Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome

The specific goals of the program are: 1. To change the understanding (i.e., knowledge and attitudes) and reduce the frustration of parents of new infants about the normality of the frustrating properties of crying; 2. To change the behavior of parents to increase caregiving contact in response to crying but to 'walk away' if frustrated; 3. To provide parents with the ability to communicate to other caregivers (relatives, baby-sitters) the knowledge and behavior to reduce frustration induced by inconsolable crying; 4. To provide effective knowledge, skills and teaching materials to health care providers in direct contact with parents concerning crying, shaking and abuse; 5. To reduce the incidence of physical abuse and shaken baby syndrome under one year; 6. To have the Period of PURPLE Crying program adopted as a nationwide early intervention project.