One of the greatest risks for infant deaths is an unsafe sleep environment. In fact, nearly half of the
babies who died from unsafe sleep were sleeping in adult beds.
- Training includes:
- Current Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) U.S Data
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Safe Sleep Recommendations
- Current SIDS research
- Risk Factors
- SUID and Infant Mortality impact of poverty, race, and ethnicity
- Understanding ABC’s of safe sleep practices to reduce the risk of SIDS and preventing sleep related infant deaths
- Intervention focused on behavior change among parents and caregivers
- Addressing factors around health equity, culture, and tradition
- Current policy and legislation regarding safe sleep
- Consistent safe sleep messaging for professionals
- Safe sleep vs Unsafe sleep update
- Myths vs Facts
- Benefits of Back Sleeping
- Motivational Interviewing approach