Do educational materials change knowledge and behaviour about crying and shaken baby syndrome? A randomized controlled trial

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 727-733

  Barr, Ronald G ^a,b,e   Barr, B I S Marilyn ^b,d   Fujiwara, Takeo ^a,b   Conway, Jocelyn ^b   Catherine, Nicole ^a   Brant, Rollin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

^e Centre for Community Child Health Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PARENT COUNSELING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; TELEPHONE; WALKING;

EID: 65349196745     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.081419     Document Type: Article

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