Stamp-in-Safety Playground Safety Project
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 71
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Improve adult supervision on playgrounds
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Playground injuries are common at childcare centers. Adequate adult supervision is an important component to reducing playground injuries in preschool children. The investigators studied the Stamp-in-Safety Program, an intervention to improve adult supervision and reduce children's risky playground behaviors.
Detailed Description
Using a non-equivalent control group design, we evaluated the Stamp-in-Safety program which increases the quality of adult supervision and rewards children for safe play. In an urban childcare center, 71 children, ages 3-5 years, and 15 teachers participated in the study. The primary outcome measures were teacher verbalizations (warnings, explanations, redirects), teacher location (core, outskirts, or fringe of playground), risk taking behaviors by children (using equipment appropriately), and number of injuries on the playground.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 3 Years to 45 Years (Child, Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •teachers at childcare center
- •students at childcare center
Exclusion Criteria
- •not affiliated with childcare center
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Improve adult supervision on playgrounds
Time Frame: 5 weeks
Secondary Outcomes
- Decrease preschool children's risky behaviors on playgrounds(5 weeks)