CDC Public Health Grand Rounds: Safe Sleep for Infants

We are pleased to announce the next session of Public Health Grand Rounds, “Safe Sleep for Infants,” which will be held on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. (ET).

Each year about 3,500 babies in the United States die suddenly and unexpectedly before they reach their first birthday due to sleep-related deaths. These tragedies, called sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), often occur during sleep or in the baby’s sleep area, and include sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed, and other deaths from unknown causes.

In the 1990s, a dramatic reduction in sleep-related infant deaths followed the release of recommendations and campaigns including Back to Sleep (now known as Safe to Sleep®). However, rates of SUIDs have remained relatively flat since 2001 and racial and ethnic disparities persist. Differences in how the causes of these deaths are reported limit our understanding and prevention efforts.

Our presenters will discuss infant safe sleep recommendations, the need for standardized SUID investigation and reporting practices, and promising interventions.

For questions about this Grand Rounds topic: Feel free to e-mail your questions before or during the session.

Our sessions are open to the public:

A live webcast will be available on our website. Open captions are provided. The link will be live five minutes before the presentation. Sessions are posted 3-4 days after each presentation to the On Demand page of our website.

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Target audience: physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, pharmacists, veterinarians, certified health education specialists, laboratorians, and others.

Objectives:

1. List key measures of burden of disease involving morbidity, mortality, and/or cost.

2. Describe evidence-based preventive interventions and the status of their implementations.

3. Identify one key prevention science research gap.

4. Name one key indicator by which progress and meeting prevention goals is measured.

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