Supporting parents, safeguarding infants: A qualitative evaluation of parental experiences with the ICON program to reduce abusive head injury in England
New parents reported the ICON program messages supported them in coping with their babies when they cried. They identified factors to enhance that support; by engaging fathers, by enhancing healthcare professionals' fidelity to the program while personalising the message, and by addressing wider social and contextual conditions that shape everyday caregiving.
Authors
- Joni Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2591-7395)
- Julie Mytton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-4750)
- Carlos Sillero‐Rejon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5502-9247)
- Jelena Savović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2861-0578)
- Maria Barnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0504-497X)
- Mark D Lyttle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8634-7210)
- Gareth Myring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7811-2091)
- Maria Theresa Redaniel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0668-0874)
- Hugh McLeod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-7303)
- Julie M. Brose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9256-3932)
Institutions
- University of the West of England (GB)
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- At Bristol (GB)
- Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (GB)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Published
- 2025-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107761
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Related Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00