iLookOut for Child Abuse: Micro-learning to Improve Knowledge Retention
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 (
| Condition(s) | Child Abuse |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| 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. |
| Who can participate | 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 |
| Ages | 18 Years to 100 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | Milton S. Hershey Medical Center |
| Locations | Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Start date | 2024-04-10 |
| NCT ID | NCT04324619 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04324619 |