Head Injuries
Conditions
Keywords
standard motorcycle child safety helmet, chinstrap, toy/game helmet
Brief summary
The main aim of this intervention study is to test the hypothesis if helmet initiative program will significantly increase helmet usage in primary school students. The secondary aim of this intervention is to evaluate the behavioral change in standard child safety helmet usage among the parent/adult riders. The study was conducted in 23 primary school in Selangor from 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2018 in three different phases.
Detailed description
In Malaysia, the road traffic plans estimated that the number of death on road traffics might increase almost 23% from 2014-2020 (Royal Police of Malaysia, 2017). The main road crash involved the motorcyclist and the main cause of death was due to the severe head injuries. Previous study in Malaysia had reported only 20% of proper helmet usage among the adult riders (Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research, 2015). This highlights the need to transfer the knowledge to the parent/adult riders on the importance, proper usage and availability of the standard child safety helmet and hence increase the prevalence of standard helmet usage for the pillion riders especially for the children.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALStandard motorcycle child safety helmet
Educational session followed by demonstration on * proper helmet wearing * how to differentiate non-standard and standard helmets * how to keep motorcycle safe using ABCD concept * importance of wearing bright clothes * police summon for not wearing helmets * live demo on poor performance of non-standard helmet * giving away standard motorcycle child safety helmets * oath taking by parents and children * distribution and placement of VEM on parents' motorcycles
Sponsors
Halliburton Foundation USA
Safe Kids Worldwide USA
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* primary school students from selected school * aged 7 - 12 years old * Travel to school by motorcycle. * the adult rider able to speak/read Malay and English
Exclusion criteria
* Students who are travelling to school using mode of transport other than motorcycle. * pre school students
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| There will be increase in the prevalence of standard motorcycle child safety helmet usage in post intervention compared to pre-intervention | through study completion, an average of 1 year | 1. There will be increase in the prevalence of standard motorcycle child safety helmet usage among primary school students after the educational session under helmet initiative program as well as after the distribution of standard motorcycle child safety helmets. 2. The educational session under helmet initiative program will provide important information about the risks of riding without standard helmet include the severity of injury to children. This will be an effective effort for continuous usage of standard helmet among child pillion riders 3. Distribution of standard motorcycle child safety helmets will be able to increase the ownership of standard child helmet especially among those who; hence will increase the prevalence of standard motorcycle child safety helmet usage |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| There will be increase in the prevalence of proper standard motorcycle safety helmet usage in post intervention compared to pre-intervention | through study completion, an average of 1 year | Wearing a properly fitted, safety-approved motorcycle helmet will able to reduce head injuries. The educational session under helmet initiative program will provide important information about the severity of injury to children due to improper helmet usage. This will be an effective effort to reduce the prevalence of head injuries among child pillion riders |
| There will be increase in mean score of parents' knowledge measured using questionnaire in standard motorcycle child safety helmet usage in post intervention compared to pre-intervention | through study completion, an average of 1 year | 1. The usage of standard child motorcycle helmet among child pillion riders will be more successful when they receive consistent messages from their parents. 2. The educational session under helmet initiative program will provide important information on the law, proper usage, risk of non-usage and the consequences to the parents which further will develope a positive attitude toward helmet wearing for children. 3. parents' practice in helmet usage will significantly motivates the children to wear a helmet |
Countries
Malaysia
Outcome results
None listed