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NPM: 5: Safe Sleep
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): Sleep Environment Modification, Campaign
Intervention Description: N/A
Primary Outcomes: N/A
Conclusion: to reduce the incidence even further, greater strides must be made in reducing prenatal smoke exposure and implementing other recommended infant care practices. Continued research is needed to identify the pathophysiological basis of SIDS.
Study Design: N/A
Significant Findings: N/A
Setting: N/A
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NPM: 5: Safe Sleep
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): Group Education, Sleep Environment Modification, Media Campaign (Print Materials, Public Address System, Social Media)
Intervention Description: We conducted a systematic review of the international research literature to synthesize research on interventions to reduce the risk of sleep-related deaths and their effectiveness in changing infant sleep practices.
Primary Outcomes: N/A
Conclusion: Future studies should incorporate rigorous evaluation plans, utilize comparison groups, and collect demographic and collect follow-up data.
Study Design: Systematic review
Significant Findings: N/A
Setting: N/A
Data Source: PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar
Sample Size: 29 articles
Age Range: N/A

NPM: 5: Safe Sleep
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): NATIONAL, Campaign
Intervention Description: This study compared the way mothers cared for their infants before and after the Department of Health's “Back to Sleep” campaign.
Conclusion: Although the incidence of cot death has decreased dramatically, the risks have not been reduced for all babies.
Study Design: QE: pretest-posttest
Significant Findings: Yes
Setting: Cambridge, Huntingdon, and Bury St Edmunds
Target Audience: Random selection of mothers of normal term babies who gave birth at least 8 months before the campaign and those who gave birth after the campaign when their children were 6 months old
Data Source: Mother report
Sample Size: Baseline (n=385) Follow-up (n=399)
Age Range: Not specified

NPM: 5: Safe Sleep
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): PROVIDER/PRACTICE, Provider Training/Education, Provision of Safe Sleep Item, POPULATION-BASED SYSTEMS, NATIONAL, Campaign, Mass Media, CAREGIVER, Education/Training (caregiver), Educational Material (caregiver)
Intervention Description: To assess parental risk behaviour before and after a sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) information campaign with special emphasis on associations with maternal age, education, marital status and birth order.
Conclusion: Non-supine sleeping decreased to a level that has never been reported before. In future campaigns, subgroup-specific measures may be needed.
Study Design: QE: pretest-posttest
Significant Findings: Yes
Setting: N/A
Target Audience: All mothers registered with the Medical Birth Registry of Norway as having given birth between Oct and Nov 1998 and Oct and Nov 1999 without a pathological condition
Data Source: Mother report
Sample Size: Baseline (n=5539) Follow-up (n=4143)
Age Range: Not specified

NPM: 5: Safe Sleep
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): Campaign, NATIONAL, POPULATION-BASED SYSTEMS
Intervention Description: The objective of this study was to compare rates of infant sleeping position and other risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome from 1991 before the "Back to Sleep" campaign to rates in 1998 after the campaign.
Conclusion: The relationship between sleeping position and SIDS may be more complex in rural and frontier settings and in American Indian populations than in urban and majority populations. The generalizability of this study is limited by the rural setting and small sample size. Longer term surveillance and additional reports from sites with pre "Back to Sleep" data as a baseline for both SIDS rates and sleeping position will be important to clarify the rate of prone sleeping position and SIDS.
Study Design: QE: pretest-posttest
Significant Findings: Yes
Setting: North Dakota
Target Audience: Caretakers of infants ≤6 months of age
Data Source: Caregiver report
Sample Size: Baseline (n=324) Follow-up (n=273)
Age Range: Not specified

NPM: 5: Safe Sleep
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): CAREGIVER, Provision of Safe Sleep Item, Education/Training (caregiver), Educational Material (caregiver), PARENT/FAMILY, Training (Parent/Family), NATIONAL, Campaign, Mass Media
Intervention Description: The objective of this study was to describe parental knowledge and practices regarding infant sleep position, bedsharing, pacifier use, and feeding practices before and after receipt of a free crib and safe sleep education.
Conclusion: Crib distribution and safe sleep education positively influence knowledge and practices about safe sleep.