Safe Play Areas for Ross County Kids Project

NCT ID: NCT01291225

Last Updated: 2016-04-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 311 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-02-28
• Study Completion Date: 2013-06-30

Brief Summary

Specific Aim 1 - In collaboration with partners in Ross County, renovate and develop playgrounds in Chillicothe.

Specific Aim 2 - In collaboration with partners in Ross County, promote safe play and play areas for children on farms.

Detailed Description

Injury is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity among children in the United States. Because children spend much of their time playing, it is important that they have safe play environments where they can challenge themselves and develop physically, mentally, and socially. The SPARK Project will focus its intervention in Ross County, Ohio, an area with more than 930 farms. Prior to this project, relatively little has been done to promote the prevention of injuries to children who live and play on farms.

The specific aims of this project are as follows:

• In collaboration with partners in Ross County, renovate and develop playgrounds in Chillicothe, Ohio.
• In collaboration with partners in Ross County, promote safe play areas for children on farms.

The SPARK Project will employ a multi-faceted approach to injury prevention, centered on community partnership and collaboration. Utilizing methodology that was successfully developed and implemented as part of the Community Action for Playground Safety (CAPS) Program in Columbus, the SPARK Project will combine both active and passive injury prevention strategies to reduce playground and play-related farm injuries to children in Ross County.

Conditions

Other Specified Personal Exposures and History Presenting Hazards to Health; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Fall Involving Playground Equipment, Occurrence on Farm

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Playground

The playground arm of the study will consist of playground audits and KAP surveys about playground safety in both Chillicothe and Circleville, Ohio.

The intervention is Playground Safety Renovations and Development.

Group Type: OTHER

Playground renovation and development

Intervention Type: OTHER

Playgrounds in Chillicothe will be renovated based on priorities determined by audits.

Educational campaign

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Educational materials will be developed and distributed in Ross County.

Farms

The Farm Arm will consist of farm audits with safety checklists and KAP surveys about farm safety. The intervention is a Safety Educational Campaign.

Group Type: OTHER

Educational campaign

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Educational materials will be developed and distributed in Ross County.

Interventions

Playground renovation and development

Playgrounds in Chillicothe will be renovated based on priorities determined by audits.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Educational campaign

Educational materials will be developed and distributed in Ross County.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• For playgrounds

• must be seen at Adena Medical Center or Pickaway Pediatrics
• must be the parent of a child younger than 6 years of age
• must live in Chillicothe (if recruited at Adena) or Circleville (if recruited at Pickaway Peds)
• must be English speaking
• must be at least 18 years old
• For farms

• must self-identify as living on a farm
• must have a child younger than 6 years of age
• must live in Ross county or Pickaway county
• must be English speaking
• must be at least 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants can only enroll in one study at a time

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Ohio State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Nationwide Children's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Gary A. Smith

PI

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Gary A Smith, MD, DrPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Locations

The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

IRB10-00368

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id