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National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month Toolkit

01 Oct 2015

INTRODUCTION

 

The month of October marks the observance of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month across the United States. Nearly 4,000 infants die suddenly and unexpectedly, each year, in the United States and most of these deaths result from Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID) and sleep-related causes, such as accidental suffocation. 

 

The Safe to Sleep Campaign, an effort led by the National Institutes of Health to reduce the instances of SIDS/SUID through safe sleep environments, is coordinated in Georgia through the Georgia Department of Public Health’s (DPH) Injury Prevention Program. In observance of SIDS, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month, DPH is pleased to offer this toolkit.

 

This toolkit is designed to help community and faith-based organizations transform neighborhoods, engage communities, and promote safe infant sleep. There are a variety of activities and resources provided in this toolkit, so please don’t feel as if you need to do all of them. We invite you to explore the menu of options and decide which ones could work best for your organization. 

Click on the link for the SIDS Awareness Month Toolkit from the Georgia Department of Public Health.