NCT01432041

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 901 (actual)
• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

• Injury Prevention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	tailored health education	Health Information via a computer kiosk in the pediatric emergency department

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-09-01
• Primary completion: 2005-12-01
• Completion: 2005-12-01
• First posted: 2011-09-12
• Last updated: 2023-03-22