Field assessment of a safe sleep instrument using smartphone technology.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sudden unexpected infant death is the leading cause of infant mortality with black: white infant mortality remaining at 2:1 for the last decade. Smartphone technology provides a convenient and accessible tool for injury prevention anticipatory guidance among at-risk communities.

Materials and methods

A convenience sample of pregnant teen mothers who own a smartphone. During a 1-month postnatal home visit, a safe sleep environment survey was administered, infant sleep practices were observed, and mothers trained to take and submit standard infants' sleep environment photographs. Photographs were independently assessed for inter-rater reliability (IRR) across five sleep safety domains (primary outcome): sleep location, surface, position, presence of soft items, an

SUBMITTER: Nabaweesi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7681145 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature