on Farm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Playground renovation and development	Playgrounds in Chillicothe will be renovated based on priorities determined by audits.
BEHAVIORAL	Educational campaign	Educational materials will be developed and distributed in Ross County.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2011-02-08
• Last updated: 2016-04-01
• Results posted: 2016-04-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States