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Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs and Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 2010. Addressing racial disparities in infant sleep practice: New perspectives and recommendations. Lansing, MI: Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs; Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, (ASIP/AMCHP webinar series no. 4)

Annotation: This webinar was held on December 9, 2010, as the fourth in a series of quarterly webinars to strengthen sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), infant safe sleep, and bereavement services across the United States. It focuses on new perspectives and recommendations related to addressing racial disparities in infant sleep practices. Topics include the National Infant Sleep Position Study, barriers to following the supine sleep position recommendation, the influence of mothers' beliefs on infant sleep position, and infant sleep location. The webinar also includes a brief discussion of the National SAFE Study. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Infant death, Infant health, Parenting attitudes, Prevention, Preventive health services, Racial factors, Research, Risk factors, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position

Shaefer J, Bronheim S. 2007. With Always Right, teens get the message: New York City, NY. Washington, DC: National Center for Cultural Competence, SIDS/Other Infant Death Project, 6 pp. (Promising practices for cultural and linguistic competence in addressing sudden infant death syndrome and other infant death)

Annotation: This paper provides information on the Always Right program, which educates adolescents in New York City about safe infant sleep and SIDS reduction practices. The paper describes the program, discusses the actions taken as a result of it, and explains why it works. Information on the National Center for Cultural Competence is included.

Contact: National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, P.O. Box 571485, Washington, DC 20057-1485, Telephone: (202) 687-5387 Secondary Telephone: (800) 788-2066 Fax: (202) 687-8899 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://nccc.georgetown.edu Available from the website.

Keywords: Sleep position, Adolescent attitudes, Adolescent parents, Adolescents, Community programs, Cultural competence, Infant death, Model programs, New York, Prevention, SIDS, Sleep environment

Shaefer J. 2007. When an infant dies: Cross cultural expressions of grief and loss III. Washington, DC: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; [Lansing, MI]: Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs, 20 pp. (Bulletin [no. 3])

Annotation: This bulletin summarizes a panel presentation from the National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program's Fifth National Conference, held August 12-14, 2004 in Washington, DC. It explores the cultural traditions of Hmong, African American, and Jewish families grieving the loss of a pregnancy or infant. It is the third in a series focused on cross-cultural grief and loss and provides an updated review of the literature. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Fetal-Infant Mortality Review Program, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 12th Street, S.W.***DEFUNCT***, Washington, DC 20024, Telephone: (202) 863-2587 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nfimr.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Bereavement, Blacks, Child death, Cultural factors, Death attitudes, Ethnic factors, Ethnic groups, Fetal death, Grief, Infant death, Neonatal death, Perinatal bereavement, Pregnancy loss, Religion

NFO Research. 1999. When a child dies: A survey of bereaved parents. Oak Brook, IL: The Compassionate Friends, 5 pp., 11 pp. (supporting data tables).

Annotation: This report discusses: (1) the percentage of the adult population that has experienced the death of a child, at what age, and from what causes, (2) sources of support which were most helpful and unhelpful in parent's grief journey, (3) awareness of and use of support organizations such as The Compassionate Friends, and (4) the relationship between parental grief and divorce. The second part of the report is the supporting data tables.

Contact: Compassionate Friends, 48660 Pontiac Trail, #930808, Wixom, MI 48393, Secondary Telephone: (877) 969-0010 Contact Phone: (972) 334-5120 or (630) 990-0010 Fax: (630) 990-0246 E-mail: [email protected] Contact E-mail: national [email protected] Web Site: https://www.compassionatefriends.org Price unknown.

Keywords: Bereavement, Children, Death, Death attitudes, Divorce, Grief, Parents, Social support, Statistics

Kopelman LM, Moskop JC, eds. 1989. Children and health care: Moral and social issues. Hingham, M: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 349 pp. (Philosophy and medicine; v. 33)

Annotation: The articles in this book are based on papers presented at seminars on "Children and Health Care: Moral and Social Issues" at East Carolina University School of Medicine in Greenville, North Carolina, in the fall of 1986. The first section examines children's needs for health care and the history of U.S. federal initiatives to provide for those needs. The second section explores children's own views of sickness and death. In the third section, the editors raise questions about what role children should have in health care choices, and what the limits of parental authority should be; they are adressed from moral as well as legal standpoints. The final section reflects on the role of the pediatrician indirectly caring for children.

Contact: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 101 Philip Drive, Norwell, MA 02061, Telephone: (617) 871-6600 Contact Phone: (781) 871-6600 Fax: 617-871-6528 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.wkap.nl Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 1556080786.

Keywords: Child advocacy, Child health, Conferences, Death, Decision making, Federal MCH programs, Health attitudes, Health policy, Health services, Moral values, Pediatricians, Role, Social factors

Helms R, Blazer D. 1986. What about the children?: Dealing with death. Raleigh, NC: Wake County Public School System, Project Enlightenment, 22 pp.

Annotation: This pamphlet offers practical guidance for parents and teachers in helping children cope with death. The material is drawn from counseling and consulting experiences with bereaved families, and provides straightforward answers to questions which may arise during the death-funeral-mourning process.

Contact: Wake County Public School System, Project Enlightenment, 501 South Boylan Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27603, Telephone: (919) 856-7774 Contact Phone: (919) 755-6935 Fax: (919) 508-0810 Web Site: http://projectenlightenment.wcpss.net/ $2.00 plus 15 percent shipping and handling.

Keywords: Attitudes, Bereavement, Coping, Death, Grief, Parent education, Parenting

   

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