SynthesisJournal of community health2016
Infant Safe Sleep Interventions, 1990-2015: A Review.
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Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effect of sleep position in term healthy newborns on sudden infant death syndrome and other infant outcomes: A systematic review.Journal of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Interventions to Improve Safer Sleep Practices in Families With Children Considered to Be at Increased Risk for Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Decision-making for the infant sleep environment among families with children considered to be at risk of sudden unexpected death in infancy: a systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis.BMJ paediatrics open · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the 'Back-to-Sleep' campaigns among healthcare professionals in the past 20 years: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2016Pooled it
- Mothers discourses on baby monitors: A discursive analysis of Mumsnet posts on surveillance and risk management.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- An Evidence-Based Safe Sleep Program Is Associated With Less Infant Sleep-Related Deaths.Worldviews on evidence-based nursing · 2025Article
- Using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance framework to evaluate a state-wide safe infant sleep education program for continuous improvement.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A Risk Assessment and Planning Tool to Prevent Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy: Development and Evaluation of The Baby Sleep Planner.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- A Hospital-Based Infant Safe Sleep Intervention and Safe Sleep Practices Among Young Women: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- When there is no air, the cradle will fall: A narrative review of tobacco-related content across infant safe sleep interventions.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
- The links between sleep duration, obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus.The Journal of endocrinology · 2021Review
- Infants' Sleep: Israeli Parents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Sudden infant death syndrome prevention.BMC pediatrics · 2021Review
- Infant Injury Prevention Education for Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Class: A Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Evaluation of a Multisite Safe Infant Sleep Education and Crib Distribution Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Infant Safe Sleep Promotion: Increasing Capacity of Child Protective Services Employees.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Tailored Infant Safe Sleep Coaching Intervention for African American Families.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Risk Factors for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Sleeping Practices in Korea.Child health nursing research · 2020Article
- Preferences in Sleep Position Correlate With Nighttime Paresthesias in Healthy People Without Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2019Article
- Maternal Knowledge and Unsafe Baby Sleep Position: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Southern Brazil.Maternal and child health journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
Sleep-related infant deaths remain a major public health issue. Multiple interventions have been implemented in efforts to increase adherence to safe sleep recommendations. 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. We searched PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar for peer-reviewed articles published between 1990 and 2015 which described an intervention and reported results. Twenty-nine articles were included for review. Studies focused on infant caregivers, health care professionals, peers, and child care professionals. Targeted behaviors included sleep position, location, removing items from the crib, breastfeeding, smoke exposure, clothing, pacifier use, and knowledge of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Most articles described multi-faceted interventions, including: one-on-one or group education, printed materials, visual displays, videos, and providing resources such as cribs, pacifiers, wearable blankets, and infant t-shirts. Two described public education campaigns, one used an educative questionnaire, and one encouraged maternal note taking. Health professional interventions included implementing safe sleep policies, in-service training, printed provider materials, eliciting agreement on a Declaration of Safe Sleep Practice, and sharing adherence data. Data collection methods included self-report via surveys and observational crib audits. Over half of the studies utilized comparison groups which helped determine effectiveness. Most articles reported some degree of success in changing some of the targeted behaviors; no studies reported complete adherence to recommendations. Future studies should incorporate rigorous evaluation plans, utilize comparison groups, and collect demographic and collect follow-up data.
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