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Educational Materials for New Mothers may Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome
- calming responses (carry, comfort, walk and talk)
- put the baby down in a safe place, then walk away to calm yourself
- NEVER shake a crying baby
The annual rate of inflicted brain injury is estimated at 30 per 100,000 children aged 1 year or younger.
The researchers suggest that additional communication could result in increased awareness about the dangers of shaken baby syndrome. In this study, the nurses did not know which materials they were delivering. "The intervention may have had stronger effects if the nurses had reinforced the messages, or if the messages were reinforced by multiple exposures through prenatal, maternity and postnatal health care providers, media and community support organizations," write Dr. Ronald Barr and coauthors. Dr. Barr is head of community child health at the Child & Family Research Institute and professor of pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.
"These findings complement the small number of reports that have reported that practical and contextually relevant materials presented to parents before or shortly after birth can change knowledge and behaviours and perhaps reduce the incidence of shaken baby syndrome," conclude the authors.
Source-Eurekalert
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