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Annotation: This pre-test for mothers participating in the Great Start Safe Sleep Initiative provides information about the mother's knowledge about issues related to safe sleep for infants. The pre-test includes questions about creating a safe sleep environment, discussing safe sleep with caregivers, tummy time, making sure that infants have a safe sleep environment when away from home, and smoking.

Keywords: Sleep position, Fathers, Infant death, Infant health, Infant health, Initiatives, Mothers, Parents, Prevention, Programs, SIDS, Safety

Annotation: This brochure for parents and other caregivers conveys the message that it is safest for infants to sleep alone. Colorful illustrations depict safe sleep environments.

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Keywords: Infant death, Primary prevention, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position, Unintentional injuries

Annotation: This document provides guidance for new parents about health and safety in infants and young children from birth through age 5. The document describes how infants and young children grow and learn, how to keep them safe from harm, activities that parents can do with infants and young children, and what parents can do if they are concerned about their infant's or young child's development. Contents include tips and resources on reading with infants and young children, safe sleep, what to expect and what to do at each developmental stage, helping a crying infant, recognizing high-quality child care, fatherhood, finding and using health services including immunizations, and promoting oral health.

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Keywords: Breastfeeding, Child development, Consumer education materials, Health promotion, Health services, Infants, Learning, Nutrition, Oral health, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Safety, Sleep position, Young children

Annotation: This fact sheet for home visitors provides ideas and resources for sharing messages about safe infant sleep with new and expectant parents. The fact sheet discusses the home visitor's role and opportunities for sharing safe sleep messages and presents key message for parents and key online resources.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Home visiting, Infants, Parents, Pregnant women, Prevention, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position

Annotation: This brochure offers simple tips to help babies sleep safely and to reduce the risk of sudden infant death from SIDS or accidental suffocation. Topics include room temperature, back sleeping, crib mattress, removing crib clutter, refraining from smoking, age of greatest risk, and sharing the safe-sleep message with others.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Infant death, Prevention, Risk factors, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position

Annotation: This tool is a training manual developed for talking with parents, grandparents and caregivers about the best practices for safe infant sleep. The manual is formatted in a train-the-trainer style with frequently asked questions, tips about presenting information to parents and caregivers and parent handouts. Topics covered include myths and facts about safe sleep, crib safety and how to talk with grandparents, day care providers, and babysitters about safe sleep. Anyone providing services to parents and caregivers are encouraged to use these materials in conjunction with local resources (such as crib distribution, fan distribution or breastfeeding support). Materials may be used in a workshop or classroom type setting or portions may be taken for use in an office or home visit as needed. The manual is available in English and Spanish.

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Keywords: Infants, Injury prevention, Manuals, Risk factors, SIDS, Sleep position, Spanish language materials, Training materials

Annotation: This document provides safe sleep guidelines for infants in child care programs. The document lists steps that programs can take to reduce the risk for sudden infant death syndrome, sudden unexpected infant death, and the spreading of contagious disease. Steps cover sleep environment, pacifier use, smoking, breastfeeding, and tummy time.

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Keywords: Breastfeeding promotion, Child care centers, Guidelines, Infant death, Infant health, Infant morbidity, SIDS, Prevention, Safety, Sleep position, Smoking

Annotation: This public service announcement video provides tips on safe sleep for infants to prevent infant deaths. The video shows an infant lying in a safe sleep environment and is narrated by a health professional explaining how to ensure that an infant's sleep environment is safe. Topics include sleep surface, temperature, clothing, smoking, sleeping alone, bedding and soft toys, and crib safety.

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Keywords: Infant death, Local initiatives, Media campaigns, Multimedia, Primary prevention, Public service announcements, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position, Smoking, Unintentional injuries

Annotation: This resource provides information to help health professionals, parents, and other caregivers create a safe infant sleep environment to reduce the risk for sudden infant death syndrome. Contents include a public service announcement, a brochure in English and Spanish, a video, and links to additional information.

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Keywords: Campaigns, Infant death, Multimedia, Primary prevention, Public service announcements, SIDS: Sleep position, Safety, Spanish language materials, Unintentional injuries

Annotation: This brochure for parents and other caregivers provides tips for keeping infants safe during sleep. Topics include suffocation and safe sleep environments. The brochure is available in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali.

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Keywords: Asian language materials, Consumer education, Environmental influences, Infants, Injury prevention, Non English language materials, Public awareness campaign materials, SIDS, Sleep position, Spanish language materials, Suffocation

Annotation: This videorecording addresses the causes of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) as well as the question of whether the term SIDS remains relevant in the context of new information about infant deaths previously identified as SIDS deaths. The videorecording describes the experiences of a pediatric mortality investigator in Wayne County, Michigan, and also discusses the American Academy of Pediatrics' Back to Sleep Campaign.

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Keywords: Behavior, Infant death, Multimedia, Public awareness campaigns, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position, Videos

Annotation: This webcast, which was sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration and held on March 24, 2011, focuses on infant suffocation deaths in the sleep environment and addresses the following topics: recent trends in infant suffocation death rates, circumstances of the sleep environment and risk factors in infant suffocation, state and local community efforts in risk reduction and prevention of infant suffocation, and community-based safe sleep and suffocation-prevention programs. Background information on sudden unexpected infant death is also provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community programs, Infant death, Local MCH programs, Prevention, Risk factors, Safety, Sleep position, State programs, Suffocation, Trends

Annotation: This brief presents key points about risk factors related to the deaths of 89 infants who died during sleep in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first year of life between 2006 and 2009. Information is provided about characteristics of the infants and their mothers, smoking and infant death, and unsafe sleep risk factors.

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Keywords: Blacks, High risk groups, Infant death, Mothers, Prevention, Racial factors, Risk factors, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position, Smoking, State surveys, Wisconsin

Annotation: This booklet for parents of newborns provides information about how to maintain the health and safety of both parents and infants. It includes space to fill in information to help plan for infants' health needs and provides resources for more information. Topics include newborn screening, immunizations, pertussis, planning for after delivery, postpartum mood disorders, infant crying, safe sleep and sudden infant death syndrome, choosing a child care provider, child safety seats, and special needs and early intervention. It is available in English and Spanish. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Car seats, Child care, Consumer education materials, Crying, Early intervention, Health, Immunization, Infant health, Infants with special health care needs, Medical records, Neonatal screening, Newborn infants, Parents, Postpartum depression, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position, Spanish language materials, Whooping cough

Annotation: This website provides resources and evidence-based evaluations to assist families, professionals, and service providers in carrying out the safe sleep recommendations released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in November 2011. Content includes links to training tools for families, medical professionals, child care providers, and faith-based service providers; state legislation and national guidelines related to safe sleep; and media campaigns and crib-distribution programs. The web page also links to AAP's safe sleep policy statement and technical report describing the effectiveness of each recommendation and additional resources to support the AAP policy statement. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Educational materials, Infant mortality, Research, Resources for professionals, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position

Annotation: This fact sheet explains why it is important to create a safe sleep environment for babies, and provides a safe sleep checklist for caregivers. It includes the following guidelines: (1) The safest place for a baby to sleep is in the same room with a parent or caregiver, on a separate sleep surface such as a safety-approved crib, bassinet, or playpen; (2) It is recommended that babies are always placed on their backs to sleep, even for naps; and (3) To prevent overheating, babies should sleep in lightweight clothing, and the room should be kept at a temperature comfortable for an adult. Statistics of babies who died in unsafe sleep environments in the state of Arizona during 2010 are included.

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Keywords: Arizona, Child care, Infant care, Injury prevention, Risk factors, SIDS, Sleep position, State surveys

Annotation: This toolkit provides materials for starting a hospital-based infant safe sleep program designed to (1) provide accurate and consistent infant safe sleep information to hospital personnel including medical, nursing, breastfeeding, child birth education, and nutritional staff; (2) enabling the hospital to implement and model infant safe sleep practices throughout their facility; and (3) provide direction to health care professionals so that safe sleep education for parents is consistent and repetitive. It gives guidance on achieving program acceptance and on curriculum development. It provides resources to use in the program, including manuals, policies, and consumer materials.

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Keywords: Hospitals, Infants, Program development, Safety, Sleep position, Training materials

Annotation: This video provides information for parents and other caregivers on creating a safe sleep environment for infants to reduce the risk of sudden unexpected infant death including audden infant death syndrome. Topics include co-sleeping vs. bed sharing, the use of pacifiers, smoking during pregnancy and secondhand smoke exposure, and safe cribs.

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Keywords: Infant death, Infant equipment, Multimedia, Primary prevention, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position, Unintentional injuries

Annotation: This poster provides a checklist of safe sleep tips to ensure that infants are sleeping in a an appropriate environment. A Web site where consumers can check on whether a crib, bassinet, or play yard has been recalled is provided, along with a consumer product safety hotline. It is available in English and Spanish.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Infant death, Infant health, Prevention, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This brief video shows expecting African American parents discussing safe sleep tips for their baby's crib environment. Topics include eliminating all soft bedding from underneath baby and always placing baby on its back to sleep.

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Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Infant health, Multimedia, Prevention, SIDS, Sleep position