Preventing Abusive Head Trauma Among Infants and Young Children: A Hospital-Based, Parent Education Program

Abusive head injuries among infants (shaken infant or shaken impact syndrome) represent a devastating form of child abuse; an effective prevention program that reduces the incidence of abusive head injuries could save both lives and the costs of caring for victims. We wished to determine whether a c...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2005-04, Vol.115 (4), p.e470-e477
Main Authors: Dias, Mark S, Smith, Kim, deGuehery, Kathy, Mazur, Paula, Li, Veetai, Shaffer, Michele L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child Abuse - prevention & control
Child, Preschool
Craniocerebral Trauma - epidemiology
Craniocerebral Trauma - prevention & control
Female
Health Education
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Male
New York - epidemiology
Parents
Pennsylvania - epidemiology
Regression Analysis
Shaken Baby Syndrome - prevention & control
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Summary:Abusive head injuries among infants (shaken infant or shaken impact syndrome) represent a devastating form of child abuse; an effective prevention program that reduces the incidence of abusive head injuries could save both lives and the costs of caring for victims. We wished to determine whether a comprehensive, regional, hospital-based, parent education program, administered at the time of the child's birth, could be successfully implemented and to examine its impact on the incidence of abusive head injuries among infants
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2004-1896