Stamp-in-Safety Playground Safety Project

September 22, 2009 updated by: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Playground injuries are common at childcare centers. Adequate adult supervision is an important component to reducing playground injuries in preschool children. The investigators studied the Stamp-in-Safety Program, an intervention to improve adult supervision and reduce children's risky playground behaviors.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Using a non-equivalent control group design, we evaluated the Stamp-in-Safety program which increases the quality of adult supervision and rewards children for safe play. In an urban childcare center, 71 children, ages 3-5 years, and 15 teachers participated in the study. The primary outcome measures were teacher verbalizations (warnings, explanations, redirects), teacher location (core, outskirts, or fringe of playground), risk taking behaviors by children (using equipment appropriately), and number of injuries on the playground.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

71

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60614
        • ST. Vincent De Paul Childcare Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

3 years to 45 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • teachers at childcare center
  • students at childcare center

Exclusion Criteria:

  • not affiliated with childcare center

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: teachers taught curriculum
Teachers taught Stamp-in-Safety curriculum
Behavioral: Stamp-in-Safety Curriculum
30 minute curriculum on playground safety
Experimental: teachers do not learn curriculum
Teachers are not taught Stamp-in-Safety curriculum
Behavioral: Stamp-in-Safety Curriculum
30 minute curriculum on playground safety

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Improve adult supervision on playgrounds
Time Frame: 5 weeks
5 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Decrease preschool children's risky behaviors on playgrounds
Time Frame: 5 weeks
5 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Collaborators

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Kohl's Cares for Kids Safety Network

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's hospital of Chicago

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2006

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2006

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 22, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 22, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

September 23, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 23, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 22, 2009

Last Verified

September 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2006-12867

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