Stamp-in-Safety Playground Safety Project
- Conditions
- Injury Prevention
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Stamp-in-Safety curriculum
- Registration Number
- NCT00982917
- 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.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 71
- teachers at childcare center
- students at childcare center
- not affiliated with childcare center
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description teachers taught curriculum Stamp-in-Safety curriculum Teachers taught Stamp-in-Safety curriculum teachers do not learn curriculum Stamp-in-Safety curriculum Teachers are not taught Stamp-in-Safety curriculum
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improve adult supervision on playgrounds 5 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Decrease preschool children's risky behaviors on playgrounds 5 weeks
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
ST. Vincent De Paul Childcare Center
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States