Risk Reduction Education

Risk Reduction Resources

African American Outreach

• NICHD -- Safe Sleep for Your Baby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (African-American outreach brochure)
• NSIDRC - SIDS in the African-American Communit and SIDS Research: SEE SUID/SIDS Research Bibliographies. (Resource Center)
• Babies Sleep Safest on Their Backs: A Resource Kit to Reduce the Risk for SIDS in African American Communities
• Today's Child/National Black Family Promotion Coalition
• Office of Minority Health - A Healthy Baby Begins with You (African American Infant Mortality Awareness Campaign)
• SIDS of Pennsylvania/Cribs for Kids Program - Safe Sleep for Your Baby Right from the Start (video) 1-800-721-7437

American Indian/Alaska Native Outreach

• NICHD - Healthy Native Babies project: 1-888-996-9916
• NICHD - Honor the Past, Learn for the Future: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) [fact sheet]
• NICHD - Safe Sleep for Your Baby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (AI/AN outreach brochure)
• NSIDRC - SIDS in the American Indian/Alaska Native Communities and SIDS Research: SEE SUID/SIDS Research Bibliographies. (Resource Center)

Alcohol: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

• CDC
• CDC - Trastornos del espectro alcohólico fetal (TEAF)
• Indian Health Service
• American Academy of Pediatrics - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs): A Call to Action (PDF fact sheet)
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - English/Spanish educational materials, database
• National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) - Educational materials, State resource directory, further reading
• SAMHSA's FASD Center for Excellence

Asian Outreach

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health Injury Prevention and Control Program - Give Your Baby the Gift of Safe Sleep (available in Chinese, Japanese, and Hmong)

Bed Sharing and Co-Sleeping - See Safe Sleep Environment

Child Care

• Healthy Child Care America - Online training module
• Healthy Child Care America - A Child Care Provider's Guide to Safe Sleep (PDF)
• Healthy Child Care America - Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Child Care (powerpoint slides)
• NSIDRC - Child care & SIDS resources
• NSIDRC - Child Care and SIDS Research: SEE SUID/SIDS Research Bibliographies. (Resource Center)
• American Academy of Pediatrics - A Child Care Provider's Guide to Safe Sleep
• Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs, Second Edition
• Stepping Stones to Using Caring for Our Children, Second Edition

Updated December 2010

Developed by the Program Support Center at First Candle with collaborative assistance from the Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Centers.