Impact of Helmet Use in Preschool Children

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Head Injuries, Facial Injuries

In brief

* To test the hypothesis if provision of helmet education and free helmet distribution will significantly increase helmet use in preschool children of low-income families compared to those children receiving helmet education without free helmet distribution; * To test the hypothesis if helmet users in preschool children will significantly reduce head and facial injuries compared to those non-helmet users

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01054846

Run by

Parkview Hospital, Indiana

People needed

609

Starts

2008-05-01

Expected to finish

2009-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-09

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 3-5 year olds and their siblings, registered at the Community Action of Northeast Indiana (CANI) Head Start Program
• The child must possess a bicycle or a riding toy to ride
• The child's caregiver speaks English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

• Age less than two or greater than 5-year olds
• 3-5 year old children that do not own a bicycle or a riding toy to ride
• The child's caregiver does not speak English or Spanish.

Where it is running

• Community Action of Northeast Indiana (CANI) Inc - Head Start — Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

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