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1 Crying Baby Prevention Project (New South Wales)
"In Western Sydney New South Wales, a group of professionals attended a Shaken Baby Syndrome [SBS] conference in Sydney where there was discussion about the impact of education programs on the incidence of SBS. The subsequently formed multidisciplinary team decided to produce a locally grown and relevant program based on use of a film to be shown to new parents and prospective parents. The education outcomes hoped for included increasing the strategies and options available to parents and carers confronted with a crying baby. The key message underlying these strategies is that it is dangerous to ever shake a baby…”
2 Department for Communities (Western Australia)
The Department “brings together a diverse range of functions and services that share a common purpose in strengthening communities and the social fabric of Western Australia.”
3 Department for Child Protection; Aboriginal Engagement and Coordination Directorate (Western Australia)
"Western Australia’s Department for Child Protection was created as a result of that Government’s response to the Ford Review of the independent review of the old Department for Community Development. “During National Child Protection Week in 2003, the Aboriginal Engagement and Coordination Directorate launched the Aboriginal version of the Shaken Baby Syndrome video [“Babies Break if you Shake Them”] and publications. The video and publications were produced in partnership with the Department of Indigenous Affairs and the Department of Health's Office of Aboriginal Health.” (Note: the video is no longer available as at November 2011)
4 The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome (United States)
The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome “has a mission: to educate and train parents and professionals, and to conduct research that will prevent the shaking and abuse of infants in the United States”. Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is the leading cause of death in abusive head trauma (AHT) cases. An estimated 1,200 to 1,400 children are injured or killed by shaking every year in the United States. Actual numbers may be much higher as many likely go undetected. Over 300 babies a year die from being shaken in the United States…The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome’s “Period of Purple Crying” program is the name given to an evidence-based SBS prevention program, which…approaches SBS prevention by helping parents and caregivers understand the frustrating features of crying in normal infants that can lead to shaking or abuse.”