Babies Sleep Safest on Their Backs: A Resource Kit for Reducing SIDS in African American Communities (Includes 15-, 30-, and 60-minute training modules, background material on SIDS, resources, 10 brochures, 10 magnets, and 10 door hangers) Babies Sleep Safest on Their Backs: A Resource Kit for Reducing SIDS in African American Communities (Includes 15-, 30-, and 60-minute training modules, background material on SIDS, resources, 10 brochures, 10 magnets, and 10 door hangers)

Description: This kit is part of the Back to Sleep campaign, an effort to educate families and caregivers about putting healthy babies on their backs to sleep, to help reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). In 2000, the NICHD and its partners in Back to Sleep worked with national African American organizations to design materials and messages about SIDS for African American families and communities, including this kit and its contents.

This kit provides background information, resources, and materials for conducting community outreach about ways parents and caregivers can reduce the risks of SIDS and provide a safe sleep environment for infants. The training materials contain correct information even though they were created prior to the release of the October 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.

The educational materials in the kit (brochures, magnets, etc.) include the 2005 recommendations. Publish Date: 2006 Pages: 117 Preferred Citation: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, DHHS. (2006). Babies Sleep Safest on Their Backs: A Resource Kit for Reducing SIDS in African American Communities (Includes 15-, 30-, and 60-minute training modules, background material on SIDS, resources, 10 brochures, 10 magnets, and 10 door hangers) . Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.