The Safe to Sleep® campaign, formerly known as the Back to Sleep Campaign, offers a variety of materials to help share safe infant sleep messages with different audiences. Many of these items are available for download and order.
Benchmark: Safe Sleep
Increase proportion of Healthy Start women participants who engage in safe sleep practices to 80%.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all babies be placed on their backs for every sleep time because this practice has been shown to reduce the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Additional safe sleep strategies that can decrease the risk of infant death by asphyxia/suffocation include use of a firm sleep surface free of soft objects or loose bedding, room-sharing without bed-sharing, and sleeping in a smoke-free environment.
A Performance Measure Resource Sheet is available summarizing recommended strategies and a selection of resources and evidence-based practices related to this benchmark to aid Healthy Start grantee organizations, partners and their staff in supporting the women and families they serve.
Featured Resource: Evidence-Based Practice
Healthy Child Care America Back to Sleep Campaign
Aims to promote the health and safety of infants in childcare settings by providing education and outreach to child care providers regarding safe sleep recommendations. Offers a free, 1 hour online course designed to educate everyone who cares for babies on creating a safe sleep environment to reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep related deaths. Includes promotional materials and brochures, and a presentation that can be used by health care professionals or anyone presenting on SIDS in childcare settings.
Cribs for Kids
National organization which provides safe sleep education and products including a portable crib distributed to families through partner organizations. Provides a hospital initiative toolkit and the Safe Sleep Ambassador Education Outreach Program. Hospital Initiative Toolkit includes information and tools for hospitals to implement a hospital-based infant sleep safety program.
Text4Baby
Text4baby is a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health through text messaging. Lasts through pregnancy until baby’s first birthday. The messages address topics such as prenatal care, labor signs and symptoms, urgent alerts, breastfeeding, nutrition, exercise, oral health, immunizations, birth defect prevention, developmental milestones, safe sleep, family violence, injury prevention, mental health, substance abuse, car seat safety, and more.
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