Injuries and Emergencies Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Other external causes of accidental injury
Conditions
Interventions
Parenting programme - Intervention sites will offer a parenting programme providing first aid advice and safety training
Sponsors
University of the West of England (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The parents/carers will be eligible if they have a child under 5 years of age who has sustained an unintentional physical injury or ingestion in the home (or within the boundary of the home and garden/yard), that resulted in seeking medical attention from a health professional at an NHS Walk-In Centre, Minor Injuries Unit or in an Accident and Emergency department in secondary care during the recruitment period. 2. Parents/carers must be living at an address within the geographical or general practice catchment area of a Children?s Centre participating in the study 3. Male or female participants
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children suffering suspected or confirmed intentional injuries will be excluded 2. Should an injury originally considered to be unintentional be later discovered to have been intentional, then routine referral processes for safeguarding would be activated 3. That parent would not be asked to withdraw from the programme, but data from that child will not be included in the analysis 4. Parents/carers who are unable to understand written and spoken English will be excluded from the feasibility study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Injuries occurring to index child during six month follow up period | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The following outcome measures are collected at baseline and at the end of a 6 months (period of observed time): 1. Parent reported injuries to the study child that did not require medical attention 2. Parent reported injuries to the preschool siblings of the study child that did not require medical attention 3. Child behaviour (using the Child Behaviour Checklist or the Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire depending on the age of the child) 4. First aid knowledge (using the Nottingham Safe at Home Project Questionnaire) 5. Parent reported safety practices and possession and use of safety equipment (using the Nottingham home safety equipment measure) 6. Maternal wellbeing (using the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale) 7. Parenting (using the Parent Supervision Attributes Profile Questionnaire) | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed