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The overarching purpose of this project is to improve existing injury prevention promotional materials produced by BCCH CHIRPP and BCIRPU, as well as to address the dearth of information available to parents and caregivers of young children. The specific objective of this study is to develop material on drowning prevention that is targeted toward parents and caregivers of children aged five and under and to evaluate this material in order to determine its appropriateness and utility. The results of the evaluation will provide CHIRPP, BCIRPU and injury prevention material developers with valuable information on the needs and perspectives of our target population of parents of preschool aged children. This information will then be used to help modify injury prevention materials that are displayed and distributed at the BCCH emergency department.

The purpose of this study was to determine the construct validity of the EQ-5D-3L™ for use among a population of injured young people and to examine the reliability of different modes of administration including paper and pencil, online and telephone. Methods: In total, 345 participants (aged 0 – 16) were recruited from a paediatric hospital in a large urban centre in British Columbia, Canada. To capture a variety of injury types and severity, patients were recruited from in-patient units and the emergency department. Data were collected at the time of recruitment and at one month post-injury. Results: Repeated measures analysis (rANOVA) showed that EQ-5D-3L™ scores were different before and after injury and significant between group differences (Visual Analog Scale: F = 4.61, p = 0.011; Descriptive Scale: F = 29.58, p < 0.001), within group differences (Visual Analog Scale: F = 60.02, p < 0.001; Descriptive Scale: F = 92.37, p < 0.001), and interaction between variables (Visual Analog Scale: F = 10.89, p < 0.001; Descriptive Scale: F = 19.25, p < 0.001) were detected, indicating its suitability for assessment of post-injury health related quality of life. Bland-Altman plots confirmed that few differences existed between modes of administration. Conclusion: The EQ-5D-3L™ is an appropriate instrument for collecting health related quality of life data among injured children and can be administered via paper-pencil, online or by telephone.