Open AccessThe impact of an educational intervention on knowledge about infant crying and abusive head trauma
Author(s) -
Amy Ornstein,
Eleanor Fitzpatrick,
Jill Hatchette,
Christy Woolcott,
Linda Dodds
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/21.2.74
Subject(s) - crying , head trauma , shaken baby syndrome , intervention (counseling) , medicine , head (geology) , pediatrics , infant crying , psychology , child abuse , medical emergency , psychiatry , surgery , injury prevention , poison control , geomorphology , geology
Infants follow a predictable trajectory of increased early crying. Frustration with crying is reported to be a trigger for abusive head trauma (AHT).
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