Development and Evaluation of an Adult Burn Prevention Program

June 1, 2012 updated by: Jennifer Paratz, The University of Queensland
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a targeted burn prevention message on burn safety knowledge and behavior.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Flammable liquid burns comprise 23% of admissions to our burn center. This was a project to test the uptake of the message "Don't be a Flaming Fool" delivered via multi-media campaign.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

1637

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

  • Australia
    • Queensland
      • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4029
        • Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

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

16 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • male 16 years of age or older

Exclusion criteria

  • males less than 16 years of age
  • females

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: exposure to multi-media campaign
A multimedia campaign highlighting dangers of gasoline and fire was delivered to an intervention region in the state of Queensland
Other: multimedia burn awareness campaign
Television commercials x4 delivered 86 times over 10 days plus logo in print media daily in two papers in two cities
Other Names:
  • health promotion
  • burn prevention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Changes in burn safety knowledge at 3 months
Time Frame: Pre intervention, 3 months post intervention
The changes in knowledge regarding the dangers of using petrol or gasoline before and after a media campaign
Pre intervention, 3 months post intervention
Changes in burn safety knowledge at 12 months
Time Frame: pre-intervention and 12 months post-interevention
The changes in knowledge regarding the dangers of using petrol or gasoline before and after a media campaign
pre-intervention and 12 months post-interevention

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

The University of Queensland

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Michael J Muller, FRACS, The University of Queensland

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

February 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 22, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 28, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

May 31, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 5, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 1, 2012

Last Verified

June 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • flaming fool

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