Improving Emergency Preparedness Among 9/11 Exposed Population: Implementation and Evaluation of an Emergency Preparedness Intervention

NCT06737510 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 18-150
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 707
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effectiveness of a phone-based household emergency preparedness intervention with a mailed informational brochure on household emergency preparedness amongst a sample of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees residing within New York City.

Conditions

Emergency Preparedness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The CASPER instrument sum score

  The primary outcome is based on the CDC CASPER emergency preparedness instrument. It consists of ten yes/no questions, five relating to having a communication plan and five related to having an emergency supply kit. The primary outcome is the sum of the number of questions answered "yes" by the subject.

  up to 24 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Individual CASPER instrument items

  up to 24 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Phone-based household emergency preparedness

EXPERIMENTAL

A phone-based intervention will consist of 15 - 20 minutes discussion covering the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, including a family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies); and (5) resources (including providing NYC Emergency Management website: NYC.gov/hazards, i which includes specific information related to the participants New York City hurricane evacuation zones) .

Behavioral: Phone-based household emergency preparedness

Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness

EXPERIMENTAL

An informational brochure will be mailed to participants and will cover the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies, including preparing a go bag); and (5) resources (including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls (911 and 311), how to register for emergency notifications ("Notify NCY"), NYC Emergency Management, as well as a website for additional information on preparedness (NYC.gov/hazards) that includes New York City hurricane evacuation zones .

Behavioral: Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness

Interventions

Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness BEHAVIORAL

An informational brochure will be mailed to participants and will cover the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies, including preparing a go bag); and (5) resources (including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls (911 and 311), how to register for emergency notifications ("Notify NCY"), NYC Emergency Management, as well as a website for additional information on preparedness (NYC.gov/hazards) that includes New York City hurricane evacuation zones .

Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness

Phone-based household emergency preparedness BEHAVIORAL

A phone-based intervention will consist of 15 - 20 minutes discussion covering the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, including a family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies); and (5) resources (including providing NYC Emergency Management website: NYC.gov/hazards, i which includes specific information related to the participants New York City hurricane evacuation zones) .

Phone-based household emergency preparedness

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• English or Spanish speaking World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees aged 18 or older at the time of 9/11 residing in New York City.
• Completed Wave 4 (2015-2016)
• Those who are not rescue/recovery workers in either the NYPD or FDNY.

You may not qualify if:

• World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees under the age of 18 at the time of 9/11
• Those with proxy interview at Wave 1
• Enrollee was a rescue and recovery work affiliated with FDNY or NYPD at Wave 1

Sponsors & Collaborators

• New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: lead

Study Sites (1)

NYCDOHMH

New York, New York, 11101, United States

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: N/A No masking
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: A two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effectiveness of a phone-based household emergency preparedness intervention with a mailed informational brochure on household emergency preparedness amongst a sample of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees residing within New York City.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 9, 2024
• First Posted: December 17, 2024
• Study Start: November 21, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 2, 2020
• Study Completion: December 25, 2025
• Last Updated: May 23, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Locations

US (1)