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AAP Grand Rounds 14:26-27 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

Educational Efforts to Prevent Abusive Head Trauma

Source: Dias MS, Smith K, deGuehery K et al. Preventing abusive head trauma among infants and young children: a hospital-based, parent education program. Pediatrics. 2005;115:e470–e477.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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Investigators from Penn State and SUNY-Buffalo collaborated to assess the effectiveness of a program of parental education about the dangers of violent infant shaking and alternative responses to infant crying, undertaken by all hospitals providing maternity care within an 8-county region of western New York State. This program was directed toward both mothers and fathers and included provision of a 1-page leaflet (Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome, AAP), and viewing an 11-minute video (Portrait of Promise: Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome, Midwest Children’s Resource Center, St. Paul, MN). Educational posters were displayed on the wards. Prior to discharge, the parents were asked to sign a voluntary commitment statement affirming their receipt and understanding of the materials. Face-to-face educational time with nursing staff was estimated at 5 minutes per birth, and estimate of costs, including research costs, was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Betty Spivack, MD, FAAP
Pathology and Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, and the Medical Examiner Division of the Kentucky Justice Cabinet, Louisville, KY