Video-Based Social Learning or Didactics for Car Seat Education

NCT ID: NCT02720289

Last Updated: 2016-03-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 212 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2013-01-31

Brief Summary

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.

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.

Conditions

Child Passenger Safety

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Video-based social learning

Video-based social learning class

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Video-based social learning class

Intervention Type: OTHER

Brief child passenger safety lecture by a child passenger safety technician and viewing of a car seat video.

Traditional didactic

Traditional didactic class

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Traditional didactic class

Intervention Type: OTHER

Child passenger safety lecture by a child passenger safety technician.

Interventions

Video-based social learning class

Brief child passenger safety lecture by a child passenger safety technician and viewing of a car seat video.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Traditional didactic class

Child passenger safety lecture by a child passenger safety technician.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Phoenix Children's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Erin Kuroiwa, MHI

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Locations

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

11-045

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id