Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
MCH 10-08
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The aim of the study is to reduce school and sports and leisure injuries, reduce hazards and increase injury prevention awareness.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Injury, occupational diseases, poisoning: Musculoskeletal injury; Injury, occupational diseases, poisoning: Burns
Intervention
An injury prevention advocate will work with schools and the local injury prevention alliance, with emphasis on locally appropriate environmental interventions, advocacy and training. An evaluation officer will conduct evaluations of process, impact and outcome, using risk questionnaires to measure impact of the study and the level of self-reported injuries and a local surveillance system to measure health outcomes.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
To implement a range of outcome, impact and process measures for the evaluation of the programme and to develop a package of materials that highlight areas of good practice within schools that can be replicated elsewhere.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/10/1996
Overall trial end date
01/10/2001
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
The two year intervention will target 7 and 9 year old school pupils.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/10/1996
Recruitment end date
01/10/2001
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Child Health
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Mother and Child Health National Research and Development Programme (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 1997 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9113853
Publication citations
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Results
Towner E, Jarvis S, The Childhood Injury Prevention and Promotion of Safety Programme (CHIPPS)., Inj. Prev., 1997, 3, 1, 67-68.