Litigation

Shaken Baby Information and Prevention Toolkit Available

By Michael Kaplen

The New York State Health Department?s Bureau of Injury Prevention has announced the availability of the updated Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Toolkit. The toolkit provides information on Shaken Baby Syndrome to share with your community.

Shaken Baby Syndrome is a serious form of child abuse in which an adult violently shakes a baby or young child, leading to serious brain damage or death. In the United States, there are an estimated 1,000 to 3,000 cases of Shaken Baby Syndrome each year. Shaken Baby Syndrome is completely preventable, and public education is an important piece of prevention.

Included in the toolkit are:

? Description of the Shaken Baby Syndrome problem
? List of Tips on Designing a Public Awareness Campaign in Your Community
? Sample Letter to the Editor to be Submitted to Your Local Newspapers
? Shaken Baby Syndrome - What You Need to Know Presentation
? Shaken Baby Syndrome - What You Need to Know as a printable PDF (PDF, 173KB, 14pg.)
? Shaken Baby Syndrome - What You Need to Know as a PowerPoint Presentation (PPT, 1.35MB, 14slides)
? Guidelines to Help with Delivering the Presentation
? Fact Sheet on Shaken Baby Syndrome
? List of Tips for Soothing a Crying Infant
? List of Important Phone Numbers for Parents
? List of Shaken Baby Syndrome Resources
? Shaken Baby Syndrome Brochures
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You can view the updated Shaken Baby Toolkit by clicking this link.

You can contact the Bureau of Injury Prevention or (518) 473-1143 if you have any questions or need additional information.

Full post as published by Brain Injury News and Information on June 10, 2010 (boomark / email).