Effectiveness of educational materials designed to change knowledge and behaviors regarding crying and Shaken-baby syndrome in mothers of newborns: A randomized, controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 972-980

  Barr, Ronald G ^a,e   Rivara, Frederick P ^b,c   Barr, Marilyn ^d   Cummings, Peter ^b,c   Taylor, James ^b   Lengua, Liliana J ^c   Meredith Benitz, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome   (United States)

^e Centre for Community Child Health Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crying; Prevention; Shaken baby syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DELIVERY; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRUSTRATION; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRYING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PAMPHLETS; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149173227     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0908     Document Type: Article

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