iLookOut for Child Abuse: Micro-learning to Improve Knowledge Retention
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
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.
Description
The epidemic of child abuse in the U.S. (\>670,000 confirmed annually) causes massive harm to children and the adults they become. Surprisingly, \<1% of these substantiated cases of child abuse are identified and reported by early childhood professionals (ECPs) -though they take care of \>10 million American children. In the parent study, the online learning program, iLookOut for Child Abuse (iLookOut), has been shown to significantly improve ECPs' knowledge and attitudes about child abuse/reporting; and preliminary data from an NICHD-sponsored randomized controlled trial suggest that iLookOu…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–100 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * At least 18 years of age * Works or volunteers at a childcare facility in Pennsylvania Exclusion Criteria: * Younger than 18 years of age * Does not work or volunteer at a childcare facility in Pennsylvania
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)
Location
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center / Penn State College of MedicineHershey, Pennsylvania