Shaken Baby Syndrome - Prevention & control
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Including fathers in preventing non-accidental head injury.

30 Mar 2009 Health visitors identified fathers as a marginalised, difficult-to-reach group when aiming for universal implementation of a public health programme to prevent non-accidental head injury (NAHI) in babies. Follow-on research with 30 fathers from ... Read more...

Do educational materials change knowledge and behaviour about crying and shaken baby syndrome? A randomized controlled trial.

28 Feb 2009 BACKGROUND: Shaken baby syndrome often occurs after shaking in response to crying bouts. We questioned whether the use of the educational materials from the Period of PURPLE Crying program would change maternal knowledge and behaviour related to ... Read more...

Effectiveness of educational materials designed to change knowledge and behaviors regarding crying and shaken-baby syndrome in mothers of newborns: a randomized, controlled trial.

27 Feb 2009 BACKGROUND: Infant crying is an important precipitant for shaken-infant syndrome. OBJECTIVE. To determine if parent education materials (The Period of PURPLE Crying [PURPLE]) change maternal knowledge and behavior relevant to infant shaking. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Shaken Baby Syndrome - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Preventing shaken baby syndrome: a multidisciplinary response to six tragedies. 30 Jul 2009
• Fragile brain, handle with care. 29 Apr 2009
• Imaging of nonaccidental head injury. 30 Mar 2009
• Including fathers in preventing non-accidental head injury. 30 Mar 2009
• Preventing head trauma from abuse in infants. 29 Mar 2009
• Do educational materials change knowledge and behaviour about crying and shaken baby syndrome? A randomized controlled trial. 28 Feb 2009
• Effectiveness of educational materials designed to change knowledge and behaviors regarding crying and shaken-baby syndrome in mothers of newborns: a randomized, controlled trial. 27 Feb 2009
• The physical manifestations of shaken baby syndrome. 30 Dec 2008
• Development and evaluation of a shaken baby syndrome prevention program. 30 Dec 2008
• Intervention type matters in primary prevention of abusive head injury: event history analysis results. 3 Nov 2008
• Secondary analysis of the "Love Me...Never Shake Me" SBS education program. 30 Oct 2008
• Shaken baby syndrome education program: nurses making a difference. 30 Oct 2008
• Concerning the article by Greeley, (Pediatr Neurosurg 2008;44:90) A witnessed short fall mimicking presumed shaken baby syndrome (inflicted childhood neurotrauma). 13 Aug 2008
• Epidemiology the major missing element in the global response to child maltreatment? 30 Mar 2008
• Update on child maltreatment. 30 Mar 2008
• Myths and facts... About shaken baby syndrome. 28 Feb 2008
• A community program to fight child abuse: the Fort Wayne Children's Foundation and Kids' Law. 29 Sep 2007
• Update on shaken baby syndrome: ophthalmology. 30 Aug 2007
• Outcome of infants with inflicted traumatic brain injury (shaken baby syndrome) in Estonia. 16 Jun 2007
• Shaken baby syndrome education: a role for nurse practitioners working with families of small children. 30 Aug 2006

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Technical information about 'Shaken Baby Syndrome'

Definition: Brain injuries resulted from vigorous shaking of an infant or young child held by the chest, shoulders, or extremities causing extreme rotational cranial acceleration. It is characterized by the intracranial and intraocular hemorrhages with no evident external trauma. Serious cases may result in death.

Descriptor UI: D038642

Alternative terms: Shaken Baby Syndrome;

Related Mesh Headings: Child Abuse;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics;

Tree Number: C10.900.300.087.850; C21.866.260.118.825; C21.866.915.300.200.825;

History Note: 2003