New research shows program effective in educating parents about prevention of shaken baby syndrome
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 16:33
in Health & Medicine
New studies in the United States and Canada show that educational materials aimed at preventing shaken baby syndrome increased knowledge of new mothers about infant crying, the most common trigger for people abusing babies by shaking them. The study of mothers in Seattle is featured in the March issue of Pediatrics, and a partner study in Vancouver, British Columbia appears this month in The Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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