Improving Emergency Preparedness Among 9/11 Exposed Population: Implementation and Evaluation of an Emergency Preparedness Intervention

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Emergency Preparedness

• Registration Number: NCT06737510
• Lead Sponsor: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Brief Summary

A two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effectiveness of a phone-based household emergency preparedness intervention with a mailed informational brochure on household emergency preparedness amongst a sample of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees residing within New York City.

Detailed Description

An intervention to enhance household emergency preparedness was developed to include the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication and evacuation plan (including, what is a family communication plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist; assembling a go bag , and storing supplies); and (5) The brochure included several resources, including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls: 911 or 311,, NYC Emergency Management, as well as website for additional information of preparedness: NYC.gov/hazards, which includes information specific to New York City hurricane evacuation zones.

The phone-based intervention consisted of a 15 - 20 minutes talk session completed over the phone following the format and topics noted above. The informational brochure intervention followed the format and topic above and was mailed to participants during the intervention period.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-11-21
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-02
• Study First Submitted: 2024-10-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-12-16
• Study First Posted: 2024-12-17
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-22
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-23
• Study Completion: 2025-12-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 707

Inclusion Criteria

1. English or Spanish speaking World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees aged 18 or older at the time of 9/11 residing in New York City.

2. Completed Wave 4 (2015-2016)

3. Those who are not rescue/recovery workers in either the NYPD or FDNY.

Exclusion Criteria

1. World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees under the age of 18 at the time of 9/11

2. Those with proxy interview at Wave 1

3. Enrollee was a rescue and recovery work affiliated with FDNY or NYPD at Wave 1

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The CASPER instrument sum score	up to 24 weeks	The primary outcome is based on the CDC CASPER emergency preparedness instrument. It consists of ten yes/no questions, five relating to having a communication plan and five related to having an emergency supply kit. The primary outcome is the sum of the number of questions answered "yes" by the subject.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Individual CASPER instrument items	up to 24 weeks	Secondary outcomes will be each of the ten individual yes/no questions of the CASPER instrument.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NYCDOHMH; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States