RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT04324619

iLookOut for Child Abuse: Micro-learning to Improve Knowledge Retention

Sponsor

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Enrollment

6,000 participants

Start Date

Apr 10, 2024

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Child abuse

Summary

This proposed randomized controlled trial will examine whether gamified micro-learning is a feasible and effective way to promote long-term learning about child abuse and its reporting. After completing the interactive online learning program, iLookOut for Child Abuse, early childhood professionals will receive brief (5-10 minute) gamified learning exercises to complete on their smart-phones. By measuring knowledge (and other outcomes) over time, the investigators will determine how much knowledge decays over various time periods, how well micro-learning can remediate that decay, and whether such a 2-phase intervention is feasible for helping early childhood professionals be better prepared to identify and report suspected child abuse.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 100 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study tests whether a gamified smartphone-based micro-learning app can help early childhood professionals (such as daycare workers) retain knowledge about how to identify and report suspected child abuse, after completing an online training program called iLookOut for Child Abuse. Knowledge about child abuse recognition tends to fade over time, and bite-sized mobile exercises may help reinforce what was learned. Eligible participants are adults aged 18 or older who work or volunteer at a childcare facility in Pennsylvania. Participation involves completing the iLookOut online training program and then receiving brief (5–10 minute) gamified exercises on their smartphones over several months, with knowledge measured at multiple time points. This summary was prepared using AI to help patients understand the study in plain language.

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Interventions

OTHEROnline interactive learning activities

1. 3-hour video-storyline-based interactive learning program 2. Micro-learning activities that can be completed on mobile devices (eg, smartphones)

Locations(1)

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center / Penn State College of Medicine

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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