Bicycle Safety Education for Adolescent Bicycling Safety
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
This trial tests a bicycle safety education program for young cyclists aged 9 to 12. The goal is to determine if training improves safety behaviors, such as helmet use and hazard recognition. The study compares three groups: one with no training, one with 12 hours of safety education (Bike Club), and another with the same education plus a session for parents (Bike Club Plus). Children who ride their bikes at least twice a week and live in Johnson County, Iowa, may be suitable participants. As an unphased trial, this study offers young cyclists a unique chance to enhance their safety skills and contribute to important educational research.
Do I need to stop my current medications to join the trial?
The trial information does not specify whether participants need to stop taking their current medications. It seems unlikely that medication use would affect participation, as the study focuses on bicycle safety education.
What prior data suggests that this bicycle safety education program is safe for adolescents?
Research shows that the bicycle safety education programs, Bike Club and Bike Club Plus, help young cyclists develop safer habits. These programs teach kids about wearing helmets, spotting dangers, and obeying traffic rules.
Studies have not reported any negative effects from these educational programs. Since they focus on learning rather than medicine or physical treatment, they are generally safe. The goal is to teach safe biking without involving any physical risk.
The Bike Club Plus program also provides extra training for parents, enhancing safety education by involving them in learning the best biking safety practices. Overall, this type of program is well-received because it emphasizes learning and practicing safer biking skills.12345Why are researchers excited about this trial?
Researchers are excited about the Bicycle Safety Education treatments because they aim to directly enhance adolescent bicycling safety through comprehensive education. The Bike Club program offers a 12-hour hands-on safety curriculum, which is a more structured approach compared to typical safety tips or pamphlets. Bike Club Plus goes a step further by involving parents, providing them with training on best practices and child development in relation to bicycling. This dual focus on both adolescents and their parents is a novel approach that could lead to more effective and lasting safety behaviors in young cyclists.
What evidence suggests that this trial's bicycle safety education programs could be effective for improving adolescent bicycling safety?
In this trial, participants will join either the Bike Club or the Bike Club Plus program. Past studies have shown that bicycle safety education programs improve safety habits among young teens. Programs like the Bike Club teach essential skills such as wearing helmets, spotting dangers, and following traffic rules. Research indicates that these programs help reduce common mistakes like riding against traffic or swerving. The Bike Club Plus, which includes training for parents, aims to enhance these benefits by involving parents in safety education. Early results suggest that this combined approach could lead to even better safety outcomes for young bicyclists.12467
Who Is on the Research Team?
Cara Hamann, PHD
Principal Investigator
University of Iowa College of Public Health; University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
This trial is for English-speaking adolescents aged 9 to 12 who have their own bicycle and ride at least twice a week. They must not have been in similar bike safety programs before, live in Johnson County, Iowa, and be willing to join after school or summer bicycling safety sessions. Only one child per family can participate, excluding wards of the state or those with conditions that make cycling unsafe.Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Baseline Data Collection
Participants ride their bicycles as they normally would during the baseline 1-week observation period with GPS and video recording
Intervention
Participants in the intervention groups receive a 12-hour bicycle safety education program, with an enhanced version for the Bike Club Plus group including parent training
Post-intervention Data Collection
Participants ride their bicycles during the second one-week observation period with GPS and video recording
Follow-up
Follow-up surveys are administered to participants, and equipment is collected
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Bike Club
- Bike Club Plus
Trial Overview
The study tests a community-based bicycle safety education program (Bike Club) against an enhanced version with parent training (Bike Club Plus), compared to no intervention. Adolescents' bikes will be fitted with GPS/video tech (Pedal Portal) to track behavior and risk exposure while biking.
How Is the Trial Designed?
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Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Participants 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.
Participants will receive a 12-hour bicycle safety education program
The control group will not receive any bicycle safety education programming.
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Cara J. Hamann
Lead Sponsor
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborator
Citations
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