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Abusive Head Injury is a serious, sometimes fatal consequence of child abuse. The Commonwealth of Kentucky has undertaken measures to insure that select professionals, including licensed healthcare providers, have the basic information they need to consider the possibility that such an injury has occurred.
The law mandates the following professionals as subject to this new training requirement:
- Urgent treatment or urgent care centers.
- Physician assistants.
- Emergency medical technicians.
- Paramedics.
- Advanced registered nurse practitioners.
- Licensed and certified social workers.
- Law enforcement in basic training courses.
- Law enforcement professional development courses.
- Inmates in correctional settings.
- Foster parents who care for children younger than 5.
- Licensed child care centers.
- Certified family child care homes.
- Staff working in the Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) program (a voluntary statewide home visitation program for first-time parents).
Those who are encouraged to receive training and awareness on the prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma include:
- DCBS for front-line child protection staff (currently provided).
- Kentucky high schools during students’ last year.
- Local jails.
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