title: The Stamp-in-Safety programme, an intervention to promote better supervision of children on childcare centre playgrounds: an evaluation in an urban setting.
abstract: Using a non-equivalent control group design, this report evaluated a previously studied behavioural intervention, the Stamp-in-Safety programme, which is designed to reduce the injury risk for young children on playgrounds at childcare centres by increasing the quality of adult supervision and rewarding children for safe play. In an urban, commercial childcare centre, 71 children aged 3-5 years and 15 teachers participated. Primary outcome measures were teacher verbalisations (warnings, explanations, redirects), teacher location (core, outskirt, or fringe of playground), child risk-taking behaviours (using equipment appropriately) and the number of injuries on the playground. Analyses revealed that the intervention had a modest positive effect in promoting safer teacher and child playground behaviours. This study reaffirms previous results that the Stamp-in-Safety programme is an effective method to decrease the risk of playground injuries at childcare centres.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: Gayathri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chelvakumar
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sheehan
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Danita
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mandich
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Schwebel
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D032763:Behavior Control; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000293:injuries*; D012931:Social Environment; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology