Accident InjuryCHASENCT05886270
Implementation of the Child Housing Assessment for a Safe Environment
A study testing Housing Assessment/Safety Modifications in people with Accident Injury and Home Injury, run by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This implementation study uses a multi-method quantitative and qualitative, non-experimental design to estimate the magnitude of home injury risks, identify strategies for addressing those risks and sustaining those interventions, and to calculate the costs of housing-related modifications to prevent childhood home… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages Up to 7 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Accident Injury, Home Injury
- What is being tested?
- Housing Assessment/Safety Modifications
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 300 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 24 Jun 2022to 5 Dec 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Up to 7 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- 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
Who cannot join
- 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
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research & Policy
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205
About this study
This implementation study uses a multi-method quantitative and qualitative, non-experimental design to estimate the magnitude of home injury risks, identify strategies for addressing those risks and sustaining those interventions, and to calculate the costs of housing-related modifications to prevent childhood home injuries. The study objectives are to: Aim 1. Implement injury prevention measures based on safety hazards identified using the CHASE Tool within 300 low-income households (at or below 80% AMI) in Baltimore City or County; Aim 2. Determine the costs of the injury prevention measures completed by residents and/or professional providers; Aim 3. Conduct a formative evaluation using mixed methods to 3a. determine feasibility of incorporating injury prevention into residential programs from the perspective of installers and residents, including identifying barriers and facilitators, and 3b. understand the consistency of implementing and maintaining the injury prevention measures across referral sources, by residents and staff.
Read the detailed description
To address the gap between known preventative factors for child home injuries and the uptake of those prevention approaches by high-risk families, the hazards must be systematically and rigorously assessed, and modifications properly implemented and evaluated. Although there are standardized approaches to assess and address particular home health hazards, such as lead paint, asthma, there is no standard tool for injury control. The study team has developed and tested a tool to assess child injury risks in the home (CHASE Tool). The study team has adapted the existing CHASE tool, found in the article by Shields et al 2019, to specify home modifications needed for 15 priority injury hazards that are the focus of this project based on the literature, availability of prevention measures, and the preliminary studies; they include: scalds, falls, fires, crush/cut/pierce injuries, poisonings, and strangulation) however, the time and cost burden to conduct the assessments on a large scale and to implement evidence-based modifications have not been documented, nor is there information available about residents' willingness to accept these modifications. Thus, the investigators propose to combine the child injury prevention expertise of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy faculty with the home modification and community outreach expertise of Green and Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) to demonstrate a new way to improve the safety of children's homes.
The existing CHASE tool, found in the article by Shields et al 2019, has been adapted to specify home modifications needed for 15 priority injury hazards that are the focus of this project based on the literature, availability of prevention measures, and the preliminary studies; they include: scalds, falls, fires, crush/cut/pierce injuries, poisonings, and strangulation.
This project represents the next step in the CHASE project through which the following objectives will be met: Objective 1. Implement injury prevention measures based on safety hazards identified using the CHASE Tool within 300 low-income households (at or below 80% AMI) in Baltimore City or Baltimore County; Objective 2. Determine the costs of the injury prevention measures completed by residents and/or professional providers; Objective 3. Conduct a formative evaluation using mixed methods to 3a. determine feasibility of incorporating injury prevention into residential programs from the perspective of installers and residents, including identifying barriers and facilitators, and 3b. understand the consistency of implementing and maintaining the injury prevention measures across referral sources, by residents and staff.
The Implementation study will be conducted in five phases including the following. Phase 1: Community Engagement. Phase 2: The Enrollment Phase including an initial home visit and assessment for injury risks, CHASE Family Feedback Form creation and education including guidance about needed modifications. Phase 3: Re-Assessment Phase which includes a second home visit to assess change, perform modifications when needed, and survey to understand barriers and facilitators. Phase 4: Follow-Up to measure sustainability of modifications and obtain feedback on the program. Phase 5: Evaluation and Dissemination of results.
The study will enroll a sample of N=300 homes of low-income families with children < 7 years of age who are referred from two of GHHI's currently active programs, Department of Social Services (DSS) Foster Care Homes Program (FCHP, n=200 homes) and Amerigroup Maryland Asthma Program (AMAP, n=100 homes), which are Medicaid eligible children referred from Amerigroup-Maryland into GHHI's asthma home-visiting program.
In addition to completing the three objectives, a user-friendly CHASE Home Safety Modifications Tool Kit and online training module for utilization by other programs working in homes with children will be created and disseminated, thus expanding the potential impact of the present work and HUD's to other housing service providers and beneficiaries nationally.
- Conditions
- Accident Injury, Home Injury
- Being tested
- Housing Assessment/Safety Modifications
- Medical subject headings
- Accidental Injuries
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Housing Assessment/Safety ModificationsOther
A GHHI Assessor will complete three home visits to assess home injury hazards and provide a scope of work that includes home modifications that directly address each of the identified home injury hazards. The Assessor will also provide do-it-yourself education materials and injury prevention supplies to assist them in completing the modifications.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Participants | Experimental | This arm consists of 300 homes of low-income families with children < 7 years of age who are referred from two of GHHI's currently active programs, DSS Foster Care Homes Program, and Amerigroup Maryland Asthma Program. Receives: Other: Housing Assessment/Safety Modifications |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in number of Poison Storage hazards
Poison storage injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Your medicine is not locked up" and "Your household products are not locked up."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Smoke Alarms hazards
Smoke alarm injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You do not have a smoke alarm on every level of your home."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Fire Escape Safety hazards
Fire escape safety injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You do not have at least two exits in all sleeping areas", "Your fire escape exit (door/window) is not working", and "Your fire escape exit(s) are blocked."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Sprinkler System hazards
Sprinkler system injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Your sprinkler system is leaking."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Carbon Monoxide Alarm hazards
Carbon monoxide alarm injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You do not have at least one carbon monoxide alarm on each level of the home."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Electrical Fire and Shock hazards
Electrical fire and shock injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You have a dangerous power strip", "You have a dangerous electrical cord", "You have wires sticking out", "Your electrical receptacle does not have a cover", "Your electrical receptacle is broken", and "Your electrical breaker is broken."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Electrical Tripping Risk hazards
Electrical tripping injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You have electrical extension cords that pose a trip and fall hazard."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Hot Water Burn hazards
Hot water burn injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You need to retest the hot water temperature to make sure it is a safe temperature", and "You need a new water heater tank installed."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Window Fall hazards
Window fall injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Not all of your windows at or above the second level of the home have window stops or guards."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Accidental Strangulation hazards
Accidental strangulation injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Your blinds pose a hazard (you do not have cord protectors or cordless blinds/shades)", and "Your blinds/curtains are not cordless, cord protected, or cord unprotected but inaccessible to the child."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Stair Fall hazards
Stair fall injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Your interior stairs are unsafe", "Your carpet is loose", "Your handrails are defective", and "Your railings are defective."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months .
Change in number of Bathroom Fall hazards
Bathroom fall injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Your shower or tub floor surface needs to be deep cleaned before non-slip decals can be applied", "Your shower or tub floor surface needs to be cleaned before non-slip decals can be applied", "You do not have grab bars in your bath tub(s)/shower(s)", and "You do not have a secured, structurally sound shower door."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Protruding Nail hazards
Protruding nails will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You have nails or screws that stick out of the walls and floors that could hurt someone."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Falling Furniture hazards
Falling furniture injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You have an entertainment center(s) > 3 ft. above the ground that is not secured to the wall", "You have a book case in the room that is not secured to the wall", "You have a flat screen TV in the room that is not secured to the wall", "You have a traditional TV in the room that is not secured to the wall", and "You have a stove that is not secured to the wall or cabinet/counter."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in number of Stair Gate hazards
Stair gate injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You do not have a stair gate installed at the top or bottom of the stairs on the 2nd, and if applicable, 3rd floor", "Not all the stair gates at the top of the stairs are hardware mounted", and "The basement does not have a stair gate at the bottom of the stairs and the top of the stairs, if there is no door at the top of the stairs."
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Secondary outcomes (3)
Cost of installing injury prevention measures
Determine the costs of the injury prevention measures completed by residents and/or professional providers.
Measured: 1 month, 3 months
Change in participants' self-reported rates of experienced barriers and facilitators to incorporating injury prevention tools in their home.
The Health Belief Model Questionnaire will be used to determine the feasibility of incorporating injury prevention into residential programs. Feasibility will be measured by participants' self-reported rates of experienced barriers and facilitators to incorporating injury prevention tools in their home.
Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in qualitative descriptions of participants' confidence to make and maintain injury prevention measures in their home.
The Follow-Up Interview will be used to understand the consistency of implementing and maintaining the injury prevention measures across participants. Consistency will be measured by participants' qualitative descriptions of their confidence to make and maintain the changes.
Measured: 1 month, 3 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted2 Jun 2023
- Study start24 Jun 2022
- Primary completion5 Dec 2025
- Study completion5 Dec 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Accident InjuryStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- A total of 300 homes in Baltimore City and Baltimore County will be studied, which will be referred from two of GHHI's currently active programs, DSS Foster Care Homes Program (FCHP, n=200 homes) and Amerigroup Maryland Asthma Program (AMAP, n=100 homes), which are Medicaid eligible children referred from Amerigroup-Maryland into GHHI's asthma home-visiting program. The investigators selected families in FCHP and AMAP because they are a representative and generalizable population of low-income children known to have a greater risk of home injuries.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 300 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Green and Healthy Homes Initiative, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Wendy Shields, PhD, Principal investigator, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05886270
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- MDHHU0059-20
- Other IDs
- IRB00018899
- Acronym
- CHASE
- Status last verified
- Dec 2025
- First submitted
- 4 Aug 2022
- Last updated
- 22 Dec 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 22 Dec 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Implementation of the Child Housing Assessment for a Safe Environment
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05886270
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CHASE / MDHHU0059-20
- Conditions
- Accident Injury, Home Injury
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 300 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Green and Healthy Homes Initiative, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Study start
- 24 Jun 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 5 Dec 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 5 Dec 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 2 Jun 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This implementation study uses a multi-method quantitative and qualitative, non-experimental design to estimate the magnitude of home injury risks, identify strategies for addressing those risks and sustaining those interventions, and to calculate the costs of housing-related modifications to prevent childhood home injuries. The study objectives are to: Aim 1. Implement injury prevention measures based on safety hazards identified using the CHASE Tool within 300 low-income households (at or below 80% AMI) in Baltimore City or County; Aim 2. Determine the costs of the injury prevention measures completed by residents and/or professional providers; Aim 3. Conduct a formative evaluation using mixed methods to 3a. determine feasibility of incorporating injury prevention into residential programs from the perspective of installers and residents, including identifying barriers and facilitators, and 3b. understand the consistency of implementing and maintaining the injury prevention measures across referral sources, by residents and staff.
Detailed description
To address the gap between known preventative factors for child home injuries and the uptake of those prevention approaches by high-risk families, the hazards must be systematically and rigorously assessed, and modifications properly implemented and evaluated. Although there are standardized approaches to assess and address particular home health hazards, such as lead paint, asthma, there is no standard tool for injury control. The study team has developed and tested a tool to assess child injury risks in the home (CHASE Tool). The study team has adapted the existing CHASE tool, found in the article by Shields et al 2019, to specify home modifications needed for 15 priority injury hazards that are the focus of this project based on the literature, availability of prevention measures, and the preliminary studies; they include: scalds, falls, fires, crush/cut/pierce injuries, poisonings, and strangulation) however, the time and cost burden to conduct the assessments on a large scale and to implement evidence-based modifications have not been documented, nor is there information available about residents' willingness to accept these modifications. Thus, the investigators propose to combine the child injury prevention expertise of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy faculty with the home modification and community outreach expertise of Green and Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) to demonstrate a new way to improve the safety of children's homes.
The existing CHASE tool, found in the article by Shields et al 2019, has been adapted to specify home modifications needed for 15 priority injury hazards that are the focus of this project based on the literature, availability of prevention measures, and the preliminary studies; they include: scalds, falls, fires, crush/cut/pierce injuries, poisonings, and strangulation.
This project represents the next step in the CHASE project through which the following objectives will be met: Objective 1. Implement injury prevention measures based on safety hazards identified using the CHASE Tool within 300 low-income households (at or below 80% AMI) in Baltimore City or Baltimore County; Objective 2. Determine the costs of the injury prevention measures completed by residents and/or professional providers; Objective 3. Conduct a formative evaluation using mixed methods to 3a. determine feasibility of incorporating injury prevention into residential programs from the perspective of installers and residents, including identifying barriers and facilitators, and 3b. understand the consistency of implementing and maintaining the injury prevention measures across referral sources, by residents and staff.
The Implementation study will be conducted in five phases including the following. Phase 1: Community Engagement. Phase 2: The Enrollment Phase including an initial home visit and assessment for injury risks, CHASE Family Feedback Form creation and education including guidance about needed modifications. Phase 3: Re-Assessment Phase which includes a second home visit to assess change, perform modifications when needed, and survey to understand barriers and facilitators. Phase 4: Follow-Up to measure sustainability of modifications and obtain feedback on the program. Phase 5: Evaluation and Dissemination of results.
The study will enroll a sample of N=300 homes of low-income families with children < 7 years of age who are referred from two of GHHI's currently active programs, Department of Social Services (DSS) Foster Care Homes Program (FCHP, n=200 homes) and Amerigroup Maryland Asthma Program (AMAP, n=100 homes), which are Medicaid eligible children referred from Amerigroup-Maryland into GHHI's asthma home-visiting program.
In addition to completing the three objectives, a user-friendly CHASE Home Safety Modifications Tool Kit and online training module for utilization by other programs working in homes with children will be created and disseminated, thus expanding the potential impact of the present work and HUD's to other housing service providers and beneficiaries nationally.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- A total of 300 homes in Baltimore City and Baltimore County will be studied, which will be referred from two of GHHI's currently active programs, DSS Foster Care Homes Program (FCHP, n=200 homes) and Amerigroup Maryland Asthma Program (AMAP, n=100 homes), which are Medicaid eligible children referred from Amerigroup-Maryland into GHHI's asthma home-visiting program. The investigators selected families in FCHP and AMAP because they are a representative and generalizable population of low-income children known to have a greater risk of home injuries.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Participants | Experimental | Other: Housing Assessment/Safety ModificationsThis arm consists of 300 homes of low-income families with children < 7 years of age who are referred from two of GHHI's currently active programs, DSS Foster Care Homes Program, and Amerigroup Maryland Asthma Program. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- Up to 7 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- 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
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- 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
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Assessment/Safety ModificationsA GHHI Assessor will complete three home visits to assess home injury hazards and provide a scope of work that includes home modifications that directly address each of the identified home injury hazards. The Assessor will also provide do-it-yourself education materials and injury prevention supplies to assist them in completing the modifications. | Other | Participants |
Primary outcome
Change in number of Poison Storage hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Poison storage injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Your medicine is not locked up" and "Your household products are not locked up."
Change in number of Smoke Alarms hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Smoke alarm injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You do not have a smoke alarm on every level of your home."
Change in number of Fire Escape Safety hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Fire escape safety injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You do not have at least two exits in all sleeping areas", "Your fire escape exit (door/window) is not working", and "Your fire escape exit(s) are blocked."
Change in number of Sprinkler System hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Sprinkler system injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Your sprinkler system is leaking."
Change in number of Carbon Monoxide Alarm hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Carbon monoxide alarm injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You do not have at least one carbon monoxide alarm on each level of the home."
Change in number of Electrical Fire and Shock hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Electrical fire and shock injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You have a dangerous power strip", "You have a dangerous electrical cord", "You have wires sticking out", "Your electrical receptacle does not have a cover", "Your electrical receptacle is broken", and "Your electrical breaker is broken."
Change in number of Electrical Tripping Risk hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Electrical tripping injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You have electrical extension cords that pose a trip and fall hazard."
Change in number of Hot Water Burn hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Hot water burn injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You need to retest the hot water temperature to make sure it is a safe temperature", and "You need a new water heater tank installed."
Change in number of Window Fall hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Window fall injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Not all of your windows at or above the second level of the home have window stops or guards."
Change in number of Accidental Strangulation hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Accidental strangulation injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Your blinds pose a hazard (you do not have cord protectors or cordless blinds/shades)", and "Your blinds/curtains are not cordless, cord protected, or cord unprotected but inaccessible to the child."
Change in number of Stair Fall hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months .
Stair fall injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Your interior stairs are unsafe", "Your carpet is loose", "Your handrails are defective", and "Your railings are defective."
Change in number of Bathroom Fall hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Bathroom fall injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "Your shower or tub floor surface needs to be deep cleaned before non-slip decals can be applied", "Your shower or tub floor surface needs to be cleaned before non-slip decals can be applied", "You do not have grab bars in your bath tub(s)/shower(s)", and "You do not have a secured, structurally sound shower door."
Change in number of Protruding Nail hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Protruding nails will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You have nails or screws that stick out of the walls and floors that could hurt someone."
Change in number of Falling Furniture hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Falling furniture injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You have an entertainment center(s) > 3 ft. above the ground that is not secured to the wall", "You have a book case in the room that is not secured to the wall", "You have a flat screen TV in the room that is not secured to the wall", "You have a traditional TV in the room that is not secured to the wall", and "You have a stove that is not secured to the wall or cabinet/counter."
Change in number of Stair Gate hazards
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Stair gate injury hazards will be identified using the CHASE Tool. Fail criteria include: "You do not have a stair gate installed at the top or bottom of the stairs on the 2nd, and if applicable, 3rd floor", "Not all the stair gates at the top of the stairs are hardware mounted", and "The basement does not have a stair gate at the bottom of the stairs and the top of the stairs, if there is no door at the top of the stairs."
3 secondary outcomes
Cost of installing injury prevention measures
Time frame: 1 month, 3 months
Change in participants' self-reported rates of experienced barriers and facilitators to incorporating injury prevention tools in their home.
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Change in qualitative descriptions of participants' confidence to make and maintain injury prevention measures in their home.
Time frame: 1 month, 3 months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 22 Dec 2025.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Wendy Shields, PhD principal investigator
Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Housing Assessment/Safety Modifications in people with Accident Injury and Home Injury, run by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in number of Poison Storage hazards (time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months). The study lists 15 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Dec 2025.