| Source of record | UK Trials |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN91381117 |
| Date ISRCTN assigned | 06/02/2008 |
| Local reference number(s) | 001009 |
| Public title | The Advocacy In Action Study |
| Scientific title | A cluster randomised controlled trial to reduce pedestrian injuries in deprived communities |
| Acronym | AIAS |
| Disease/condition/study domain | Pedestrian injuries |
| Study hypothesis | To determine whether providing an information package, tailored to local areas, influences local politicians to take action to reduce pedestrian injury risk in the areas they represent. |
| Design/methodology | Interventional randomised controlled trial |
| Research ethics review | Ethics approval received from the Research Ethics Committee of the School of Medicine, Swansea University on the 26th September 2005. |
| Countries of trial | United Kingdom |
| Participants - inclusion criteria | 1. Elected politicians (councillors) representing electoral wards
2. Either sex, aged 18+ years |
| Participants - exclusion criteria | No exclusion criteria. |
| Patient information material |
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| Anticipated start date | 01/01/2005 |
| Anticipated end date | 31/03/2008 |
| Status of trial | Completed |
| Target number of participants | 615 |
| Interventions | Intervention Group:
Targeted information on location of pedestrian injuries and effective interventions to prevent such injuries.
Control Group:
General information on children's injuries.
Both trial arms have duration of 27 months from issuing of intervention and control packs in October - November 2005 to follow up in January 2008. |
| Primary outcome measure(s) | Number of road safety interventions (traffic calming features, road safety education, 20 mph zones and safe routes to school) in intervention and control areas 25 months post-randomisation. |
| Secondary outcome measure(s) | Councillors¿ interest in road safety and self-efficacy in intervening to prevent pedestrian injury in their wards. |
| Publications | Study protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18388222 |
| Sources of funding | Department of Health (UK) (ref: 001009) - Policy Research Programme |
| Sponsor name | Department of Health (UK) |
| Sponsor details | c/o Christine McGuire
Research and Development, Room 716
Wellington House
133-135 Waterloo Road
London
United Kingdom
SE1 8UG |
| Sponsor telephone | +44 (0)20 7972 4527 |
| Sponsor email | Christine.McGuire@dh.gsi.gov.uk |
| Sponsor website | http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm |
| Contact name | Prof Ronan Lyons |
| Contact details | Centre for Health Information, Research and Evaluation (CHIRAL)
School of Medicine
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
United Kingdom
SA2 8PP |
| Contact telephone | +44 (0)1792 513485 |
| Contact email | r.a.lyons@swansea.ac.uk |
| More information | For more up-to-date information please go to the ISRCTN link below. |
| Link to record in ISRCTN Register | ISRCTN91381117 |
| Date last extracted from ISRCTN register | 17/04/2008 |
