The Effect of a Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Program

Method: The study will be conducted with 90 mothers with 2-4 months old babies who applied to Akdeniz University Hospital Healthy Children Polyclinic (intervention group: 45, control group: 45). Personal Information Form, Shaken baby syndrome assessment survey will be used to collect data. Simple randomization will be used to evaluate the intervention and control groups. In order to identify mothers in intervention groups, sealed-envelope randomization method will used. Mothers and statistician group will be unaware of the evaluation. The researcher will not be blind because of the role he plays in the research. Following the pretest, the intervention group will be trained to prevent shaken baby syndrome. Expert opinion was obtained from 10 expert faculty members for the content of the training. After the training, the booklet prepared in line with expert opinions will be given to the mother in the intervention group. The booklet will remain with the mother. Tele-consultancy will be given to the mother for 2 months after the pre-test. The control group will also be tested beforehand and will not be intervened afterwards. 2 months after the pre-test, a post-test will be applied to the control group and training will be given to prevent shaken baby syndrome. A training booklet will be given to the mothers in the control group after the final test. Statistical analysis will be done using SPSS 23.0 and statistical significance will be set at p \<0.05. Support will be received in the analysis phase of the Statistical Information Unit of Akdeniz University.