Back To Sleep Campaign

Since then the rate of SIDS has decreased by just over 50 percent.

Back to sleep campaign. RememberBack to Sleep Tummy to Play. As of 2008 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome was still the most common cause of death among infants aged one month to one year. Once the media awareness-raising action associated with these campaigns ended healthcare professionals role became crucial.

How much tummy time should an infant have. The Safe to Sleep campaign formerly known as the Back to Sleep campaign is an initiative backed by the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NICHD at the US National Institutes of Health to encourage parents to have their infants sleep on their backs supine position to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS. As a result the Back-to-Sleep Campaign was initiated in 1994 by a collaboration between the National Institute of Child Health and Development the American Academy of Pediatrics AAP the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration and SIDS groups.

Public Service Announcements 6700 radio stations 1000 television stations. The biggest gains in reducing the rates of SIDS came with the recommendation that all babies be put to sleep on their back the Back to Sleep campaign that began in 1994. However despite the overall success of the campaignthe SIDS rate for African American babies is still two times greater than that of white babies.

Ation of the Back to Sleep campaign. Sudden Infant Deathprevention control. However we never forget those families whose lives have been shattered by the loss of a baby.

However in 1991 everything changed when the charity joined forces with daytime TV star Anne Diamond who sadly lost her son to SIDS and the Department of Health to launch the Back to Sleep campaign. The Back To Sleep Campaign and its Effect on SIDS. Unfortunately since then the incidence of SIDS has plateaued.

In its fundamental purpose it has been largely successful. Safe to Sleep started in 1994 as Back to Sleep to teach people about reducing the risk of SIDS. Havens DH Zink RL.