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Awareness of abusive head trauma in a German population-based sample: implications for prevention
- Source :
- Pediatric research. 86(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Despite efforts to reduce the incidence of abusive head trauma (AHT), incidence rates remain high. One cause is that prevention programs mostly aim to educate mothers of newborns on AHT and infant crying. However, mothers commonly have already a high knowledge and constitute only a minority among identified AHT perpetrators. The hypothesis was that there are great differences in AHT awareness in different subgroups. To assess awareness of AHT, a population-based study was performed. METHODS A population-based representative sample of the German population aged >14 years (N = 2510) was assessed in a cross-sectional observational survey. The sample was selected in a random route approach between November 2017 and February 2018. RESULTS Overall knowledge of AHT was higher in women (67.9%) than in men (48.8%, p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Adolescent
Cross-sectional study
Population
MEDLINE
Mothers
Social class
Head trauma
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
030225 pediatrics
Germany
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
Craniocerebral Trauma
Humans
Child Abuse
Young adult
education
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Infant, Newborn
Middle Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Caregivers
Social Class
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Educational Status
Observational study
Female
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15300447
- Volume :
- 86
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b560f81750749719e32809d46e43d919