Program Profile: Family Finding

This program is designed to find and engage kin and fictive kin to support the needs of foster care youth.

Study done Feb 10th, 2020

Program Profile: Crossover Youth Practice Model Study done: July 28th, 2020

Shaken Baby Syndrome- violent shaking or shaking to the head of a baby/infant. Mortality rates range from 15% to 38%.

Program - The period of PURPLE crying program : The title describes the time in a newborns life when they cry more than any other time in infancy. The program has 3 aims = 1.) change the way parents/caregivers are educated about normal infant crying 2.) improve awareness around the dangers of shaking infants 3.) reduce the incidence of SBS and infant abuse in BC.

Delivery: the program was delivered in 2009 to parents of BC's 42,000 annual births at all 49 birthing hospitals. It includes exposure to the program through maternity unites and midwife assisted births; public health materials.

Partnerships : SBS BC's program of BC's children's hospital and is funded by the BC ministry of children and family development and the BC ministry of health.

Materials : Parents of newborns receive crying education as well as an informational package which includes a 10 min crying film and 17 min research based film

Evaluation : the program is being evaluated through quality improvement

Materials:

• An informational package with 2 films about crying and soothing, as well as a 10 page booklet.

Partnerships:

• BC Ministry of Children and Family Development

• BC Ministry of Health

• Provincial Health Services Authority and Canada Research Chair in Community Child Health Research

Approach:

• Quality improvement process measures

• Active and passive surveillance

Case Study #1 - Shaken Baby Syndrome

Program: The Period of PURPLE Crying Program - Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome BC

(1) materials: parents of newborns at the hospitals receive informational packets that include recourses such as booklets and videos (offered in 12 languages)

(2) how they addressed the injury risk: they evaluated the program through quality improvement process measures (using forms and surveys), and active and passive surveillance (data collection, such as from hospital reports)

(3) partnerships and evaluation of the approach: The program is part of the BC Children’s Hospital and is funded by the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development, the BC Ministry of Health, Provincial Health Services Authority and the Canada Research Chair in Community Child Health Research.

The program has reduced the number of crying cases at the partnered hospital by 29%

Select one of the case studies: Shaken Baby Syndrome 

terms used to describe the constellation of signs and symptoms resulting from violent shaking or shaking with impact to the head of an infant or small child 

Materials: Parents receive crying education; informational package which includes a 10-minute crying 

film, a 17-minute research-based soothing film and a 10-page booklet. 

How they addressed the injury risk: By collecting mortality rates (that range from 15% to 38% with a median of 20% to 25%.) 

Partnerships: Prevent SBS BC is a program within the BC Children’s Hospital.  Some of the partners of this case study include BC Ministry of Children and Family Development, BC Ministry of Health, Provincial Health Services Authority, and the Canada Research Chair in Community Child Health Research 

Evaluation of the approach: For active and passive surveillance, incidence rates of shaken baby syndrome and other forms of physical abuse in 0-2 year olds are collected from the Neurosurgery Department at BC 

• Johana and Sarah

• In 2007 Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome BC, a program of BC Children’s Hospital, created the The Period of PURPLE Crying Program.

• Parents who have newborns receive a informational package which includes a crying film, a research-based soothing film and a booklet.

• They addressed the injury risk by educating parents about infant crying, raising awareness on shaken baby syndrome, and reducing incidence rate of shaken baby syndrome.

• They are funded by the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development, the BC Ministry of Health, Provincial Health Services Authority and the Canada Research Chair in Community Child Health Research.

• They are being evaluated by parent and nurse forms and surveys.

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Campaign: Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt presided over opening of new campaign to encourage motorcyclists to follow safety laws & wear helmets on the road. The city gathered around City Hall to raise awareness to the importance of wearing helmets. The city has since given helmets to over 120,000 students in the Bangkok area since last year (2023).

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- Findings: Doctors have to make fast decisions to help patients, and this article discusses how Artificial Intelligence can help doctors when treating children with injuries (pediatric trauma). Researchers searched a medical database for studies about AI in child injury cases. They found that AI is being used in several important ways: predicting head injuries, detecting broken bones, and predicting outcomes. Common types of AI used were: machine learning (AI that learns form data), image recognition (AI looking at x-rays or CT scans), and decision support systems (tools that help doctors choose treatments).

Campaign: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken steps to encourage the use of AI in clinical settings by approving reimbursement for specific AI-driven diagnostic tools. This policy change incentivizes healthcare providers to adopt AI technologies that can enhance diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes.

-Expected benefits:

-Reduced alcohol use

-Reduced excessive drinking

-Reduced underage drinking

-Reduced alcohol-related harms

There is a program for college students that include A Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS), which takes a harm reduction approach.

WHAT?

Childhood prevention injury program for children 0-6 years old (to avoid alert fatigue).

MATERIALS?

• Standardized reference guidelines.

• Handouts.

• Displays.

HOW THEY ADDRESS THIS INJURY RISK?

The resources above are all easy to understand, give parents/guardians clear suggestions on how to keep their children safe, include appropriate literacy levels, and colorful graphics.

PARTNERSHIPS?

• Developed by Capital Health, Alberta (now Alberta Health).

• Recognized by the Public Health Agency of Canada as a Canadian Best Practice program.

• Northern Health partnered with Capital Health and their graphic designer to adapt AMM to reflect the population across northern BC.

EVALUATION?

• Evaluations of AMM were completed in the Alberta Capital Health region from 2003-2005.

• 94% of parents/caregivers surveyed reported receiving injury prevention messages during their previous clinic visit.

• 60% of parents/caregivers who received AMM messages indicated they had learned something new and 46% reported that this information led to behavior changes.

materials: Two guides were developed as part of an initial pilot for the SAIL Adaptation Project - (1) the Elder Safety Program (ESP): Program Leader’s Guide and (2) the Elder Safety Program Checklist & Action Plan.

Addressing the risk: Through the development and implementation of a train-the-trainer education program for home support leaders, the goal of the program is to create a critical mass of providers that can help to reduce the risk of falls

Partnerships: the FNHA, the Aboriginal Healthy Living Activities (AHLA) program, the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit and home support leaders working in First Nations communities across BC.

Evaluation: follow up visits to one or two communities in each region. A follow-up workshop for CFPC/SAIL trained leaders in those communities is held to present on their progress.