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Volume 29 Issue 3 (2020)

Special Issue - Abusive Head Trauma: Recognition, Response and Prevention

Guest Editors: Gabriel Otterman, Vincent J. Palusci

Editorial

• Abusive Head Trauma: Recognition, Response and Prevention (Gabriel Otterman, Vincent J. Palusci) 

Epidemiology and Clinical Impact

• Identification of Infant Victims of Abusive Head Trauma Hospitalised in France from 2015 to 2017 (Louis‐Marie Paget, Séverine Gilard‐Pioc, Jonathan Cottenet, Nathalie Beltzer, Catherine Quantin) 
• Incidence and Risk Factors for Abusive Head Trauma: A Population‐Based Study (Rebecca Rebbe, Joseph A. Mienko, Melissa L. Martinson)
• Financial Impact of Abusive Head Trauma to Age 17 (Ryan Steinbeigle, Marilyn Barr, Ronald G. Barr, Ted R. Miller)

Aetiology and Diagnosis 

• Development and Validation of a Paediatric Abusive Head Trauma Awareness Questionnaire for Healthcare Professionals: A Two‐Stage Questionnaire Development Study (Yi‐Wen Chen, Jui‐Ying Feng) 
• High Frequency of Previous Abuse and Missed Diagnoses Prior to Abusive Head Trauma: A Consecutive Case Series of 100 Forensic Examinations (Anne Laurent‐Vannier, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Mathilde Chevignard) 
• Abusive Head Trauma in Infants: Incidence and Detection of Prior Brain Injury (Naomi Sirmai, Lydia Garside, Dimitra Tzioumi)
• What Do Confessions Reveal about Abusive Head Trauma? A Systematic Review (George A. Edwards, Sabine A. Maguire, Julie R. Gaither, John M. Leventhal) 

Prevention

• Childhood Adversities and Later Attitudes towards Harmful Parenting Behaviour including Shaking in a German Population‐based Sample (Vera Clemens, Oliver Berthold, Andreas Witt, Elmar Brähler, Paul L. Plener, Jörg M. Fegert) 
• Impact of the Take 5 Safety Plan for Crying on the Occurrence of Abusive Head Trauma in Infants (Kirsten Bechtel, Julie R. Gaither, John M. Leventhal) 
• Evaluation of the Period of PURPLE Crying: An Abusive Head Trauma Prevention Programme (Shaina Groisberg, S. Shahrukh Hashmi, Rebecca Girardet)