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

Barr, Ronald G.

Effectiveness of educational materials designed to change knowledge and behaviors regarding crying and shaken baby syndrome in mothers of newborns : a randomized controlled trial Ronald G. Barr, Frederick P. Rivara, Marilyn Barr, Peter Cummings, James Taylor, Liliana J. Lengua, Emily Meredith-Benitz - American Academy of Pediatrics, 2009 - Pediatrics .

Pediatrics, 2009, 123(3), 972-980

This study was a randomised, controlled trial conducted in prenatal classes, maternity wards, and pediatric practices. There were 1374 mothers of newborns randomly assigned to the PURPLE intervention and 1364 mothers to the control group. See a summary and rating of this research by the Californian Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare.


INFANTS
MOTHERS
PARENTING
PROGRAMMES
PHYSICAL ABUSE
RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS
SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
PREVENTION
CHILD ABUSE


UNITED STATES