Risk Reduction Education

Risk Reduction Resources (Continued)

Safe Sleep -- see also Minority Outreach

• American Academy of Pediatrics - The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• CDC - SIDS and SUID: Reducing the Risk
• CJ Foundation for SIDS - Good Night, Sleep Right
• First Candle - Bedtime Basics for Babies Campaign
• First Candle - Important Safe Sleep Tips (PDF, rev. July 2009)
• First Candle - Rebreathing Carbon Dioxide and Suffocation as They Relate to SIDS (rev. July 2009)
• First Candle - Safe Sleep Saves Lives (video)
  • English language
  • Spanish language
• NSIDRC
• NSIDRC - Bed Sharing, Co-sleeping and SIDS Research : SEE SUID/SIDS Research Bibliographies. (Resource Center)
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health Injury Prevention and Control Program - Give Your Baby the Gift of Safe Sleep (multiple languages)

Smoking & Tobacco

• National Quitline - access to state quitlines 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)
• Smokefree.gov

Spanish-Language Resources and Outreach

• CDC - Consejos de salud por mensajes de texto para mujeres embarazadas y mamás primerizas
• La Línea Nacional Prenatal Hispana, The National Hispanic Prenatal Helpline 1-800-504-7081
• March of Dimes
• National Alliance for Hispanic Health
• NCCC SUID/SIDS Project
• NICHD: Back to Sleep Campaign
• NSIDRC
• NSIDRC - SIDS in the Hispanic Community and SIDS Research: SEE SUID/SIDS Research Bibliographies. (Resource Center)

Updated December 2010

Developed by the Program Support Center at First Candle with collaborative assistance from the Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Centers.