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American Academy of Pediatrics. 2020. Safe sleep and your baby: How parents can reduce the risk of SIDS and suffocation. Itasca, IL: Pediatric Patient Education, 2 pp. (Patient Educaton )

Bechtel, K. et al. . 2020. Impact of statewide safe sleep legislation on hospital practices and rates of sudden unexpected infant deaths. Injury Epidemiology 7 (Suppl 1), 22, 7 pp.

Annotation: This study involved 27 hospitals in Connecticut that provided information/instruction to improve safe sleeping environments for newborns to their patients, as required by state legislation passed in 2015. Although the materials provided by 26/27 (96%) of hospitals was consistent with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Guidelines, the rates of positional asphyxia did not decrease after legislation was passed.

Keywords: Asphyxia, Connecticut, Educational materials for parents, Hospital programs, SIDS, Safe sleep, State legislation, Suffocation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . 2018. CDC Vital Signs: Safe sleep for babies. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 4 pp. (Vital Signs)

Annotation: This infographic describes the dangers of SUIDS, environmental factors that can lead to it, and tips on how to lower the risks. Using graphs and illustrations, it displays statistics on unsafe sleep practices according to the race/ethnicity and age of the mother, and gives tips to parents and caregivers on sleep safety.

Keywords: Asphyxia, Best practices, Federal initiatives, Safe sleep, Suffocation

JSI. 2018. Healthy Start Performance Measure: Safe Sleep . Boston, MA: Healthy Start EPIC Center, National Institute for Children's Health Quality, 5 pp. (Health Start Performance Measure)

Annotation: This fact sheet provides recommended strategies and a selection of resources and evidence-based practices to aid Healthy Start grantee organizations, partners and their staff in promoting safe infant sleep practices among the women and families they serve. It includes individual and family level strategies, and community level strategies. Its declared benchmark is to increase the proportion of Healthy Start women participants who engage in safe sleep practices to 80%.

Keywords: Asphyxia, Information resources, SIDS, Safe sleep, Suffocation

Wright LL, Merenstein GB, Hirtz D, eds. 1996. Report of the Workshop on Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: August 20-21, 1993, Rockville, Maryland. Rockville, MD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 206 pp.

Annotation: This document reports on the international Workshop on Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants, the purpose of which was to review the current knowledge of the definition and diagnosis of acute perinatal asphyxia in term infants to develop operational and specific criteria to be tested in new studies of acute perinatal asphyxia. The workshop summarized information currently available on this topic and specifically addressed the following questions: (1) is there a consensus definition of acute perinatal asphyxia in the term infant? (2) if not, what research is needed to develop one? (3) what research is needed to validate a research definition? (4) what research is needed to assess the relationship of acute perinatal asphyxia in the term infant to both short- and long-term outcome? The report is divided into six sections, according to workshop session topics: (1) scientific basis of brain injury in acute perinatal asphyxia; (2) clinical assessment-obstetrics; (3) clinical assessment-neonatal; (4) interventions; (5) clinical studies of long-term outcome; and (6) clinical research. Also included in the report are an executive summary and a listing of participants.

Keywords: Asphyxia, Conferences, Fetal monitoring, Infant health, Neonatal screening, Perinatal health, Research
   

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