Improving Emergency Preparedness Among 9/11 Exposed Population: Implementation and Evaluation of an Emergency Preparedness Intervention

Improving Emergency Preparedness Among 9/11 Exposed Population: Implementation and

A two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effectiveness of a phone-based household emergency preparedness intervention with a mailed informational brochure on household emergency preparedness amongst a sample of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees residing within New York City.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Emergency Preparedness
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Phone-based household emergency preparedness; Behavioral: Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness

Detailed Description

An intervention to enhance household emergency preparedness was developed to include the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication and evacuation plan (including, what is a family communication plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist; assembling a go bag , and storing supplies); and (5) The brochure included several resources, including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls: 911 or 311,, NYC Emergency Management, as well as website for additional information of preparedness: NYC.gov/hazards, which includes information specific to New York City hurricane evacuation zones.

The phone-based intervention consisted of a 15 - 20 minutes talk session completed over the phone following the format and topics noted above. The informational brochure intervention followed the format and topic above and was mailed to participants during the intervention period.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 707
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 11101
      • NYCDOHMH

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. English or Spanish speaking World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees aged 18 or older at the time of 9/11 residing in New York City.
2. Completed Wave 4 (2015-2016)

3. Those who are not rescue/recovery workers in either the NYPD or FDNY.

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Exclusion Criteria:

1. World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees under the age of 18 at the time of 9/11
2. Those with proxy interview at Wave 1

3. Enrollee was a rescue and recovery work affiliated with FDNY or NYPD at Wave 1

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Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Phone-based household emergency preparedness; A phone-based intervention will consist of 15 - 20 minutes discussion covering the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, including a family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies); and (5) resources (including providing NYC Emergency Management website: NYC.gov/hazards, i which includes specific information related to the participants New York City hurricane evacuation zones) .	Behavioral: Phone-based household emergency preparedness; A phone-based intervention will consist of 15 - 20 minutes discussion covering the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, including a family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies); and (5) resources (including providing NYC Emergency Management website: NYC.gov/hazards, i which includes specific information related to the participants New York City hurricane evacuation zones) .
Experimental: Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness; An informational brochure will be mailed to participants and will cover the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies, including preparing a go bag); and (5) resources (including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls (911 and 311), how to register for emergency notifications ("Notify NCY"), NYC Emergency Management, as well as a website for additional information on preparedness (NYC.gov/hazards) that includes New York City hurricane evacuation zones .	Behavioral: Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness; An informational brochure will be mailed to participants and will cover the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies, including preparing a go bag); and (5) resources (including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls (911 and 311), how to register for emergency notifications ("Notify NCY"), NYC Emergency Management, as well as a website for additional information on preparedness (NYC.gov/hazards) that includes New York City hurricane evacuation zones .

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The CASPER instrument sum score	The primary outcome is based on the CDC CASPER emergency preparedness instrument. It consists of ten yes/no questions, five relating to having a communication plan and five related to having an emergency supply kit. The primary outcome is the sum of the number of questions answered "yes" by the subject.	up to 24 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Individual CASPER instrument items	Secondary outcomes will be each of the ten individual yes/no questions of the CASPER instrument.	up to 24 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 21, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 2, 2020
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 25, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 9, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 16, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): December 17, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 23, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 22, 2025
• Last Verified: May 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Emergencies
• Other Study ID Numbers: 18-150

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No