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

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Injuries

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02345941

Run by

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

People needed

1129

Starts

2014-07-01

Expected to finish

2016-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-12-26

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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.

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

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

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