title: Effectiveness of a Technology-Based Injury Prevention Program for Enhancing Mothers' Knowledge of Child Safety: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Provision of anticipatory guidance for parents is recommended as an effective strategy to prevent injuries among young children. Technology-based anticipatory guidance has been suggested to reinforce the effectiveness of injury prevention and improve parents' knowledge of child safety.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to examine the effectiveness of a technology-based injury prevention program with parental anticipatory guidance for enhancing mothers' knowledge of child safety.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this randomized controlled trial, 308 mothers will be recruited from the antenatal clinics and postnatal wards of two major public hospitals in Hong Kong. Participating mothers will be randomly assigned into intervention and control groups. Mothers in the intervention group will be given free access to a technology-based injury prevention program with anticipatory guidance, whereas mothers in the control group will be given a relevant booklet on parenting. The injury prevention program, available as a website or on a mobile app, includes behavioral components based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. The primary outcome measure will be the change in the mother's knowledge of child safety. The secondary outcome measures will be age-appropriate domestic safety knowledge, attitudes, intentions, perceived behavioral control, and self-reported behavior related to home safety practice. We will also determine dose-response relationships between the outcome measures and the website and mobile app usage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Enrolment of participants will begin in October 2016. Results are expected by June 2018.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parents will be able to easily access the domestic injury prevention website to find information regarding child injury prevention. It is anticipated that the technology-based intervention will help parents improve their knowledge of child safety and raise their awareness about the consequences of domestic injuries and the importance of prevention.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Clinicaltrials.gov Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02835768; http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02835768 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation/6lbXYM6b9).
authors: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Chun Bong
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5675-7972
authors: CB
authors: Chow
authors: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Wilfred Hing-Sang
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8396-2368
authors: WH
authors: Wong
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Wing Cheong
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0808-2664
authors: WC
authors: Leung
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Mary Hoi-Yin
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7507-4210
authors: MH
authors: Tang
authors: Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Ko Ling
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8508-9224
authors: KL
authors: Chan
authors: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Calvin Kl
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9819-8865
authors: CK
authors: Or
authors: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Tim Mh
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-730X
authors: TM
authors: Li
authors: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Frederick Ka Wing
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025
authors: FK
authors: Ho
authors: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Daniel
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2178-0715
authors: D
authors: Lo
authors: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Patrick
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-6898
authors: P
authors: Ip
keywords: anticipatory guidance; child safety; injury prevention; randomized controlled trial; technology-based intervention