Journal article
Evaluating Otto the Auto: Does engagement in an interactivewebsite improve young children’s transportation safety?
International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.14(7), 804
07/19/2017
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14070804
PMCID: PMC5551242
PMID: 28753920
Abstract
Transportation-related injuries are a leading cause of pediatric death, and effective interventions are limited. Otto the Auto is a website offering engaging, interactive activities. We evaluated Otto among a sample of sixty-nine 4- and 5-year-old children, who participated in a randomized parallel group design study. Following baseline evaluation, children engaged with either Otto or a control website for 2 weeks and then were re-evaluated. Children who used Otto failed to show increases in transportation safety knowledge or behavior compared to the control group, although there was a dosage effect whereby children who engaged in the website more with parents gained safer behavior patterns. We conclude Otto may have some efficacy when engaged by children with their parents, but continued efforts to develop and refine engaging, effective, theory-driven strategies to teach children transportation safety, including via internet, should be pursued.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evaluating Otto the Auto: Does engagement in an interactivewebsite improve young children’s transportation safety?
- Creators
- David C. Schwebel - University of Alabama at BirminghamAnna Johnston - University of Alabama at BirminghamJiabin Shen - University of Alabama at BirminghamPeng Li - University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.14(7), 804
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph14070804
- PMID
- 28753920
- PMCID
- PMC5551242
- NLM abbreviation
- Int J Environ Res Public Health
- ISSN
- 1661-7827
- eISSN
- 1660-4601
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Grant note
- R21HD075960 / National Institutes of Health (100000002) University of Alabama at Birmingham (http://data.elsevier.com/vocabulary/SciValFunders/100008333) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (http://data.elsevier.com/vocabulary/SciValFunders/100009633) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (100009633) National Institutes of Health (http://data.elsevier.com/vocabulary/SciValFunders/100000002) R21HD075960 / National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (http://data.elsevier.com/vocabulary/SciValFunders/100000071) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (http://data.elsevier.com/vocabulary/SciValFunders/100000071)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/19/2017
- Academic Unit
- Research Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984949201002771
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