RECRUITING

Study to Improve Adolescent Bicycling Safety

Study Overview

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Description

This cluster randomized controlled trial will evaluate a community-based bicycle safety education program with and without an in-person parent training component. The investigators will recruit 180 early adolescent bicyclists (ages 9 to 12) and a parent/guardian from local neighborhood centers after school and summer programs, where the investigators have conducted preliminary studies. Randomization into the three study groups will occur at the site-level. Adolescent bicycles in all study group sites will be equipped with Pedal Portal, an innovative bicycle-mounted GPS/video system developed by the research team to objectively observe bicycling risk exposure and behaviors while bicycling. System data will be coded to measure bicycling exposure (hours, miles traveled, routes) and the types and rates of safety-relevant events (near crashes, crashes), and safety-relevant behaviors (e.g., following traffic rules, scanning for traffic at intersections). This will be the first randomized trial to use GPS and video technology to evaluate the effectiveness of a youth bicycle safety intervention in changing behavior. The control group will not receive any bicycle safety education programming. Participants in the first intervention group (Bike Club) will receive a 12-hour bicycle safety education program. Participants in the second intervention group (Bike Club Plus) will receive an enhanced version of the 12-hour bicycle safety education program which will include a parent training session on bicycling safety best practices, child development as it relates to bicycling, strategies for practice at home, and feedback on their adolescent's bicycling performance. The investigators' main hypotheses are that adolescents who receive the bicycle safety intervention will have increased safety behaviors (e.g., helmet use, hazard recognition), reduced errors (e.g., riding against traffic, swerving/wobbling), and increased knowledge, perceptions, and self-efficacy compared to the control group; and adolescents whose parent receives the parent training will have even greater improvements in study outcomes than those whose parents do not receive the training. If successful, approaches from this study could be widely implemented to improve adolescent bicycling safety.

Official Title

A Cluster Randomized Trial to Improve Adolescent Bicycling Safety

Quick Facts

Study Start:2022-05-27
Study Completion:2025-12-30
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05265689

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:9 Years to 12 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:CHILD
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * 9 to 12 years old.
  2. * Lives in Johnson County, Iowa.
  3. * Willing to participate in bicycling safety education program.
  4. * Adolescent has access to a bicycle and rides independently at least 2 times per week.
  5. * Fluency in English for the adolescent.
  6. * Fluency in English, French, or Spanish for at least one parent/guardian.
  7. * No siblings already enrolled in the study (only one adolescent per family will be enrolled).
  8. * Adolescent has not previously completed a formal bicycle safety education program
  9. * Legal guardianship of adolescent by at least one participating adult (thus excluding wards of the state).
  1. * Does not agree to or meet one or more of the inclusion criteria
  2. * Having a condition which would be a safety risk on a bicycle or performing physical activity, including but not limited to a seizure disorder or mobility issue.

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Cara Hamann, PHD
CONTACT
319-384-1513
cara-hamann@uiowa.edu
Ryan Dusil, MS
CONTACT
319-467-0048
ryan-dusil@uiowa.edu

Principal Investigator

Cara Hamann, PHD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Iowa College of Public Health; University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center

Study Locations (Sites)

University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, 52245
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Cara J. Hamann

  • Cara Hamann, PHD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Iowa College of Public Health; University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2022-05-27
Study Completion Date2025-12-30

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2022-05-27
Study Completion Date2025-12-30

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • cycling
  • bike
  • transportation
  • injury prevention
  • intervention

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Bicycling
  • Knowledge
  • Adolescent
  • Self Efficacy
  • Education
  • Attitudes
  • Practice
  • Safety
  • Behavior