ELIZABETHTOWN – Area knitters got into the Christmas spirit early this year by recently donating 60 knitted caps for newborn babies at Bladen County Hospital's Birth Center.
The knitting enthusiasts personally delivered the headgear for the Period of Purple Crying Prevention Program, which raises awareness about shaken baby syndrome. The condition occurs when parents or caregivers, frustrated by crying infants, shake their baby.
Bladen County Hospital began participating in the statewide initiative in 2008. The hospital's nurses educate new mothers at the bedside about the dangers of shaken baby syndrome and how to soothe crying babies.
The new mothers also watch an educational DVD during their stay and get language-specific, personal copies to take home.
The program's goal is to reduce shaken baby syndrome cases in North Carolina by 50 percent over five years. Nationally, an estimated 1,200 to 1,400 children require medical treatment each year after being shaken.
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- Cape Fear Valley Health System
- Cape Fear Valley is a 765-bed regional health system serving a six-county region of Southeastern North Carolina, with more than 935,000 patients annually. A private not-for-profit organization and the state’s 9th largest health system, it includes Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, Cape Fear Valley Rehabilitation Center and Bladen County Hospital.
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