Book contents
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- About This Book
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 Prologue
- Section 2 Medicine
- Section 3 Science
- Section 4 Law
- Section 5 International
- Chapter 21 Ptolemy Rather Than Copernicus
- Chapter 22 Shaken Baby Syndrome in France
- Chapter 23 Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma in Sweden
- Chapter 24 Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma in Japan
- Chapter 25 Shaken Baby Syndrome in Australia
- Chapter 26 Shaken Baby Syndrome around the World
- Section 6 Postface
- Appendix: Frequently Repeated Claims concerning Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Chapter 23 - Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma in Sweden
from Section 5 - International
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2023
Edited by
Waney Squier and
Book contents
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- About This Book
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 Prologue
- Section 2 Medicine
- Section 3 Science
- Section 4 Law
- Section 5 International
- Chapter 21 Ptolemy Rather Than Copernicus
- Chapter 22 Shaken Baby Syndrome in France
- Chapter 23 Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma in Sweden
- Chapter 24 Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma in Japan
- Chapter 25 Shaken Baby Syndrome in Australia
- Chapter 26 Shaken Baby Syndrome around the World
- Section 6 Postface
- Appendix: Frequently Repeated Claims concerning Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
Child protection has been focused on detecting and preventing abuse in Sweden since the 1950s. An extensive and efficient implementation of knowledge on SBS/AHT took place from the late 1990s and intensified during the years from 2002, led by paediatricians, neuroradiologists and ophthalmologists supported by government agencies, the parliament and regional health councils. Shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma was presented in textbooks, professional society’s guidelines, conferences, and teaching. A taskforce for child protection was created by the Swedish Paediatric Society and child protection teams were created subsequently at the university hospitals. A steep increase in infant maltreatment diagnoses occurred concomitant to this implementation, also an increase in out-of-home care for infants with SBS/AHT findings. The SBS/AHT knowledge still prevails in the guidelines by the professional societies. However, a decline in infant maltreatment diagnoses has occurred during recent years, which might indicate a burgeoning de-implementation process related to a decision in Swedish Supreme Court (2014) and the SBU-report on traumatic shaking (2016).
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- Shaken Baby SyndromeInvestigating the Abusive Head Trauma Controversy, pp. 350 - 358Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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