Video-Based Social Learning or Didactics for Car Seat Education

March 21, 2016 updated by: Phoenix Children's Hospital

Car Seat Education: What Works Best?

This study compares a video-based social learning method to the traditional didactic method as a new way to teach caregivers about child passenger safety, including how to install a car seat. Half of the caregivers will attend the video-based social learning class, while the other half will attend the traditional didactic class. The investigators hypothesize that the video-based social learning method will lead to an equal or greater increase in caregiver child passenger safety proficiency when compared to the traditional didactic method.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

Previous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of child passenger safety education, however, there is limited research identifying an optimal teaching method.

Social learning teaching methods are beneficial in promoting health-behavior change. The social learning theory hypothesizes that people learn and change their behavior by observation and modeling. The video used in the social learning method shows parents as role models methodically teaching proper car seat installation in a vehicle.

Traditionally, child passenger safety education classes are didactic in design, relying on lecture formats and live demonstrations. The didactic method includes verbal instructions from a child passenger safety technician about car seat installation.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

212

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

    • Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85016
        • Phoenix Children'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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Parents or caregivers of car seat-age children (age zero to three years)
  • Participation in the Kids Ride Safe Program

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Spoke a language other than English or Spanish

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

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Video-based social learning
Video-based social learning class
Brief child passenger safety lecture by a child passenger safety technician and viewing of a car seat video.
Active Comparator: Traditional didactic
Traditional didactic class
Child passenger safety lecture by a child passenger safety technician.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
5-Item Car Seat Installation Demonstration Measure
Time Frame: 30 minutes
Each participant will install a car seat in their vehicle prior to, and immediately following, the intervention. A child passenger safety technician observing the installation and blinded to the intervention, will use this measure to evaluate the 5 areas of installation: direction, location, mechanism (seatbelt or lower anchors), harness position, and tether use. Participants will only be evaluated on installation demonstration areas relevant to their vehicle and car seat. Each item is scored correct or incorrect. Correct car seat installation is defined as all applicable items marked correct.
30 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
5-Item Confidence in Car Seat Installation Ability Assessment
Time Frame: 30 minutes
Self reported confidence in ability to correctly install a car seat with one question each for the 5 areas of installation: direction, location, mechanism (seatbelt or lower anchors), harness position, and tether use. Administered prior to, and immediately following, the intervention. The five question 10-point Likert scale assessment is scored 1-10 (1 = not confident; 10 = very confident). Confidence is defined as a 9 or 10 on the Likert scale.
30 minutes
15-Question Car Seat Installation Knowledge Test
Time Frame: 30 minutes
Self reported objective knowledge test with questions about the four steps for child passenger safety (rear facing seat, forward facing seat, booster seat, and seat belt/shoulder harness) and the LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children) system. The test contains true/false, multiple-choice, and fill in the blank questions. Each question is worth 1 point for a total of 15 points. Adequate car seat knowledge is defined as 10 or more questions correct.
30 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Erin Kuroiwa, MHI, Phoenix Children's Hospital

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

August 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 16, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 21, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

March 25, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 25, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 21, 2016

Last Verified

March 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 11-045

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