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Which Mothers Know That All Babies Cry? A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Child Abuse Prevention Program for Low-Income New Mothers.
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Clinical pediatrics [Clin Pediatr (Phila)] 2020 Sep; Vol. 59 (9-10), pp. 865-873. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 May 20. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This study evaluated an intervention for low-income new mothers, half from Spanish-speaking homes, that provides education around infant crying and abusive head trauma (AHT). At enrollment, non-US-born mothers were less likely than US-born mothers to have heard of shaken baby syndrome (60% vs 89%, P ≤ .0001) or to know shaking babies could lead to brain damage or death (48% vs 80%, P < .0001). At follow-up, non-US-born intervention mothers had improved knowledge of the peak of crying (31% vs 4%, P = .009), improved knowledge that shaking a baby could lead to brain damage or death (36% vs 12%, P = .035), and identified more calming strategies for parenting stress compared with non-US-born control mothers (+0.8 [SD = 1.1] vs -0.4 [SD = 1.4]). This study identifies a gap in AHT knowledge at baseline of non-US-born mothers. These mothers had improved knowledge with intervention and are an important population for similar prevention efforts.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Infant Care methods
Infant, Newborn
Poverty
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
Child Abuse prevention & control
Crying
Education, Nonprofessional methods
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Mothers education
Parenting
Shaken Baby Syndrome prevention & control
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1938-2707
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 9-10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32432487
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922820922532