@article{ref1,
title="Effectiveness of using an educational video simulating the anatomical mechanism of shaking and smothering in a home-visit program to prevent self-reported infant abuse: a population-based quasi-experimental study in Japan",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2020",
author="Fujiwara, Takeo and Isumi, Aya and Sampei, Makiko and Yamada, Fujiko and Miyazaki, Yusuke",
volume="101",
number="",
pages="e104359-e104359",
abstract="BACKGROUND: A video that simulates the anatomical mechanism of shaking the infant head, which may have a stronger impact on the viewer, and a tool to prevent self-reported smothering in response to crying, has never been investigated. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether watching an educational video at home visit at 2 months postpartum on infant crying and the dangers of shaking and smothering reduces self-reported shaking and smothering behaviors at 4 months postpartum. <br><br>METHOD: In a quasi-experimental study in A city in Japan, the video intervention was implemented at home visits by a midwife, public health nurse or trained volunteers when babies were 2 months old. At the 4-month health checkup, participants received a questionnaire about the video, self-reported shaking and smothering behaviors and other covariates. The impacts of watching the video and self-reported shaking or smothering were analyzed using multiple logistic regression. <br><br>RESULTS: In total, 5961 caregivers provided valid response for this study (valid response rate: 73.8 %). In the adjusted model, those who watched the video were 74 % less likely to shake their infants (odds ratio (OR): 0.36, 95 % confidence interval (CI): 0.21-0.64), 43 % were less likely to smother their infants (OR: 0.57, 95 % CI: 0.37-0.89), 52 % were less likely to shake or smother (OR: 0.48, 95 % CI: 0.33-0.69) their infants. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The educational video on infant crying and the dangers of shaking and smothering, with anatomical mechanism of shaking, may halve the risk of self-reported shaking and smothering at 4 months of age.<br><br>Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104359",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104359"
}