An Evidence-Based Safe Sleep Program Is Associated With Less Infant Sleep-Related Deaths.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is a leading cause of infant mortality in the United States. Hospitals have implemented infant safe sleep programs with varying measures and degrees of success, but few have demonstrated improvements in hospital-based and home safe sleep practices with nurse subject matter experts (SMEs) and community SUID prevention campaigns.

Aims

This project evaluated the impact of a state-wide, evidence-based infant safe sleep program for birthing hospitals using nurse SMEs and a community awareness campaign on nurse knowledge, safe sleep environments, and trends in infant sleep-related deaths.

Methods

Between 2016 and 2021, a pre- and post-test quality improvement intervention-based design was used to enroll hospitals and train an

SUBMITTER: Stringer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12062421 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature