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. 2022 Jul 5;2022(7):CD011775. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011775.pub2

NCT03185728.

Study name Public title: iLookOut for child abuse: an innovative learning module for childcare providers (iLookOut)
Scientific title: iLookOut for child abuse: an innovative learning module for childcare providers
Methods Study design: 3‐arm randomised controlled trial, with a stepped wedge design
Participants Participants: childcare providers 
Setting: childcare sites 
Country: Maine, USA
Inclusion criteria: (i) works or volunteers at a childcare facility in Maine (i.e. home‐based childcare, childcare centre, Head Start facility, nursery school, preschool); (ii) 18 years of age or older
Exclusion criteria: (i) does not work or volunteer at a childcare facility in Maine; (ii) under 18 years of age
Recruitment status: ongoing (last updated 11 June 2021)
Interventions Intervention group 1: iLookOut for child abuse online interactive e‐learning module (video‐based story‐line with follow‐up activities)
Control group 1: standard online mandated reporter training
Control group 2: waitlist for programmes
Outcomes
  1. Percentage of 'high quality' and 'low quality' reports of suspected child abuse submitted to the State of Maine by childcare providers in the past 48 months (possibly primary outcome 1c: number of reported cases of child abuse and neglect as measured objectively in official records of reports made to child protection authorities)

  2. Cost (in US dollars) associated with responding to 'low quality' reports of suspected abuse submitted to the State of Maine by childcare providers in the past 48 months


Timing of outcome assessment: not reported
Starting date Expected starting date: 3 October 2017
Expected end date: 31 July 2022
Contact information blevi@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Notes Trial registration number: NCT03185728Funding: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (ID: 1Ro1HD088448‐01)
Comments: author contacted by email from KW; response received 21 December 2019 (Levi 2019 [pers comm])