Preventing Abusive Head Trauma Among Infants and Young Children: A Hospital-Based, Parent Education Program
- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 115 (4) , e470-e477
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2004-1896
Abstract
Objective. 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 <36 months of age.Keywords
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