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Prevention Of Abusive Head Trauma Using An Educational Program For Parents/Caregivers, Camile Williams
Prevention Of Abusive Head Trauma Using An Educational Program For Parents/Caregivers, Camile Williams
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Problem: The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome reports that 1,300 abusive head trauma (AHT) cases occur in the USA each year, a quarter of which are fatal. Injuries are caused by impact, shaking, or both and result in intracranial and spinal damage, retinal hemorrhages, fractures of the ribs and other bones. AHT case rates in the community involved in this project had a 22% increase of AHT from 2018 to 2019.
Context: A practice improvement project involved the implementation of an AHT educational program targeted at parents/caregiversreceiving care services at a children’s hospital pediatric well-child clinic located in …