Intervention to Prevent Fall Injuries to Young Children in the Home
Primary Purpose
Wounds and Injuries
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Canada
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Social Marketing Campaign
Intervention components
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Wounds and Injuries
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- must be a parent or primary care giver of a child 1 through 4 years of age
- must live in one of the designated communities (by postal code)
Exclusion Criteria:
-
Sites / Locations
- University of Guelph
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm Type
Active Comparator
No Intervention
Active Comparator
Arm Label
Social Marketting Only
No treatment Control
Social Marketing plus Intervention
Arm Description
Two communities receive a social marketing campaign to reduce child falls in the home.
two communities receive no intervention
Two communities receive the social marketing campaign and additional intervention components
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Change in Emergency Department Visits due to Falls in the Home from pre- to post- intervention periods
We will be comparing the rate of injury due to falls in the home during the pre-intervention period with that during the post-intervention period
Secondary Outcome Measures
Full Information
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01845415
Brief Title
Intervention to Prevent Fall Injuries to Young Children in the Home
Official Title
A Community-Based Intervention to Prevent Fall Injuries to Young Children in the Home
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
April 2019
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
October 2013 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
October 2016 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
October 2016 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
University of Guelph
4. Oversight
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
Currently, six Public Health Units (PHUs) in Southwestern Ontario are taking part in the developed and implementation of a social marketing intervention campaign aimed at lowering the incidence of falls to children in the home; City of Hamilton - Public Health Services (Control), Durham Public Health, Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, Niagara Region Public Health, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health and Windsor Public Health (Control). This campaign is based on community-based intervention research and 'best practices' for improving parent attitudes and behaviours toward child safety. The campaign will focus on increasing parents' awareness and knowledge of fall injuries, positively impact parental attitudes to motivate them to want to implement strategies to reduce fall risks, and increase parental safety practices that would counteract the most common mechanisms that contribute to home falls for children at these young ages. The campaign will run from September 2013 through August 2014. The PHUs' social marketing campaign will strategically disseminate different materials to their respective communities: printed materials (posters, pamphlets), video modules about parenting safety, safety information through an e-Health website, and direction communication with parents through Family Health Team practitioners.
The proposed research project will request archival data from Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI), specifically from their National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), on frequency of falls in the home to determine the extent to which the social marketing campaign is effective. Comparing pre-, during and post-intervention levels in the PHU communities will determine if and which social marketing strategies were effective. Additionally, random digit dialing will be used to assess pre vs post parental fall related attitudes, behaviors and intervention exposure. This evaluation will provide the first ever test of a community level intervention to reduce childhood falls in the home in Canada and will provide valuable information about what constitutes 'best practices' for preventing falls in the home among children 1 through 4 years of age.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Wounds and Injuries
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Factorial Assignment
Masking
Participant
Allocation
Non-Randomized
Enrollment
100 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Social Marketting Only
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
Two communities receive a social marketing campaign to reduce child falls in the home.
Arm Title
No treatment Control
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
two communities receive no intervention
Arm Title
Social Marketing plus Intervention
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
Two communities receive the social marketing campaign and additional intervention components
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Social Marketing Campaign
Intervention Description
The campaign will involve distribution of posters throughout the communities promoting awareness of the consequences of fall injuries and encouraging people to go to an website that provides safety information and injury stories.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Intervention components
Intervention Description
Doctors and nurses in these communities will perform health education to parents of 1 through 4 year olds around the risks of falls in the home when these parents visit the doctor for regular visits. Also, several parenting classes in these communities will be modified to include educational videos and discussion of these issues
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Change in Emergency Department Visits due to Falls in the Home from pre- to post- intervention periods
Description
We will be comparing the rate of injury due to falls in the home during the pre-intervention period with that during the post-intervention period
Time Frame
One year pre intervention (Oct. 2012- Oct 213), one year post intervention (Oct 2014-Oct 2015)
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
16 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
75 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
must be a parent or primary care giver of a child 1 through 4 years of age
must live in one of the designated communities (by postal code)
Exclusion Criteria:
-
Facility Information:
Facility Name
University of Guelph
City
Guelph
State/Province
Ontario
ZIP/Postal Code
N1G2W1
Country
Canada
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