'BeSAFE', effect-evaluation of internet-based, tailored safety information combined with personal counselling on parents' child safety behaviours: study design of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Study Protocol

Paul den Hertog¹  Mirjam EJ van Beelen²  Mirjam K Struijk²  Tinneke MJ Beirens²  Anke Oenema²  Hein Raat²  Eduard F van Beeck² 

[1] Consumer Safety Institute, PO BOX 75169, 1070 AD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC - University Medical Centre Rotterdam, PO BOX 2040, Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands;

关键词: Motivational Interview;    Implementation Intention;    Safety Information;    Safety Behaviour;    Cleaning Product;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-10-466

 received in 2010-07-29, accepted in 2010-08-09,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundInjuries in or around the home are the most important cause of death among children aged 0-4 years old. It is also a major source of morbidity and loss of quality of life. In order to reduce the number of injuries, the Consumer Safety Institute introduced the use of Safety Information Leaflets in the Netherlands to provide safety education to parents of children aged 0-4 years. Despite current safety education, necessary safety behaviours are still not taken by a large number of parents, causing unnecessary risk of injury among young children. In an earlier study an E-health module with internet-based, tailored safety information was developed and applied. It concerns an advice for parents on safety behaviours in their homes regarding their child. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of this safety information combined with personal counselling on parents' child safety behaviours.Methods/DesignParents who are eligible for the regular well-child visit with their child at child age 5-8 months are invited to participate in this study. Participating parents are randomized into one of two groups: 1) internet-based, tailored safety information combined with personal counselling (intervention group), or 2) personal counselling using the Safety Information Leaflets of the Consumer Safety Institute in the Netherlands for children aged 12 to 24 months (control group). All parents receive safety information on safety topics regarding the prevention of falling, poisoning, drowning and burning. Parents of the intervention group will access the internet-based, tailored safety information module when their child is approximately 10 months old. After completion of the assessment questions, the program compiles a tailored safety advice. The parents are asked to devise and inscribe a personal implementation intention. During the next well-child visit, the Child Health Clinic professional will discuss this tailored safety information and the implementation intention with the parents. The control group will receive usual care, i.e. the provision of Safety Information Leaflets during their well-child visit at the child's age of 11 months.DiscussionIt is hypothesized that the intervention, internet-based, tailored safety information combined with personal counselling results in more parents' child safety behaviours.Trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials NTR1836

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