Safe Sleep – Healthcare Professionals

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Sign up at the bottom of this page to learn more about the Ohio AAP’s Safe Sleep Initiatives!

You can help reduce your patients’ risk of dying in an unsafe sleep environment!

AAP recommendations on creating a safe sleep environment include:

• Place the baby on his or her back on a firm sleep surface such as a crib or bassinet with a tight-fitting sheet.
• Avoid use of soft bedding, including crib bumpers, blankets, pillows and soft toys. The crib should be bare.
• Share a bedroom with parents, but not the same sleeping surface, preferably until the baby turns 1 but at least for the first six months. Room-sharing decreases the risk of SIDS by as much as 50 percent.
• Avoid baby’s exposure to smoke, alcohol and illicit drugs.

A Safe Sleep Environment – Help Families Understand What It Looks Like:

Resources for You and Your Patients 

• Great Handouts for Families And Caregivers
  • Special Edition of Ohio Pediatrics for SIDS Awareness Month in October 2016
  • Infant Safe Sleep Handout – Ohio AAP
  • Safe Sleep for Your Baby – ODH
  • Is Your Baby Sleeping Safely? Infographic – American Baby
  • Ohio AAP Prescription for Safe Sleep
  • Injury Education Postcard
• Summaries of the Problem and Recommendations
  • AAP Safe Sleep Recommendations – Summary
• Additional Research
  • AAP Safe Sleep Policy Statement – Full Text
  • Infant Safe Sleep Policy Fact Sheet – ODH

Links for Additional Safe Sleep Education and Resources

• Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Safe Sleep Resources
• ODH Infant Safe Sleep PSA
• HealthyChildren.org – Safe Sleep
• Safe to Sleep Public Education Campaign
• Cribs for Kids
• First Candle
• Charlie’s Kids
• Ohio Collaborative to Prevent Infant Mortality

Testimonials

• All infants are at risk: urban, rural and suburban; white, black and other races; bottle-fed and breastfed; rich and poor. These videos feature the stories of parents who were affected by SIDS in central Ohio and nationwide.
  • Columbus Infant Mortality Task Force
  • Baby Safe Sleep Coalition

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Safe Sleep, provided by Ohio AAP Injury Prevention Co-Medical Director and mother of three, Dr. Sarah Denny.

Please complete the form below to contacted by the Ohio AAP with additional information on how you can be involved in Safe Sleep Initiatives.

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The Ohio AAP is proud to partner with the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund to promote safe sleep as a means of reducing Ohio’s infant mortality rate.