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. 2015 Mar;105(3):584–590. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302308

TABLE 1—

Program Fidelity Measures for Each Component of the Buckle-Up Safely Program: South West Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2010

Description Teachers’ Professional Development Workshop (Children’s Education Program) Parent Information Session Subsidized Restraint Scheme and Free Restraint Checks
Design
 Attendance at each program component No. staff attending the sessions No. of parents attending the session No. restraint fitters who attended the restraint fitters’ training session for their participation in the Buckle-Up Safely program
 Provider credentials Delivered by early childhood road safety consultant (yes/no) Delivered by early childhood road safety consultant (yes/no) Restraint checks conducted by authorised restraint fitter (yes/no)
Successful training to ensure delivery of the program Session observed by researcher (yes/no) Session observed by researcher (yes/no) All restraint fitters received the Buckle-Up Safely restraint fitters’ manual (yes/no)
Ensuring program has been delivered as intended All elements of the manual (“Out and About: Safe Journeys with Kids in Cars – OAKIC”) covered during workshop (yes/no) All elements of the manual covered during workshop (yes/no) Bag with restraint check voucher distributed to parents (yes/no)
Assessing that the program was received by the participants Parents reporting having had a conversation with service staff about using child car restraints
Feedback from staff about workshop
Parents reported attending an information session Total no. subsidized restraints purchased per center
Total no. restraint checks per center
Parent reporting recent restraint purchase
Assessing level of uptake of the desired behavior No. child restraint learning experiences implemented at the center (≥3 vs ≤2) Outcome measures—observed child restraint use (age-appropriate use, correct use, and a binary measure of age-appropriate and correct use vs incorrect or age-inappropriate use) Outcome measures—observed child restraint use (age-appropriate use, correct use, and the binary measure combining age-appropriate and correct use)