Infant safe sleep awareness event offered Wednesday through Nevada public health
The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health will offer a Safe Sleep awareness event Wednesday, July 16 from 10 to noon at the Smith’s Food & Drug Store at 750 South Meadows Parkway, Reno.
The event hopes to draw new mothers and help them in the prevention of No. 1 cause of infant death between the ages of one month and one year. A Safe Sleep bus provided by the Regional Transportation Commission will be on site, as well as Safe Sleep and injury prevention materials from DPBH and Cribs for Kids of Safe Kids Washoe County.
A collaborative effort to reduce the infant mortality rate in Nevada by promoting Safe Sleep practices is comprised of the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health Maternal and Child Health and Home Visiting programs, Smith’s Food & Drugs, Cribs for Kids of Safe Kids Washoe County, the Regional Transportation Commission, Baby Safe Sleep of the Southern Nevada Health District, and materials from Cradle Cincinnati. And many direct service providers convey Safe Sleep messages to parents each and every day.
Every infant death due to unsafe sleep is preventable. Due to the fact infant deaths that involve unsafe sleep conditions in Nevada can occur when the baby is in the care of someone other than parents; we ALL need to be educated about Safe Sleep.
Safe Sleep educational campaigns have proven to reduce infant deaths. From 2007-2011, 9.5 percent of all infant deaths in Nevada were sleep related.
Safe sleeping practices include placing a baby to sleep ALONE, on their BACK, and in a CRIB – at all times, no exceptions.
ALONE: Do not sleep with a baby ever. Do not share sleeping spaces – even with siblings.
On BACK: Placing a baby to sleep on their back greatly reduces infant deaths.
In a CRIB: Use a firm crib mattress covered by a fitted sheet. Do not put a baby to sleep on a bed or a couch.
Keep pillows, stuffed animals, bumper padding and other soft items out of the baby’s sleeping area, and keep all items away from the baby’s face. Also, refrain from using car seats, swings or strollers for routine sleep. Keep the crib in your room close by.
Safe Sleep for babies also includes a smoke-free environment, a pacifier, and breastfeeding. Also do not overheat a baby during sleep.
For more information on Safe Sleep practices or about the Maternal and Child Health Program, please contact
Deborah Aquino, Title V/Maternal and Child Health Program Manager, at daquino@state.nv.gov or by calling (775) 684-4285.
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