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Accidental head injury in childhood.
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Health visitors identified fathers as a marginalised, difficult-to-reach group when aiming for universal implementation of a public health programme to prevent non-accidental head injury (NAHI) in babies. Follow-on research with 30 fathers from disadvantaged backgrounds, including some in prison, explored barriers and facilitating factors to preventing NAHI through focus groups and interviews. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.49.5.376