Content and ordering of the smoke alarm home visit and differences between arms
| Activity | Full Education | Practice | Current Norm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Consent form (in-home or at a church where the person made an installation appointment) | X | X | X |
| 2. Knowledge, attitudes, behaviour (KAB) survey (see online supplementary appendix B) | X | X | X |
| 3. Intake form: address, date, arm number, educator, if consented | X | X | X |
| 4. Household demographic form | X | X | X |
| 5. Fire safety checklist (educator follows the script as the installer tests existing alarms and identifies where alarms should be added or replaced) | X | X | X |
| 6. Hands-on practice testing and changing the alarm battery and hushing the alarm; based on social-cognitive theory | X | X | |
| 7. Education based on the health belief model | X | ||
| 8. Hand comprehensive fire education brochure | X | ||
| 9. Hand smoke alarm brochure | X | ||
| 10. Hand fire department ‘baseball card’ | X | X | |
| Simultaneously with 6/7, a second staff member | |||
| a. Installed or put new batteries in smoke alarms | X | X | X |
| b. Installed battery-operated touch lights in stairwells if needed | X | X | X |
#, Number; KAB; knowledge, attitudes and behaviour.