title: The First-aid Advice and Safety Training (FAST) parents programme for the prevention of unintentional injuries in preschool children: a protocol.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Unintentional injury is the leading cause of preventable death in children in the UK, and 0-4-year-olds frequently attend emergency departments following injuries in the home. Parenting programmes designed to support parents, promote behaviour change and enhance parent-child relationships have been shown to improve health outcomes in children. It is not known whether group-based parenting programmes have the potential to prevent unintentional injuries in preschool children.
  
  
  METHODS
  A study to develop a group-based parenting programme to prevent unintentional home injuries in preschool children, and assess the feasibility of evaluation through a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The intervention, designed for parents of children who have sustained a medically attended injury, will be developed with two voluntary sector organisations. The feasibility study will assess ability to recruit parents, deliver the programme and follow-up participants. Participants will complete questionnaires at baseline, 3 months and 6 months, and report injuries in their preschool children using a tool designed and validated for this study. Qualitative methods will assess user and deliverer perceptions of the programme.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study will develop the first group-based parenting programme to prevent injuries in preschool children, and design tools for parent-reported injury outcomes. A key challenge will be to recruit parents to participate in a manner that is non-stigmatising, and does not result in feelings of guilt or belief that they are perceived to be a bad parent. The findings will be used to prepare a trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the intervention.
authors.affiliation: University of the West of England, Bristol, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, , University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mytton
authors.forename: Elizabeth Ml
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Towner
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kendrick
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stewart-Brown
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Emond
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ingram
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Blair
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mulvaney
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Toity
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Deave
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Potter
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004505:Education, Nonprofessional; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005392:First Aid; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012449:Safety; D006113:United Kingdom; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*