Home safety checks cut injury risks for children, study finds
NCT ID NCT05886270
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether home safety assessments and modifications could reduce injury risks for children under 7 in low-income households. Researchers visited 300 homes, identified hazards like unlocked poisons, missing smoke alarms, and unsecured furniture, then provided fixes and education. The goal was to see if these changes could prevent common home injuries.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Home safety assessment and modifications
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that simple home safety checks and fixes can prevent many common childhood injuries like falls, burns, and poisonings.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, non-experimental study without a comparison group, so it cannot prove the interventions caused the changes. Results may not apply to other communities.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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300 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Up to 7 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Parent or guardian (or an emancipated minor who meets all other inclusion criteria) whose household is participating in either the GHHI DSS Foster Care Homes Program (FCHP) OR GHHI Amerigroup Maryland Asthma Program (AMAP) * Households with at least one child under 7 years of age, or foster care families planning to host a child under 7 * The child under 7 years of age lives with the parent or legal guardian most of the time * Income at or below 80% AMI as defined by US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) * A home address in Baltimore City or Baltimore County Exclusion Criteria: * Parent or guardian whose household is participating is not in either the GHHI DSS Foster Care Homes Program (FCHP) OR GHHI Amerigroup Maryland Asthma Program (AMAP) * Household does not have at least one child under 7 years of age, or foster care families are not planning to host a child under 7 * The child under 7 years of age does not live with the parent or legal guardian most of the time * Income is not at or below 80% AMI as defined by HUD * The home address is not in Baltimore City or Baltimore County
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research & Policy
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States
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