Baby Sleep Project Protocol: a realist evaluation of an intervention to reduce preventable infant mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the UK, approximately 300 infants each year die suddenly and unexpectedly, with most deaths remaining unexplained. Population-wide 'Safer Sleep' messages have brought rates down but remaining deaths now predominantly occur within families experiencing poverty. Many of these deaths may be preventable as the majority have known, avoidable risks present. New resources and tools for health professionals and families have been developed to address modifiable barriers to implementing safer sleep advice in this priority group of families. This study aims to understand how the Baby Sleep Project resources work to improve the uptake of safer sleep advice, including for whom, and in what contexts they work best.

Methods and analysis

Realist evaluation will be used, inc

SUBMITTER: Pease A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11831312 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature