Title
Infant crying and abuse
Author
Reijneveld, S.A.
Wal, M.F.V.D.
Brugman, E.
Sing, R.A.H.
Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P.
Publication year
2004
Abstract
Child abuse and neglect are important causes of child morbidity and death. We assessed potentially detrimental parental actions induced by infant crying in 3259 infants aged 1-6 months, in the Netherlands. In infants aged 6 months, 5·6% (95% CI 4·2-7·0) of parents reported having smothered, slapped, or shaken their baby at least once because of its crying. The risks of detrimental actions were highest for parents from non-industrialised countries, those with either no job or a job with short working hours, and those who judged their infant's crying to be excessive. Clinicians should be aware of the risks of abuse in children known to cry a lot and should target interventions at parents to help them cope with this crying.
Subject
Health
Child death
Child neglect
Coping behavior
Developing country
Infant welfare
Morbidity
Parental behavior
Physician
Poverty
Risk assessment
Child Abuse
Crying
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant Behavior
Infant, Newborn
Male
Netherlands
Parents
Prevalence
Questionnaires
Socioeconomic Factors
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(04)17191-2
TNO identifier
238051
ISSN
0140-6736
Source
Lancet, 364 (9442), 1340-1342
Document type
article