Safety in Seconds 2.0: An App to Increase Car Seat Use

December 22, 2016 updated by: Andrea Gielen, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Evaluating a Web-based Child Passenger Safety Program: Safety in Seconds 2.0

This project will utilize the first web-based program to provide tailored injury prevention education. The existing Safety in Seconds program was adapted into a smartphone platform. Parents are recruited from and engage in the program in the clinical setting (PED or PTS). Parents download the app onto their smartphone which is used to ask the questions, collect a parent's responses, assess the parents' safety needs and give tailored directions for proper car sear use. The control group parents will also engage with the smartphone app and receive immediate feedback. However, they will receive tailored educational messages about smoke alarms. Parents will also have access to the online SIS v 2.0 Parent Portal which will have educational features (e.g., tips for keeping children content in their CSSs, links to helpful websites). The investigators will use emerging technology such as push notification and email to remind parents to visit the portal and have their child's car seat reassessed.

The investigators plan to conduct a cost benefit analysis of the program's expected financial benefit from the perspective of a third party payer of medical claims and an in-depth examination of program adoption and implementation using qualitative data collected from key informant interviews, direct observations of the clinic environments, and document review.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

1129

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
    • Arkansas
      • Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
        • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
        • Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Visiting the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) at Johns Hopkins Hospital or Arkansas Children's Hospital
  • Parent or guardian of child 4-7 years
  • English speaking
  • Have and Android or iPhone smartphone
  • Drive with the child in a car at least once per week in a car that the parent owns, borrows or gets a ride round-trip
  • Resident of Baltimore City, MD or Little Rock, AR and surrounding area.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • PED has flagged case as suspected abuse
  • Another household member is enrolled in the study
  • In Arkansas, less than 18 years without parent present at the PED

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: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Invervention
The intervention group will get tailored information on the Parent Action Report and the Parent Portal about child safety seats and booster seats.
Other: Parent Action Report
Parent Action Report will be displayed after the baseline assessment and contain educational safety messages.
Other: Parent Portal
Parents will have access to the Parent Portal, and they will be encouraged to visit it at any time.
Active Comparator: Control
The control group will get tailored information in the Parent Action Report and the Parent Portal about smoke alarms.
Other: Parent Action Report
Parent Action Report will be displayed after the baseline assessment and contain educational safety messages.
Other: Parent Portal
Parents will have access to the Parent Portal, and they will be encouraged to visit it at any time.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from baseline self-reported car seat use at 6 months
Time Frame: 6 months
Self-reported measures include the type of car seat used (rear-facing car seat, forward-facing car seat, booster seat, or seat belt), the location in car where it is used (front seat or backseat), frequency of use (some of the time or all of the time) and having the seat inspected by a car seat technician.
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from baseline self-reported smoke alarm use at 6 months
Time Frame: 6 months
Self-reported measures include having a smoke alarm on every level of the home, having long-life battery alarms in the home, having a fire escape plan and practicing the fire escape plan.
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Investigators

  • Study Director: Elise C Omaki, MHS, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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

July 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 14, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 19, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

January 26, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 26, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 22, 2016

Last Verified

December 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HD069221-01A1

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