Assessment of a Brief Intervention with Parents to Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome

Lopes, Nahara Rodrigues Laterza; Górni, Suélen Mariana; Mattar, Victor Oliver; Williams, Lúcia Cavalcanti de Albuquerque

doi:10.1590/1982-4327e2823

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Developmental Psychology • Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 28 • 2018 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-4327e2823 copy

Assessment of a Brief Intervention with Parents to Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome¹ 1 Article derived from the doctoral thesis of the first author under the supervision of the last author, defended in 2017, in the Graduate Program in Psychology of the Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Support: Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) (2012/51583-3).

Avaliação de Intervenção Breve com Pais para Prevenção da Síndrome do Bebê Sacudido

Evaluación de Intervención Breve con Padres para Prevención del Síndrome del Bebé Sacudido

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Abstract

Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is a form of physical abuse, which may result in serious consequences for child development. Despite its severity, SBS can be prevented through parent training. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief intervention to increase knowledge on SBS with 252 parents. Participants were randomly assigned into two conditions: Experimental Group (EG) and a waiting Control Group (CG). The intervention consisted of exhibition of an educational video and reading a pamphlet on SBS. To measure parental knowledge, the Attitudes towards the Infant Crying Scale was used. An increase in participants’ knowledge about consequences of shaking, caregiver’s wellbeing, caregiver strategies to deal with crying, beliefs about infant care and about characteristics of infant crying were observed in the EG at posttest, indicating the effectiveness of the intervention.

Keywords:
violence in children; prevention; parent training; crying

	Experimental Group		Control Group
	Pre-Test	Post-Test	Pre-Test 1	Pre-Test 2
Impacts of Shaking the Baby	2.89 (0.63)^b	3.52 (0.53)^a,b	2.88 (0.51)	3.04 (0.53)^a
Caregiver Well-Being Strategies	3.27 (0.36)^b	3.36 (0.40)^a,b	3.14 (0.36)	3.09 (0.29)^a
Strategies to Deal with Crying Related to the Baby	3.05 (0.36)	3.26 (0.40)	2.96 (0.32)	3.08 (0.32)
Strategies to Deal with Baby’s Crying Related to the Caregiver	2.54 (0.53)^b	3.07 (0.55)^a,b	2.45 (0.60)	2.62 (0.58)^a
Beliefs about Baby Care	2.54 (0.47)^b	2.84 (0.54)^a,b	2.50 (0.35)	2.52 (0.40)^a
Characteristics of Baby’s Crying	2.71 (0.46)^b	3.26 (0.43)^a,b	2.54 (0.43)^c	2.70 (0.36)^a,c

	Pre-Test	Post-Test	Follow-Up
Impacts of Shaking the Baby	2.81 (0.08)^a,b	3.55 (0.06)^a	3.50 (0.07)^b
Caregiver Well-Being Strategies	3.19 (0.04)^a,b	3.31 (0.05)^a	3.37 (0.04)^b
Strategies to Deal with Crying Related to the Baby	2.97 (0.04)^a,b	3.20 (0.05)^a	3.21 (0.05)^b
Strategies to Deal with Baby’s Crying Related to the Caregiver	2.50 (0.07)^a,b	3.06 (0.06)^a	3.09 (0.07)^b
Beliefs about Baby Care	2.42 (0.05)^a,b	2.73 (0.06)^a	2.79 (0.06)^b
Characteristics of Baby’s Crying	2.71 (0.06)^a,b	3.28 (0.05)^a,c	3.10 (0.05)^b,c

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[1] Correspondence address: Nahara Rodrigues Laterza Lopes. Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Departamento de Psicologia. Laboratório de Análise e Prevenção da Violência. Rodovia Washington Luís, Km 235, São Carlos-SP, Brazil. CEP 13.565-905. E-mail: nahara.laterza@gmail.com