Comparing different approaches to reduce injuries in the home among children in Malaysia

INTERVENTION: The household is the unit of intervention. Two parallel study arms are examined with 1:1 allocation: 1. An active intervention: in‐home safety tutorial 2. A passive intervention: educational pamphlet The trial enrolls a cohort of households and administer a baseline and two follow‐up home assessments at 2 and 4 months after the initial visit (Figure 1). The intervention (an in‐home safety tutorial or an educational pamphlet) is delivered during the baseline visit, with the two follow‐up assessments designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention on reducing home safety hazards, which is the primary outcome. CONDITION: Child injuries in or near the home environment ; Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning ; Child injuries in or near the home environment PRIMARY OUTCOME: Hazards for child injuries within the home environment are measured using the a home assessment checklist which is completed by direct observation at the participant’s home. SECONDARY OUTCOME: Unintentional child injury is measured using a structured questionnaire implemented by the trained field staff. The questions ask about injuries in the 3 months preceding the initial visit, and between each of the following visits INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. The study participants are parents/guardians of the child(ren), who have the authority to modify the home environment to improve its safety. 2. Households with children between 12‐59 months of age. Participants are the parents/primary caregivers of the child