Child Pedestrian Injury Prevention Project
An Evidence-Based Practice
This practice has been Archived and is no longer maintained.
Description
The Child Pedestrian Injury Prevention Project (CIPP) was a comprehensive pedestrian safety intervention for primary school aged children. The 3-year project followed 1,603 children from age 6 through age 9. The program included an educational intervention for students, their parents and teachers, and the local community as well as environmental interventions. Structural improvements made in the communities included new footpaths, safer parking/drop-off areas, marking to indicate safe crossing areas, traffic calming devices, programs to map and mark footprints to show children safe pedestrian routes, and changes in speed limits around schools. Nine, 40-minute safety lessons were taught by teachers in schools throughout the year with a focus on pedestrian skills training in a real road environment using school access and local roads. Parents were encouraged to participate in home activities to supplement school activities.
Goal / Mission
The goal of this project was to improve children's road-related behavior and to enhance the safety of their road environment.
Results / Accomplishments
An evaluation used a pre- and posttest questionnaire to compare three communities assigned to the following treatment conditions: (1) high - education, community, and environmental interventions; (2) moderate - education intervention only; and (3) comparison - standard road safety education. Children in the high and moderate intervention groups were significantly more likely to cross the road with adult supervision (p = 0.013) and play away from the road (p = 0.000) than the comparison group. There were no differences in the children's pedestrian safety knowledge between intervention and comparison groups.
About this Promising Practice
Organization(s)
Centre for Health Promotion Research
Primary Contact
No current contact information available
Topics
Community / Public Safety
Health / Prevention & Safety
Health / Children's Health
Health / Prevention & Safety
Health / Children's Health
Organization(s)
Centre for Health Promotion Research
Source
Preventive Medicine
Date of publication
2000
Date of implementation
1995
Location
Perth, Western Australia
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Target Audience
Children