Objective:To examine the efficacy of an interactive multimedia intervention that teaches advocacy skills to people caring for a family member with traumatic brain injury. Participants:A total of 201 individuals (control, n = 97; treatment, n = 104) providing support to a family member with traumatic brain injury. Design:Randomized controlled study. Main Measures:Caregiver knowledge, skill application, behavioral intention, and overall life satisfaction. Intervention:The Brain Injury Partners program, a Web site focused on advocacy, communication skills, and resources for families affected by brain injury. Results:Univariate analyses revealed that compared with the control group, the Brain Injury Partners group reported statistically significant higher adjusted means for application, knowledge, and attitudes scales immediately postintervention and at follow-up. Satisfaction with life, assessed at follow-up but not posttest, was not significant. Discussion:This study demonstrated the effectiveness of a Web-based intervention to teach effective skills to caregivers advocating for a family member with traumatic brain injury.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the "Bike Smart" program, an eHealth software program that teaches bicycle safety behaviors to young children. METHODS Participants were 206 elementary students in grades kindergarten to 3. A random control design was employed to evaluate the program, with students assigned to either the treatment condition (Bike Smart) or the control condition (a video on childhood safety). Outcome measures included computer-based knowledge items (safety rules, helmet placement, hazard discrimination) and a behavioral measure of helmet placement. RESULTS Results demonstrated that regardless of gender, cohort, and grade the participants in the treatment group showed greater gains than control participants in both the computer-presented knowledge items (p > .01) and the observational helmet measure (p > .05). CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that the Bike Smart program can be a low cost, effective component of safety training packages that include both skills-based and experiential training.

Objective To examine the efficacy of Brain Injury Partners: Advocacy Skills for Parents, an interactive multimedia intervention that provides training in educational advocacy skills for parents of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design Randomized trial, with participants assigned to treatment (Brain Injury Partners CD-ROM) or control (alternate CD-ROM) conditions. Main Outcome Measures Knowledge; skill application; and attitude, behavioral intention, and self-efficacy to use key advocacy skills. Participants Thirty-one parents of children with TBI. Results The Brain Injury Partners group reported higher postintervention adjusted means for application, knowledge, and attitudes scale scores than did the control group. Conclusions The results demonstrate the utility of a computer-delivered intervention for training parents in key skills for communicating with school personnel.